Sony Mobile introduces the first smartphone under the brand name Sony in the beginning of march in the Netherlands. The Xperia S was last month announced. The device comes with Android 2.3, but will this spring an update to Android 4.0.
That update comes in each case for the summer, promises Sony Mobile spokesman Harold the Short opposite Tweakers.net. “We still don’t know exactly when, but it will in any case the second quarter.” The device is already released, ‘because he was already ready and the users get the guarantee of a quick update’.
The Xperia S has an ips lcd, which Sony described as ‘Reality Display with Mobile Bravia engine’. The lcd has a diagonal of 4.3″ and a 720p resolution. Therefore, the number of pixels per inch on 342, more than the 326 of the iPhone 4 and 4S, and 316 of the Galaxy Nexus from Samsung and Google.
The device runs on a Qualcomm MSM8260, a dual-core processor whose cores clocked at 1.5 GHz. In contrast to previous Xperia s the phone has a built-in battery and no options to the internal memory of 32GB to expand. It is also the first Xperia smartphone with a micro-sim instead of a traditional sim card. In addition, Sony has a “Fast Load” -functionality is added; the manufacturer claims that the phone is within one and a half hours fully charged, while after ten minutes the phone again an hour would have to be able to call.
Sony has the Xperia S at the consumer electronics show CES announced. In the coming week announces Sony, in all likelihood, more new Xperia smartphones. This will likely be a little cheaper, and equipped with a WhiteMagic screen. It contains in addition to red, green and blue subpixels, and white subpixels to the brightness on the screws. The Xperia S has no WhiteMagic screen.
Sony and Ericsson had until recently a joint venture to phones, but Sony announced in October to Ericsson to buy it. That acquisition was completed last week. Since that is Sony Ericsson and phones made under the name Sony Mobile.
