Sony Xperia U
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- AnonD-60230
- 7tx
- 26 Jun 2012
AnonD-60637, 26 Jun 2012LOOKS its has got killer looks not like the dull phones fro... moreU shouldn't have made the point of 1 GB ram!
Its quite obvious u wont get 1 GB ram in a handset in this price range!
So whats the point of speaking about it???
Your this verdict can make several buyers to reject this handset!
Just compare it with other phones in the same price range!
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- AnonD-55262
- nUe
- 26 Jun 2012
AnonD-60637, 26 Jun 2012LOOKS its has got killer looks not like the dull phones fro... moreYou are right that the camera is a bit duller when not viewed via the Bravia Engine. However, anything Sony can do to tweak the image in real time, I can do in Photoshop later, and I've had some great results. Very few cameras (even dSLR) give perfect results unedited.
Some examples: https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.10151834078860014.875654.881295013&type=3&l=98bfee4d88
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- AnonD-60637
- w0%
- 26 Jun 2012
LOOKS its has got killer looks not like the dull phones from samsung
there is a lot of buzz about this bottom color changing bar but believe me it has only one practical use that is it can be used for notication such as a red color for miss call, blue for message ect you know what i mean.
and about replaceable bottom cover NO USE tell me who would want a pink cap on their black phone ?
Display
Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 854 pixels, 3.5 inches (~280 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes, up to 4 fingers
Protection Scratch-resistant glass
It has a very good display ,its actually one of the main reason why you should buy this phone.
its very sharp and good thanks to Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine.
Its also not too large which makes the phone portable and easy to carry.
Sound There is nothing extraordinary in this region , average speakers and average earphone sound quality.
Although many people say that its ringtone is not loud enough. But test shows that it is comparable to other phones out there in the market so worry only when you are a little bit hard of hearing.
Memory
No memory card slot
Only 8 GB inbuilt memory out of which 2 gb for android os , 2 gb for user apps and 4 gb for user contents.
If there is any reason you shouldn't buy this phone is its memory. too less for most of the users although there is a USB OTG (on the go) support which allows you to use a pendrive with phone that is you can connect pendrive to phone so you can access its content like you play songs and videos from pendrive .
Although i have a doubt how practical it is and can it really replace the need of memory card slot .
RAM 512 MB
Its enough for gingerbread 2.3 which is currently installed on phone. but its not enough for future that is Android ICS 4 which is growing very fastly so you can expect the phone to hang up and slow down while multitasking. so we can say its actually not a future proof phone.
Camera
Primary 5 MP flash
Video quality 720p@30fps
Secondary Yes, VGA
Camera is not good, you get dull photos,you can get better camera phone at this price. but if you dont take a lot of photos then it shouldn't matter.
the pics look nice only on the phone that too because of the really nice display. when you transfer the pic to computer you see the real quality.
so if you are a casual user who likes to keep the photos only in their phone then ignore what is said above and grab the phone.
OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to ICS v4.0
if you are looking for ics phone then please dont go for it due to its 512 MB ram ICS phone should have atleast 1 GB ram.although gingerbread works really fast due to dual core processor and stable.
CPU Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9
the processor is good and you are getting a dual core at this price point which is very nice.
GPU Mali-400MP
if you donot play games or play only light casual games then the gpu will work excellently for you.
This for all those mobile gamers ,it scored 28 fps on neenamark 2 so dont think that its the same Mali 400 gpu as in the Samsung Galaxy S2 which scored around 50 fps although there are other factors involved like screen size and cpu while playing games.
you will able to play most( by most i mean 90% ) of the 3D games without any hastle and lag.
But the real point is the value for money, you are getting a nice gpu for what you are paying and i think you should go for it .
Battery life is average and would last for about a day with normal usage.
good thing about this phone is that it has replacable battery so you can buy an extra battery for use so battery life is not that big problem.
FINAL VERDICT
If you can compromise with the memory then go for it you would never find any better phone than this.
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- KayCee
- g5p
- 26 Jun 2012
This would have been a perfect phone... I mean out of all the cheaper ones. Just if it has SD Card slot. What was sony ericsson thinking?!
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- ghencea RO
- sp7
- 26 Jun 2012
The battery last 1 day (10-12 hrs) with Wi-Fi open and with intensiv surfing and downloading. Charging takes 80-90 min aprox from 10%. The indoor photos using flash are not to good (much too noisy at 3MP and 5MP both) which is surprising knowing the experience of Sony. Samsung Ace for ex does the job much better in the same conditions (only that it has a little yellow hue) noise free.
BEWARE: ther is a plastic cap inside the phone on the lens which has to be removed, otherwise you can't use the camera with flash. And no one warns you about it. See the link about this:
http://talk.sonymobile.com/message/195901#195901
I have another post earlier about Xperia U for those who are interested.
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- rihan
- tt1
- 26 Jun 2012
sarty, 25 Jun 2012hey any one who had bought this plz check that can we insta... moreno you can't install it in the external memory...
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- SandeepD
- uuK
- 26 Jun 2012
AnonD-57645, 04 Jun 2012an excellent phone..the display being superb makes u luk at... moreYes, even I have been facing this problem, in fact I got the Xperia U replaced, and the new one still has the same problem.. wonder if everyone is faced it..
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- AnonD-60230
- 7t5
- 26 Jun 2012
AnonD-59285, 26 Jun 2012Just because this phone is brand new, new model, new corpor... moreNeo V is a very good option!!!
Is in the same price range... With great performance..
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- AnonD-60230
- 7t5
- 26 Jun 2012
AnonD-59285, 26 Jun 2012Like i said before.. operator capabilities always different... moreYeah! And here in india I could get high speed in 3G network.. But its toooooo expensive.. Cloud storage takes a lot of data usage...!!!!!
So thats nt an option.. Only the usb otg part is good one!
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- AnonD-60230
- 7t5
- 26 Jun 2012
Anonymous, 25 Jun 2012Yeah,as I said,I too have not used it yet. But it can be a... moreFree wifi network.. Ha ha.. Not possible at my place...
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- balu
- utx
- 26 Jun 2012
i sold one last week design is good net speed id good all features is good specially illiminated light is very attractive but thrte is no memory card slot ie big problem music is very good ,internal memeory is 4 gb.
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- Anonymous
- utx
- 26 Jun 2012
i sold one last week design is good net speed id good all features is good specially illiminated light is very attractive but thrte is no memory card slot ie big problem music is very good ,internal memeory is 4 gb.
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- AnonD-59285
- U}}
- 26 Jun 2012
Just because this phone is brand new, new model, new corporation: sony mobile, then u just want it so badly?
base on that, the cons is so big: limited storage memory.. and because all things i write up there.. u just accept the cons..
Wake up please..
There's xperia ray with 8.1 mp cam with exmor r censor, with expendable memory card max 32 GB, the processor almost same, so with the gpu. or another old sony ericsson xperia model.. they're maybe old and outdated, but they have all feature we need.. the battery: ray have 1500, xperia u have 1320.. and we don't even need external drive or cloud on ray
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- AnonD-59285
- U}}
- 26 Jun 2012
AnonD-58802, 26 Jun 2012i think if you used OTG with a something like a 32GB hard d... moreSo.. we must bring/buy supporting gadget in order to make this phone can handle our need of big storage.. what a waste of money, what a waste of time
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- AnonD-59285
- U}}
- 26 Jun 2012
AnonD-60230, 25 Jun 2012USB OTG is the only thing that can keep me interested in xp... moreLike i said before.. operator capabilities always different in every country and every area.. base on that thing, cloud is not the solution.. it's a new problem.. those who said 50 GB cloud storage is a solution.. must be lived in advanced area which internet speed facilities from operator is awesome
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- AnonD-58802
- fkR
- 26 Jun 2012
i think if you used OTG with a something like a 32GB hard drive it will be more than enouph for videos and photos and you can leave apps and music on the internal
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- ai
- P@d
- 25 Jun 2012
i just bought my xperia u last week! is it necessary to enable the gprs?? how will i do that? i can't use the internet bcoz of this! And also, my contact in the old sim is not showing on the phone. When I click import contacts, it says that no contacts are shown! please help me :-(
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- Anonymous
- vbM
- 25 Jun 2012
AnonD-60230, 25 Jun 2012USB OTG is the only thing that can keep me interested in xp... moreYeah,as I said,I too have not used it yet.
But it can be a Big Plus Point if your area has free open wi-fi networks or even a wi-fi router.
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- sarty
- tU3
- 25 Jun 2012
hey any one who had bought this plz check that can we instal the application on exernal drive using otg plz tell me
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- Anonymous
- Kij
- 25 Jun 2012
hellow, can anyone tell me about the xperia U battery?