Review of Sony Ericsson Xperia X1

Xperia X1, designed by Sony-Ericsson and manufactured by HTC which enables users to customize the usual boring Windows Mobile interface, also giving quick access to the most used applications and functions of the phone.

Here is a quick review of the Sony Xperia X1. Have a look.

Design and Display

The Sony Xperia X1 look like a pocket PC with bigger in size and heavy in weight but whenever you slide the phone, you can see the QWERTY keyboard. It is mostly made of mettalic compound and chromed plastic. It is 110.5 mm x 52.6 mm x 17 mm (4.4 x 2.1 x 0.7 inches) in size and 158.0 gm in weight. There are some common buttons on the right side of the phone like camera button and volume keys. On the left side of the phone, there is a mini USB port. The headphone jack is on the top side of the phone near Power button.

The screen size of the phone is 3" with 800 X 480 pixel resolution and 65,536 color, larger than the ordinary phone. Above the screen, there is a speaker for in-call with a front camera for video call. At the bottom of the phone there are two common keys for accept/end call and a four-directional navigation control with a press function. The back of the phone includes a 3.2 megapixels camera with a flash. The cover of battery made from stainless steel.

When you slide the screen upwards, you can see the wide-pitch QWERTY keyboard which features four rows of keys with backlighting facility.

Camera

The 3.2-megapixel camera included on the back of the Sony Xperia X1 protected by a glass-like compound features autofocus, up to 3x digital zoom and flash. The interface of the camera is very user friendly which includes such a setting as Effects, Picture size and some other features. Maximum resolution for the picure is 2048 x 1280. You can also record the video clip at 30 fps, but the format of the video clip is 3gp.

Connectivity

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 features HSDPA 7.2 Mbps and HSUPA technologies to deliver a complete mobile Internet experience. X1 also features Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g technology, Bluetooth v2.0 with A2DP+EDR and miniUSB 2.0. The phone also features Google Maps and Microsoft mobile Office. It also supports GSM internet dial-up.

Network

Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 is compatible with GSM850, GSM900, GSM1800 and GSM1900 networks. The available HSDPA network bands are 850 / 1900 / 2100.

Messaging

The Sony Xperia X1 supports SMS, MMS, online chat. With the built in Email client you can send or receive the emails on the phone. The phone supports Microsoft Exchange email server so you can seamlessly synchronized with it. The messaging interface is preety good and much easier.

Processor and Memory

he Sony Xperia X1 is powered by a Qualcomm MSM7200A 528MHz processor, an earlier version of the MSM7201A chipset that has been included into Touch Pro. This also includes a dual-core processor, one handling the radio and the other one the rest of the functions.

The device comes with 256 MB DDR SDRAM, 512 MB ROM, but only approximately 143 MB available for user. There's also a microSD slot card that you can find on the right side of the phone, after removing the back cover. The phone comes with the 4GB microSD card which is expandable upto 16GB.

Entertainment and Multimedia

The Sony Ericsson Xperia X1 includes games with full color and depth so you can enjoy your free time with these quality games. You can also add extra applications and games to your phone.

In terms of multimedia, the music quality is quite better than the music phone. It uses album art and visualization and features a rich library that can be used to sort files by artist, genre or composer. The phone also features FM radio which can sum up 20 base stations and FM radio RDS for Supportzone filtering. There is a 3.5mm jack for the HPM-75 headphone. The dedicated video player runs only 3gp and mp4 movie files. You can install third party application like TCPMP to play other media files.

Battery

Sony Ericsson Xperia features an impressive 1500 mAh Li-Polymer battery with an official stated autonomy of up to 500 hours in standby mode, and up to 10 hours of talking time (3 hours for video-call).