Sony Ericsson “Satio” vs. Apple “iPhone 3G S” Specs Comparison

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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. Any categories left in White we couldn’t make a decision based on incomplete data, or felt was too trivial. Please leave a comment with anything we’ve missed.

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12
Jun 2009
POSTED BY Christopher MacManus
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DISCUSSION 46 Comments
  • http://www.steveweb.eu Steve

    Interesting comparison! I assume the video fps will also be high, given the 12 Mpx photo camera

  • ascariss

    I did some calculations (pythogoras and so forth) and I here is what I got.

    apple:
    320^2 + 480^2 = 332 800 pixels squared

    take the square root of 332 800 to get the diagonal length in pixels from corner to corner, and you get

    576.888 pixels, now divide this by 3.5 to get pixels per inch, 164.8 which is close to the number given by apple.

    now for the sony, same procedures but different numbers

    640^2 + 360^2 = 539 200

    diagonal in px = 734.30 pixels, divide by 3.5 to get 209.80 pixels per inch, which is higher than the apple

    As for the screen size, the sony is around 77.5mm x 43.6mm, give or take a mm, since I rounded up.
    Inch wise this is, 3.05in x 1.72in.

    I hope the Satio supports the larger sized memory cards, but it is a shame that some onboard memory was not included such as 8 gigs or so but then I know the reason why :P

    Btw Chris do you know how the Webkit Web Broswer compares to the browser on the apple?

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  • http://seloyalist.blogspot.com/ karun

    Greetings

    There are a few connrections and additions that you ought to make.

    1) The Satio has a ARM Cortex-A8 600 MHz processor; 3D Graphics HW Accelerator.
    2) It has 256 MB RAM just like the iPhone…not 128 mb.
    3) Video Recording at VGA @ 30FPS

  • ascariss

    hmm interesting, I am wondering where you read the CPU info?

    this link has ram and rom info, and also confirms my pixels per inch calculation and screen size calculation.

    http://pdadb.net/index.php?m=specs&id=1870&view…

    ROM type: Flash EEPROM
    ROM capacity: 256 MiB
    RAM type: SDRAM
    RAM capacity: 128 MiB

    http://www.gsmarena.com/sony_ericsson_satio_ido…
    this site only mentions RAM at 256.

  • Kenneth Fujita

    The next step in comparison would be to study the sound and the quality of image!!! Which one would be the the winner in that case?? According to my experience the sound is far better with Sonyericsson!! I do hope it's still the case!!! K F Paris

  • Numer0bis

    hmm if they would equip the satio with android os it would really present a competition to the iphone . Symbian of course offers many apps but Symbian just lacks something compared to android and mac os.

  • http://www.satishsran.blogspot.com/ Satish

    Satio can record video at VGA at 30fps. There are also options to record video at QVGA. Video editing is also availbable. This info can be confirmed at gsmarena.com . Please update the comparison table. Thank you very much.

  • http://twitter.com/sonyinsider sonyinsider

    It is indeed at 30FPS QVGA. Sounds like this is a solid phone, and I will keep an eye out for reviews of its video quality as we get closer to its debut.

  • http://twitter.com/sonyinsider sonyinsider

    This is true, the image quality on the SE could be better with the slightly higher DPI and screen resolution. Would the average consumer be able to tell, though?

  • http://twitter.com/sonyinsider sonyinsider

    Welcome! Thank you for the information – I have updated the table.

  • http://twitter.com/sonyinsider sonyinsider

    I agree. There is something missing about Symbian's presence, at least in the USA. However, I was just looking at this mini review of a S60 5th edition Facebook program that looks somewhat better than my iPhone version.

    http://www.allaboutsymbian.com/news/item/9803_F…

  • http://twitter.com/sonyinsider sonyinsider

    Thanks for the calculations. I updated the original table.

    Its nice the Satio comes with 8gb, but I think it would have seemed a better value in comparison to the iPhone 3G S if it had 16gb. The removable memory is excellent, though – 16gb MicroSD's are about $40+, which is pretty sweet. I'd probably end up losing them, though.

    Webkit is the engine that powers Safari. It's somewhat lean, very fast, and this version has Flash, Java, etc. It will be an incredible mobile browsing experience and with 256mb of RAM it won't be choppy.

  • mario

    which one is better?

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  • Shanne

    There's a lot of competition out there, how bout a comparison with other leading phone brands

  • sbrunner

    According to the AT&T rep here in Austin, tethering to the iPhone is coming this summer. I know from my old WM Samsung phone that AT&T had this switched off unless you pay the $20/mo extra. Hence, both should be yellow. Also the iPhone das not have a FM but it has XM/Sirius free for regular subscribers who also have the Online upgrade. I would say that XM is better than FM radio, green for iPhone. I do not know that Sony user interface, but I had WM and BB phones before, and the iPhone UI truly beats both.

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  • adjay

    I like Sony Ericsson, I love SE Satio.
    Base on your specification comparative the Satio is very cool.
    But in Indonesia the price very expensive, around 7million rupiahs.
    I'm very glad if some one give me it as a special gift for me :)

  • adjay

    I like Sony Ericsson, I love SE Satio.
    Base on your specification comparative the Satio is very cool.
    But in Indonesia the price very expensive, around 7million rupiahs.
    I'm very glad if some one give me it as a special gift for me :)

  • Klaaffi. xD

    sony ericsson satio is better :D D

  • ilpoio

    The Apple iPhone is garbage next to the Sony Ericcson U1 “Satio” .
    The comparison is not serious, are products of U$S 300 better than the iPhone.
    Sony Ericcson U1 “Satio” kicks iPhone's 3GS ass (very very very hard).

  • properbeast

    satio well good apple phone rubbish and well bad

  • perkjellqvist

    I recently switched from SE to Nokia because I will no longer buy a phone that does not have a 3.5mm audio jack and micro USB port for PC link and charging, and I am not looking back.

  • maggie

    i want that phone so much better than an iphone

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    well, now am still thinking whether to get Sony or IPHONE…any suggestion

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  • Daniel

    I actually have a Satio after had the 2nd generation iPhone and can garantee: Sony made a great product! I don't miss the iPhone at all and probably wold be different if I had the Satio replaced by a iPhone… Both great, but it is a great product from S.E.

  • callum

    you are a sad man doing this get a life

    • James

      why are you reading this then? if your life is so interesting stupido

  • Brooke

    Well it looks like i'll be getting the satio then =) thanks for having a comparison

  • Brooke

    Well it looks like i'll be getting the satio then =) thanks for having a comparison

  • Htainlintha

    The recording of the Satio is 25fps with WVGA (864×480) and VGA (640×480) @ 30fps, Hope you like its capability of recording :)

  • Mmouse

    the satio can hold 1,2,4,8,16 and 32 gb memory cards

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  • coco1212

    That's not necessary, the 12 Mpx camera neeeds a strong software support to make the most of its hardware possibilities.

  • love ya=)

    SATIO IS WAY BETTER !!!!

  • Ibrian_22

    hola mi nombre es bejamin yo kiero comprar uno de los dos telefonos pero nose cual el iphone 3g o el satio?cual es mejor?

  • http://www.facebook.com/sorunr Karun Rosesine

    Sony Ericsson Satio +1

  • Surace

    Of course i will go for satio. its awesome n hadsome than iphone.Just look the iphone it is too ugly than satio n great features too..

  • Suresh Thapa

    just luv satio….n its features

  • Guset

    Sony ericsson satio super…………….iphone fuck

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