Sony Ericsson Xperia mini vs Samsung Galaxy Ace

Reasons to consider the Xperia mini 3.5G, Google Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
	Higher resolution movies	720p	vs	320 x 240 @ 20fps	Shoots high resolution HD (720p) video
					Shoots high resolution HD (720p) video

	Faster processor	Qualcomm Snapdragon, 1000 MHz	vs	Unknown, 800 MHz	More powerful processor, snappier and more responsive (around 30% faster)


	Higher PPI screen	191 PPI	vs	164 PPI	Around 20% crisper display of text, images and video
					Around 20% crisper display of text, images and video

	Slightly lighter	94 g	vs	113 g	Around 20% lighter
					Around 20% lighter


Reasons to consider the Galaxy Ace 3.5G, Google Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
	Much faster wifi	802.11n (150 mbps)	vs	802.11b (11 mbps)	Higher bandwidth streaming at hotspots (more than 13.5x faster)


	Much more talk time	11.2 hours	vs	4.5 hours	Around 2.5x more talk time per battery charge
					Around 2.5x more talk time per battery charge

	Significantly more standby time	26.7 days	vs	14.2 days	Around 90% more standby time, less frequent charging
					Around 90% more standby time, less frequent charging

	Thinner	12 mm	vs	16 mm	Around 30% thinner
					Around 30% thinner

	Slightly larger screen	3.5"	vs	3.0"	Around 40% larger screen
					Around 40% larger screen

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		Xperia mini vs GALAXY mini

		Galaxy Ace vs Galaxy Y
		Galaxy Ace vs GALAXY mini
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		Galaxy Ace vs Galaxy S

Compared to recent cellphones

Pros

Cons

	Both support multi-touch
	Intuitive gestures such as pinch to zoom

	Capture very high resolution images
	5 MP

	Have assisted GPS
	Assisted GPS

	Touch sensitive screens
	Easy to use with your fingers

	Works with many headphones
	1.0

	Many apps available at their app store(s)
	Android App Market

	Both have an app store, makes it easy to add new games and programs
	Easily get games and programs for your phone

	Neither has a numeric keypad
	Its often harder to dial numbers with a touch screen or keyboard

Compared to recent smartphones

Pros

Cons

	Both have built in FM radios to listen to news and music from FM stations
	Listen to music from your favorite stations

	Both include an accelerometer
	Detects movement for interactive apps

	Neither has a physical keyboard
	No keyboard

	Low resolution screens
	480x320

Less internal storage than average for storing music, photos and movies

Xperia mini:	320 MB
Galaxy Ace:	158 MB

Lower quality display of text, images and video

Xperia mini:	191 PPI
Galaxy Ace:	164 PPI

Which phone do you like, and why?

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MM

(11:46 AM, April 07, 2012)

I think some details mentioned in above is not genuine....!!!!

AsaFG

(3:02 PM, February 02, 2012)

802.11b? Bluetooth 1.0??! What do you think this is? a 2004 dumbphone?
Someone should go and actually read the actual specs instead of inventing them.
Xperia mini has
- 802.11n - bluetooth 2.1

Remo

(10:33 PM, January 12, 2012)

Xperia Mini is far better than Ace in terms of handling, size, Processor....Pic quality/Video....price etc...

Pankaj

(9:00 AM, October 02, 2011)

xperia mini is far ahead than this dumb galaxy

Jit

(5:51 AM, September 20, 2011)

both have capacitive touch screens

Anirban Das

(7:23 AM, September 16, 2011)

both support multitouch....and xperia mini has better ppi so wats the point of galaxy ace having a bigger screen over xperia mini..reasons to consider galaxy ace should be only its battery nd its lesser thickness :)

Žarko Jović

(2:54 PM, September 14, 2011)

agree

Chris Scadden

(7:27 PM, September 01, 2011)

details on the xperia mini wrong, wrong, wrong... lets start with it has both muti-touch and capacitive touch screen....

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