Review :: Sony Xperia U "TechRival"

Deep Dey
By -Deep Dey
You know the Sony Xperia U right? Xperia U is one of the first smartphone to be launched by Sony after the official split with Ericsson a few months ago. Previously Sony has also released Xperia S for the premium consumers and Xperia P to middle class consumers, and the Xperia U is intended for lower-class segment.



Sony Xperia U is a mobile phone with dual core processor and comes with Android OS 2.3 Gingerbread although the later can be upgraded to a higher version of the Android 4.0    Ice Cream Sandwich shortly after that. U Xperia equip himself with a 5 megapixel camera and comes with lots of other supporting features such as autofocus and LED flash.

And the following key features or advantages in the Xperia U:


  • Quad-band GSM /GPRS/EDGE support
  • 3.5" 16M-color capacitive touchscreen of Full WVGA resolution (854 x 480 pixels) with Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine
  • Android OS v2.3.7 Gingerbread, planned Android 4.0 ICS update
  • Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, 512 MB RAM, NovaThor U8500 chipset
  • 5 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and geotagging, Multi Angle shot
  • 720p video recording @ 30fps with continuous autofocus and stereo sound
  • Wi-Fi b/g/n and DLNA
  • GPS with A-GPS
  • 8 GB built-in storage (6 GB user-accessible)
  • microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
  • Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
  • Stereo FM radio with RDS
  • Voice dialing
  • Adobe Flash 11 support
  • Deep Facebook integration
  • Accelerometer and proximity sensor
  • Transparent stripe changes color depending on screen content
  • Replaceable cap at the bottom allows easy customization

While the disadvantages of Xperia U include:

  • Limited storage with no expansion options 
  • No Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich out of box 
  • Some competitors are slimmer