Sony Xperia Acro S – Rugged Water Resistant Smartphone

Review

Sony Xperia introduced Sony Xperia Acro S recently, adding another remarkable mobile device to the smartphone array of the company. Sony Xperia Acro S is engineered keeping in mind the increasing demands of consumers to get more durable mobile phones which can resist against weather odds and are dust resistant.

Design

On the first look, Sony Xperia Acro S Mobile appears quite identical with any other Xperia handset; you can consider it similar to the rest but it is given an additional spice of rugged construction.

Specification wise, the phone look inspired from Xperia S sporting similar 4.3inch capacitive touchscreen powered by Sony Mobile BRAVIA engine. The LED backlit LCD screen supports screen resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels.

The Ivory White chassis holds the display which is a scratch resistant Mineral Glass screen designed at par with International protection (IP) ratings to ensure safety against dust and water effects.

The phone inculcates high end specifications packed in beautiful Ivory White touch structure with additional durability.

Performance

Sony xperia Acro S Mobile is powered with Dual Core Scorpion Processor which clocks at 1.5GHz accompanied with Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset. Unlike its brother Xperia Go, Acro S mobile is equipped with 1GB RAM which ensures much smoother multitasking and swifter processing.

The phone is also packed with Adreno 220 GPU which makes sure that the user experience high level Graphics performance for your gaming and video needs. The phone is also A-GPS supported, which can be bliss for travellers who are habitual of referring Navigational help.

The phone runs on Android Latest OS – Ice Cream Sandwich by which you can download free of cost applications from Android market.

For storing your multimedia files and your favorite applications, the phone is incorporated with 16GB Internal Memory which is expandable up to 32GB using MicroSD card.

Camera

Sony Xperia Acro S mobile is integrated with powerful 12 Mega pixel camera which can capture 4000 x 3000 pixels images. Apart from LED Flash and Autofocus, the rear camera includes nice imaging features including 3D Sweep Panorama, Touch Focus, Continuous Auto Focus and Face/Smile Detection.

Similarly, you can make use of Video Stabilizer and Video Light for recording sharp videos in dim lights. The rear camera can shoot 1080 pixels video at 30 frames per second and the front camera of 1.3MP boasts video recording of 720p at 30fps.

Sony Xperia acro S Mobile Price in India – Rs. 31,000/- ( Approx )

Features and Specification

Status and Availability Upcoming 2012, Q3 Network Frequency 2G – GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 3G – HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 Hardware Operating System – Android OS, v4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) CPU – Dual-core 1.5 GHz Scorpion GPU – Adreno 220 Chipset – Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon GPS – A-GPS support RAM – 1GB Display Size – 4.3 Inches Touch – LED-backlit LCD, Capacitive Touchscreen Colors -16M Resolution – 720 x 1280 Pixels Camera Rear – 12 MP, 4000×3000 Pixels Video Recording – 1080p@30fps Front – 1.3 MP, 720p@30fps Features – Geo-tagging, 3D Sweep Panorama, Continuous Autofocus, Touch Focus, Face and Smile Detection, Autofocus, LED flash, Video Light, Video Stabilizer Media Playback Video Playback – MP4/H.264/WMV/H.263 Audio Playback –MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ Radio – Stereo FM radio with RDS Storage Unlimited phonebook entries MicroSD card slot – Up to 32 GB Internal Memory – 16 GB Connectivity Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n Wi-Fi Direct DLNA Wi-Fi hotspot GPRS Supported Up to 86 kbps EDGE Supported Up to 237 kbps v2.1 bluetooth with A2DP, EDR microUSB v2.0 HSDPA, 14.4 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps 3G Supported NFC Supported 3.5mm Audio jack

Power Battery Type – Li-Ion 1910 mAh Stand-by Time – Up to 290 hrs (2G) / Up to 310 hrs (3G) Talk time – Up to 6 h 30 min (2G) / Up to 7 hrs 10 min (3G) Dimension Layout – 126 x 66 x 11.9 mm Weight – 147 g Feature Build Loudspeaker SNS integration Predictive text input Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine Touch-sensitive controls Voice memo/dial/commands Java via MIDP emulator Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic Scratch-resistant shatter proof glass Protection Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk Vibration; MP3 ringtones SNS integration HTML5, Adobe Flash Browser Multitouch up to 10 fingers TrackID music recognition Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass Sensors SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email Messaging Document viewer IP67 certified – dust and water proof (up to 1m for 30 mins)

Sony Xperia acro S Mobile Colors

• White
• Black
• Pink