Overview -

Sony Ericsson now Sony Mobile Communications has announced two new SmartPhones back to back under the Xperia^TM NXT series, Sony Xperia^TM P and Sony Xperia^TM U at the Mobile World Congress 2012 conducted at the Barcelona, Spain. These Mobile Phones are yet to be released world wide perhaps in the next quarter of this year. Sony has integrated the Mobile BRAVIA Engine into this phone from which the videos and the photos are displayed crisp and clear.

• Highlighted Feature:

Sony Xperia^TM P is the first smartphone which introduces the Sony’s WhiteMagic^TM Technology. This technology solves the screen viewing trouble in the bright sunlight. Let me explain you in brief what is this WhiteMagic technology all about. Usually in all the LCD each pixel is divided into three sub-pixels Red, Green & Blue. This technology adds one more sub-pixel White hence making 4 sub-pixels as one pixel. This White sub-pixel allows the backlight to pass through it hence showing the True White and eventually increasing the brightness of the screen. Lot of brightness means emptying of Battery power but Sony has taken care of this problem by introducing two modes in this phone, Outdoor mode where the screen is at the brightest and Indoor mode where the screen is 50% of the brightest (Consumes less power). Switching between these modes is handled automatically by the Ambient sensor.
With this technology the Images, Videos also can be viewed in detail and brighter than the normal LCD and the OLED screens.

Sony works with lot of dedication towards its design. Slick Unibody Design is the another highlighted feature along with the WhiteMagic Technology in this SmartPhone.
It means this device is designed using a Solid, anodized Aluminum metal hence increasing its hardness and robustness with light in weight. Hence form a design perspective Sony Xperia P is a distinctive and a stunning Mobile Phone.

Specification -

• System:

Operating system :- Google™ Android™ 2.3 (Gingerbread)
(Upgrade to Android 4, Ice Cream Sandwich, planned in Quarter 2 2012)
Processor :- 1 GHz STE U8500 Dual core
GPU :- DB8500
Size :- 122 x 59.5 x 10.5 mm
Weight :- 120 grams
Battery :- 1305 mAh, typical. 1265 mAh, minimum
Available colours :- Silver, Black, Red

• Main Screen:

Colours :- 16,000,000 colour TFT
Resolution – 960×540 pixels
Size (diagonal) – 4 inches
Scratch-resistant – Hard coated shatter proof sheet on scratch-resistant glass

• Input mechanisms:

Text input – On-screen QWERTY keyboard
Touch screen – Capacitive
Touch gesture – Yes – multi-touch, up to 4 fingers supported

• Memory:

Internal phone storage – 16 GB (up to 13 GB user-accessible memory)
RAM – 1 GB

• Camera:

Camera resolution – 8 megapixel
Digital zoom – 8x
Photo flash – Yes – LED
Video recording – Yes – HD 1080p
Video chat camera – Yes

• Sensors:

Accelerometer – Yes
Proximity sensor – Yes
Ambient light sensor – Yes
Magnetometer – Yes
Gyroscope – Yes

• Networks:

LT22i – UMTS HSPA 850 (Band V), 900 (Band VIII), 1900 (Band II) and
2100 (Band I)
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900

• Data transfer speeds:

GSM GPRS – Up to 100 kbps
GSM EDGE – Up to 296 kbps
UMTS HSPA cat 6 (upload) – Up to 5.6 Mbps
UMTS HSPA cat 10(download) – Up to 14.4 Mbps
Talk time (GSM) – Up to 6 hours
Standby time (GSM) – Up to 470 hours
Talk time (UMTS) – Up to 5 hours
Standby time (UMTS) – Up to 475 hours
Music listening time – Up to 80 hours
Video playback time – Up to 4 hours

• Connectivity:

- 3.5 mm audio jack (CTIA)
- aGPS
- Bluetooth wireless technology
- DLNA Certified
- HDMI support
- Media Transfer Protocol support
- Micro USB support
- Native USB tethering
- NFC (MasterCard PayPass Certified)
- USB High speed 2.0 support
- Wi-Fi

• Release status: – May 2012
• Price: – $585