Comparison of Samsung SGH-i250 and Sony Ericsson Vivaz U5i smartphones based on their characteristics

Samsung SGH-i250

Sony Ericsson Vivaz U5i

Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer

Samsung

Sony Ericsson

Phone model

SGH-i250

Ericsson Vivaz U5i

Year of release

2004

2010

Appearance

Case type

Folding

Monoblock

Body length

132 mm

107 mm

Body width

70 mm

52 mm

Body thickness

17 mm

12.5 mm

Weight

170 g

97 g

Volume

157.08 cm³

69.55 cm³

Body materials and finishes

• Plastic

• Plastic

Colors

• Gray

• Black
• Silver
• Deep pink
• Blue

Processor (CPU)

Processor model

• ARM Cortex-A8

CPU clock speed

720 MHz

Number of processor cores

1

Graphics Processor (GPU)

GPU

GPU model

• PowerVR SGX

Primary storage (RAM)

The amount of RAM

32 MB

Internal storage

Built-in memory

• 64 MB

• 75 MB

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards

• MS Duo

• microSDHC
• microSD

Maximum expandable memory

32 GB

Hot swappable memory card

Operating system

Operating system

Symbian OS 9.4

Battery

Battery capacity

1100

1200

Battery type

Li-Ion

Li-Pol

Removable battery

Charging the battery from USB

Call duration in GSM networks

3 h

13 h

Standby time in GSM networks

100 h

430 h

Call duration in UMTS (WCDMA) networks

5 h

Standby time on UMTS (WCDMA) networks

440 h

Screen

Screen diagonal

3.2 in

Screen resolution

320 x 240 pixels

640 x 360 pixels

Pixel density

229 ppi

Screen technology

TFT

TFT

Color depth

16 bit

24 bit

Touch screen

Touch screen type

Resistive

Aspect ratio

1.333

1.778

Auto-rotate screen

Second screen

Built-in second screen

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels

1.3 Mp

8.1 Mp

Maximum photo resolution

1280 x 1024 pixels

3262 x 2448 pixels

Shooting resolution formats

• Quad HD
• Full HD
• HD

The presence of a flash

Flash type

LED

LED

Digital zoom

4 X

Shooting settings

Autofocus

Face detector

Smile detector

Viewfinder

Other photo settings

• Sepia

Video capability

Maximum video resolution

1280 x 720 pixels

Movie speed

30 fps

Movie settings

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards

1

1

MP3 ringtones

Polyphonic ringtones

Vibration mode

Speakerphone

Conference call

Speed dial

Autodial

Sound indication of talk time

Extended phone book

Contacts in the phone book

Unlimited

Unlimited

Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation

2G

3.5G

GSM support

GSM frequencies

• GSM 900 MHz
• GSM 1800 MHz
• GSM 1900 MHz

• GSM 850 MHz
• GSM 900 MHz
• GSM 1800 MHz
• GSM 1900 MHz

UMTS support

UMTS frequencies

• UMTS 850 MHz
• UMTS 900 MHz
• UMTS 1900 MHz
• UMTS 2100 MHz

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards

• GPRS

• HSUPA
• HSDPA
• EDGE
• GPRS

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi

USB

USB connector

USB connector type

Micro USB

USB standard

2.0

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth

Bluetooth standard

2.0 + EDR

A2DP support

AVRCP support

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS

A-GPS support

Radio

Built-in radio receiver

Radio range

87.5 - 108

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector

Micro USB

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

Infrared port (IrDA)

Images

Supported image formats

• JPEG
• GIF

Geo tags

PictBridge support

DLNA support

MTP support

Video

Installed video player

Supported video formats

• MP4
• 3GPP

Video resolution formats

• HD

Streaming video

Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player

Supported audio formats

• AMR
• MIDI
• MP3

• AAC
• MP3
• WMA
• WAV

MP3 support

Max audio bitrate

320 kbit/s

Identifier of songs

Number of polyphony voices

40

64

Dictaphone

Voice notes

TRS jack (mini/micro jack)

3.5 mm

Control elements

Touch input

Standard keypad

Russified input

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)

Office document support

Supported document formats

• PDF

Email

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection

Synchronization with services

• MS Exchange
• Facebook
• Sony Ericsson Sync

Software features

JAVA support

Installed browser

• HTML
• WAP

• HTML
• WAP

Installed games

Installed games

• SSX 3

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages

SMS T9 support

SMS output in the form of a chat

EMS support

MMS support

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)

SAR level

SAR level

1.04 W/kg