Sony Xperia Go Announced: Specifications

Sony has been releasing a number of Android Smart phones. After the recent release of Xperia Sola, Xperia U and Xperia P, they have announced yet another one in the Xperia series- Xperia Go. Needless to say, just like the rest, they have failed to impress me yet again. I say me for there is a rift for once in the opinion of the administrators at Observer’s Paradise.

Anyhow, here are the specification of Xperia Go:

Sony Xperia Go / Xperia Advance
NETWORK	2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
	3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100 – ST27i HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 – ST27a
BODY	Dimensions	111 x 60.3 x 9.8 mm
	Weight	110 g
Display	Type	LED-Backlit LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen, 16M colors, Multitouch(up to 4 Fingers) , Touch Sensitive Controls
	Size Protection	320 x 480 pixels, 3.5 inches (~165 ppi pixel density) Scratch-Resistant Glass, Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine, IP67 certified – Dust and Water Proof (up to 1m for 30 mins)
Specifications	OS	Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
	Chipset CPU GPU	NovaThor U8500 Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 Mali-400
	Sensors	Accelerometer, Proximity, Compass
	Messaging	SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM ,Push Email
	Browser	HTML5 , Adobe Flash
Camera	Primary	5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, Autofocus, LED flash
	Features	Video calling, Touch focus, Geo-Tagging, Face and Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama
	Video	Yes, 720p@30fps, HD Video Recording Continuous Autofocus, Video light, Video Stabilizer
	Secondary	No
Memory	Card slot	MicroSD card slot up to 32GB
	Internal	8 GB storage (4 GB User Available), 512 MB RAM
Data	GPRS	Up to 107 kbps
	Edge	Up to 296 kbps
	Speed	HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps
	WLAN	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
	Bluetooth	Yes, v3.0 with A2DP, EDR
	USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
Sound	Alert types	Vibration, MP3, Ringtones
	Loudspeaker	Yes
	3.5mm jack	Yes
Features	Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
	GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
	Java	Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
	Colors	Black , White , Yellow
	Others	SNS Integration,Water Proof
		Predictive Text Input, TrackID music recognition
		MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
		MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
		Voice Memo/Dial, Commands
		Organizer , Calender , Document viewer
		Google Search, Maps, Gmail , YouTube, Google Talk
Battery	Standard battery	Standard battery, Li-Ion 1305 mAh
	Stand-by	Up to 520 h (2G) / Up to 460 h (3G)
	Talktime Music Play	Up to 6 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 30 min (3G) Up to 45 h

Taking a look at the specifications, a few things that are the highlights for the device -
1. It comes with Android OS v2.3. I mean lets face it, it’s been a couple of months since Android 4.0 was released. Not shipping with the device with the latest Android OS is surely a let down.

2. Dual Core processor- Now that’s one good thing about the device. Considering this to be very much a mid range device, a dual core processor would be something that might make the device sell.

3. Battery- We have said this time and again for almost every single Smart phone device we have come across off late (barring Motorolla Droid Razr Max), the battery life, to put it simply, is horrible! On a dual core processor how a 1305mAh battery would support and for how many hours it would run, remains to be seen. We don’t have any high hopes though.

The pixel density too is something that failed to impress us.

One big thing that the device is banking on is that it is waterproof and dust resistive. How effective that is, again, remains to be seen.

How much the device will cost is again something worth keeping a check at.

Keep a check on this space for the detailed review of the device later.