Sony Xperia U

The Sony Xperia U is a smartphone that sits below the Xperia P and Sony Xperia S. It was announced at Mobile World Congress 2012 alongside the Xperia P. It features a 3.5 inch FWVGA touch screen with a resolution of 480 × 854 which means a ppi of 280. It has a 1 GHz dual core processor and a 5 mega-pixel camera. It has 512 MB of RAM. It will ship with Android 2.3 in Q2 2012 and a Android 4.0 update will be available after the release. The cap at the bottom of the phone is interchangeable and is available ina wide choice of colours


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Xperia U specifications

This is a listing of Xperia U’s  features

Camera and video

• 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and Auto focus
• 16x digital zoom
• HD video recording (720p)
• 3D Sweep Panorama
• Image playback, supported formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WBMP
• Image capture, supported format: JPEG
• Video playback and recording, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4
• Face detection
• Front-facing camera (VGA)

Connectivity and communication

• USB High speed 2.0 and Micro USB support
• WiFi and WiFi Hotspot functionality
• DLNA Certified
• Synchronisation via Exchange ActiveSync, Google Sync and Facebook
• aGPS
• WebKit web browser with Pan & zoom
• Bluetooth technology
• Native USB tethering

Memory

• Internal phone storage: 8GB (up to 4GB user-accessible memory)
• RAM: 512 MB

Networks

• GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
• UMTS HSPA 900, 2100 (Global except Americas)
• UMTS HSPA 850, 1900, 2100 (Americas)

Entertainment

• TrackID music recognition
• xLOUD Experience – audio filter technology from Sony
• FM Radio with RDS
• 3.5 mm audio jack for headphones
• Audio playback, supported formats: MP3, 3GPP, MP4, SMF, WAV, OTA, Ogg vorbis
• Audio recording, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4, AMR
• Timescape with Twitter integrated
• Facebook inside Xperia 2.0
• Sony Entertainment Network (selected markets only)
• Clear bass and clear stereo

Display

• 3.5”, 854 x 480 pixels 16,777,216 colour TFT
• Reality display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine
• Scratch-resistant, anti-reflection coating on mineral glass
• Capacitive touchscreen with on-screen QWERTY keyboard
• Screenshot capturing

Pre-loaded applications

• Google Voice Search
• Google Talk with video chat
• Google Mail
• Google Calendar
• Google Gallery 3D
• Google Maps with Street View and Latitude