Sony Xperia U vs Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus

Sony Xperia U vs Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus-two mid range droids are up against each other. You may be worried which one to buy between the duos as these two droids are so close to each other that you can not exclude one straight away with out taking a look at features. Both Xperia U and Galaxy Ace Plus are currently running with Android 2.3 Gingerbread. Sony will be upgrading the droid to Android 4.0 ICS by the end of this year. But from Samsung so far no news about this upgrade. Xperia U is more powerful and has better specs. Let’s take a look at Sony Xperia U vs Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus-

	Sony Xperia U	Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus	Winner of the round
Battery	1320 mAh Li-Ion	1300 mAh Li-Ion	Xperia U
Operating System	Android 2.3 Gingerbread, upgradable to Android 4.0 ICS	Android 2.3 Gingerbread	Xperia U
Processor & GPU	1 GHz STE U8500 dual core processor, Mali-400MP GPU	1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 and Aderno 200 GPU	Xperia U
Dimension	112 x 54 x 12 mm	114.5 x 62.5 x 11.2 mm	Galaxy Ace Plus
Form Factor	Bar, full touch screen	Bar, full touch screen	Tied
Weight	110 gm	115 gm	Xperia U
Display Type	LED-backlit LCD Capacitive touch screen,280 ppi	TFT Capacitive touchscreen, 158 ppi	Xperia U
Display Size	3.5 inches	3.65 inches	Galaxy Ace Plus
Sensors	Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Digital Compass,Ambient Light	Accelerometer, Proximity Sensor, Digital Compass	Xperia U
Additional Display Technology	Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine, Sony Timescape UI	Samsung TouchWiz UI	Xperia U
RAM	512 MB	512 MB	Tied
Internal Memory	3 GB	3 GB	Tied
Micro SD card slot	No	Yes, expandable up to 32 GB	Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus
Primary Camera	5 MP	5 MP	Tied
Features	LED flash,Auto Focus,Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama, image stabilization	auto focus, LED flash,Digital Zoom,Geo-tagging, Image Stabilization	Tied
Video recording	Yes, HD	Yes, 30 fps	Xperia U
Secondary Camera	VGA	No	Xperia U
Music Player	Yes	Yes	Tied
Supported Formats	MP3/WAV/eAAC+/AC3/FLAC	MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA	Tied
Video Player	Yes	Yes	Tied
Supported Formats	MP4/WMV/H.264	MP4/WMV/H.264	Tied
FM radio	Yes, Stereo FM radio with RDS	Yes, stereo FM radio with RDS	Tied
GSM Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900	No Comparison
3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100 for ST25i and HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 for ST25a	HSDPA 900/2100	No Comparison
4G Network	No	No	Tied
GPRS/EDGE	Yes, GPRS up to 107 Kbps and EDGE up to 296 Mbps	Yes	Xperia U
Speed	HSDPA up to 14.4 Mbps	HSDPA up to 7.2 Mbps	Xperia U
Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP	Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR	Galaxy Ace Plus
Wi-Fi	Yes, 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi,Wi-Fi hotspot,DLNA	Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n,Wi-Fi hotspot	Xperia U
NFC	No	No	Tied
USB	Yes v2.0	Yes v2.0	Tied
GPS Navigation	A-GPS support	A-GPS support with Google Maps	Tied
Java Support	Yes via MIDP emulator	Yes via MIDP Emulator v2.1	Tied
Colors	Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, yellow	Black	No Comparison
Browser	HTML,xHTML,Adobe Flash	HTML,xHTML,Adobe Flash	Tied

Difference in Price

Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus price in India is Rs. 15500/- and the droid is currently available for sells. On the other hand, Sony Xperia U reached Indian stores last month and tagged Rs. 16499/-.

Final Conclusion

You can see Sony Xperia U has better specs; powerful processor, secondary camera, better 3G speed. This phone looks much like Xperia S, Xperia P. On the other hand, Galaxy Ace Plus is slim and comes with cutting edge design. Both these droids are eye catching. Lack of micro SD card slot in Xperia U is a real missing in this smartphone . You have to take help of online cloud storage apps to save additional image,video,music files if you consider Xperia U. Otherwise, Xperia U rocks.

Sony Xperia U vs Samsung Galaxy Ace Plus