Sony Xperia S preview: Game on

02 March 2012
In staging their grand return, Sony Mobile could've done a lot worse than the Xperia S. The fresh divorcees are back on the market, their new Xperia flagship kindly supplying the bang. And while the HD screen and dual-core processor are not exactly...

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  • Anonymous
  • MNT
  • 04 Mar 2012

what an ugly phone

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    • Mubashir
    • uZa
    • 04 Mar 2012

    AnonD-30293, 04 Mar 2012Because what's best for one may not be the best for another... morethats a political statement:)
    I think it was not considered because it was launched in 2012 and they only considered 2011 phones. and I think for the same reason 4gs was not in nomines.
    Ist it?

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      • Alex
      • La8
      • 04 Mar 2012

      Best 2012 phone until next Xperia high-end.

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        • AnonD-27994
        • 33Z
        • 04 Mar 2012

        I live in lebanon i buy it yesterday its great and it have a HDMI cable in the box . It's very fast. when you hold it in your hand it's waw .

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          • AnonD-30293
          • TRK
          • 04 Mar 2012

          maher, 04 Mar 2012i wounder does the xperisa s support video calls over 3G ne... moreNo it doesn't

          AFAIK, this is not a feature built into Android, so the front camera is meant for Data communication such as Skype, Gtalk and others

          The reason why Samsung has them on the Galaxy phones with FFC (though I think not all of them) is because they went the extra mile for that extra feature for their version of Android

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            • AnonD-30293
            • TRK
            • 04 Mar 2012

            Mubashir, 04 Mar 2012All your points about sony are valid but why this phone was... moreBecause what's best for one may not be the best for another

            Remember that one man's meat is another man's poison

            The industry tends to take items to be presented to the customer at its face value (aka numbers game), so the bigger the numbers, the better

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              • maher
              • 0Cn
              • 04 Mar 2012

              i wounder does the xperisa s support video calls over 3G networks like the samsung galaxy phones or not?

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                • Mubashir
                • uZa
                • 04 Mar 2012

                AnonD-30293, 04 Mar 2012Xperia S battery test under a realistic day of use is a go ... moreAll your points about sony are valid but why this phone was not in the nomines of "best smartphone" at MWC?

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                  • Anonymous
                  • L4x
                  • 04 Mar 2012

                  Alui, 04 Mar 2012N8 pictures are clearly darker. I might get this phone. Is ... moreN8 pictures are not dark, the exposure is simply accurate, the Xperia X pictures are overexposed with blow up highlights. And if you compare both at 100% crop, the Xperia S got a lot more color noise and less fine detail. Can't compare with the N8.

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                    • AnonD-30293
                    • vjs
                    • 04 Mar 2012

                    Xperia S battery test under a realistic day of use is a go

                    Read the descriptions

                    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zopeC1YCyYM

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                      • sooty
                      • wfx
                      • 04 Mar 2012

                      This phone is amazing

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                        • AnonD-6211
                        • 7Xb
                        • 04 Mar 2012

                        After scribbling the comments here, I found out that Sony Xperia S smokes out Galaxy Nexus and Moto Razr. Im posting the youtube url posted earlier by other comments.
                        http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnQqLJjVLmE
                        Gingerbread Xperia S versus ICS nexus.
                        Sony software engineers really know how to bring out the power of the hardware and the software. It scored highest among the three. What more if ICS is rolled out to this phone.

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                          • AnonD-6211
                          • 7Xb
                          • 04 Mar 2012

                          AnonD-252, 04 Mar 2012Tests even here on GSMArena have actually proven that Andro... more+1

                          Its expected that touch screen devices with high resolution will consume more power than low res ones.

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                            • AnonD-252
                            • 0Ts
                            • 04 Mar 2012

                            AnonD-843, 03 Mar 2012did sammy's galaxy ace have any improvement in battery wit... moreTests even here on GSMArena have actually proven that Androids do NOT have worse batterylife than Symbian or WP7 or N9/MeeGo! Higher screen resolution drains battery more than lower resolution, and watching streaming Adobe Flash 11 movies drain any battery! Symbians are so very boring to use and that is the real reason why some are fooled to think Symbians have long batterylife, they simply do not use them and any unused phone have "long" batterylife! (My old outdated N97 mini have worse batterylife than any Android I have ever used even thogh N97 mini is a Symbian with a very slow cpu!)

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                              • Alui
                              • mSu
                              • 04 Mar 2012

                              N8 pictures are clearly darker. I might get this phone. Is pretty cool and Sony will launch a movie market only for its devices.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • XMF
                                • 03 Mar 2012

                                Nice design, bad ui and lack of costumer service in my town

                                still prefer nokia then

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                                  • Graz
                                  • 3Jc
                                  • 03 Mar 2012

                                  The specifications seem good but I just don't like the design. Seems really feminine like to me...

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                                    • AnonD-843
                                    • 2SR
                                    • 03 Mar 2012

                                    I think the N8's pics look good

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                                      • AnonD-843
                                      • 2SR
                                      • 03 Mar 2012

                                      AnonD-252, 03 Mar 2012With only 640x360 screen it is easy to be "batteryeffi... moredid sammy's galaxy ace have any improvement in battery with even lower resolutioon?? LOL NO!
                                      Dont fool around man

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • j5J
                                        • 03 Mar 2012

                                        is it me or does disqus commenting system doesnt work