Xperia U - was £199.95 Now £ 134.96 PAYG @ Phones4U
Dual core phone with good specs :Previously known as Sony Ericsson ST25i Kumquat
GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25i
HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a
Announced 2012, February
Status Available. Released 2012, May
BODY Dimensions 112 x 54 x 12 mm
Weight 110 g
- Touch-sensitive controls
DISPLAY Type LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 480 x 854 pixels, 3.5 inches (~280 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes, up to 4 fingers
Protection Scratch-resistant glass
- Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine
- Timescape UI
SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes
- Sony 3D surround sound audio technology
MEMORY Card slot No
Internal 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM
DATA GPRS Up to 107 kbps
EDGE Up to 296 kbps
Speed HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
USB Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
CAMERA Primary 5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama, image stabilization
Video Yes, 720p@30fps, video light, check quality
Secondary Yes, VGA
FEATURES OS Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), planned upgrade to v4.0
Chipset STE U8500
CPU Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9
GPU Mali-400MP
Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
Browser HTML5, Adobe Flash
Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS
GPS Yes, with A-GPS support
Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator
Colors Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, yellow
- SNS integration
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Organizer
- Document viewer
- Voice memo/dial/commands
- Predictive text input
BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1320 mAh
Stand-by Up to 260 h (2G) / Up to 472 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 6 h 36 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 36 min (3G)
Music play Up to 45 h
MISC SAR EU 1.62 W/kg (head)
Price group
TESTS Display Contrast ratio: 930:1 (nominal) / 1.758:1 (sunlight)
Loudspeaker Voice 65dB / Noise 65dB / Ring 72dB
Audio quality Noise -87.3dB / Crosstalk -87.7dB
Camera Photo / Video
Plus £10 top-up, £144.96
- Bully


All Comments (42)
Jump to unread Post a CommentNot always guaranteed to get c/b.
Edited By: Chet on Aug 21, 2012 22:36: typo
questions if i may :
1. Where was it known as that ?
2. What is a kumquat ?
It's like a small satsuma.
It's like a small satsuma.
is that it !!
from the first line of the OP i thought it was an essential ingredient of the phone,
just goes to show you can't trust anything you read !!
Edited By: z18runway on Aug 21, 2012 23:11
you have chosen to respond to post 9, but ignore post 6
we can all copy and paste
but thats not what it is about
ps
still not voted
kumquat, tangerine, nectarine, navel, peach ................
The G300 is around £100 so not really the same price as this.
Comparison here: http://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=4594&idPhone2=4437
Edited By: KTF on Aug 22, 2012 07:53
Tried to order, apparently not available on-line...
Edited By: Max-Power on Aug 22, 2012 08:05
http://geekaphone.com/compare/Huawei-Ascend-G300-vs-Sony-Xperia-U