When sized up against a long rubric of criteria, rather than just its entertainment credentials, there's little to make the Xperia S a compelling purchase.
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If you're in the market for a top spec Android smart phone, the Xperia S is certainly a contender. Its gorgeous HD screen displays pixel-perfect text and video. The 12.1-megapixel camera also impressed me. However, all this is encased in a plasticky slab that lets it down. quote
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The Sony Xperia S is a beautiful high-end smartphone at a mid-range price and offers a neat break with the Sony Ericsson brand. Integration with Sony's cloud infrastructure makes perfect sense and both screen and camera are exemplary.
Read the full review →Sony's pricey, stylish Xperia S is packed with multimedia tricks but is undone by a slow processor and lackluster display
Read the full review →The hardware is ... a success – the screen in particular is bright and pleasingly pixel-dense – and the Snapdragon processor, though short a few cores on other recent rivals, still keeps things churning at a satisfactory pace. It’s software that leaves the Sony feeling old beyond its time.
Read the full review →If you're in the market for a top spec Android smart phone, the Xperia S is certainly a contender. Its gorgeous HD screen displays pixel-perfect text and video. The 12.1-megapixel camera also impressed me. However, all this is encased in a plasticky slab that lets it down.
Read the full review →This handset may not be cheap – and it may feel like a Sony Ericsson without the Ericsson bit printed on the front – but we are really impressed with what Sony has done for its first solo foray.
Read the full review →It's tough going back to Gingerbread, and we think Sony's dropped the ball in shipping its first major handset of 2012 with an old version of Android. But the Xperia S makes up for this shortcoming in other areas.
Read the full review →With a great HD screen, 12MP camera and a few quirky extras, the Sony Xperia S should be right up there with the best of the rest but it doesn't quite come together. The screen isn't quite as good as we'd hope and the camera is well below expectations. The design ... doesn't really wow us.
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jeo4long
The hardware specification itself is quite impressive and Android runs very snappy. The first thing that will catch your eyes are the overall design and the beauty of the screen. Of course the translucent bar (which they say where the antenna is), makes the phone very good looking. The size is...
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idtyu
Xperia S, the only phone with external antenna , best DPI for Android phones, feature rich and definitely my favourite deisgn ! I don't care if it is quad core or not, nor 2GB RAM or not nor with the ICS . It is a phone, you don't need a PC level specification, and ICS is not stable. Well,...
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cooool
The phone is Unique, it's fast and in general you will not be disappointed. DLNA works like a charm and i recommend this phone to Everyone. i am very satisfied. i just think it could have been a littl emore on the spec sheet.... but hey GOOD JOB SONY
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mikachandi
Its a good android phone in market from Sony that is PlayStation Certified..
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SilentKnight16
Well built device with great potential. Only drawback would be the processor compared to the contenders and release time. But, still an amazing device.
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sandywoo
I love my Xperia S. For the first Sony phone out there after the break-up with Ericsson, this phone is certainly a contender in best looking phone in existence. The distinctive translucent bar is gorgeous when it glows for notifications and calls. The phone features a dual core processor which...
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zomgbbqftw
Great phone, awesome screen, I hope the next update fixes the battery life because that is the one thing holding this phone back.
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kornerik
The phone itself feels great in the hand, however it is sometimes hard to reach the top corners of the screen while using it onehanded. The plastic used in the handset feels good in the hand.
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bruce27
Xperia S came with Android Gingerbread out of the box. It made me a little apprehensive due to the fact that competitors were out with Ice Cream Sandwich already. The S was not really native to Gingerbread. However, after the ICS update and the latest Sony update to .45, the Xperia s proved...
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