The now more affordable than ever Sony Xperia J
The Sony Xperia J which was announced in August 2012 and introduced in the Malaysian market in October with the price tag of RM799, is now available online at a price range from RM635 to RM750. It is offered at Lelong as low as RM635 and at Lazada for RM749.
The Xperia J is essentially an mid-range phone which comes with 4.0-inch Corning Gorilla Glass TFT display that produces 854×480 pixels resolution. It is powered by a 1GHz Cortex-A5 CPU, a Qualcomm MSM7227A Snapdragon chipset, an Adreno 200 GPU, a 512GB of RAM, 4GB of internal storage, external memory can be expanded through a microSD card up to 32GB. Is also equipped with a 5MP main camera and a VGA front facing one.
Powering the Xperia J is a rather large 1,750mAh battery, however the device still retains its slim 9.2mm build and a weight of a mere 124 grams. Design wise, the Xperia J resembles its big brothers in term of shape – it has the iconic arc appearance prominent in the Xperia Arc and Xperia TX.
The main highlights of the phone is that it is powered by Android V4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich with a planned upgrade to Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. The rather large 4.0-inch screen (with Corning Gorilla Glass protection) is also an added up side of the device. Some of the features and down sides are listed below.
Key features
- Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and dual-band UMTS support
- 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
- 4.0″ 16M-color TFT capacitive touchscreen of FWVGA resolution (480 x 854 pixels) at around 245 ppi
- Android OS v4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich
- 1 GHz Cortex-A5 CPU, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7227A chipset
- 512 MB of RAM
- 4GB of inbuilt storage (2GB user available)
- microSD slot (32GB supported)
- 5 MP autofocus camera, single LED flashlight, geotagging, touch focus
- VGA video @ 30fps
- Secondary VGA front-facing camera
- 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
- 1750 mAh Li-Ion battery
Some Down Sides
- Noticeable lag – probably due to the 512GB memory limitation when the phone is used optimally.
- Non-hot-swappable microSD slot
- Image quality a bit of a letdown
- No hardware shutter key
- No DivX/XviD support
- Average loudspeaker
For more information, you may want to watch the video reviews below courtesy of PhoneArena and SonyXperia.
