Sony Xperia sola is one of the three devices to be launched in India recently. Priced at Rs 20,449, it brings 1GHz dual-core processor, 3.7-inch Floating Touch display (more on this later), 5MP camera and Android 2.3 to the table, but is this enough to make the consumers go for it over the competition in the market? We will find out in this review.
Sony has gone for a 3.7-inch display for Xperia sola with 854x480p resolution. The display size is perfect for basic web-browsing, playing casual games and other daily chores, but multimedia junkies and heavy gamers might find it a little small for their taste.
The Xperia sola’s 5MP camera performs quite well. Thanks to the dedicated camera button, you don’t even have to unlock the device to click an image.
The smartphone camera supports up to 720p video recording and the results were fairly decent.
In the world of smartphones filled with Qualcomm and NVIDIA chips, Sony Xperia sola runs on ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 dual-core processor. Don’t worry, it performs quite well, and we did not experience any hiccups during our time with the smartphone.
Some of parameters of Your Sony Xperia Sola
General 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
SIM Mini-SIM
Announced 2012, March
Status Available. Released 2012, May
Body Dimensions 116 x 59 x 9.9 mm (4.57 x 2.32 x 0.39 in)
Weight 107 g (3.77 oz)
Display Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 854 pixels, 3.7 inches (~265 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes, up to 4 fingers
Protection Scratch-resistant glass
– Floating touch display
– Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine
Sound Alert types Vibration; MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
– 3D surround sound enhancement
Memory Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB
Internal 8 GB (5 GB user available), 512 MB RAM
Data GPRS Up to 100 kbps
EDGE Up to 296 kbps
Speed HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
NFC Yes
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB Host
Camera Primary 5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama, image stabilization
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, check quality
Secondary No
Features OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Chipset NovaThor U8500
CPU Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU Mali-400
Sensors Accelerometer, 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
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors Black, White, Red
– SNS integration
– Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
– MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
– MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
– Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
– Document viewer
– Voice memo/dial/commands
– Predictive text input
Battery Non-removable Li-Ion 1320 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 470 h (2G) / Up to 475 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 6 h (2G) / Up to 5 h (3G)
Music play Up to 40 h
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