June 19, 2012

What we've missed: About Hayabusa, Mint & more

Since we've been offline for quite some time, and there have been a plethora of announcements, news, leaks all this while, we're taking the trouble to give you a roundup of all that's been happening over the last 2-3 months

Xperia P, U and Sola announced
The Xperia P has a 4-inch WhiteMagic display, 1GHz dual-core processor, 8MP camera, NFC, HDMI and be aluminium brushed launched in three colours. 
 
The Xperia U has a 3.5-inch display, 1GHz dual-core display and 5MP camera. The transparent strip will light up with different colors for notifications.



The Xperia sola is basically the MT27 ‘Pepper’ that we all know about. It has a 1GHz dual-core ST-Ericsson NovaThor U8500 processor, Mali 400 GPU and 512MB RAM. You also get 8GB of internal storage (5GB user accessible), plus a microSD card, a 5MP camera capable of 720p video recording, NFC and a 1320mAh embedded battery


Xperia GX and Xperia SX announced by Sony Mobile: Japan


The Xperia GX has a 4.6-inch (720 x 1196) display, 1.5Ghz dual-core Qualcomm S4 Krait processor , 16GB flash memory, LTE , HDMI, microSD card slot and a 13MP camera with Exmor sensor and full HD video recording. The phone's design resembles the Xperia arc and will have a chassis with a matte texture coating.


The Xperia SX is the world’s lightest LTE phone weighing at just 95 grams. The Xperia SX will come with a 1.5 GHz dual-core processor, 3.7-inch (540 x 960) display, 8GB internal storage, 8MP Exmor R camera with HD video recording as well as Japanese specific features such as infrared port data exchange, mobile wallet and mobile TV. 
Three new apps will be included. First up, the WALKMAN app which will include a number of audio technologies such as clear stereo, clear bass, VPT surround sound and a manual equalizer. The Album app will allow you to browse photos/videos as well as commenting and sharing on Facebook. The Movies app will search an “intelligent database” to give more info about the movie or video content you are watching.


Both handsets will launch with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich and will be available in black and white colours. The handsets will launch in Japan during summer 2012


Xperia Go & Xperia Acro S announced


The Xperia Go is the successor of the Xperia Active and is both dust and water resistant and IP67 compliant, the highest level of resistance found in any smartphone. The Xperia go will use a 1GHz dual-core ST-Ericsson NovaThor chipset as seen in the Xperia P, Xperia U and Xperia sola. It will come with a 3.5-inch (320 x 480) display, 512MB RAM, 8GB of internal storage (4GB user accessible) and microSD memory card support. It will also come with a 1305mAh embedded battery promising 6hrs 30 mins of GSM talk time. Camera capabilities will be taken care of a 5MP sensor with 720p video recording.


Xperia Acro S is a higher-end waterproof smartphone destined to be released globally during the third quarter. It is protected against “dust-limited to ingress (no harmful deposits) and the effects of water immersion between 15 cm and 1 m for 30 minutes.”. The Xperia acro S will come with a Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260 chipset with 1.5GHz dual-core processor and Adreno 220 GPU. There will also be a 4.3-inch (720 x 1280) scratch resistant mineral glass display supporting 10 finger multitouch, 1GB RAM, 16GB of internal storage (11GB user accessible) and microSD memory card support.


Xperia Miro unveiled by Sony Mobile


The Xperia miro (ST23i/ST23a) has been recently launched on Facebook. It will sport a 3.5-inch screen and come in four different colours (black, black/pink, white and white/gold). It will have a 5MP rear camera sensor and a VGA front-facing camera.  It will be powered by a 800MHz MSM7225A chipset, 512MB RAM, 4GB of internal memory (2.2GB user accessible) and microSD memory card support. Other features include a battery with 1500mAh capacity capable of 5 hours of GSM talk time and 8 hours of video playback. The Xperia miro is pegged for a global release during the third quarter of 2012. 




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