The Sony Xperia S, formerly known as the Nozomi, is one of the Sony smartphones announced at CES 2012.
This handset’s biggest boasts are a pixel-dense 4.3-inch HD screen and a 12.1-megapixel camera featuring Sony’s Exmor R sensor.
If you’re in the market for a top spec Android smart phone, the Xperia S is certainly a contender. Its gorgeous HD screen displays pixel-perfect text and video, with vibrant colours and velvety blacks. The 12.1-megapixel camera also impressed me.
The HD 1,280×720-pixel capacitive display is the real eye candy of the Xperia S, offering 4.3 inches of gloriously vibrant touchscreen with a very high level of detail. Colours really pop out — all 16 million+ of ’em. Pixel density is a whopping 342 pixels per inch — so it’s sharper than the 330ppi on the iPhone 4S retina display. In fact, it’s the highest ppi of any smart phone we’ve had in for review.
The design of the Sony Xperia S stands out thanks to a striking transparent plastic strip near the base of what is otherwise a fairly standard-issue black (or white) slab. Sony has added a clutch of similarly stripped handsets to its Xperia range — including the Xperia P and the Xperia U — so the clear strip (or “transparent element” as Sony likes to call it) is no longer unique to the S.
Inside Sony Xperia S You can find:
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 – LT26i
SIM Micro-SIM
Announced 2012, January
Status Available. Released 2012, February
Body Dimensions 128 x 64 x 10.6 mm (5.04 x 2.52 x 0.42 in)
Weight 144 g (5.08 oz)
Display Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 720 x 1280 pixels, 4.3 inches (~342 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes, up to 10 fingers
Protection Scratch-resistant glass
– Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine
– Timescape UI
Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
Memory Card slot No
Internal 32 GB storage, 1 GB RAM
Data GPRS Up to 86 kbps
EDGE Up to 237 kbps
Speed HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
NFC Yes
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go
Camera Primary 12 MP, 4000×3000 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama, image stabilization
Video Yes, 1080p@30fps, check quality
Secondary Yes, 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps
Features OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon
CPU Dual-core 1.5 GHz
GPU Adreno 220
Sensors Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors White, Black, Silver
– TV launcher
– SNS integration
– HDMI port
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
– MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
– MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
– TrackID music recognition
– Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
– Document viewer
– Voice memo/dial/commands
– Predictive text input
Battery Non-removable Li-Ion 1750 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 450 h (2G) / Up to 420 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 7 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 8 h 30 min (3G)
Music play Up to 25 h
Misc SAR EU 1.30 W/kg (head)
Price group [About 260 EUR]
Tests Display Contrast ratio: 1038:1 (nominal)
Loudspeaker Voice 72dB / Noise 61dB / Ring 69dB
Audio quality Noise -86.6dB / Crosstalk -86.9dB
Camera Photo / Video
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2. Wait for a few seconds until the phone screen asks for a network unlock pin code
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