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A Thing Of Beauty
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There are no two ways about the looks of this baby — it looks downright gorgeous! Beautifully crafted in a monolithic design, the phone looks like a fancy remote for some posh Sony toy rather than a phone. It feels sturdy and not the least creaky — this is how phones made of plastic should be, in my opinion. And then there's that unique accent, the illuminated transparent strip that meshes really well with the design. Overall minimalist but very classy. That said, ergonomics fall a wee bit short thanks to the squared-off sides and corners, and make the phone slightly difficult to grasp in the hand.
The front of this phone is dominated by the 4.3-inch 1280 x 720 pixel display, and gets some bragging rights with its iPhone-beating pixel count of 342 pixels per inch. Couple this with the Sony Mobile Bravia Engine, and the result is an extremely sharp and crisp display, thanks to the fact that the human eye cannot discern individual pixels apart at such a high pixel count. Color reproduction and brightness is very good, but the viewing angles off-center are sub-par, but that's to be expected with a TFT LCD. The other big draw is the 12-megapixel camera with the famed Exmor R sensor. The results are mixed – while outdoor shooting is pretty good (and super quick to boot), indoor shooting in low light with the flash turned off suffers from a fair amount of noise.
But beyond the perfectly usable experience that is the Xperia S, you've got to wonder why certain hardware and software decisions were taken. No microSD card slot or removable battery, for instance. We've already seen the first quad-core CPU device packing Android 4.0 launch recently, so you get the feeling Sony squandered the chance to make a bigger splash by choosing to go with a dual-core CPU and Android OS v2.3.7 Gingerbread. Maybe a quarter late, eh Sony?
Rating: 7/10
Price: Rs 32,549
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Double The Impact |
![]() For the times you're going to be using this as a PC, X51 does enough and more on the connectivity front with as many ports as desktop PCs twice its size — plenty of USB 2 and 3 ports and HDMI for video, to name a few. What it lacks is the ability to accept any video inputs or a TV tuner option, which rules out making this a media center PC, which is a real pity given the pride of place it will occupy in your setup. Oh, and remember you'll have to add your own monitor if you pick the base configuration. Overall, serious bang for a rather reasonable buck. Rating: 8/10 Price: Rs 49,990 URL: http://dell.to/HURkQ9 |
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