Sony Xperia go Review
Score: 51.6 / 100
Sony Xperia go is a bit outdated Android cellphone launched some years ago, in 2012, which counts with a 5 mega-pixels back side camera, a 1000 MHz Dual-Core CPU and a medium sized 3.5-inches multi-touch capacitive screen. That's all? No, it's just the introduction of a much deeper review.
Sony decided to design the Sony Xperia go using a good performance 1 gigahertz Dual-Core processing unit, bundled in a ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 chip and 512 MB RAM. To help with graphic calculations, it also has a 500 megahertz ARM Mali-400 graphic processing unit.
This time, it seems like Sony decided not to care much about the weight in this 3.88 ounces cellphone. Sony made this cellphoneavailable only in three colors: black, yellow and white. This cellphone has a wonderful design, with a thickness of just 0.39 inches.
This cellphone includes a nice 3.5-inches screen with a 480 x 320 resolution, making everything look quite colorful and brightful. Its screen uses TFT capacitive technology, and is multi-touch enabled.
This cellphone has Wi-Fi connectivity (which it can share with other devices around, acting as a wireless modem or router) and the fastest 3G internet connection, over HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. This cellphone works with a SIM card to connect to GSM networks.
The Sony Xperia go has only a 5 MP back-facing camera. It also captures 1280x720 HD videos. This cellphone also has a large number of cool characteristics: flash, auto-focus, digital image stabilization, smile detection shooting, face detection shooting and geo tagging.
This cellphone comes with a medium sized 1305 mAh battery providing this cellphone with a not very long battery life. Sony reports a 520 hours stand by time and a 6.5 hours talk time for this cellphone.
This cellphone also includes a couple nice characteristics such as Bluetooth (for communication with other phones and accessories) and GPS Geolocation, and multiple sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Barometer and Compass.
This cellphone costs around $ 210, which is a very high price for this kind of phone. Sony packs this cellphone with and user documentation., Stereo headset, micro USB cable for charging, charger and synchronisation and file transfer.
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Specifications
| Device Type: | Phone |
| Brand: | Sony |
| Operating System (OS): | Android 2.3.7 |
| Dimensions: | 4.37 x 2.37 x 0.39 inchesMetric11.1 x 6.02 x 0.99 cmImperial |
| Weight: | 3.88 ouncesMetric110 gImperial |
| Colors: | Black, White and Yellow |
| Scratch Resistant Glass: | Yes |
| Accessories: | Stereo headset, and user documentation., charger, micro USB cable for charging, synchronisation and file transfer |
| Release date: | 2012-05-30 |
| Price: | $ 210.00 |
Display | |
| Screen Type: | TFT (16M colors) |
| Size: | 3.5 inchesMetric8.9 cmImperial |
| Resolution: | 320 x 480 pixels |
| Pixel density: | 165 pixels per inchMetric64.96 pixels per cmImperial |
| Touch screen: | Capacitive, Multi-touch |
Hardware | |
| Chipset: | ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 |
| Processor: | ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz) |
| RAM Memory: | 512 MB |
| Graphics Processor: | ARM Mali-400 (500 MHz) |
| SD Card Slot: | microSD, microSDHC (up to 32 GB) |
Battery | |
| Removable: | Yes |
| Capacity: | 1305 mAh |
| Stand-by Time: | 520 hours |
| Talk Time: | 6.5 hours |
Camera | |
| Back camera: | 5 megapixels |
| Flash: | Yes |
| Max video resolution: | 1280 x 720 (HD) |
| Camera features: | Auto-Focus, Digital Image Stabilization, Face Detection Shooting, Geo Tagging and Smile Detection Shooting |
Networks | |
| Wi-Fi: | Yes |
| Mobile Hotspot: | Yes |
| SIM Card Type: | SIM |
| UMTS Bands: | 900, 2100 |
| GSM Bands: | 850, 900, 1800, 1900 |
| Technologies: | HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM |
Other Features | |
| Bluetooth: | Version 3.0 |
| GPS: | Yes |
| Sensors: | Accelerometer, Barometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor |