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| Global Score | |
| 48.2 | 52.5 |
| Basic Information | |
| Nokia | Sony |
| Windows Phone 7.5 Mango | Android 2.3 |
| 2012-10-23 | 2012-05-30 |
| 4.75 x 2.56 x 0.45 inches | 4.37 x 2.37 x 0.39 inches |
| 4.55 ounces | 3.88 ounces |
| Black, Blue, Red, White and Yellow | Black, White and Yellow |
| -- | Scratch-Resistant Glass |
| $ 139.00 | $ 120.00 |
| Display / Screen | |
| 4 inches | 3.5 inches |
| 480 x 800 pixels | 320 x 480 pixels |
| LCD | TFT |
| 233 pixels per inch | 165 pixels per inch |
| Capacitive, Multi-touch | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
| 7.2 | 7 |
| Performance | |
| Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7227A chipset | -- |
| ARM Cortex-A5 (Single-Core 800 MHz) processor | Dual-Core 1000 MHz processor |
| 256 MB RAM | 512 MB RAM |
| Adreno 200 (enhanced) (200 MHz) GPU | Yes GPU |
| 7.2 | 7.56 |
| Storage | |
| 4 GB internal memory | 4 GB internal memory |
| No SD card slot | microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) external memory slot |
| 2.5 | 3.82 |
| Camera | |
| 5.00 MP | 5.00 MP |
| f/2.40 aperture | -- |
| 28.00mm focal length | -- |
| 640 x 480 (30 fps) (VGA) video resolution | 1280 x 720 (HD) video resolution |
| 6.93 | 5.61 |
| Networks | |
| Wi-Fi | Wi-Fi |
| -- | Mobile Hotspot |
| HSDPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM | HSPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
| Micro SIM | SIM |
| 3.4 | 4 |
| Battery Life | |
| 1300mAh Li-Ion Battery | 1305mAh Battery |
| Removable Battery | Removable Battery |
| 739 hours standby time 6.2 hours talk time | 520 hours standby time 6.5 hours talk time |
| 3.04 | 3.04 |
| Other Features | |
| Bluetooth 2.1, EDR | Bluetooth |
| GPS | GPS |
| Accelerometer, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor | Accelerometer, Compass and Proximity Sensor |
Comparison review
The Sony Xperia advance has an overall score of 52.5, which is just a bit better than Lumia 510's general score of 48.2. The Sony Xperia advance construction is lighter and thinner than the Lumia 510, even when they were released with only 5 months difference. Sony Xperia advance comes with Android 2.3 OS, and Lumia 510 has Windows Phone 7.5 Mango OS.
Lumia 510 features a bit sharper screen than Sony Xperia advance, because it has a lot better resolution of 800 x 480px, a higher number of pixels per display inch and a quite larger display. The Sony Xperia advance counts with a little faster processor than Nokia Lumia 510, because although it has doesn't have an additional graphics processing unit, it also counts with a larger number of faster cores and 256 MB more RAM memory.
The Lumia 510 has a greater camera than Xperia advance. Both of them have the same video definition, the same video frame rate and a same resolution back facing camera. The Xperia advance has a much bigger memory capacity to install applications and games or saving photos and videos than Lumia 510, and although they both have equal internal storage capacity, the Xperia advance also has a slot for external memory cards that supports a maximum of 32 GB.
Xperia advance and Nokia Lumia 510 count with very similar battery performance, although the Xperia advance also has a 0 percent more battery size.
In addition to being the best phone of the ones we are comparing, Xperia advance is also cheaper, making it an easy decision.
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