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Friday 6 July 2012

Sony Xperia U : Super power with limited memory.

  INTRODUCING * SONY XPERIA U * : "Unique & Trendy !"

The Ultimate Power Packed phone featuring a DUAL CORE PROCESSOR 1GHZ Cortex A9, MALI-400MP GRAPHICS it tries to perform to the likes of GALAXY S II who is equipped with similar features (1.2GHZ Cortex A9 & MALI-400MP).
If applications are your life this is the best SONY has to offer in this price range.
The Xperia U has 4GB usable internal memory for installing applications and gaming out of the total 8GB memory & 512MB RAM. There is No Memory Card Slot.
However for a Price of Rs. 16499 (flipkart.com 28/7/2012) / $ 260 US dollars and the experience of powerful applications, its the best deal. This phone is a BIG NO FOR People who keep a huge music collection and like to keep many HD videos in their phone. But there is a silver lining, using USB OTG (on the go) its possible to connect a pendrive to the Xperia U using a cable. You can keep an 8GB pen drive or more to solve the low space problem, be sure to have a large pocket :-) !!. Cloud Computing is another option, using a 3G connection u can access our data files stored in services on the Internet eg. services like Spotify, Dropbox, Google Drive. No HDMI out for this phone, keep in mind the price.



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# NETWORKS COMPATIBLE

   






2G NETWORKS:-    GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G NETWORKS:-    HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25i.

                                  HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a







    Wireless LAN(wifi):- Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA.

    BLUETOOTH:-         version 2.1 with A2DP & EDR


     

# LOOKS:

*Swappable Bottom - white, black, pink, yellow

-A unique feature SONY has to offer, it makes your phone stand out from the rest of the crowd, it adds a completely different feeling to the phone.


*LED BAND


-You choose from a number of colours to suite your theme and mood
-The LED band is bright and very visible in a hall or room .

*DISPLAY 

 Left to Right screen size : Sony Xperia U (3.5 inch), Sony Xperia P (4 inch) & Sony Xperia S (4.3 inch).

  SPECS:

-The 3.5 inch scratch resistant screen is large and displays 480 x 854 pixels with (~280 ppi pixel density).
-Capacitive LED-backlit LCD touch with 16M colours.
-280 ppi pixel density means extremely good picture clarity.
-The SONY Mobile BRAVIA Engine & Timescape UI does wonders to the phone display.
-Upto 4 fingers of multitouch is possible.







*BODY

 -Plastic curvy body is a step to keep the phone as lightweight as possible.
 -Fits comfortably in one hand.
 -Dedicated Camera Key is present which rocks & keeps photographers happy.
 -Dimensions: 112 x 54 x 12 mm.
 -Weight: 110g.


 

#SOUND:

-Sound engine  "Sony 3D surround sound audio technology".
-Loudspeaker & 3.5mm jack present

Advice: Good quality sound but not excellent expected better sound at this price range.


#CAMERA:

-Main primary camera is 5 megapixel, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash.
-Secondary camera is present and is VGA.
-Camera features are Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama, 
  image stabilization
-Video recording is  720p@30fps, video light is present.

Advice: Camera does not quite live up to the expectation of a 5MP camera, colours are not upto mark.
Video recording is not the best 720p you will get compared to other 720p video recording phones.
However the clarity of the camera is good.

#MEMORY:

-4GB complete usable internal memory for installing applications and storing files, out of the total 8GB.
-No Memory Card Slot
-USB slot is microUSB v2.0.
-You can attach any pendrive to the phone using USB OTG (on the go) method.

Advice:
This cable will be needed to attach a pendrive: " micro usb to female usb otg "
It will cost around Rs.200 to Rs300 or more or less.


This short cable should solve the memory problem.
VIDEO of how its done !! Thanks to unreal300




#OPERATING SYSTEM:

-The SONY Xperia U uses Android 2.3 a.k.a. Gingerbread Operating System.
-SONY has planned Ice cream sandwich Android 4.0 for this phone, it should be available post 
August 2012.
-P.S. Adobe Flash is supported on this phone.

Advice: Gingerbread is currently the most used and popular Android OS as of July 2012, off course power efficiency will be better on Ice cream sandwich but Gingerbread is the most successful OS till date.


#BATTERY LIFE:

-The battery used on SONY Xperia U is a standard Li-Ion 1320 mAh battery.
-With light usage of apps and games the battery will last till the end of your day, however if you play games frequently you may need to charge 2 or more times a day.
-Talk-time of upto 6 h 36 min (2G) & 5 h 36 min (3G).
-Standby time upto upto 260 h (2G) & 472 h (3G).
-A separately purchasable 1500mAh battery is available from Mugen Power Batteries and is said to last 16% more than the stock battery. 

Advice: Ultimately its how you yourself use your phone, so use your apps & games wisely when your outdoors. With such a powerful phone it is bound to suck battery when gaming so be alert.


# GAMING & APPLICATIONS:



-Gaming on this phone is smooth as ever.

-Graphics Processor used is Mali 400MP(single core) as compared to the (dual & quad core) Mali 400MP which is used  in devices like Samsung Galaxy S II, Samsung Galaxy Note, Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.7, Samsung Galaxy Tab 7.0 Plus, given a Dual core Cortex A9 processor, you can expect most of the same games to run on the SONY XPERIA U.

-In terms of applications, it can run many of the applications meant for phones to the like
S II, LG OPTIMUS 2X, SAMSUNG GALAXY R and other dual core phones out there

- Mali 400MP is a bit superior than " ULP Geforce" graphics of Optimus 2X &  Galaxy R.


-Ultimate phone for gaming given the price.

SOME OF THE HD GAMES ON XPERIA U !!
VIDEO Thanks to 99amipearl







# CONCLUSION:

 PROs :

-Nice body with swappable bottom caps.

-Affordable HD Gaming Dual core phone.

-Dedicated camera button.

-Scratch resistant display with good clarity.

-Visible LED band shows off well.

-Well priced.

 

CONs:

-No memory card slot. (4GB internal memory present).

-Camera & Sound is just good, not very good or awesome.

#WHO SHOULD BUY THIS:

-Affordable Dual Core processor seekers around Rs 16,000 or $ 260.

-Gamers who are on a tight budget.

-People who want to visually show their phone's uniqueness.

-People who know how to make use of 4GB internal memory.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you've had a good reading experience, see you next post, 

have a nice day!











 













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