Sony Xperia Go is also known as Sony Xperia advance [ Specially in US ] and Sony ST27i, Sony ST27a.
Well Presently Sony Xperia Go is one of the latest Android smartphone in the Xperia Series, and one of the two Waterproof phones announced by Sony in the Xperia series, the other being Sony Xperia Acro S.
Sony Xperia Go Review and Specifications
Body And Dimensions
Sony Xperia Go has the dimensions of 111 x 60.3 x 9.8 mm, and weighs 110 g.
Moreover, it also supports Touch-Sensitive Controls.
Display
Sony Xperia Go has a LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen, and supports 16M colors.
The screen size (length) is 3.5 inches, and has a resolution of 320 x 480 pixels, at approximately 165 ppi pixel density.
Moreover,It also supports multitouch up to 4 fingers.
Whats more? It comes with the protection of a Scratch-resistant glass.
Apart from this, it also has a other features like:
- It comes with a Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine
- It is dust and water proof (upto 1 metre for 30 minutes)
Sound
Sony Xperia Go supports MP3 ringtones, has a Loudspeaker, and a 3.5 mm Jack.
Memory And RAM
Sony Xperia Go has an Internal Memory of 8 GB, though only 4 GB of that is user available.
Apart from this, it also supports MicroSD Memory Card, and has an expandable memory of upto 32 GB.
Also, It has a RAM of 512 MB.
Data
Sony Xperia Go supports GPRS (upto a speed of 107 kbps), EDGE (upto a speed of 296 kbps), HSDPA (upto a speed of 14.4 Mbps) and HSUPA (upto a speed of 5.76 Mbps).
It also supports Wi-Fi and can be used as A Wi-Fi Hotspot.
Bluetooth v3.0 with A2DP, EDR support is included too.
Camera
Sony Xperia Go has a 5 MP camera, with the amazing resolution of 2592 x 1944 pixels. Apart from this, the camera also has the following features:
- LED flash
- Smile and Face Detection
- 3D Sweep Panorama
- Geo-tagging
- Touch Focus
- Autofocus
It also supports Video Recording at 720p@30fps and has the following features:
- Continuous Autofocus
- Video Stabilizer
- Video Light
But unfortunately, It does NOT have a Secondary Camera.
Software and Hardware Specifications
Sony Xperia Go runs on Android v2.3 Gingerbread, but it has been planned to upgrade it to Android v4.0 ICS Ice Cream Sandwich.
Below I have summarised the Software and Hardware specifications of Sony Xperia Go in tabular form:
Battery
It has a Standard Li-Ion 1305 mAh battery.
- Standby: Upto 520 hours (2G) / Upto 460 hours (3G)
- Talktime:Upto 6 hours 30 min (2G) / Upto 5 hours 30 min (3G)
- Music Play:Up to 45 hours
Conclusion
Sony Xperia Go is a really good elegant Smartphone. The main highlight of this smartphone is that it is Waterproof and dustfproof. You can use it anywhere like on construction sites , mountaining, hiking etc..
The only negative aspect about this smartphone is that it does not have a secondary camera.
So if you’re person who care less about their phone and you need a waterproof and dustproof Smart Android phone then you can go for Xperia Go.
you are wrong Akash, it HAS a front facing camera and that said a sony representative! see type in youtube: Hands-on: Xperia Ion, Xperia Go and Xperia Acro S..there you see the proof , also users nermadigital says it has one..(you can check his vids)
Hi Max – Actually you have got wrong information. For your kind information – SONY XPERIA GO DOESN’T HAVE ANY SECONDARY CAMERA AND IT’S TRUE – which is added in the conclusion of this post.
BTW Information added in our blog is double checked everytime before Publishing and We collect information only from the Official Sources. For more information about the Specs of Xperia Go you can visit Sony Smartphones Official Site – http://www.sonymobile.com/in/products/phones/xperia-go/specifications/
Yes, It does not have secondary camera. I own a white coloured phone. It is beautiful. Forget the specs. It is light weight & feels very comfortable in hand. A true SONY beauty. I will recommend this phone to all. Very sleek & very stylish.
you are wrong Akash, it HAS a front facing camera and that said a sony representative! see type in youtube: Hands-on: Xperia Ion, Xperia Go and Xperia Acro S..there you see the proof , also users nermadigital says it has one..(you can check his vids)
Hi Max – Actually you have got wrong information. For your kind information – SONY XPERIA GO DOESN’T HAVE ANY SECONDARY CAMERA AND IT’S TRUE – which is added in the conclusion of this post.
BTW Information added in our blog is double checked everytime before Publishing and We collect information only from the Official Sources. For more information about the Specs of Xperia Go you can visit Sony Smartphones Official Site – http://www.sonymobile.com/in/products/phones/xperia-go/specifications/
Hey and thx for the helpfull review. Bought the phone but cant seem to find any specs saying if it has ANT+ compatibility? Can you answer this for me?
yes he is wrong, it has a secondary camera, go check gsmarena.com and other websites.
Hi Nandan Shah – Welcome to our blog and thank you for sharing your real experience of Sony Xperia with us.
Hi Nandan Shah – Welcome to our blog and thank you for sharing your real experience of Sony Xperia with us.