Which smartphone is the ideal purchase for consumers? We pit the Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 against the Sony Xperia E1 Dual to see which is the better choice.

In terms of display, both smartphones have 4-inch display which can render a resolution of 800 x 480pixels and 233 ppi. The Sony Xperia E1 Dual weigh 122 grams and has the following dimensions: 118 x 62.4 x 12 mm, while the Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 weighs 118 grams and it measures 121.5 x 63.1 x 10.6 mm.

For the hardware and OS, the Sony Xperia E1 Dual has a 1.2GHz Snapdragon 200 dual-core CPU and with an Adreno 302 GPU, compared to Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 that has a 1.2GHz BCM dual-core processor with Broadcom VideoCore IV graphics. Both smartphones have 4GB of internal storage, but Galaxy S Duos 2 comes with an expandable storage for up to 64GB via microSD, while Xperia E1 Dual is at 32 GB. The Samsung unit has 768MB of RAM, while the Sony unit has 512MB of RAM.

The Sony Xperia E1 Dual runs on Android 4.3, while the Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 runs Android 4.2 Jelly Bean.

For battery usage and camera specs, the Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 comes with an 1500 mAh battery, while the Sony Xperia E1 Dual comes with an 1750 mAh one. The Xperia E1 has a 3.15MP rear camera with WVGA video capture, but no secondary camera. The Galaxy S Duos 2 however has a 5MP camera with autofocus, LED flash, a VGA secondary camera and 720p video capture.

For otther features, both smartphones have a 3G connection, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPRS, EDGE and microUSB 2.0.

Samsung Galaxy S Duos 2 is worth $152 on amazon.com while the Sony Xperia E1 Dual cost $199.

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