Sony Xperia sola review: Light 'em up

29 May 2012
Sony are busy extending their Xperia line, after the Japanese behemoth bought out their Ericsson counterpart, and the Xperia sola lies squarely in the middle of the pack. The flagship Xperia S has set the ceiling and the Xperia P will set the...

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  • vlahu
  • U2}
  • 04 Jul 2012

Bad battery life. Red paint is started to peel off. Bad plastic quality. I will never buy a Sony phone.

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    • the'x
    • 95r
    • 02 Jul 2012

    I have Xperia mini pro.. And i want to change it with sola with the bigger screen..
    but it's still make me confuse..
    With the battery! No front camera!

    what will i do?
    Still with the mini pro or get the new sola?

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      • Anonymous
      • n{k
      • 28 Jun 2012

      I don't understand how you judge this phone.
      After reading all these commends i was thinking of not buying this phone, but i am glad i did buy it.

      The phone offers very good specs for its price and also the battery you are all complaining about lasts for about 2 days of normal uses.

      By normal use i mean phone calls, 1-2 hours surfing the internet and 1-2 hours of listening to music through the headphones for every day.

      The only bad thing about this phone which i think none of you mentioned is that the phone is flat and its speaker is on the bottom and when you leave the phone on a surface like cloth or something similar, the sound gets very low, but when the speaker is not covered the sound is adequately loud.

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        • ogre
        • U2}
        • 26 Jun 2012

        The red paint is very bad quality. After five days it started to peel off at the edges. Now my wife regrets that she didn't buy a black one. I am wondering if Sony the warranty covers this.

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          • Rakesh
          • tUw
          • 26 Jun 2012

          using this phone from past ten days..
          Good phone in terms of looks & specs
          But hangs a lot and bad bat'ry life.

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            • Anonymous
            • u7m
            • 22 Jun 2012

            Can this Xperia sola support NOVA 3??? Thank you

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              • anu
              • fCQ
              • 20 Jun 2012

              The system got hung up verry easily it is too difficult to type even

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                • Raj
                • t}F
                • 19 Jun 2012

                I've bought sony xperia sola on 4th June and have not found any problem so far except call volume is little low and battery backup is not so good to use the phone for a long time. Beside all these, its a very advanced smartphone with 1 Ghz dual core processor which makes it more responsive and fast android operating smart phone. Moreover the floating touch technology and NFC makes it more interesting.

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                  • AnonD-56924
                  • JFj
                  • 18 Jun 2012

                  Anonymous, 17 Jun 2012I had taken the Sony solar but main disadvantages is there ... moreIt has 2 tags, Black and Red one.

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                    • Damani
                    • 4j@
                    • 17 Jun 2012

                    Review says, it has 5 capture mode, Normal, Scene recognition, Sweep Panorama, Sweep Multi Angle and 3D Sweep Panorama.

                    I only have 4 and i don't have Scene Recognition. Why is that?

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                      • Anonymous
                      • rA2
                      • 17 Jun 2012

                      I had taken the Sony solar but main disadvantages is there is no front camera.one thing I want to know that how many smart tags given in the box?I got only one..I was doubt about it is misplaced by the shopkeeper.I had taken it from sangeetha forum mal BANGLORE.;

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                        • Anonymous
                        • TRG
                        • 10 Jun 2012

                        Hi GSMArena, have you done a battery endurance test for this model? I wanna know if the 1320mAh battery for accepetable battery life as compared to the Xperia P. Thanks. :)

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                          • Anonymous
                          • IT4
                          • 08 Jun 2012

                          Review Xperia U please

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                            • help
                            • PS6
                            • 05 Jun 2012

                            GOSH,.. my sola suddenly get blank almost 3 hours now,.plenty of time switch it on, already recharge, connect to PC, still blank,.. dunno what to do,.. oh sony,. why could this happened?? im blank too,...

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                              • Jackskellington6sic6
                              • q8Q
                              • 02 Jun 2012

                              AnonD-36731, 01 Jun 2012I have never had a battery failure. I am guessing that rel... moreNot everyone get's it but it exists and does not mean it wont. It has never happened to me either yet.

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                                • video recorder test
                                • fvJ
                                • 01 Jun 2012

                                Where are the video samples on youtube

                                Thanks

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                                  • AnonD-36731
                                  • vxK
                                  • 01 Jun 2012

                                  Jackskellington6sic6, 01 Jun 2012It also means that if anything goes wrong with the battery ... moreI have never had a battery failure. I am guessing that reliability is increasing all the time.

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                                    • dzlan
                                    • t7X
                                    • 01 Jun 2012

                                    All specs. Hardware of ths fone are totally almost perfect. But I hope Sony will put external/expandable memory cards in all of ıts Xperias!
                                    A'm using xperia mıni pro. Planning to upgrade to an Xperia

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                                      • Jackskellington6sic6
                                      • q8Q
                                      • 01 Jun 2012

                                      AnonD-36731, 01 Jun 2012I am also not convinced that a non-swappable battery is tha... moreIt also means that if anything goes wrong with the battery all you have to do is swap in another and you are good to go. Not have to send in for repairs. I would never buy a phone that did not have swappable battery. Weither it's a feature you need or not it is ridiculous, shady, and unnecessary to make such phones and is a better deal for anyone.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 2SP
                                        • 01 Jun 2012

                                        i am planning to buy this moblie.So i just wanted to ask that how is the battery life?