Sony Xperia M - Budget Android Smartphone

2013 has served as a remarkable entry for over-powered Smartphones. While S4 served as the highlight of the year with its Octa-core CPU, there were some budget friendly releases too. Thankfully, Son is amongst the brand that has come up with its version of a budget friendly Android mobile phone, Xperia M, the spiritual successor of the dynamic and important Xperia U. Let see what Sony Xperia M holds in its kitty to offer to the middle class people:

                 

Design and Build

Xperia M possesses a similar look like that of Xperia Smartphone series, featuring the same elements along with familiar Omni-Balance designing language. It imparts a dramatic feel to the user but doesn’t hold the charm of budget Smartphone feel. The phone has been crafted as a budget Smartphone and it reflects the same with its looks.  The use of inexpensive material means that the replace of any spare part of the phone shouldn’t be costly to change.

Display 

Xperia M comes with 4 inch display featuring a resolution of 854 x 480 pixels, with 245ppi. You may notice a few jagged lines when seeing the phone from very close but you wouldn’t be seeing the phone from so close. Xperia M possesses the similar poor display genes which Sony is well-known for. The screen features a bluish tint with terrible viewing angles. It has got the bad viewing angles issue from its flagship series, the Xperia Z which had similar viewing angles.

Hardware

This is where you see something great about this series. Usually, the Smartphone of this price range come decked with Cortex A7 /A9 chipset designed by Chinese producers. But Xperia M is a modish device featuring 1GHz dual core CPU, Snapdragon S4 Plus Chipset and Adreno 305 graphics. Looks like a perfect combination! What’s worth noticing is the RAM of 1GB in the phone. Thus, overall, it is a powerful phone with a strong hardware, with a nice edge over the other budget friendly Android Smartphones like the Samsung Ace 3 (but it comes with an inferior chipset). The sad part is Xperia M has 4GB of internal memory, so a person surely requires MicroSD card as soon as you buy the Smartphone

Camera

The flagship release from Xperia, the Sony Xperia M comes compacted with a 5MP camera that can record 720p video too. And, yes this is yet another unheard feature that you come across Smartphones of this category. However, speaking about the quality, the 5MP shooter isn’t very great to look at, but renders fine job. If you are looking forward to put your pictures online, the phone will just work fine. However, if you are really serious about your photography skills, then you need to go for a Smartphone with digital camera specifications. The video quality is fine and adequate without anything special to talk about. It also features a VGA front facing camera. It doesn’t give you the marvelous mug shots that people are generally fond of, in today’s time.

Connectivity

Speaking about the connectivity of Sony handsets, there is a vast array of alternative available. The device boasts of aGPS, Wi-Fi, NFC, MicroUSB, DLNA and Bluetooth 4.0. In addition to that, the users have a choice single as well as the dual SIM version.

Battery

For a small Smartphone of this series, 1800mAh battery does marvels. The phone comes with a heavy battery with a single SIM facility. The phone recorded a call time of 13 hours while it offered web browsing of around 7 hours of complete battery life. These are not the perfect number for sure but yes keeping the budget friendly price of the gadget in mind, you will like to appreciate the battery power of Xperia M. The price tag and utility of the phone completely syncs with the amazing battery life it renders.

Operating System

Xperia M comes decked with amazing Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system. The device works fine and offers perfect apps running facility.

Verdict

The Xperia M has been launched in the sweet segment of modern budget- friendly Android Smartphone. It features just the accurate hardware amount that keeps it a step ahead from being prescribed as obsolete. It happily allows multi -tasking and offers all tasks without any hard effort. At a lower price of $220, the phone is a friend to those who are looking forward to purchase a low budget phone. In the future time, the price is expected to fall a little lower. Windows Phone 8, Nokia Lumia 520 is the only phone that comes close to the specs of SonyXperia M. Though an impressive phone to stand in competition with, the Nokia Lumia 520 possesses RAM of just 512MB. Thus, Xperia M wins the competition.

The other specifications of Xperia M:

·         RAM of 1GB

·         TFT LCD of 4 inches with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels

·         1GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 plus MSM8227 CPU

·         Internal storage of 4GB, expandable storage of 32GB through MicroSD

·         Front facing VGA camera

·         Rear camera of 5MP with LED flash

·         NFC, Wi-Fi, 3G, aGPS and Bluetooth

·         1800mAh battery

·         Android 4.1 version Jelly Bean

Thus, if you are craving for an above looking Smartphone with more than budgeted phone capabilities, then this is the right device to go for. You shall love the body build, design and class of the phone as it stands in sync with the other devices of its segment. It is expected that the price of the mobile phone will still decrease and thus, it will gain more buyers for it. The phone is perfect for middle class people who wish to taste the flavor of high class Smartphones in a limited price. It will surely serve as a delight to everyone looking forward for a good mobile treat. So, check out the specs now and get this amazing release from the sheds of Sony right now for a user friendly, amazing experience

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