After the 'divorced' from Ericsson, Sony's new step in the mobile market with the brand Sony Mobile Communications initiated with the launch of its first premium smartphone, Sony Xperia S. Claimed as a premium smartphone, of course, Sony Xperia equip S with a number of capabilities and features. Following a review of the ability of the Sony Xperia S.
Design Xperia S
Starting from design, the surface of the phone comes with a touch of smooth without any physical buttons that adorn. Despite having a large and visible body stiff from the front, the back of the phone is curved just feels comfortable when held and not heavy.
Meanwhile, a fairly prominent one of these phones, the iconic design that circles the base phone, which is a transparent line with white backlight. This transparent line serves as a marker of buttons on the phone, that is to back, home and menu. But the third had a transparent design can not be pinched, but at the top is marked with three small white dots.
Sony seems so to minimize the presence of buttons on the Xperia S. There are only three small buttons on the phone, the volume and camera buttons are located on the right side of the phone, as well as the on / off at the top of the phone. While the USB port located on the left side and HDMI on the right side of the phone.
Unfortunately, plastics material which binds up the phone a price of approximately Rp5.499 million of this decrease on the phone a premium impression. As for the operating system, Sony complete with Android Gingerbread, but take it easy because this phone can be upgraded to the Ice Cream Sandwich in the second quarter of this year.
Equipped with Dual Core processor 1.5 GHz Qualcomm, this phone has to offer performance is quite satisfactory. Users can quickly access the menus and applications in mobile phones, without having to wait long.
Armed with an internal memory of 32 GB, Sony also offers NFC technology (Near Field Communication). Unfortunately, the user must cuup satisfied with only 32 GB of internal memory, because Sony does not give a microSD slot.
Xperia S has a battery that integrates with the body, so if you want to lose your mind, replace the battery menggonta easily. In addition, one thing to note, users should use the micro SIM on this phone.
Reality Display 4.3-inch screen
Carrying the HD screen (High Definition) 4.3-inch (1280x720 pixels) with the Mobile Bravia Engine, making phone has a sharp and clear. For example, view photos or video on this phone comes with a fairly sharp color.
Like most other Android phones, this phone also has a five homescreen. Mobile phones with touch screen can be quite responsive, so it becomes more fun when doing a sweep on the screen without any lag.
For the convenience of typing, when used as position of the phone stand (portraid) feel less comfortable because of the size of a small virtual keyboard. But to handle it, can try to type in the phone's position as a virtual keyboard landscape was going to be a little bigger, so it becomes more comfortable when used.
Camera Performance
Traffic aiming for an object, then the Sony proved to give special attention. In the Xperia S, the Japanese company behind the camera equip with 12 MP sensor Exmor technology and R. With a 12 MP sensor and auto focus, of course, the resulting images provide adequate image quality.
When tested Okezone, when photographing an object with a fairly bright light, the resulting image appear quite sharp, both in terms of color or contrast of objects. Meanwhile, when used with low-light shooting, noise in the shots are still visible.
While the camera back has a sensor that is large enough for up to 12 MP, is inversely proportional to the front camera is only 1.3 MP (720p). In addition, the phone can also record HD video (1080p) that supports 3GPP and MP4 format.
Ease of capture important moments with spontaneous greatly helped with the Quick Launch mode on this phone. Users just simply pressing the camera button on the right side of the phone, the camera will automatically shoot straight in about 2 seconds from standby.
Specifications:
OS: Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), can upgrade Ice Cream Sandwich
Processor: Dual Core 1.5 GHz Qualcomm
HD Screen: 4.3 inch (1280x720 pixels)
Camera and video: back 12 MP (LED), front 1.3 MP, video recorders HD (1080p)
Internal memory: 32 GB
Connectivity: USB 2.0 support, HDMI, Bluetooth, NFC
Battery: - talk time of up to 8 hours 30 minutes - up to 420 hours standby time.