S.E Cabar iPhone?

Sony Ericsson’s phone announcements last month were a very strong play by the bewildered company. The new Satio (specs courtesy Sony Ericsson) is their most powerful phone ever, and we put it head to head with the iPhone 3G S (specs courtesy of Apple) in a detailed specs comparison. The North American market has been dominated by the iPhone 3G, and it is now even more powerful than before with the updated S version. Both phones have rich application environments – the iPhone with App Store, and the Satio with presumeably PlayNow, as well as millions of Symbian apps. Assuming that the Satio gains a carrier in the USA, this could be one interesting matchup. We’ve highlighted the winner of each category in Green, the loser in Red, and neutral/subjective specs are in Yellow.

Sony Ericsson Satio	Apple iPhone 3G S
.	Processor	ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz w/ 3D accel	600mhz w/ 3D accel
.	Screen	16:9, 3.5 inch 16m color LCD touchscreen	3.5 inch 16m color LCD w/ multitouchscreen and fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating
.	Screen Res.	640x360; 210 ppi	480x320; 163 ppi
.	Memory	256mb	256mb
.	Battery Life (3G)	Unknown, we assume 5 hours talk, 350+ hours standby*	5 hours talk, 300 hours standby
.	Battery Life (2G)	Unknown, we assume 13 hours talk, 380+ hours standby*	12 hours talk, 300 hours standby
.	Operating System	S60 5th edition Symbian OS	OS X Mobile
.	Wifi/Internet	802.11b/g, tethering	802.11b/g, limited tethering
.	Cell Frequencies	UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz) GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)	UMTS/HSDPA (850, 1900, 2100 MHz) GSM/EDGE (850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz)
.	Storage	Comes with 8GB MicroSD card	16gb, 32gb
.	Memory Card	MicroSD	None
.	Camera (mp)	12.1 Megapixel	3 Megapixel
.	Camera (zoom)	12x digital, auto focus, touch focus	None, auto focus, touch focus
.	Camera (other)	2 cameras, Xenon Flash, face detection, image stailization, red-eye reduction, smile detection, geo-tagging	1 camera, Geo-tagging, (various features added by 3rd party apps, such as photo filters)
.	Battery	Removeable	Non-removeable
.	Bluetooth	Bluetooth 2.? + EDR. Stereo A2DP	Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR. Stereo A2DP
.	GPS	GPS, Turn by turn navi, Google Maps	GPS, Compass, Turn by turn navi, hundreds of apps for navigation including TomTom
.	E-Mail	Email, Exchange ActiveSync, can view all Office attachments	Email, Exchange ActiveSync, can view all Office attachments
.	USB	Proprietary USB Connection	Proprietary USB Connection

.	FM Radio	FM radio with RDS	None
.	Meters	Accelerometer, Magnetometer, Gesture	Accelerometer, Magnetometer
.	Web Browser	Webkit Web Broswer with Javascript, FlashLite, audio/video full page rendering (inc. landscape), visual history, multiple windows, find on page	Safari Mobile with Javascript, no Flash, full page rendering (inc. landscape), history, bookmarks, multiple windows
.	Video Call/Rec	Fully supported/QVGA 30 FPS + editing	Unsupported/VGA 30 FPS + editing
.	Audio Codecs	MP3, 3GP, AAC, MP4 (.mp4, .m4a), AMR (.amr), WMA, SMF (.mid); XMF (.xmf, .mxmf), WAV, iMelody (.imy,) RA (.ra)	AAC, MP3, MP3 VBR, Audible (formats 2, 3, and 4), Apple Lossless, AIFF, and WAV
.	Video Codecs	Youtube, .3gp, .mp4, .asf, .wmv, .rm, .ram - no resolution/mbps limitations available at this time	Youtube, Video formats supported: H.264 video, up to 1.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Low-Complexity version of the H.264 Baseline Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; H.264 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Baseline Profile up to Level 3.0 with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats; MPEG-4 video, up to 2.5 Mbps, 640 by 480 pixels, 30 frames per second, Simple Profile with AAC-LC audio up to 160 Kbps, 48kHz, stereo audio in .m4v, .mp4, and .mov file formats
.	Colors	Black, Silver, Bordeaux	Black, White
.	Buttons	Power, Volume, Search, Play, Camera/Video, Programmable, Hold, Accept Call, Reject call, Menu	Power, Programmable Menu, Volume, Hold
.	Headphone	Proprietary Connection Adaptor	3.5mm
.	Video Recording	Supported, unknown specs	30fps VGA, video editing
.	Dimensions	112 x 55 x 13.3 mm	115.5 x 62.1 x 12.3mm
.	Weight	126 grams	135 grams