Thursday, July 19, 2012

Sony Xperia P Review

Hello guyz n gurlz, here is a detailed review of a mid ranged Xperia NXT series phone Xperia P.
 First lets take a look at the design and built of this device.
Xperia P is built of aluminum unibody construction, which means whole body of this device is made out of a single piece of aluminum, it really feels too good in hands, but its not solid, it may get easily dented with a single drop from a 2 ft height and that is certain because of its slick and smooth finish. It would be hell lot better to get it covered in solid plastic body cover. Since it has a unibody construction the battery is non-removable which may break some hearts as the battery is quite weak.



Now, lets take a closer look at the hardware of this device.
Xperia P boasts a Nova Thor 8500 Dual Core 1 Ghz processor and Mali 400 MP GPU with a 1 GB of RAM, but what disappoints me a lot is its meager 1305 maH battery that reminds us of 2010 phone's battery. But if the battery is not an issue for you than this device is not going to disappoint you in any condition. Regarding camera it has a huge 8 MP with EXMOR sensor which is found in Arc S. The results are not outstanding but still satisfying. It also has 16 GB of internal storage for all your andro-stuff and Multimedia contents.

Now, coming to the USP of this phone that is its 4.0 inch qHD Bravia Engine display with Sony's White Magic technology. There must be a question in your mind. What the hell is this White Magic, here we reveal the secret. In ordinary devices the display consists of three color pixels RGB(Red, Green and Blue). But, in Sony White Magic display a white sub-pixel is also added to the display for its clear visibility at outdoors. This white sub-pixel also helps the battery to last a little longer than usual.





But a BIG ISSUE is that, this phone still comes with Android 2.3(Gingerbread). Sony promises to release ICS for this device in 3rd quarter of this year. Here android is skinned with Sony's own custom apps like Time Scape, I personally found the Vanilla ICS to be more intuitive and clean UI found in Nexus. But still these bloatwares aren't a deal breaker.


Pros
1. 4.0 inch White Magic Display
2. One of the most powerful GPU i.e. Mali 400.
3. 1 GB RAM
4. Dual Core Processor which makes the phone future proof.

Cons
1. Small 1305 maH battery.
2. Still old android Gingerbread
3. Screen seems some times greenish at full brightness.
4. Benchmarks are not as good as HTC One S.

Price :- 25000/- INR
Competitor :- HTC one S and Sony Xperia S.

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