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XPERIA X10 REVIEW

This XPERIA X10 review took some time before it happened because this is Sony Ericsson’s first Android phone and they took quite some time to perfect its product. Androids just keep coming and a look at our front page will tell you any newcomer will need big ideas to make a splash and that’s what Sony Ericsson has come up to.

XPERIA X10 REVIEW

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 is company’s first Android-powered device. But being first does not always leads to a good review. You have to face some serious initial expectations and justify them. That is the best case scenario. But obviously Sony Ericsson haven’t read that script. Even now, several months after our two XPERIA X10 previews, there are still some final touches needed.

XPERIA X10 REVIEW

We really hope we’ll get a new software update quite soon and we’ll be able to review many of the stuff we frowned at this time around.

That put aside, the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 is a promising device with (mostly) bright future waiting for it. It’s quite a looker, as you see, but it’s also powerful and smart.

You just can’t miss the zippy 1GHz processor, or the marvelous 4” capacitive display which takes the whole front. The 8-megapixel autofocus snapper on the back either. On top of that you get great connectivity capabilities and all the popular social networks which are a tap away from you no matter where you are in the phone menu.

Before we cap-off this review, here are its key features.

Key features

* Quad-band GSM and tri-band 3G support
* 10.2 Mbps HSDPA and 2 Mbps HSUPA support
* 4″ capacitive touchscreen of WVGA (480 x 854 pixel) resolution and scratch-resistant surface
* 16M-color ready (65K effective colors under Android OS v1.6)
* Android OS v1.6 with complete Sony Ericsson UI customization
* Timescape and Mediascape UI
* Excellent social networking integration
* Excellent build quality
* Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz CPU, OpenGL ES 2.0 support; 384 MB of RAM
* 8 MP autofocus camera with LED flash, touch focus, image stabilization, geotagging, face and smile detection
* WVGA (800 x 480 pixels) video recording @ 30fps
* Wi-Fi and GPS with A-GPS
* 1GB storage, microSD slot, bundled with an 8GB card
* Accelerometer and proximity sensor
* Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
* microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
* Document viewer
* Li-Po 1500 mAh (BST-41) battery
* Great audio quality

Main disadvantages

* No DivX and XviD video playback
* No smart dialing
* Limited storage available to the user on the system partition (you are left with only 512 MB for installing apps)
* No secondary video-call camera (or videocalling whatsoever)
* No free GPS navigation solution
* No Flash support for the web browser
* No FM radio
* An extra xenon flash would’ve made the very good camera perfect
* Feeble loudspeaker