Sony Xperia S review: NXT of kin

30 March 2012
The Sony Xperia S is the current champion of the NXT series and comes aptly armed with a tack-sharp 720p screen and 12MP worth of stills. It also sets a new design trend for the Xperia line and brings massive improvements to it. The Xperia S comes at a time of change in the...

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  • Relaxer
  • kgB
  • 31 Mar 2012

Did you notice that you can create shortcuts to your favorite albums/tracks/playlists in the my music tab of the music player? Just long press on an album and select add as shortcut

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    • AnonD-26727
    • La8
    • 31 Mar 2012

    Look. Let's make things clear. Sony is the best company ever in this Universe. Absolutely no one beats Sony. Sony is God's company of products. Sony beats the $*** out of cheap Nokia or Samsung phones!!!

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      • AnonD-44302
      • vGe
      • 31 Mar 2012

      AnonD-44100, 31 Mar 2012Xperia guys u r wasting ur time fighting those n8 freekz. ... morenot fighting....just trying to get those fans right...hahaha...NOKIA....even the name makes me laugh....no words further....sshhh

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        • AnonD-44100
        • 7qx
        • 31 Mar 2012

        Xperia guys u r wasting ur time fighting those n8 freekz.
        I mean cum on...u r buying a phone not a chamera...and u living zombies of symbian fans think u can beat 'THE ANDROID'
        this platform even changed the life of duying samsung with its own power or else SAMSUNG is dead...
        n8 can't even do 20% of what XPERIA S do
        Please try to accept & respect the new innovations,otherwise u wil get backdated urself,
        There was also a time n8 played its game,now please
        R.I.P

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          • Anonymous
          • 2Te
          • 31 Mar 2012

          I also want to know about the battery performance. GSMarena team, please update the review with battery test asap.

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            • AnonD-44302
            • vGe
            • 31 Mar 2012

            KF, 31 Mar 2012ok ok spec-wise, the brand new xperia s is the clear winner... moreMannnn!!.....u just need to grow up.....watch your surroundings.....this S is such a sophisticated and exclusive peice and thats enough to beat your N8.I just couldn't understand how one could even compare this with N8.....and you talking about One X......guess what it is the phone which will take HTC up to the sky(Look at its preorders damn it!!)....although this should have happened earlier but sadly the company has always been underestimated......my two year old wildfire with Sense 2.1 can do a lot more than your phone except the camera....lolzzzz.....how could someone today even boast for company which is losing its shares rapidly and the OS which is crying for its survival...wasn't the 808 post enough for you fans to boast!!

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              • AnonD-38108
              • fq2
              • 31 Mar 2012

              I really Like that Review...i already have it & i really enjoy every single thing about it...Hd screen, highly responsive touch..high storage space...the amazing cam..etc thanks GSM arena for giving this phone the review it deserves.

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                • AnonD-23506
                • sxr
                • 31 Mar 2012

                KF, 31 Mar 2012really?? the N8 despite being about 2yo, it still beats the... moreLol!You are such a great fanatic of a company who is losing ground,Mr.Elop should recruit you as their P.R.O...Even their great PURE VIEW 808 will unleashes it so called 41 Mp with Carla(gay's name)OS,it is still the dying OS,I rather buy a Canon camera..By the way,i use HTC Radar....:))Chao!

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                  • Omar Mohamed
                  • Nqk
                  • 31 Mar 2012

                  After comparison:
                  N8 is still better in still pictures and videos although the 1080p.

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                    • Doodle Doo
                    • fna
                    • 31 Mar 2012

                    GSM Arena pls include your battery test for this phone

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                      • analyserabc
                      • L5B
                      • 31 Mar 2012

                      AnonD-35246, 31 Mar 2012Sony is going from bad to worse. The Xperia S design is th... morepoor comment...

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                        • alejadroEstrada
                        • L5B
                        • 31 Mar 2012

                        great design and quality, this is the right way. testing before commenting ..

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                          • AnonD-843
                          • 2SR
                          • 31 Mar 2012

                          hmm. cam quality is still better for N8.

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                            • AnonD-35246
                            • u14
                            • 31 Mar 2012

                            Sony is going from bad to worse.
                            The Xperia S design is the EXACT COPY of HTC TOUCH DIAMOND 2.
                            Guys, check this out...
                            http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=2689&idPhone2=4369

                            EXACTLY THE SAME DESIGN. CTRL C + CTRL V.
                            SONY, WHAT A SHAME!!!

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                              • AnonD-39775
                              • 0Cb
                              • 31 Mar 2012

                              go wash your stupid brains: even nokia 808 with carla is a fart-sniffer old junk android compared with this sony.fans of symbian are like the fans of vw: they think that from old farty vw beetle, vw still remains a good brand, no matter what they do, anything can't compare with vw. this is the type of stupid thinking

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                                • Sonyfan
                                • S2D
                                • 31 Mar 2012

                                Apple pie, 30 Mar 2012hey!!!hold on there Can you tell me where are iphones,sama... moreNokia also make them in EU if you don't mind. Samsung make them in their native Korea. But Apple, Sony: never. They stay loyal to China... :DDD And that's the answer to the most disturbing question lurking in your mind: "Why don't I have money, why don't I have job?" Get it? Some small chinese boy steals them from you.

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                                  • AnonD-35246
                                  • u14
                                  • 31 Mar 2012

                                  O'rly , 31 Mar 2012Oh please, do you even know how cores work? having an extra... moreLast year when samsung, htc and lg came up with dual core phones what sony said is that a smartphone doesnt need a dual core processor and the year results an utter failure for sony ericsson xperia series.
                                  Now the big boys come with quad core cpu, sony introduced their dual core and now saying dual core is enough for a smart phone. We cannot trust this brand anymore.
                                  I was a big fan of sonyericsson when they introduced cyber shot series and walkman series in the past.
                                  But with xperia series I'm very dissapointed. Low RAM, delay in software updates, bugs, frequent force close, poor loudspeaker performance(except Xperia S) and outdated hardware.
                                  Sony is now on the verge. Guys, you have to move on.

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                                    • AnonD-35246
                                    • u14
                                    • 31 Mar 2012

                                    AnonD-13379, 31 Mar 2012Most of loss of sony is because of japan earthquake, thaila... moreSony's decline in sales started in 2008 and in 2010 sales declined dramatically and in 2011 it shows losses.
                                    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:SonyEricsson_shipments2003to2009.png
                                    http://www.intomobile.com/2008/07/18/sony-ericsson-posts-massive-profit-decline-cutting-2000-jobs/

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                                      • thd
                                      • 31 Mar 2012

                                      I have the Xperia S. When plugged into my 2 year old Panasonic plasma TV via the microHDMI cable, I can control the phone using the TV's remote control. This functionality isn't limited only to Sony Bravia TVs. The Xperia S probably uses CEC which is part of the HDMI spec. CEC allows HDMI devices to control each other. So any HDMI TV set that implements CEC should work with this Xperia S feature.

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                                        • vbM
                                        • 31 Mar 2012

                                        AnonD-9023, 31 Mar 2012That is pure fanboy comment. Processor - 600 Mhz ARM 11 ... moreMissed the super fast camera in xperia S,while it takes about 5-6 seconds in N8.