SONY XPERIA U REVIEW/SPECIFICATION ( SONY ERICSSON XPERIA ST25i KUMQUAT)
Sony has created a whole new experience of smartphones among the youths. Along with the recent hit Sony Xperia S Sony has side-by-side launched Sony Xperia U. There is a special style in Sonys' Phones that inspires users to purchase it. Apart from sleek design sony even has charming features along with DLNA. Its Sony's smart cover effects that has succeeded in creating a wonderful impression among its users. This phone supports ANDROID GINGERBREAD v2.3.x Which is upgradable to ANDROID JELLY BEAN v4.0. This phone has DUAL CORE 1 GHz STE U8500 Chipset. It has MALI - 400 MP Graphics. It even has a Secondary camera which is very rare in Android Phones.
SO AFTER A BRIEF REVIEW LETS MOVE ON TO THE SPECIFICATIONS:-
1) OPERATING SYSTEM - ANDROID GINGERBREAD v2.3 ( UP-GRADABLE TO JELLY BEAN v4.0 )
2) PROCESSOR - DUAL CORE 1 GHz CORTEX A9
3) CHIPSET - STE U8500
4) GRAPHICS - MALI 400MP
5) 2G/3G NETWORK - 850/900/1800/1900/2100
6) HSDPA/ HSUPA - 14.4 MBPS/ 5.76 MBPS
7) GPRS/ EDGE - 107 KBPS/ 296 KBPS
8) WiFi - 802.11 b/g/n WITH WiFi HOTSPOT, DLNA
9) DISPLAY TYPE :- LED BACKLIT LCD , CAPACITIVE TOUCHSCREEN WITH 16 M COLOURS
10) RESOLUTION - 854 * 480 PIXELS DIAGONALLY - 3.5 INCHES
11) MULTI-TOUCH - UPTO 4 FINGERS
12) PROTECTION - SCREEN RESISTANT GLASS, SONY MOBILE BRAVIA ENGINE, TIMESCAPE UI
13) CARD-SLOT - NO
14) INTERNAL MEMORY - 8GB, 4GB USER ACCESSIBLE
15) RAM - 512 MB
16) CAMERA - YES, 5 MP 2592 * 1944 MEGA PIXELS, LED FLASH, GEO-TAGGING WITH SECONDARY CAMERA.
17) VIDEO - YES, 720p HD
18) BATTERY - STANDBY - 260 to 472 HRS.
- TALKTIME - 5.5 to 6.5 HRS.
- PLAYBACK TIME - 48 HRS.
19) GPS - YES WITH A-GPS
20) JAVA - YES, VIA JAVA MIDP EMULATOR
21) SENSORS - PROXIMITY SENSOR, COMPASS, ACCELEROMETER
22) OTHER FEATURES - SNS INTEGRATION
- ACTIVE NOISE CANCELLATION WITH DEDICATED MIC
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV PLAYER
- MP3/EAAC+/WMA/WAV PLAYER
- GOOGLE SEARCH, MAPS, GMAIL,
YOUTUBE, CALENDAR, GOOGLE TALK
- ORGANIZER
- DOCUMENT VIEWER
- VOICE MEMO/DIAL/COMMANDS
- PREDICTIVE TEXT INPUT
PRICE - AROUND ` 16,500 OR € 243
PROS OF SONY XPERIA U
- DLNA SUPPORTED
- BUDGET-SUPPORTED PRICE
- FAST PERFORMANCE WITH 1 GHz
- HD RECORDER
- EXCHANGEABLE COVERS
- LOUD AND CLEAR SOUND
- GOOD GRAPHICS
CONS OF SONY XPERIA U
- NO MicroSD CARD SUPPORTED
- ONLY 4GB INTERNAL STORAGE
- COMES WITH ANDROID GINGERBREAD v2.3 ( IT ALTHOUGH CAN BE UPGRADED)
- POOR BATTERY PERFORMANCE
- LOW QUALITY FRONT-FACING CAMERA (0.3MP)
- AFTER 8-9 MONTHS THE SPEAKER SOUNDS START CRACKING
- LOW BLUETOOTH PROFILES
SHOULD YOU PURCHASE SONY XPERIA U??
- MY ANSWER IS ABSOLUTELY YES. THE NUMBER OF PROS OUTSHINES THE NUMBER OF CONS ALTHOUGH I HAVE NOT GIVEN MUCH. PROPLE WHO HAVE EXPERIENCED THIS PHONE HAS GIVEN THESE RATINGS:-
- STYLE - 9.2
- PERFORMANCE - 8.6
- USER SATISFACTION - 500 RATINGS HERE
WHERE YOU CAN PURCHASE SONY XPERIA U ??
SO HOPE THAT YOU LIKED MY REVIEW AND MADE UP YOUR MIND TO PURCHASE THIS PHONE FROM THE LINK THAT I GAVE...
OTHER LINKS - i) http://gdgt.com/sony/xperia/u/
