Sony Xperia tipo review advantages and main disadvantages

Sony is expanding smartphone market to lower-middle segment, with the release of the Xperia Tipo on Monday (30/07/2012). This is the cheapest Android smartphone made ​​by Sony, which is sold at US$166.

With a relatively low price, Sony tried to woo users who still use feature phones in order to switch to a smartphone. Moreover, Xperia Tipo been using the operating system Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.

Xperia Tipo also rely xLOUD speaker, 3.2 MP camera, VGA front camera, and a 1500mAh battery that Sony claims can last for 24 hours.


Sony is also working with content providers to create applications MelOn Music Alive Musikkan special Xperia Tipo. This application allows users to download songs legally Xperia Tipo unlimited for a month for free.

Xperia Tipo has a 3.2-inch landscape display resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. Using MSM7225AA 800 MHz Qualcomm processor, graphics processor units Andreno 200, 512 MB RAM, and 2.9 GB of internal memory.

Available SIM card GSM connectivity, 3G, HSPA and Wi-Fi to connect to the internet. There is also a 3.5 mm audio jack, MicroUSB, MicroSD, GPS, Bluetooth and DLNA. The dimensions are 103 x 57 x 13 mm and weighs 99.4 grams.

Sony Xperia tipo main features and advantages

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and dual-band UMTS support
• 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
• 3.2" 256K-color capacitive TFT touchscreen of HVGA resolution (320 x 480)
• Android OS v4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
• 800 MHz Cortex-A5 CPU, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7225AA chipset
• 512 MB of RAM
• 2.5GB of inbuilt storage
• microSD slot (32GB supported)
• 3.15 MP fixed-focus camera, geotagging
• VGA video @ 25fps
• Wi-Fi b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
• GPS with A-GPS
• Accelerometer and proximity sensor
• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
• Stereo FM radio with RDS
• microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
• User-accessible battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh

Sony Xperia tipo Main disadvantages

• Fixed-focus camera, No LED flash
• Mediocre screen quality
• No front camera
• Non-hot-swappable microSD slot
• Loudspeaker performance is so-so
• No DivX/XviD support

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