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The Sony Xperia S impressed us when we had a hands-on back at CES in January. Good news — the upscale Android phone will be available on Three on Friday.
When the network gets round to updating its website, the Xperia S will available on contracts from £30 per month, or on pay as you go for a penny shy of £370. But should you buy one?
It’s not cheap, but then the Xperia S is the flagship of Sony’s mobile fleet, newly freed from its ties with Ericsson. There’s a 720p (720×1,280 pixels) screen, which matches that of the glorious Samsung Galaxy Nexus.
A 1.5GHz dual-core processor lurks inside, and on the back sits a 12-megapixel camera. That’s not as insane as some, but still extremely impressive. And Sony mobiles have some great imaging tech, including Exmor sensors and Carl Zeiss lenses, which add more to image quality than mere megapixels.
Internal storage is 32GB, which is room for plenty of movies, pics and music, and the phone has NFC tech on board for wireless payments. It records video in 1080p HD, and the front-facing camera is 1.3 megapixels, and records in 720p. Handy for video calls to your mum, so she can tell you in great detail exactly how unhealthy you’re looking.
The Xperia S also features a transparent stripe along the bottom, helping it stand out from the mass of identikit black rectangles around at the moment. Three touch-sensitive buttons sit above it.
While the Xperia S won’t launch with Android Ice Cream Sandwich, it will come packing the predecessor, Android Gingerbread. We’re promised an update to ICS before too long, which is good news considering the pitifully low proportion of Android handsets using the latest version of the operating system.
Would you buy the Sony Xperia S? Or what don’t you like about it? We’ll have a full review of the Xperia S up very soon, but in the meantime let me know your thoughts in the comments below, or over on our Facebook page.
