Which of these smartphones is the ideal purchase for consumers? We pit the Sony Xperia SP against the Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo to see which is better.

For the design and display, the Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo has a 5.01 inches TFT screen that is capable of rendering a resolution of only 480×800pixels. It has the following dimensions of 143.7×77.1×9.6 mm, and weighs 163 grams.

The Sony Xperia SP’s screen is smaller, measuring 4.6 inches, but it can render a higher resolution of 720×1280pixels. It is 8 grams lighter and comes with dimensions of 130.6×67.1×10 mm.

In terms of hardware and OS, the Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo has a modest 1.2GHz quad core cortex A7 processor and comes with the BCM23550 chipset. Users can buy the 8GB variant of internal memory, or the 16GB variant as both memories can be expanded up to 64GB.

The Song Xperia SP on the other hand is powered by powerful dual core krait processor, working at 1.7GHz, which teams up with a chipset from Qualcomm MSM8960T Snapdrago. It comes with an 8GB variant of internal memory which is expandable for up to 32GB.

Both smartphones run on the Android Jelly Bean OS and have 1GB of RAM.

For the battery usage and camera specs, the Samsung Galaxy Grand Neo’s battery has the capacity of 2100mAh and it allows users to talk for about 11 hours. Meanwhile, the Sony Xperia SP’s battery is non-removable and has a higher capacity of 2370mAh, which allows users to talk for about 19 hours, on 3G, or to play music for approximately 39 hours.

The Galaxy Grand Neo has a weaker primary camera of 5MP, while the Sony Xperia SP has an 8MP rear camera. Both smartphones share common features such as autofocus, LED flash and VGA front cameras.

The Galaxy Grand Neo Duos cost around $247 on amazon.com, while the Sony Xperia SP C5302 costs $218.

So which smartphone is the ideal purchase for consumers? Sound off in the comments section below!