SONY ERICSSON XPERIA X2 REVIEW
the SONY ERICSSON XPERIA X2. It´s the first Windows phone of the company, meaning it runs Windows Mobile 6.5. The panel interface we know from the X1 haunts us again, but it has been revamped and the manufacturer´s personalization pack seems to have taken over the standard Windows interface deeper. The XPERIA X2 sports 8-megapixel camera with touch focus, larger display, new keyboard and navigational keys design, plus a microUSB port. We´ve got a prototype intended for Vodafone, but it´s functional, so we will show you what to expect from the first Windows phone of Sony Ericsson.
The design of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 features small changes and the manufacturer has staked on retaining the characteristic style of the X1 and its high build quality. You will almost immediately notice the lack of the prismatic navigational keys on its face side - they are now flat and smooth and the D-Pad has been transformed into an optical pad. The size of the phone display has grown 0.2 inches and now measures the healthy 3.2”.
We're not convinced about the panels system to be honest – as although it's great in practice, it seems to stress out the 528MHz processor a little bit, like it did to a greater degree on the Xperia X1.
Sony Ericsson assured us that this was only because it's a pre-production unit, and while we've heard such claims before, we'll give them the benefit of the doubt in this case.The Windows Mobile interface is still sporting some of the nasty trademark tiny icons we really hate, such as tiny crosses in the corner of the phone to shut down application windows, which ruins things a little bit, especially when we've played with the HTC HD2 which does a bang up job of hiding it all.
But there are a lot of cool features on the Xperia X2 as well – such as being able to re-order your panels by timeline, so basically changing your home screen depending on what you'll be doing at that time.There's also a cool tiled interface that links through to other applications, and while this might not be the most constructive way at looking for the program you're after it's still nice.
And the keyboard, which has been overhauled for this release, is a lot better too, as it's no longer flush with the surface (which made it very difficult to hit indeed). This keyboard will give a lot more accuracy, we reckon, and that will be another big problem fixed from the X1 to the X2.
PRICE (HARGA) : 410 EURO
SPECIFICATIONS
General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - XPERIA X2a
Announced 2009, September
Status Available. Released 2010, January
Size
Dimensions 110 x 54 x 16 mm
Weight 155 g
Display
Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 800 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Optical trackpad
- XPERIA panels user interface
- Accelerometer sensor
Sound
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones, composer
Speakerphone Yes, with stereo speakers
- 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 110 MB storage, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Card slot microSD, up to 16GB, buy memory
Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, DLNA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera
Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features
Touch focus, geo-tagging, image stabilizer
Video Yes, WVGA@30fps
Secondary Yes, videocall functionality via software update
Features
OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5/6.5.2 Professional
CPU Qualcomm MSM 7200 528 MHz processor
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM
Browser WAP 2.0/HTML (IE), RSS feeds
Radio Stereo FM, via software upadte
Games Yes, incl. motion-based + downloadable
Colors Elegant Black, Modern Silver
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player
- MP4/Xvid/WMV9/H.263/H.264 player
- TV Out
- YouTube application
- Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer)
- Picture editor/blogging
- Organizer
- Voice memo/dial
- T9
Battery
Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh (BST-41)
Stand-by Up to 500 h (2G) / Up to 640 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 10 h (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G)
Music play Up to 20 h
the SONY ERICSSON XPERIA X2. It´s the first Windows phone of the company, meaning it runs Windows Mobile 6.5. The panel interface we know from the X1 haunts us again, but it has been revamped and the manufacturer´s personalization pack seems to have taken over the standard Windows interface deeper. The XPERIA X2 sports 8-megapixel camera with touch focus, larger display, new keyboard and navigational keys design, plus a microUSB port. We´ve got a prototype intended for Vodafone, but it´s functional, so we will show you what to expect from the first Windows phone of Sony Ericsson.
The design of the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X2 features small changes and the manufacturer has staked on retaining the characteristic style of the X1 and its high build quality. You will almost immediately notice the lack of the prismatic navigational keys on its face side - they are now flat and smooth and the D-Pad has been transformed into an optical pad. The size of the phone display has grown 0.2 inches and now measures the healthy 3.2”.
We're not convinced about the panels system to be honest – as although it's great in practice, it seems to stress out the 528MHz processor a little bit, like it did to a greater degree on the Xperia X1.
Sony Ericsson assured us that this was only because it's a pre-production unit, and while we've heard such claims before, we'll give them the benefit of the doubt in this case.The Windows Mobile interface is still sporting some of the nasty trademark tiny icons we really hate, such as tiny crosses in the corner of the phone to shut down application windows, which ruins things a little bit, especially when we've played with the HTC HD2 which does a bang up job of hiding it all.
But there are a lot of cool features on the Xperia X2 as well – such as being able to re-order your panels by timeline, so basically changing your home screen depending on what you'll be doing at that time.There's also a cool tiled interface that links through to other applications, and while this might not be the most constructive way at looking for the program you're after it's still nice.
And the keyboard, which has been overhauled for this release, is a lot better too, as it's no longer flush with the surface (which made it very difficult to hit indeed). This keyboard will give a lot more accuracy, we reckon, and that will be another big problem fixed from the X1 to the X2.
PRICE (HARGA) : 410 EURO
SPECIFICATIONS
General
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 1900 / 2100
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - XPERIA X2a
Announced 2009, September
Status Available. Released 2010, January
Size
Dimensions 110 x 54 x 16 mm
Weight 155 g
Display
Type TFT resistive touchscreen, 65K colors
Size 800 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches
- Full QWERTY keyboard
- Optical trackpad
- XPERIA panels user interface
- Accelerometer sensor
Sound
Alert types Vibration; Downloadable polyphonic, MP3 ringtones, composer
Speakerphone Yes, with stereo speakers
- 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory
Phonebook Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records Practically unlimited
Internal 110 MB storage, 256 MB RAM, 512 MB ROM
Card slot microSD, up to 16GB, buy memory
Data
GPRS Class 10 (4+1/3+2 slots), 32 - 48 kbps
EDGE Class 10, 236.8 kbps
3G HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 2 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11b/g, DLNA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP
Infrared port No
USB Yes, v2.0 microUSB
Camera
Primary 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features
Touch focus, geo-tagging, image stabilizer
Video Yes, WVGA@30fps
Secondary Yes, videocall functionality via software update
Features
OS Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.5/6.5.2 Professional
CPU Qualcomm MSM 7200 528 MHz processor
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM
Browser WAP 2.0/HTML (IE), RSS feeds
Radio Stereo FM, via software upadte
Games Yes, incl. motion-based + downloadable
Colors Elegant Black, Modern Silver
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, MIDP 2.1
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/WMA player
- MP4/Xvid/WMV9/H.263/H.264 player
- TV Out
- YouTube application
- Pocket Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote, PDF viewer)
- Picture editor/blogging
- Organizer
- Voice memo/dial
- T9
Battery
Standard battery, Li-Po 1500 mAh (BST-41)
Stand-by Up to 500 h (2G) / Up to 640 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 10 h (2G) / Up to 6 h (3G)
Music play Up to 20 h