*** Sony Xperia P Thread***

[sarge78]

One of the highlights from MWC 2012 (think of it as a 4" SGS2 clad in aluminium)

http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/products/phones/xperia-p/

Specs.

Aluminium uni-body design (Silver, Black or Red)
SoC: ST Ericsson NOVATHOR U8500 @ 1Ghz (Dual core A9, Mali 400 GPU, integrated modem, 1080p encode/decode etc)
Display: 4" qHD Reality "WhiteMagic" display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine. 275+ PPI (Phew)
RAM: 1 GB
Storage: 16 GB (13 GB user-accessible memory)
Camera: 8 MP Exmor R™, fast capture with the camera button, 1080p@30fps.
Battery: 1305 mAh (typo? surely not... the display better be very efficient)
Size: 122 x 59.5 x 10.5 mm
Weight: 120 grams
micro-SIM
No microSD card slot.
HDMI out with Motorola like dock.


Promo and construction vids.

Whitemagic display.
http://developer.sonymobile.com/wp/2012/02/27/introducing-whitemagic-the-technology-in-xperia-p/

The RGBW (red, green blue and white) horizontal sub-pixel alignment.

Super bright 935cd/m2 output.

 

[sarge78]

Yeah, that's what I was thinking...
Seems like a really good all rounder for a decent price, hope the battery life's decent. I think it has USB on the go out the box, so loosing the SD card slot is less painful.

Is the mail the MP version?

I think it has only 2 GPU cores? The modem is fully integrated so there's less space for a big GPU. Leaked benchmarks looked good and only a bit slower than the Adreno 220.

 

[sarge78]

The camera should be similar in quality to something like the iPhone 4S and not far off the Xperia S (it has all the same features)

 

[sarge78]

Only about £50, the P has a more expensive body (The S was designed before they switched to a fixed battery and no SD card slot, the whole plastic back cover still comes off )

Oh good news, 2012 Xperia phones now have a CTIA 3.5mm jack, just like everyone else All 3rd party headphone sets will work now.

 

[sarge78]

Yep, cracking phone for £300. Shame they've crippled storage options like the One S

Gotta laugh at the Verge, the dude installed a task killer and didn't uninstall mcafee! Android noob? No wonder he was complaining about software The screen isn't IPS either. I'd take the solid 2.3 Sony UI over buggy Sense 4.0 every day of the week (NXT UI looks damn good too)