Sony Xperia U Specs

3.5 inches 480 x 854 pixels

5 MP VGA Front

STE U8500 512 MB RAM

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Sony Xperia U Android Smartphone was launched in February 2012. It is running on the STE U8500 processor with Mali-400MP GPU. The phone has 512 MB RAM and 8 GB (4 GB user-accessible) of internal storage which is not expandable.

The Xperia U has a 3.5 inches FWVGA, 480 x 854 pixels display with a pixel density of 280 ppi. Coming to cameras, it has a 5 MP rear camera and a VGA front camera for selfies. It has a microUSB port for data syncing and charging. There is a accelerometer sensor present on the Xperia U. It is a single SIM smartphone with support for 3G, USB OTG, Wi-Fi, FM Radio, Bluetooth and GPS too.

The Xperia U runs on Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0 and all this is powered by a 1320 mAh battery. It measures 112 x 54 x 12 mm (height x width x thickness) with a total weight of 110 grams including battery.

Detailed Specifications

General Info

Phone	Sony Xperia U
Manufacturer	Sony
Announced	February 2012
Status	Available - May 2012
Colors	Black, White/ exchangeable bottom caps in white, black, pink, ye
Form Factor	Candybar
Dimension	112 x 54 x 12 mm (4.41 x 2.13 x 0.47 in)
Weight	110 g (3.88 oz)
2G Network	GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network	HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST25iHSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST25a
Messaging	SMS, MMS, Push Mail, EMail, IM

Display

Type	LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Colors	16M colors
Size	3.5 inches [Similar]
Resolution	FWVGA, 480 x 854 pixels [Browse Similar]
Pixel Density	280 ppi
Screen-to-Body Ratio	55.77%
Multi-Touch	Yes

Hardware and OS

OS	Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradable to v4.0
Processor	Dual-core 1 GHz Cortex-A9, STE U8500 [Similar]
GPU	Mali-400MP [Similar]
RAM	512 MB [Browse Similar]
Int. Memory	8 GB (4 GB user-accessible)
Ext. Memory	No

Camera

Rear Camera	5 MP, 2592 x 1944 pixels [Similar]
Flash	LED flash
Features	Auto focus, Geo-tagging, Touch Focus, Face And Smile Detection, 3D Sweep Panorama, Image Stabilization
Video	Yes, 720p@30fps, video light
Front Camera	Yes, VGA [Similar]

Connectivity

GPRS	Up to 107 kbps
EDGE	Up to 296 kbps
3G	HSDPA 14.4 Mbps, HSUPA 5.76 Mbps
Bluetooth	Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
WI-FI	Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot, DLNA
USB	Yes, microUSB v2.0, USB On-the-go support
GPS	Yes, with A-GPS support
Browser	HTML5, Adobe Flash

User Memory

Internal	8 GB (4 GB user-accessible), 512 MB RAM
Expandable Storage	No
USB OTG	Supported

Multimedia

3.5 mm Jack
Radio	Stereo FM radio with RDS
Games	Yes + Downloadable
Loud Speaker

Sensors

Fingerprint
Proximity Sensor
Accelerometer Sensor
NFC

Battery

Type	Standard battery, Li-Ion
Capacity	1320 mAh
Stand by	Up to 260 hours (2G) Up to 472 hours (3G)
Talk Time	Up to 6 hours 36 mins (2G) Up to 5 hours 36 mins (3G)