Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray Review

Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray also known as Sony Ericsson Azusa, Sony Ericsson Urushi, Sony Ericsson ST18i, and Sony Ericsson ST18a. this cell phone is officially appeared on CommunicAsia 2011 event, at June 22nd 2011 on Singapore. Cell phone screen has been equipped by anti-scratch so you don’t have to worry if this cell phone screen would be scratched by dull things.

One advantage of Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray (Urushi – ST18i) is huge camera resolution, which is 8 megapixels so you can take picture with high resolution to 3264 x 2448 pixels. Some camera supporting features provided are face detection, geo-tagging, flash light, and autofocus. On the front side of the cell phone, there’s secondary camera which used to do video calling activity. For entertainment facilities, you won’t feel lonely when using this cell phone, since it has provided so many features, started from music player (MP3, eAAC+, WAV), video player (MP4, H.263, H.264), FM radio, and games.

If you feel bored with games in cell phone, you can install new game by visiting Android Market or Java content provider site. Moreover, nowadays there are so many games made specifically for touchscreen cell phone. When browsing, you can feel that website page can be displayed perfectly. It because of Adobe Flash 10.1 support. To store data in large amount, Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray (Urushi – ST18i) has provided microSD slot which you can use to store your favorite data to 32 GB. The interesting fact is, Sony Ericsson vendor has provided external memory sized 4 GB.

Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray Spesification :

Name : Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray
Other Name : Sony Ericsson Azusa, Sony Ericsson Urushi, Sony Ericsson ST18i, Sony Ericsson ST18a
Network : 2G GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900, 3G HSDPA 2100 – ST18i, HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 -
ST18a
Dimension : 111 x 53 x 9.4 mm
Weight : 100 g
Screen : LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors, 480 x 854 pixels, 3.3 inches (~297 ppi
pixel density), 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
Camera : 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels, Autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, Face detection, Image
stabilization, Video 720p, Video light, Secondary camera available
Connectivity : 3G HSDPA 7.2 Mbps, HSUPA 5.8 Mbps, EDGE up to 237 kbps, GPRS up to 86 kbps, Wi-Fi, 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot, Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP, EDR, MicroUSB v2.0, 3.5 mm audio jack
Memory : 1 GB (300 MB user available), 512 MB RAM, MicroSD up to 32 GB external (4 GB included)
Battery : Li-Ion 1500 mAh
Other features : Android OS v2.3 (Gingerbread), 1GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, MSM8255, Snapdragon chipset, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push email, IM, HTML browser, GPS with A-GPS support, Java (via Java MIDP emulator), SNS, Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk, Digital compass, SensMe, Document viewer / editor, Adobe flash 10.1 support, Voice memo, Predictive text input, Calendar, Alarm, Calculator, Barcode reader, Flight mode, Audio player (MP3 / eAAC+ / WAV), Audio recorder, Video player (MP4 / H.263 / H.264), Video recorder, MP3 ringtones, Stereo FM radio with RDS, Games, TrackID music recognition
Price : $360 (2011 September)