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Sony Xperia U Review

(ST25i)     See other variants reviews Score: 55 / 100

Sony Xperia U is a mid-level Android device launched back in the year 2012, coming with a fast 1000 megahertz Dual-Core processor, a 3.5-inches multi-touch display, and two cameras, a 5 mega-pixels back facing camera and a 0.3 mega-pixels front camera.

Sony didn't seem to put much effort to reduce weight in this 3.88 ounces cellphone. The Sony Xperia U is offerred in two color options, black and white.

Sony decided to power this cellphone with a fast Dual-Core processing unit speeding at 1 GHz, included in a ST Erricson NovaThor U8500 chip and 512 MB RAM. Graphic calculations usually uses lots of CPU processing time, so this cellphone has an extra 320 megahertz ARM Mali-400 MP1 graphics processing unit to help the CPU with those tasks. A nice point of the Sony Xperia U is its quite big 8 GB internal storage and though it doesn't include a slot for an SD memory card, it is enough to install hundreds of games and applications, but it might not be enough if you are fan of the heaviest games available nowadays or taking tons of pictures and videos.

The Sony Xperia U features two cameras, a 5 MP back camera and a 0.3 MP front-facing camera. This phone can also capture HD 1280x720 videos. This cellphone also counts with a few nice characteristics: auto-focus, flash, geo tagging and face detection shooting.

Sony designed this cellphone with a interesting 3.5 inches display, and a resolution of 854 x 480 , giving this cellphone a very good image quality. This display uses TFT capacitive technology, and can detect multi touch gestures.

This phone offers Wi-Fi connectivity (and it can provide it to other devices as a mobile hotspot) and fast 3G connection type, over HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. The Sony Xperia U works with a SIM card for GSM carriers.

The Sony Xperia U uses a 1320 mAh medium capacity Li-Ion replaceable battery providing this device with a poor battery life. Sony informs a 6.6 hours talk time and a 260 hs stand by time for this cellphone.

This cellphone also includes some nice characteristics as Bluetooth (2.1, EDR) and GPS, and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer and Compass.

The Sony Xperia U is priced about 205 dollars, which is a really high price for comparing with other similar phones. If you want this device mainly for social networks and internet browsing, you will definitely love this phone. Sony packs the Sony Xperia U with charger, micro USB cable for charging, synchronisation and file transfer, exchangeable caps, stereo headset, and user documentation and battery.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Sony
Operating System (OS):Android 4.0, 2.3.7
Variant:See other variants reviews
Also Known As:Sony Ericsson Kumquat
Product code:ST25i
Dimensions:4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 inchesMetric11.2 x 5.41 x 1.19 cmImperial
Weight:3.88 ouncesMetric110 gImperial
Colors:Black and White
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Accessories:And user documentation, battery, charger, exchangeable caps, micro USB cable for charging, stereo headset, synchronisation and file transfer
Release date:2012-02-26
Price:$ 205.00

Display

Screen Type:TFT (16M colors)
Size:3.5 inchesMetric8.9 cmImperial
Resolution:480 x 854 pixels
Pixel density:280 pixels per inchMetric110.24 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:Capacitive, Multi-touch

Hardware

Chipset:ST Erricson NovaThor U8500
Processor:ARM Cortex-A9 (Dual-Core 1000 MHz)
RAM Memory:512 MB
Graphics Processor:ARM Mali-400 MP1 (320 MHz)
Internal Memory:8 GB
SD Card Slot:No SD card slot

Battery

Battery type:Li-Ion
Removable:Yes
Capacity:1320 mAh
Stand-by Time:260 hours
Talk Time:6.6 hours

Camera

Back camera:5 megapixels
    Flash:Yes
Front camera:0.3 megapixels
Max video resolution:1280 x 720 (HD)
Camera features:Auto-Focus, Face Detection Shooting and Geo Tagging

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 2.1, EDR
GPS:Yes
Sensors:Accelerometer, Compass, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor