| Sony Ericsson R306 | Sony Xperia Advance |
| Manufacture | Sony Ericsson | Sony |
| Model | R306 | Xperia Advance |
| Form factor | Clamshell/fold | Block |
| Weight | 93 gram | 110.00 |
| Dimensions (HxWxD) | 90 x 48 x 16 | 111.00 x 60.30 x 9.80 |
| Operating System | Other | Android |
| Networks | 2G - 900/1800/1900 | 2G - 850/900/1800/1900 3G - 850/1900/2100 |
| 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 | 3.0 |
| DLNA | | |
| GPS | | |
| Glonass | | |
| ANT+ | | |
| IrDA | | |
| NFC | | |
| 3.5 mm audio connector | | |
| Camera | | |
| Camera resolution | 1.3 Megapixels | 5 megapixel, auto focus, 16x digital zoom |
| Image Stabilization | | |
| BSI sensor | | |
| Camera Flash/Light | | |
| Flash type | NA | LED |
| Video recording | | |
| Video capture resolution | NA | 720p |
| Second Camera | NA | NA |
| Display size | 1.9 inches | 3.50 |
| Touchscreen | | |
| Colour display | | |
| Number of colours | 65536 | 16777216 |
| Display width | 128 | 320 |
| Display height | 160 | 480 |
| PPI | 107.84 | 164.83 |
| Second Display | NA | NA |
| CPU | NA | 1 GHz dual-core NovaThor U8500 Cortex A9 |
| GPU | NA | ARM Mali-400 |
| Memory | NA | 512 MB RAM. 8 GB eMMC. Expandable up to 32 GB with microSD card |
| Micro SIM | | |
| Dual SIM | | |
| MP3 | | |
| Ringtones / Music file format | Polyphonic, MP3, AAC | MP3, AAC, AAC+, eAAC+, OGG, MIDI, WAV, OTA, MP4 |
| Java | | |
| Games | NA | Yes, downloadable |
| FM Radio | | |
| Battery | NA | 1305 mAh |
| Standby time (h) | 410 | 520 |
| Talktime (m) | 540 | 390 |
| Wireless Charging | | |
| Browser | 2.0 XHTML | Android HTML Webkit |
| Calendar | | |
| Voicedialing | | |
| IP Code | NA | IP67 |
| Predictive text | | |
| RSS reader | | |
| Voicememo | | |
| PC Synchronization | | |
| SyncML | | |
| Website | Website | Website |