Sony Xperia go review: Get out, get wet

31 July 2012
The Sony Xperia go is not a phone to keep on a short leash. Not your kind of phone either if you'd say no to a dip in the pool because you are expecting an important call. The Sony Xperia go lets you join the fun. The midrange package that Sony just brought...

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  • Enzomiac
  • 9Lb
  • 30 Oct 2012

tony, 12 Oct 2012i just bought my xperia go last week then when i woke up in... moreSame is happening on my phone? Did your phone got fixed?

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    • annoyed customer
    • ngC
    • 27 Oct 2012

    bought the xperia go one month ago. Dropped phone from pocket and screen cracked the length of the phone. So much for durability for an 'active lifestyle'. Am very disappointed, I know the phone isn't guaranteed against such accidents, but still... given the marketing, i did expect better!

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      • jeremy
      • n2K
      • 15 Oct 2012

      Wtf! Almost all phones now have secondary camera and can make videocall, even those cheap phones in the market.

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        • tony
        • t7M
        • 12 Oct 2012

        i just bought my xperia go last week then when i woke up in the morning it is not already working.the screen is blackout.what's the problem

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          • AnonD-10641
          • MFX
          • 04 Oct 2012

          is it worth buying, drop it on the concrete floor :P go to swim with it drop it in the dust hit it with the hammer i

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            • dev
            • wdJ
            • 03 Oct 2012

            hi, i bought this mobile 20 days back. Now im facing a problem on this mobile...... I really love this mobile but sometimes display is not coming for 2-3 minutes when unlocking the phone or when a call comes suddenly the display goes off. again it comes after 3-4 minutes ... there is a problem with the display.......

            pls suggest wat to do....

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              • AnonD-70878
              • t1$
              • 11 Sep 2012

              I own this Sony xperia go. This mobile is really great but the problem is that when I transfer some files through Bluetooth they are getting stored in the user available 4gbspace and I dont know to transfer them to external memory card help me out

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                • negropenang
                • IW1
                • 10 Sep 2012

                Dont just comment...post the picture

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                  • Thy
                  • PBT
                  • 02 Sep 2012

                  I live in Cambodia I want to update my x-go's OS to Ics when will they arrived at Cambodia. Quick quick .....hurry up Sony.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • U{E
                    • 26 Aug 2012

                    saran, 26 Aug 2012I'm from India. . I bought this mobile two weeks before. . ... moreSony advertising this as dust proof and having shatter proof sheet on display . . But you know what that shatter proof sheet shattered for an unexpected drop from waist heigh. . . .

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                      • Sam
                      • U{E
                      • 26 Aug 2012

                      AnonD-67473, 19 Aug 2012Its just the best! M using it since 10 days but I dnt think... moreDon't drop or put it in water you'll feel for it. . . I expected a lot from this . . . But its display cracked for a unexpected drop . . . I suggest to not buy this . . . You may feel for it. Really. . .

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                        • saran
                        • U{E
                        • 26 Aug 2012

                        I'm from India. . I bought this mobile two weeks before. . .the reason to buy this model is because its ip67 certified. . . But today I just dropped this mobile from my hands unexpectedly. .but its display got shattered. . Cracked. . . I dropped while standing . . . That too waist heigh only. . . I called Sony customer care to query regarding this they said physical damage can't be consider under warrenty. . . Then why the hell they advertising this as dust proof model? . . I'm highly disappointed with Sony in this issue. . . This may be water proof but not dust proof. . . Waste . . Really I love Sony but from now I hate Sony. . . .

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                          • Sam
                          • IaH
                          • 25 Aug 2012

                          I think people miss the point that this phone is perfect to be able to take to a concert or fishing trip. The whole idea of a durable phone is that it is DURABLE. If you wanted all the features of an xperia s, then get one of those, but it wont do too well in the rain, or when your keg-stand goes horribly wrong.
                          Though not out in Australia yet, i have had the privelige to demo one, and they are suprisingly well off for a durable phone, in comparison to those who have previously attempted to capitalise on this neiche in the market.... all in all it is worth the sacrafice of screen quality, to be able to text in the shower, and worth the lower quality speakers, knowing they wont drown when submerged. Not the most amazing, but the best in its corner of the market

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                            • asterix
                            • sp7
                            • 22 Aug 2012

                            Sorry to say, but the same camera quality as the other xperias with noisy pictures and low video bitrate, many unnecessary apps, that panorama thing is useless because as a human you can't move the phone right so you ruin the whole picture. With Ericcson they were better, I don't know what's wrong with them.

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                              • AnonD-67473
                              • U{6
                              • 19 Aug 2012

                              Its just the best! M using it since 10 days but I dnt think there could be another phn beeter than this in the market...if u r searching fr any phn that's rugged in design n tightly packed wid features and tech at the same tym......thn I thnk this is the best available phn fr u in the market......n economic too........jst go 4 it!!!!

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                                • amit
                                • vwe
                                • 18 Aug 2012

                                hope, 16 Aug 2012i just brought this hanphone 2 day ago.. And Finally my xpe... moreyou like sony for ever

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                                  • amit
                                  • vwe
                                  • 18 Aug 2012

                                  its really nice sony for ever good for

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                                    • hope
                                    • IVB
                                    • 16 Aug 2012

                                    i just brought this hanphone 2 day ago.. And Finally my xperia go went crazy.. Alway restart many everytime.. and appeared Forced Stop.
                                    I have already Push power+ VOlume up key for restart and shut down even.. still not working properly..
                                    my laptop cant detect this hp.. SEMS HSUSB problem..
                                    damn..
                                    that why there so many complaint about Xperia especially Hanged problem...... I m one of victim...

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                                      • Jon (swe)
                                      • p8p
                                      • 15 Aug 2012

                                      Anonymous, 01 Aug 2012this is a rugged phone...where is the ruggedness test..maybe it isnt really a rugged phone?
                                      IP67 just means that it can withstand water and dust, and really says nothing about how well it would wurvive a drop. The Active was pretty rugged, perhaps this is just element-protected.
                                      It doesnt have ant+ or bluetooth 4.0 for heart rate monitors (sure there are bluetooth 2.0 ones, but those are impracticle due to the high power consumption).
                                      Maybe this is just meeant as test to how they could make normal phones that wont be waterdamaged that easily.. but on the other hand, they coudl then nano-coat them...

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                                        • Jon (Swe)
                                        • p8p
                                        • 15 Aug 2012

                                        Anonymous, 01 Aug 2012why oh why oh why oh why would i want to playback 1080p vid... morecause you have an 1080p video and dont want to convert it just to take it with you.
                                        Sure you will not be able to enjoy the high resolution, but imagine that you filmed it with your proper camcorder or digital camera, and want to have it to show friends and family, but they dont really need to see it on a big screen with high resolution?
                                        Or that you get a tv-series and want to watch it on the go (when you are out and about, not Go model name)... but sure, its probably an illegal copy then, so that doesnt matter much...
                                        But sure it would be nice to watch videos from other cameras, without converting.