Sony Xperia U

The Sony Xperia U (also known as the Sony Ericsson Xperia NXT in Japan) is an Android smartphone from Sony launched at the 2012 Mobile World Congress held at Barcelona. The Xperia U has a 3.5 in (88.9 mm) touch-screen with the mobile BRAVIA engine which optimises the picture, a 1GHz dual core processor, a 5 mega-pixel rear camera, 512 mb of RAM, and 8GB of internal storage. The cap at the bottom of the phone is interchangeable and is available in a wide choice of colours (pink, white, yellow and black are available).
 

Features of Sony Xperia U :

• Quad-band GSM /GPRS/EDGE support
• 3.5" 16M-color capacitive touchscreen of Full WVGA resolution (854 x 480 pixels) with Sony Mobile BRAVIA engine
• Android OS v2.3.7 Gingerbread, planned Android 4.0 ICS update
• Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, 512 MB RAM, NovaThor U8500 chipset
• 5 MP auto-focus camera with LED flash and geotagging, Multi Angle shot
• 720p video recording @ 30fps with continuous autofocus and stereo sound
• Wi-Fi b/g/n and DLNA
• GPS with A-GPS
• 8 GB built-in storage (6 GB user-accessible)
• microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• Voice dialing
• Adobe Flash 11 support
• Deep Facebook integration
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Transparent stripe changes color depending on screen content
• Replaceable cap at the bottom allows easy customization

Main disadvantages

• Limited storage with no expansion options
• No Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of box
• Some competitors are slimmer

 

Specification of Sony Xperia U :

General	2G Network : GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G Network : HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25i and HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a Announced: 2012, February Status : Available. Released 2012, May
Body	Dimensions: 112 x 54 x 12 mm Weight: 110 g - Touch-sensitive controls
Display	Type : LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors Size : 480 x 854 pixels, 3.5 inches (~280 ppi pixel density) Contrast ratio: 930:1 (nominal) / 1.758:1 (sunlight) Multitouch : Yes, up to 4 fingers Protection: Scratch-resistant glass - Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine - Timescape UI
Sound	Audio quality: Noise -87.3dB / Crosstalk -87.7dB Alert types: Vibration, MP3, ringtones Loudspeaker: Yes, Voice 65dB / Noise 65dB / Ring 72dB 3.5mm jack: Yes - Sony 3D surround sound audio technology
Memory	Card slot: No Internal: 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM
Data	GPRS: Up to 107 kbps EDGE: Up to 296c kbps Speed: HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA Bluetooth: Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR USB: Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
Camera	Primary: 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, auto-focus, LED flash Features: Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama, image stabilization Video: Yes, 720p@30fps, video light Secondary: Yes, VGA
Configuration	OS: Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 Chipset: STE U8500 CPU: Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 GPU: Mali-400MP Sensors: Accelerometer, proximity, compass Messaging: SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM, Browser: HTML5, Adobe Flash Radio: Stereo FM radio with RDS GPS: Yes, with A-GPS support Java: Yes, via Java MIDP emulator Colors: Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, yellow - 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
Battery	Type: Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh Stand-by: Up to 260 h (2G) / Up to 472 h (3G) Talk time: Up to 6 h 36 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 36 min (3G) Music play: Up to 45 h

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