| Nokia N70 | Sony Xperia A |
| Manufacture | Nokia | Sony |
| Model | N70 | Xperia A |
| Form factor | Block | Block |
| Weight | 126 gram | 141.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 109 x 53 x 22 | 131.00 x 67.00 x 10.50 |
| Operating System | Other | Android |
| Networks | 2G - 900/1800/1900 3G - 2100 | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 900/2100 |
| HSCSD |  | |
| GPRS |  | |
| EDGE | | |
| UMTS | | |
| HSDPA | | |
| HSPA+ | | |
| WiMAX | | |
| LTE (4G light) | | |
| WLAN / Wi-Fi | | |
| Wi-Fi Hotspot | | |
| Wi-Fi Direct | | |
| SMS | | |
| MMS | | |
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| HDMI out | | |
| USB port | | |
| MHL | | |
| Bluetooth | | |
| Bluetooth version | NA | NA |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 2 Megapixels (1600x1200), 20x digital zoom | 13.1 megapixel, autofocus, geo tagging, HDR |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | LED |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | 1080p |
| Second Camera | 1 | VGA (640 x 480) |
| Display size | 2.1 inches | 4.60 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 262144 | 16777216 |
| Display width | 176 | 720 |
| Display height | 208 | 1280 |
| PPI | 129.75 | 319.26 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | NA | 1.5 GHz quad-core |
| GPU | NA | NA |
| Memory | 22 MB + 64 MB on reduced size MMC card | 2 GB RAM. 32 GB internal storage |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | Polyphonic, Truetones | MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, WMA |
| Java | | |
| Games | Java | Yes |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | 970 mAh | 2300 mAh |
| Standby time (h) | 264 | 360 |
| Talktime (m) | 210 | 570 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | 2.0 XHTML | Android HTML Webkit |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | IPX5/8 |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |