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Xperia SP Announced |
>500
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Xperia SP – High Definition brilliance in a premium design
The Xperia SP utilises expertise from Sony’s BRAVIA® TV engineers to create its stunning 4.6” HD Reality Display for razor sharp pictures and superior brightness. The latest Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2 delivers an even better viewing experience by analysing your content type and adjusting the image automatically, making it one of the most intelligent smartphone screens around. The engine will make the adjustment by adding new real-time contrast optimisation to the sharpness enhancement, high-quality colour management and noise reduction.
As well as delivering brilliant experiences, the Xperia SP looks beautiful too with a precision-crafted co-moulded aluminium frame, for a seamless look that is both sleek and solid. Adding to the unique design innovation is the colour-changing ‘transparent element’ with customisable illuminations which you can personalise to alert you of incoming calls and text messages. And you can even set the illuminations to pulse to the beat of your favourite music.
Camera and video
8 megapixel camera with auto focus
16x digital zoom
Sony Exmor RS™ for mobile image sensor
HD video recording (1080p)
Front-facing camera (VGA)
Scene recognition, Face detection and Smile detection
HDR for picture
Sweep Panorama
Flash - pulsed LED and photo light
Superior auto
Image playback, supported formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG
Image capture, supported format: JPEG
Video playback, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4, MKV, MPEG2-TS, MPEG-4, WEBM
Video recording, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4
Connectivity and communication
3.5 mm audio jack (CTIA)
aGPS*
Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology
DLNA Certified
GLONASS*
MHL Support
Media Go
Media Transfer Protocol support
Micro USB support, USB charging and USB High speed 2.0 support
Native USB tethering
NFC
Screen mirroring
Xperia Link
Wi-Fi and WiFi Hotspot functionality
WebKit web browser with Pan & zoom
Synchronisation via Exchange ActiveSync, Facebook, Google Sync and SyncML
Entertainment
PlayStation Certified
Sony Entertainment Network (selected markets only)
Video streaming
TV launcher
Motions gaming
3D games
Audio playback, supported formats: MP3, AVI, 3GPP, MP4, MKV, MPEG-TS, SMF, WAV, Ogg vorbis, FLAC
Audio recording, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4, AMR
FM Radio with RDS
xLoud Experience – audio filter technology from Sony
“WALKMAN” application
TrackID music recognition*
3D surround sound
Clear bass, Clear stereo and Clear Phase
Bluetooth stereo (A2DP)
Pre-loaded applications
Google Chrome*
Google Play*
Google Voice Search*
Google Maps for Mobile with Street view and Latitude*
Memory
RAM: 1GB
Flash memory: Up to 8 GB**
Expansion slot: microSD card, up to 32 GB
Networks
UMTS HSPA+ 850 (Band V), 900 (Band VIII), 2100 (Band I) Mhz
UMTS HSPA+ 1700 (Band IV), 1900 (Band II) (not available in all markets)
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
LTE Bands 1, 2, 4 and 5 (not available in all markets)
LTE Bands 1, 3, 5, 6, 8 and 20 (not available in all markets)
Design and display
4.6", 1280 x 720 pixels, 16,777,216 colour display
Shatter proof sheet on Corning Gorilla glass
Sony Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2
Screenshot capturing
Capacitive touchscreen with on-screen QWERTY keyboard
Glove mode
Light effects
Transparent / Aluminium frame
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vikeviki
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Nice midrange phone.  |
stedus
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The Floating touch tech from Sola is back 
the SP model picks up some features from even earlier models, with the same screen technology as the Xperia Sola allowing you to navigate around the phone in gloves.
http://www.engadget.com/2013/03/18/sony-xperia-sp-hands-on/
So the SP will be the Merger of XS and XP
While the XL will be the merger of the Arc design and Xperia Sola design
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Luca-S
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Simply beautiful.
Things that only Sony can bring to us.
Are you nervous? |
motvikt
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Funny that engadgets hands-on is from MWC  |
stedus
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On 2013-03-18 11:44:56, motvikt wrote:
Funny that engadgets hands-on is from MWC
I just noticed that one too )
So they showed those devices to Tech-site rather than announce them at MWC |
Arne Anka
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Looks nice.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?[....]player_embedded&v=pgA4YCAIGBI#
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motvikt
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Shame that they didn't go full metal like they did with its predecessor Xperia P. The metal frame is nice though |
Vipera ammodytes
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Screen again looks awful, contrast is really bad 
OnePlus 8 |
Arne Anka
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On 2013-03-18 11:53:10, motvikt wrote:
Shame that they didn't go full metal like they did with its predecessor Xperia P. The metal frame is nice though
Engadgets said it is made of unibody and it seems to be attached with screws to the frame (not sure why one would attach plastic with screws), same as Xperia P. |
Indiandawg
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Such a beautiful phone Sony!
T200 -> T68i -> T610 -> K700i -> P910i -> W800i -> P990i -> M600i -> P1-> Nokia E71 -> X1i -> X10 -> Arc S -> Sony Z1 -> Sony Z Ultra -> Sony Z3+ -> iPhone 6 -> iPhone 7 Plus -> iPhone X -> iPhone XS Max |
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Almost perfect device for me. But I'm missing a full metal body and a shutter key....
EDIT: Oh okay, there is a shutter key  nice
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motvikt
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On 2013-03-18 12:01:19, Arne Anka wrote:
On 2013-03-18 11:53:10, motvikt wrote:
Shame that they didn't go full metal like they did with its predecessor Xperia P. The metal frame is nice though
Engadgets said it is made of unibody and it seems to be attached with screws to the frame (not sure why one would attach plastic with screws), same as Xperia P.
But if you look in the video they say the back is plastic and removable. The frame is metal and has screws |
bronxdude
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nice one! i just love the transparent strip. |
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The price will be 419€ in Germany. This is recommended retail price in the German press release. I think the real market price will be around 349 and that's quite fair for this device. |
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