When I arrived at home a couple of days ago, I was surprised see two units of the Sony Xperia S waiting for me. The folks from Sony Mobile Philippines sent in a unit and then our friends from Widget City
also shipped in a review unit. We’re unboxing both and will be using
them in the next two weeks and share with you some results along the
way.
I already wrote my initial impressions of the Xperia S over at TechWireAsia
(where I contribute on a weekly basis for Asian-related stories) last
night but will be adding a few more notes and samples today as I get
more hands-on time.
One of the first things you will notice on the Xperia S is the
brilliant high-definition display. With a display size of 4.3-inch, the
screen resolution is 1280×720 or 720p giving it the highest pixel
density we’ve ever seen on any handset at 344ppi, even beating the 326ppi Retina Display of the iPhone 4S.
As such, you get really good picture quality, superb clarity and
crispness. You’d definitely notice this when playing HD videos. Sony
claims it can display 16 million colors.
While this flagship device did not come with the quad-core chips
that’s being touted by many other manufacturers during the recent MWC,
the Xperia S still boasts of a pretty capable hardware configuration
that can take on some of the other flagship handsets like the Galaxy
Nexus or the iPhone 4S.
Sony Xperia S LT26i specs:
4.3-inch HD Reality Display @ 1280×720 pixels, 344ppi
Mobile Bravia Engine
Snapdragon S3 1.5GHz dual-core processor
1GB RAM
1.5GB built-in storage
32GB external storage (non-removable)
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA
Bluetooth 2.1
NFC support
GPS w/ aGPS support
12.1MP Exmor R rear camera
1080p video recording
1.3MP front facing camera
720p video recording
micro-HDMI out
Li-Ion 1750mAh battery
Android 2.3.7 Gingerbread
