Sony Xperia Go Reviews, Specification, and Features

Sony Xperia Go Reviews, Specification, and Features

Sony Mobile eventually launched a rather similar design and style android phone. This another great phone has been launched not so long times ago to compete with another smartphones on the market. The android phone released by Sony Mobile is called Sony Xperia Go. The Xperia Go has similar design with the other Sony phones, such as Xperia Sola, especially on the screen and the style. However, the different lies on the features put inside.

If we are curious about the thing that make this phone different with the other Xperias is the feature. The great features presented on the Xperia Go is the IP67 certified which dust and water proof (up to 1m for 30 mins). It has also the typical Scratch-resistant glass on the screen. The LED-backlit LCD and capacitive touchscreen are also come to feature the phone.

Equipped with the operating system of Android 2.3 Gingerbread planned to upgrade to Android 4.0 ICS, Xperia Go is also equipped with 5 MP primary camera with Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama. While the Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 remains the same with the Xperia Sola.

GENERAL
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST27i
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST27a
Announced 2012, May
Status Available. Released 2012, July

BODY
Dimensions 111 x 60.3 x 9.8 mm
Weight 110 g
- Touch-sensitive controls

DISPLAY
Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches (~165 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes, up to 4 fingers
Protection
- Scratch-resistant glass
- Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine
- IP67 certified
- dust and water proof (up to 1m for 30 mins)

SOUND
Alert types Vibration; MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes

MEMORY
Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB
Internal 8 GB storage (4 GB user available), 512 MB RAM

DATA
GPRS Up to 107 kbps
EDGE Up to 296 kbps
Speed HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support

CAMERA
Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer
Secondary Yes, VGA

FEATURES
OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
Chipset NovaThor U8500
CPU Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU Mali-400
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email, IM
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors White, Black, Yellow
- SNS integration
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- TrackID music recognition
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Document viewer
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input

BATTERY
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1305 mAh
Stand-by Up to 520 h (2G) / Up to 460 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 6 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 30 min (3G)
Music play Up to 45 h

Main disadvantages:
No 3D surround sound enhancement
No Floating touch display
No NFC

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