Sony has announced two new smartphones running on Android operating system. The first is Xperia E1 and second is Xperia T2 Ultra.
Sony Xperia E1 is successor of popular Xperia E smartphone. It is a budget Android smartphone running on Android 4.3 Jelly Bean OS. Dimensions of Xperia E1 are 118 x 62.4 x 12 mm and weighs 120 grams. It has 4 inch display of resolution 480 x 800 pixels which makes pixel density of 233 ppi. It comes with 4 GB internal memory and 512 MB RAM. There is also microSD card support up to 32 GB. Connectivity options include GPRS, EDGE, HSDPA, HSUPA, Wi-Fi, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Bluetooth v4.0 with A2DP, microUSB v2.0, A-GPS etc. Sony Xperia E1 is powered by dual core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8210 processor clocked at 1.2 GHz. For camera enthusiast, there is 3.15 MP rear camera without LED flash but comes with features like Geo-tagging, face detection, HDR, image stabilization etc. Sadly there is no front camera. There is also 1750 mAh Li-ion battery.
Main focus of Xperia E1 is audio playback aspect. Sony claims that loudspeaker on the back of Xperia E1 can hit 100 dB sound.
Key features of Sony Xperia E1:
Second smartphone Sony announced today is Xperia T2 Ultra. It’s a 6 inch phablet specially designed to compete with Samsung Galaxy Mega smartphones. Screen resolution of Xperia T2 Ultra is 1280 x 720 pixels which makes pixel density of 245 ppi. Display is IPS LCD type and comes with Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2. There is 8 GB ROM, 1 GB RAM and microSD card support up to 32 GB. Just like Xperia E1 it has almost all the connectivity options but additionally it comes with NFC support also. Sony Xperia T2 Ultra has 13 MP Exmor RS rear camera with single LED flash and 1.1 MP Exmor R front camera. Rear camera of T2 Ultra is capable of shooting 1080p videos @30 fps. Like Xperia E1, Xperia T2 Ultra runs on same Android 4.3 OS. It is powered by Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8928 quad core processor clocked at 1.4 GHz and GPU is Adreno 305. It has non removable 3000 mAh Li-ion battery.
Key features of Sony Xperia T2 Ultra:
There is no word from Sony about pricing of these two smartphones and launch also. Both the smartphones will have dual SIM variant. Also for these two smartphones you have black, white and purple colour options.