Sony Xperia U

 

GENERAL
2G Network
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G Network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25i

HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a

SIM
Mini-SIM

Announced
2012, February

Status
Available. Released 2012, May

BODY
Dimensions
112 x 54 x 12 mm

Weight
110 g

- Touch-sensitive controls

DISPLAY
Type
LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors

Size
480 x 854 pixels, 3.5 inches (~280 ppi pixel density)

Multitouch
Yes, up to 4 fingers

Protection
Scratch-resistant glass

- Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine
- Timescape UI

SOUND
Alert types
Vibration; MP3 ringtones

Loudspeaker
Yes

3.5mm jack
Yes

- Sony 3D surround sound audio technology

MEMORY
Card slot
No

Internal
8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM

DATA
GPRS
Up to 107 kbps

EDGE
Up to 296 kbps

Speed
HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps

WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA

Bluetooth
Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR

USB
Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support

CAMERA
Primary
5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality

Features
Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama, image stabilization

Video
Yes, 720p@30fps, video light, check quality

Secondary
Yes, VGA

FEATURES
OS
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0

Chipset
STE U8500

CPU
Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9

GPU
Mali-400MP

Sensors
Accelerometer, proximity, compass

Messaging
SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email

Browser
HTML5, Adobe Flash

Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS

GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support

Java
Yes, via Java MIDP emulator

Colors
Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, yellow

- SNS integration
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Organizer
- Document viewer
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input

BATTERY
Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh

Stand-by
Up to 260 h (2G) / Up to 472 h (3G)

Talk time
Up to 6 h 36 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)

Music play
Up to 45 h

MISC
SAR EU
1.62 W/kg (head)   

Price group

TESTS
Display
Contrast ratio: 930:1 (nominal) / 1.758:1 (sunlight)

Loudspeaker
Voice 65dB / Noise 65dB / Ring 72dB

Audio quality
Noise -87.3dB / Crosstalk -87.7dB

Camera
Photo / Video