Phone comparison

Sony Xperia ion

4.2/5

100 votes

GENERAL

Introduced

May 2012

Announced

January 2012

Network (2G)

GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / GSM 1900 / GSM 850

Network (3G)

HSDPA 850 / HSDPA 1900 / HSDPA 2100

Form factor

Block

Antenna type

Internal

SAR Value

1.050 W/Kg

HARDWARE SPECS

Sony Xperia ion

Shared memory

16 GB

Extras

- microSD, up to 32GB
- 1 GB RAM
- Dual-core 1.5 GHz Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon
- Adreno 220 GPU

SIZE

Sony Xperia ion

Weight

144.0 g (with battery)

Dimensions

133.0 x 68.0 x 10.8

DISPLAY

Sony Xperia ion

Type

Graphical

Coloured

Yes, LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size

4.55 inch

Resolution

720 x 1280 pixels

Extras

- For AT&T
- LTE 700 / 1700 / 2100
- Touch-sensitive controls
- Scratch-resistant glass
- Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine
- Timescape UI
- Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

RINGTONES

Sony Xperia ion

Polyphonic ringtones

Yes

Ringtone profiles

Yes

Extras

- MP3 ringtones

NETWORKING

Sony Xperia ion

GPRS

Yes, Up to 86 kbps

EDGE

Yes, Up to 237 kbps

DATA

Yes, HSDPA, 21.1 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL

WLAN

Yes, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot

Bluetooth

Yes, 2.1 with A2DP, EDR

WAP

Yes

Browser

Yes, HTML5, Adobe Flash

Email client

Yes

Extras

- Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
- Push Email, IM
- GPS with A-GPS support and GLONASS

CAMERA

Sony Xperia ion

Type

Builtin

Extras

- 12 MP, 4000x3000 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama, image stabilization, video (1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer), secondary 1.3MP

FEATURES

Sony Xperia ion

SMS

Send / Receive

MMS

Send / Receive

Java

Games

Yes

Clock

Yes

Alarm

Yes

Calculator

Yes

Calendar

Yes

To-do list

Yes

Voice dialing

Yes

Voice memo

Yes

Multiple numbers / contact

Yes

Handsfree

Yes

Headset jack

Yes

FM Radio

Yes

Extras

- SNS integration
- ANT+ support
- HDMI port
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- TrackID music recognition
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Document viewer