Jumat, 12 September 2008

Review of Sony Xperia S

Once the business unit was renamed the Sony Smartphone to be Sony Mobile Communications, a Japanese mobile phone vendor that has a tough task to rebrand their products apart from the shadow of Sony Ericsson.

Sony started its smartphone debut in Indonesia with the Sony Xperia S. Bersisitem product is officially marketed Android operating on 13 April 2012. What kind of capabilities the Sony Xperia S, following this review.

Package



In the package Xperia S, accompanied by a data cable, charger, earphone, and the user guide and warranty card. Xperia S is priced at Rp 5,499,000.

NXT series of iconic design

In 2012, Sony released three smartphone Xperia is incorporated in the NXT series. All three are S Xperia, Xperia and Xperia U. P What is the difference between NXT series with other smartphone Xperia family?

The answers are at the bottom of the smartphone. In the three NXT series smartphones, the line stretched transparent called Sony as iconic design NXT series.





In the line of the transparent icons back, home and menu. The icons were also visible from the back of the smartphone. Line that will turn transparent when the screen is in the active position, giving rise to the impression of elegance.

Although Sony has been displaying their own logo on the front, but the old logo of the famous Sony Ericsson is still there in the back. Gradually, the logo will be completely gone from the ranks of the smartphone made ​​by Sony.

When gripped, the Xperia S which has a 4.3-inch landscape display is comfortable. The back is made ​​of plastic rather abrasive so it is not slippery.

At the top, there is a power button / key and 3.5 mm audio jack. Volume control buttons, Micro-HDMI port and camera button on the right. While on the left side there is only MicroUSB port.

Xperia S provides 32GB of internal memory and no slot for external memory expansion. SIM card slot is using nano SIM card.



Camera

Like the other Xperia smartphone family, Sony cameras provide exceptional ability in the Xperia S. With Exmor R sensor and 12MP, Xperia S can produce impressive photos.

When used in locations that lack of light, the camera sensor and LED flash light so it can accommodate the needs of the resulting image is quite bright.

When the pictures were viewed from the Xperia's screen, the colors are very sharp and impressive. This is due to screen Xperia defition S is high and use the Mobile Bravia Engine, a technology also used in Sony's Bravia televisions.

Unfortunately, when the image is transferred to the computer, then it's not as good as a color photo is displayed on-screen smartphone. The colors seemed to come down, but still satisfying.

The following photos of the Xperia camera shots S

The images of outdoor


The images outdoors at night with sufficient lighting



The photos in the room with adequate lighting




Image results in a lack of light in the room



In the Xperia S, you can select the object you want to be the focus. Simply go into focus mode menu, and select touch focus.


You can generate an image like below. Place your finger on the object you want to create a focus, in this photo is the calendar, then the object automatically behind the desk, mouse, and keyboard will be blurred (blur).


Xperia's promise of superior features can capture images quickly when the smartphone in a position to "stand by". You can just hold down the "capture" the camera on the right side, with just 1.5 seconds, then you want to capture the moment was photographed.

Video recordings from the back of the Xperia's camera can record video in Full HD 1080p quality. Pretty good video recordings, the microphone can capture sound as well. Remarkably, the Xperia camera frame skip S is able to minimize the time used to record video with fast motion.

While the front camera can record video with 720p HD quality.

Multimedia

Xperia lag does not occur when S is used to play videos and play games, even play games heavyweight though.

S is also given a certificate Xperia PlayStation, sehinggan users can download applications on Google's Play PlayStation, according to the availability in each country.

The resulting audio quality of the bass speaker was clear and its elements can be felt, as well as with an innate quality earphones.

Battery life

Xperia S equipped with a fairly large capacity battery, the 1750mAh. However, as Android smartphones in general, Xperia S was fairly extravagant. Moreover, the battery should sustain the performance of dual core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260 with a high clock speed 1.5 GHz.

Within the limits of fair use and connect to the internet data, Xperia S can last about 12 to 14 hours. When using Wi-Fi for internet connection, then the battery would be more efficient.

Conclusion


Pross
quality camera
It only took 1.5 seconds to take pictures when the smartphone is in stand-by position
High definition screen and use the Mobile Bravia Engine
NXT iconic design gives the impression of an elegant series
Satisfactory performance for multimedia activities
PlayStation certification

Cons
- There is no external memory slot

Source: kompas.com