Sony Ericsson Xperia active review: The Rainmaker

03 November 2011
Flick it, kick it, throw it, wet it. Drag and drop it. And watch it come back for more. The Sony Ericsson Xperia active is a survivor. The rugged smartphone has a Bravia Reality display and exchangeable covers, 1GHz of oomph and HD video, and plenty of sporty apps. It's got you - tucked under an arm...

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  • Chobie
  • t7x
  • 04 Nov 2011

One of the cons mentioned was that it has no front facing camera. But under the camera section of the review, it has the option to switch to front facing camera? Get it straight please.

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    • TJ
    • QsB
    • 04 Nov 2011

    "The five most used shortcuts allow you to change the capturing mode, resolution, to pick a scene, turn on flash and switch to the front-facing camera."

    I thought there was no secondary camera. why is it there is a feature like this? kindly make it clear. it makes the reader confused.

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      • jean
      • sxv
      • 04 Nov 2011

      been waiting for so long for this review... thanks gsmarena.. just disappointed that it has no secondary cam..

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        • AnonD-3303
        • LaC
        • 03 Nov 2011

        This is a phone that i might actually buy from SE! :)

          • p
          • pux
          • p8P
          • 03 Nov 2011

          Awesome! Finally a phone to bring to the shower. Wife will be so pleased.
          Jokes aside, this looks like a great phone for outdoors people. I wish I was a jogger :-D

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            • Majid
            • 39E
            • 03 Nov 2011

            Gsmarena what? Samsung galaxy ace one of the best 5 camera phones? I have worked with sam ace and the camera didnt have anything special. How you can say that active fails badly in competition with ace?

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              • Shuib
              • u7m
              • 03 Nov 2011

              wait... where's Xperia Pro review?

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                • IJJusion
                • Rxq
                • 03 Nov 2011

                [deleted post]lol, who cares about a nokia phone these days? :P ~ was very interested in this phone, it looks great, ive seen it in action, amazed by how good the screen was for a "tough" phone, the defy's screen is quite dark, while this one rivals the Arc.

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                  • nztony
                  • wvS
                  • 03 Nov 2011

                  My first smart phone and I love it - I'm a walker/hiker, so its ruggedness and not having to worry about it getting wet out in the rain is great, most impressed with it, and what wasn't mentioned in the review is that it comes in at a very reasonable (i.e. semi low) price. I wouldn't mind a bigger screen, but other than that, big marks from me, say 8/10. (10/10 for a bigger screen.)

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                    • Phone Smart
                    • 3%d
                    • 03 Nov 2011

                    Rugged = sport ????

                    The problem is that these two are different things, though of course depending on the sport. For running it is just to heavy and bulky, and I would rather have a slim light wave lesser rugged phone in my save pocket.