Sony Xperia Go Review

 

Key features :
•    IP67 certified for dust and water resistance, wet-finger tracking
•    Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support
•    3G with 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
•    3.5" 16M-color LED-backlit LCD capacitive touchscreen of HVGA resolution (320 x 480 pixels) at around 165 ppi
•    Bravia Mobile engine
•    Android OS v2.3 Gingerbread
•    Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9 CPU, Mali-400 GPU, NovaThor U8500 chipset
•    512 MB RAM
•    5 MP autofocus camera, single LED flashlight, geotagging, image stabilization, smile detection, touch focus
•    720p video @ 30fps
•    Wi-Fi b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot functionality and DLNA
•    GPS with A-GPS, Wisepilot navigation
•    microSD slot (32GB supported, 2GB card included)
•    Accelerometer and proximity sensor, notification LED
•    Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
•    Stereo FM radio with RDS
•    TrackID music recognition
•    Relevant package of apps
•    MicroUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
•    Adobe Flash support
 

Main disadvantages :
•    No ICS out of the box
•    Screen resolution a bit low by today's standards
•    No arm case and wrist strap in the bundle (ala the Sony Ericsson Xperia active)- available in the Xperia go "Sports Edition"
•    No hardware camera shutter key
•    No secondary camera, no video calls
•    Loudspeaker has below average performance
•    No DivX/XviD video support, 1080p video playback is a no go, too
•    No ANT+ support for connection to sports peripherals (unlike the Xperia active)