2G Network :GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network :HSDPA 900 / 2100
HSDPA 1900 / 2100 / 800
Display Type :LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size :320 x 480 pixels, 3.0 inches
- Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
- Bravia Mobile engine
- Multi-touch input method
- Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
- Touch sensitive controls
- Scratch-resistant display
- Timescape UI
OS:Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)
CPU :1GHz Scorpion processor
Messaging :SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM
Browser :HTML
Radio:Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games:Yes
Colors:Orange/Black, White/Black
GPS :with A-GPS support
3.5mm jack :Yes
Phonebook :Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall
Call records :Practically unlimited
Internal :320 MB storage
Card slot :microSD, up to 32GB, 2GB included
GPRS :Yes
EDGE :Yes
3G :HSDPA, HSUPA
WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot
Bluetooth :Yes
Infrared port:No
USB : v2.0 microUSB
Camera :Primary :5 MP, 2592х1944 pixels, autofocus, LED flash
Features :Touch-focus, geo-tagging, face detection, image stabilization
Video :720p, video light
Secondary:Yes
Java : via Java MIDP emulator
- Dust and water resistant
- Flashlight
- Digital compass
- SNS integration
- MP4/H.263/H.264 player
- MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
- TrackID music recognition
- Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
- Document viewer
- Voice memo
- Predictive text input
Standard battery: Li-Ion 1200 mAh
Stand-by :Up to 351 h (2G) / Up to 335 h (3G)
Talk time :Up to 4 h 53 min (2G) / Up to 5 h 31 min (3G)
Music play :Up to 25 h
Xperia active is also a different kind of smartphone compared to the earlier phones in the Xperia family. While it packs a full feature set of Android Gingerbread, a 3 inch 320×480 Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA engine and a 5MP camera with HD-video recording etc it also is dustproof and water resistant. The resistance to dust and water meets the standard of IP67 which is described like this:
“According to International Protection Rating. IP67 implies that when the phone is correctly mounted to maintain its dust and water resistant qualities, there is no ingress of dust (digit 6) and that ingress of water (digit 7) in harmful quantity shall not be possible if the device is dropped in fresh water under up to 1 m of submersion for a duration of maximum 30 minutes.”
What this really means is that Xperia active is the smartphone that you don’t have to be as careful with as previous ones. You can use it for an active live, out running in the rain etc without being worried that your phone will be damaged from it. If you’re not the active type there are of course also lots of other situations where a more resistant phone comes in handy, me being a lucky father of two little girls can definitely see a case for it besides exercising in the rain.
The scratch resistant screen also uniquely incorporates wet finger tracking, to ensure the phone works perfectly when either the screen or your fingers are wet.
Besides that it also is a beautiful smartphone which really gives a feeling of sturdyness to it even though it has basically the same form factor as the previously announced XperiaTM mini.
Remember, most of our phones, including Xperia active, also features ANT+ which makes it possible for you to connect a compliant heart rate monitor directly to your phone to monitor your heart rate in lots of different exercise applications out there.
