Xperia U tastes Ice Cream Sandwich

Sony Xperia U with ICS 

           Xperia U is a phone released by the Japanese tech giant Sony and it is one of the earliest designs Sony created after departing from its long time mobile partner Ericsson. Sony is trying to expand its android-powered Xperia line-up and so far they've done a pretty good job. Xperia U is at the bottom of the Xperia line-up as it is an entry level smart phone. Though it's an entry level smart phone it can give a good competition to mid range smart phones of other major mobile phone companies. 

         

           Lets take look at the major features of this cute candy bar designed phone. The design is sleek and it has this cool led strip at the bottom of the display that lightens according to the dominant colour of the display. The build quality is nice and you can forgive for the all plastic design as it is a low end budget device. But it doesn't feel cheap in your hands and it fits your hand without slipping.

           Xperia U basically support 2G and 3G networks and it has a 3.5" capacitive LCD touchscreen display. The display is on the average size but if you are not a person who is attracted to giant screens this is a good solution. It has a good pixel density of 280 and a resolution of 480x854 pixels. It also features the Sony Bravia engine which enhances the quality of view. It has all the other features that you see in smart phones today. It has a 5mp camera that can record 720p videos,Wi-Fi,Bluetooth,a Secondary camera for 3G calls and etc.      

      

           But the main performance feature of Xperia U is its dual-core processor and Mali-400MP GPU(Graphic processing unit) which you can't find in other low end smartphones. The Mali GPU is one of the best mobile GPU's at this time and the cortex A9 dual core processor assures you that you would be able to run your favourite games and apps without getting stuck. It also has a 512Mb ram. The only downfall is that you are stuck with it's 4Gb internal user accessible memory and there's no SD slot to expand your memory. But Sony offers a 50Gb free cloud so you could store what ever you want but you want be able to access them then and there.

          And finally Sony Xperia U got the awaited android 4.0 ICS update. Now with the update it would bring up good stuff that comes with ICS such as Face Unlock, a new Camera app, tabbed browsing and what not. There would be a new improved lock screen, a better media playing experience and an extended stand-by time which is said to be four times than before.

              Now with the ICS update the Xperia U is more appealing than ever. If you are wishing to buy an Android phone for a budget, here is the best option for you. It could easily beat its competitors like the whole Galaxy Ace range, and its own half brothers Xperia ray and Neo. It could also give a head to head competition to the more expensive Galaxy W and in some features Xperia U is ahead of it.