Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Smartphone Reviews

Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 Smartphone Reviews. Got a great deal on Wirefly on the Sony Xperia with a 2-year contract with AT&T. Problem is, the phone is the absolute worst functioning, worthless device I've ever had the misfortune of owning. Nothing, I repeat, NOTHING works on it the way it should. Even the camera. You turn it off, turn it back on, and you have to reset all your settings, such as volume, ringtone, contact lists, etc. Not worth bothering with. Battery doesn't hold a charge for a full day without warning you the battery is getting low. It goes in the garbage, I'm getting a new phone. Never, ever again will I buy Sony for cellphone use.

After considering many smart phones in this class and all the carrier non-sense that goes along with these "data-locked' phone contracts from the US Carriers, ATT, T-Mobile, Verizon. Why would you consider a Smartphone that you would like to have the ability to take abroad with you, if you have to pay for a data service that would most likely triple your cellular package rates? The Xperia X10 is a great Smartphone. The Timescape and Media Scape interfaces are really sleek. The 8.1 Mb camera resolution surpasses many of the other 4" display phones in its nearest Smartphone segment. The Android Éclair 2.2 is not as painful or difficult as you would imagine, the PC Companion installer app. Its pre-installed Android 1.6 did have that slick thumb swipe launching mechanism which made the phone more "slick" than the original I-phone slide to open gesture. All you need to do is plug in the USB cable that is supplied which the brand new X1 remember to hold that back key, when connecting the USB to your PC, as with all other Sony-Ericsson's in the past, Its their trade mark procedure. The update is painless really.

Purchasing from Amazon you have the reliability of a trusted seller, middle man agent, therefore you can rest assured that you will receive the product that you worked so hard to be able to have, use. Very nice incorporation of Android Apps.; easy to find, download. 

The bad:

- Comes with an old version of Android (1.6) does not exploit all the hardware

- No multitouch (I cannot forgive this on a 2011 phone)

- In call volume VERY LOW , cannot hear the other person in the streets of my noisy city

- No quick response from sony on software upgrades

The good:

- all of the above might be fixed with a software upgrade , but only heavens know when it's gonna be

Sony Ericsson today unveiled the highly-expected XPERIA X10 Unlocked Android-based smartphone with the new UX interface platform, a Wireless Stereo Headset and a pretty neat set of features. Contrary to the rumors that spoiled this announcement, the XPERIA X10 will be running Android Donut (version 1.6) and not Éclair (version 2.0). The long list of features include a huge 262k color 4-inch WVGA (480 x 854 pixels) TFT touchscreen, 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon QSD8250, 1GB of internal memory, microSD card slot and an 8GB card included with the device. The camera on the X10 has 8.1 megapixels and it packs 16x digital zoom, autofocus, face recognition, geo tagging, image/video stabilizer and light, touch focus and video recording. Other features include a 3.5mm audio jack, Micro USB, stereo Bluetooth with A2DP, USB, WiFi, A-GPS, Media Player, auto rotate and gesture control.

Technical Details

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE: 850/900/1800/1900 MHz. HSDPA 900/1700/2100
• Operating System: Android OS 1.6. Processor: Qualcomm QSD8250 Snapdragon 1 GHz processor
• Display: 4.0 inches 854 x 480 pixels, TFT capacitive touchscreen, 262K colors, Scratch-resistant surface, Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate, Timescape/Mediascape UI
• Camera: 8 MP, 3264x2448 pixels, autofocus, LED flash. Touch focus, image stabilization, geo-tagging, face and smile detection. Video: WVGA@30fps
• Talk time: Up to 415 h (2G)/Up to 425 h (3G). Standby time: Up to 10 h (2G)/Up to 8 h (3G)