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Sony Xperia Acro S
33000 -
35000
The Good: Waterproof smartphone! Water and gadgets are two things that just don’t get along with each other but with Sony Xperia Acro S you needn’t worry anymore. This smartphone from Sony comes with more pixels per inch than you would find on an iPhone's Retina Display. It also comes with a decently powered processor.
The Bad: The Smartphone is slightly on the heavier side and with a 4.3 inch screen one sure does feel it in ones pocket. The buttons are too close to the screen that at times becomes difficult to operate.
The Bottom Line: In spite of the flaws the waterproof factor of the smartphone from Sony covers all its mistakes and makes it a phone worth having especially in countries like India which get unexpected rains throughout the year.
Design: The size of the smartphone makes is slightly bulky to carry around, and once in your pocket it feels bulk because it weighs 147 grams and is 12 millimeters thick.
The Sony Xperia Acro S especially the pink colored handset is indeed attractive, though at the first look pink seems to be a shocking colour for a smartphone. But don’t worry pink isn’t the only colour; the handset is also available in black and white for the more sober people.
Processor and Operating System:
The Xperia Acro S is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual core Snapdragon processor which is backed by 1 GB RAM. This combination is a winner and makes this smartphone a fast one! Because of the powerful processor the phone is highly responsive and there isn’t any lag time or loading time when an application or the web is opened.
The phone operates on Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. With the powerful processor it will be a pleasure to download applications from the Google Store.
Features and Performance:
Screen: Xperia Acro S comes with a 4.3 inch LED-backlit LCD, Capacitive Touch screen. The screen boasts of resolution of 720x1280 pixels. The pixel per inch (ppi) is so high that it even beats the iPhone screen which comes with Retina Display. This makes it one of the clearest and sharpest screens among the available smartphone screens.
The smartphone comes with a Scratch-resistant shatter proof glass, which makes it a strong and durable phone.
Apart from the good points the screen does have its drawbacks as well. The black color on the screen looks slightly grayish and the white colours look warmer. Another drawback about the Smartphone’s screen is the viewing angles. Viewing it from different sides isn’t very comfortable.
Battery Life: The smartphone from Sony has quite a lot of features that make it attractive. But a smartphone with poor battery life means that the device will fail to impress people. Sony Xperia Acro S functions on a Standard Li-Ion 1910 mAh battery. This battery promises to give the users 7 hours of talk in the 2G version and up to 6 hours 40 minutes in the 3G variety. The user will be able to enjoy up to 23 hours of music playback.
Camera: The Xperia Acro S comes with a 12 mega pixel camera which boasts of a resolution of 4000 X 3000 pixels. Along with this the rear camera comes with features like LED flash, smile detection, 3D sweep panorama, geo tagging, touch focus as well as auto focus. The smartphone is also equipped with a 1.3 mega pixel front facing camera which allows the users to make video calls.
The rear camera supports video recording at 1080 pixels and the front camera supports video recording at 720 pixels.
Storage and Connectivity: The smartphone comes with 16 GB internal memory which a slot for the microSD card which would provide the user with the opportunity to expand the memory up to 32 GB.
Price and Availability: As of now the smartphone from Sony hasn’t been officially released in to the market. The speculated price of this smartphone is Rs.35,000 as site by the online phone site phonecurry.com
But like all the other phones the price shouldn’t be something to worry about because soon after its release it will be available online in many shopping portals with attractive discounts
Wrap-Up: All in all this smartphone from Sony will be a winner once it enters the market. Its waterproof nature allows the phone to be in the water for 30 minutes without harming it. It also comes with a high processor which makes sure working on it will be a pleasure.
The Bad: The Smartphone is slightly on the heavier side and with a 4.3 inch screen one sure does feel it in ones pocket. The buttons are too close to the screen that at times becomes difficult to operate.
The Bottom Line: In spite of the flaws the waterproof factor of the smartphone from Sony covers all its mistakes and makes it a phone worth having especially in countries like India which get unexpected rains throughout the year.
Design: The size of the smartphone makes is slightly bulky to carry around, and once in your pocket it feels bulk because it weighs 147 grams and is 12 millimeters thick.
The Sony Xperia Acro S especially the pink colored handset is indeed attractive, though at the first look pink seems to be a shocking colour for a smartphone. But don’t worry pink isn’t the only colour; the handset is also available in black and white for the more sober people.
Processor and Operating System:
The Xperia Acro S is powered by a 1.5 GHz dual core Snapdragon processor which is backed by 1 GB RAM. This combination is a winner and makes this smartphone a fast one! Because of the powerful processor the phone is highly responsive and there isn’t any lag time or loading time when an application or the web is opened.
The phone operates on Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich operating system. With the powerful processor it will be a pleasure to download applications from the Google Store.
Features and Performance:
Screen: Xperia Acro S comes with a 4.3 inch LED-backlit LCD, Capacitive Touch screen. The screen boasts of resolution of 720x1280 pixels. The pixel per inch (ppi) is so high that it even beats the iPhone screen which comes with Retina Display. This makes it one of the clearest and sharpest screens among the available smartphone screens.
The smartphone comes with a Scratch-resistant shatter proof glass, which makes it a strong and durable phone.
Apart from the good points the screen does have its drawbacks as well. The black color on the screen looks slightly grayish and the white colours look warmer. Another drawback about the Smartphone’s screen is the viewing angles. Viewing it from different sides isn’t very comfortable.
Battery Life: The smartphone from Sony has quite a lot of features that make it attractive. But a smartphone with poor battery life means that the device will fail to impress people. Sony Xperia Acro S functions on a Standard Li-Ion 1910 mAh battery. This battery promises to give the users 7 hours of talk in the 2G version and up to 6 hours 40 minutes in the 3G variety. The user will be able to enjoy up to 23 hours of music playback.
Camera: The Xperia Acro S comes with a 12 mega pixel camera which boasts of a resolution of 4000 X 3000 pixels. Along with this the rear camera comes with features like LED flash, smile detection, 3D sweep panorama, geo tagging, touch focus as well as auto focus. The smartphone is also equipped with a 1.3 mega pixel front facing camera which allows the users to make video calls.
The rear camera supports video recording at 1080 pixels and the front camera supports video recording at 720 pixels.
Storage and Connectivity: The smartphone comes with 16 GB internal memory which a slot for the microSD card which would provide the user with the opportunity to expand the memory up to 32 GB.
Price and Availability: As of now the smartphone from Sony hasn’t been officially released in to the market. The speculated price of this smartphone is Rs.35,000 as site by the online phone site phonecurry.com
But like all the other phones the price shouldn’t be something to worry about because soon after its release it will be available online in many shopping portals with attractive discounts
Wrap-Up: All in all this smartphone from Sony will be a winner once it enters the market. Its waterproof nature allows the phone to be in the water for 30 minutes without harming it. It also comes with a high processor which makes sure working on it will be a pleasure.
