Sony Xperia U is a stylish and compact handset, and one of its biggest virtues seems to be customization. That is why the designers called it Xperia U, from. well... "you". You can quickly swap the bottom cap in something of different color, if you are so inclined, to match your playful or business mood and time of the day. Not only that, but there is this color matching illuminated bar at the bottom, which is the trademark of the new "Iconic Identity" style of the
upcoming Xperias. It is transparent, but yet full of LED light of different colors, and also houses the antenna for better
Display:
3.5-inch LED-backlit LCD capacitive touchscreen 16M colors display
Screen resolution of 480 x 854 pixels, (~280 ppi pixel density)
Touch-sensitive controls
Multitouch up to 4 fingers
Scratch-resistant glass
Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine
Timescape UI
Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Performance:
Runs on Android v2.3 (Gingerbread) OS (Plan to upgrade to Android v4.0)
Based on STE U8500 Chipset
Powered by Dual-core 1GHz processor
Boasts DB8500 GPU
4GB of internal storage and 512MB RAM
Camera:
5 megapixels rear facing camera
Camera resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels, 16x digital zoom
Autofocus and LED flash
Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection
3D sweep panorama and image stabilization
720p@30fps video recording with video light
VGA front facing camera
Multimedia:
Stereo FM radio with RDS
Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
3.5mm headphone jack
Sony 3D surround sound audio technology
Connectivity:
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 2G network
HSDPA 900 / 2100 – ST25i, HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 – ST25a 3G network
GPRS up to 107 kbps and EDGE up to 296 kbps
HSDPA up to 14.4 Mbps and HSUPA up to 5.76 Mbps
Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
Uses microUSB v2.0 with USB on-the-go support
Apps:
HTML5 browser and Adobe Flash Player
GPS with A-GPS support
Java via Java MIDP emulator
SNS integration
Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
Document viewer
Others:
SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
Voice memo/dial/commands
Predictive text input
Dimensions: 112 x 54 x 12 mm/4.4 x 2.1 x 0.5 inches
Weight: 110 grams/3.9 ounces
Battery:
Li-Ion 1320 mAh battery
Up to 260 hrs (2G) / up to 472 hrs (3G) standby time
Up to 6 hrs 36 min (2G) / up to 5 hrs 36 min (3G) talk time
Up to 45 hrs music playback time