After seeing Facebook fans move up its announcement date by over a week, Sony Mobile today announced two new smartphones, the Xperia miro and Xperia tipo. In fact, it announced three as the Xperia tipo will also be available as a dual-SIM card variant known as the Xperia tipo dual. Both are lower end devices with the miro touted as a “slim and stylish smartphone available in a fun range of colours, and with a deep integration of Facebook’ and the tipo as a “simple and easy to use smartphone” for first time buyers.
Sony Xperia miro specifications:
- Processor: 800MHz Qualcomm MSM7225A
- Operating system: Google Android 4.0
- Cellular connectivity (ST23i): Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and dual-band UMTS/HSPA
- Cellular connectivity (ST23a): Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band UMTS/HSPA
- Other connectivity: A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, DLNA
- Display: 3.5-inch HVGA
- Input: Capacitive touchscreen
- Memory: 512MB RAM
- Storage: 4GB onboard and microSD cards up to 32GB
- Rear-facing camera: 5MP with LED flash
- Front-facing camera: VGA
- Battery: 1,500mAh
- Dimensions / weight: 113 x 59.4 x 9.9 millimeters / 110 grams
- Colours: Black, black/pink, white and white/gold
- Other: xLOUD audio technology
Sony Xperia tipo/tipo dual specifications:
- Processor: 800 MHz Qualcomm MSM7225A
- Operating system: Google Android 4.0
- Cellular connectivity (ST21i/ST21i2): Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and dual-band UMTS/HSPA
- Cellular connectivity (ST21a/ST21a2): Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and tri-band UMTS/HSPA
- Other connectivity: A-GPS, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, DLNA
- Display: 3.2-inch HVGA
- Input: Capacitive touchscreen
- Memory: 512MB RAM
- Storage: 2.9GB onboard and microSD cards up to 32GB
- Rear-facing camera: 3.2MP with VGA video capture
- Front-facing camera: None
- Battery: 1,500mAh
- Dimensions / weight: 103x 57×13 millimeters / 99 grams
- Colours: Red, white, blue and black
- Other: Dual-SIM on Xperia tipo dual
Both the Sony Xperia miro and Xperia tipo will be available globally in Q3. Pricing was not announced.
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