Sony Xperia Tipo Dual Review

Sony Xperia Tipo Dual is a decent quality device launched in June 2012, which counts with a medium 3.2" multi-touch capacitive screen, a 3.2 MP back-facing camera and a good performance 800 megahertz CPU.

The Sony Xperia Tipo Dual is equipped with a fast CPU speeding at 800 MHz, packed into the Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 MSM7225A chip with 512 MB of RAM. Graphic calculations usually eats lots of CPU time, so the Sony Xperia Tipo Dual has an additional 200 megahertz Adreno 200 (enhanced) GPU to help the processor with those tasks. This phone counts with a moderate 2,5 GB internal storage memory, which is adequate for most users having that it also has an external memory card slot to store pictures and videos and even some games and apps that allow being installed in the external memory.

This cellphone is a little thick for today's standards, with a thickness of 0.51 inches. The Sony Xperia Tipo Dual is for sale in lots of color variations like black, blue, red and white. Sony didn't seem to put much effort to reduce weight in this 3.51 oz device.

The Sony Xperia Tipo Dual has only a 3.2 megapixels back-facing camera. It is capable of shooting VGA 640x480 videos. This camera also features geo tagging.

This device includes a good 3.2 inches display with a 480 x 320 resolution, giving this cellphone a good graphical experience. This display uses TFT capacitive technology, and allows multi-touch for gestures like pinch and zoom.

The Sony Xperia Tipo Dual counts with a 1500 mAh mid capacity Li-Ion replaceable battery, which is not really enough for a device like this. Sony claims this device has a stand by time of 350 hours and a talk time of 5 hs.

This cellphone counts with wi-fi connectivity (which it can provide to other devices acting as a mobile hotspot) and the fastest 3G data connection, using HSDPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. This cellphone has dual SIM cards so it's able to use two different carriers or phone lines in the same cellphone.

This phone also includes a handful of useful features such as Bluetooth (provides communication with other cellphones and accessories) and GPS (Global Positioning System), and a few sensors likeProximity Sensor and Accelerometer.

This phone costs 275 dollars, which is a high price for comparing with similar cellphones. If you buy this cellphone you also receive micro USB cable for charging, and user documentation., synchronisation and file transfer and Charger.