Hey guys I run a mobile review website, and on my vacation to japan I managed to take a close look at upcoming Xperia SP.
All of you might be knowing the specs already, so I would just skip them in very brief :
**Dimensions:** 130.6 x 67.1 x 9.98 mm, 155 g
**Display:** 4.6" 16M-color TFT capacitive touchscreen with a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels (319ppi)
**Chipset:** Qualcomm MSM8960T
**CPU:** Dual-core ARM Krait 1.7 GHz processor
**GPU:** Adreno 320
**RAM:** 1GB
**OS:** Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
**Memory:** 8GB storage (5.8GB user-accessible), microSD card slot
**Camera:** 8 megapixel auto-focus camera, HDR mode, panorama, face detection, touch focus and image stabilization; VGA front-facing camera, video calls
**Video camera:** Full HD (1080p) video recording
**Connectivity:** Wi-Fi a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth 4.0, standard microUSB port with MHL features (TV Out, USB host), GPS receiver with A-GPS and GLONASS, 3.5mm audio jack, NFC
**Battery:** 2370 mAh
**Misc:** Sony custom UX, built-in accelerometer, multi-touch input, proximity sensor, gyroscope sensor, Glove mode, battery STAMINA mode, customizable ambient light strip, dedicated camera key
**Points I can make out after using Xperia SP for 3 days :**
1. There isn’t any smartphone out there which doesn’t gets heated up when you play low/high graphics games, surf the internet for a long time, watch movies/videos, call up someone and talk with them for quiet a long time etc. Of course, any device would get hot if you do the above mentioned things. But it don’t mean you cannot hold it.
2. No wonder people use their phones either in portrait mode or in landscape mode, no matter in whatever posture they’re. If we talk about the poor viewing angles then yes it is true but I don’t get one thing, what would one get by viewing their phone diagonally? I mean there would hardly anyone who uses his/her phone diagonally from a certain angle.
3. Xperia SP comes with a Jelly Bean version of 4.1.2 and still this is big question for many of the people that why it doesn’t comes with the latest version of 4.2? Guys, can’t you have some patience? It’s been said that the phone can be upgraded to 4.2 so why not just wait for the official update OTA? With 4.1.2 the device performs extremely well and smooth, there ain’t no lags during navigation, ease scrolling and provides a good user experience.
4. Sound quality is good. Sony is well known to provide rich sound experience on earphones rather on it’s speakers. The speaker is placed well as compared to Xperia Z. And the sound is superb on any earphones.
5. Camera quality is superb, both primary 8mp and secondary one. Although there are bit over-compressed pics as well, but it will be solved by Sony in next update soon.I especially loved, front camera’s clarity. Skyping is much clear with the 2.2 MP cam!
6. Battery’s stand by time is best with such huge battery. The phone takes around 30 minutes to get fully charged while at it’s discharged state. Being a smartphone, the battery will drain the moment you start playing games, watching videos or surfing the internet. Still it’s totally cool cause you get 6-7 hours of screen time if you use it continuously. In the end, battery life is just made for heavy use.
7. The phone is just made up with aluminium , and I swear it will give your phone best and hot premium look than any other phone in same price range.
8. Voice and call clarity is as clean as water. With Sony’s microphone noise suppression, one can reduce the background noise during a call. You can also set the call equalizer to bright or smooth for more better surrounding sound. You can also get a richer voice listening experience during calls by enabling speaker voice enhancement.
9. Internal memory is of 8GB out of which user available is 6 GB. This is well enough for your music and pictures. For storing your HD movies, you can upgrade your storage with a 32GB/64GB card.
10. The UI is soothingly responsive and lustrous. It provides a good UX and the alignment of the shortcuts, widgets and apps is very well.The front one is a shatterproof glass which is not available yet on any other phones.
Final words : If you want the best phone with in 25k just go with this. It will be soon available in India as well.