Experia M is out for preorder at flipkart @ 12990 and is selling like hot cakes in ebay.in for a little less then the price at flipkart.
Myself waiting for someone to try it out first
Anyone who has brought this beauty please put the little review
So, after using this for 4 days, Ill give my first impressions..
Camera quality isnt impressive, after all its only a 5MP shooter but Id say it's quality is not what I expected it to be.. Indoor quality has a slight blue tint when tube lights are on but exterior shots are good.. Focus is quick and the Flash is really impressive..
Snaps coming soon
Display is good and vibrant if you look straight up.. Viewing angles arent good nor bad..Id say average..If you have a L520 lying around, the display looks EXACTLY the same
Storage the Xperia M has a User available internal memory of only 2.05 GB, out of which 1.5 gb is available straight out from the box.. Doesnt matter for me as Ill be swapping anyway .. Im using 16 GB Sandisk Class 10
Music/Sound quality is EXCELLENT.. If I had another camera, id have made a direct comparision with a Galaxy S2.. Xperia M literally obliterates the GS2 in terms of sound quality.. The phone comes with xLoud and ClearPhase enhancement, which you can toggle to see the difference
Performance - The MSM8227 coupled with Adreno 305 and 1 GB of RAM packs a mean punch with bench mark scores.. :-
Nenamark 2 score - 64.5
Quadrant - 4.4k
ANTUTU - 9700
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachments/technology-news/11907d1377169756-sony-xperia-m-m-dual-announced-nenamark2_2013-08-20_2141.jpg
ALL on STOCK ROM.... !!!! Imagine what figures you will get when you flash CM10.2 on this..
Real world Perfomance
-I have installed a large no. of apps and I have yet to find any lag.. Operations are smooth, Phone boots within 20-23 secs.. This is where Sony really beats Samsung.. Sony UI isnt as laggy as Touchwiz, yet has a variety of customisation options not present in stock android like the excellent lock screen, 8 THEMES that change almost all the aspects in the phone etc etc
Looks its a sony device, the looks WILL be fantastic.. The themes and customisation are great too.. There's a dual LED notification light at the bottom which will change according to what pic is displayed on screen or according to what theme is selected.. it looks really good indoors..
AppsThere's a bunch of crapware apps preinstalled, i got rid of them tho (atleast most of them) even without root.. but some of the apps like the Sony Walkman app is much better than Google music
Overall id rate this device a 8/10
For some screenies
Also to clear it up, This phone supports USB OTG.. I have yet to test it out though..
Other 2013 devices like Xperia L does not support USB OTG
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachments/technology-news/11908d1377169872-sony-xperia-m-m-dual-announced-screenshot_2013-08-22-16-36-05-1-.jpg
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachments/technology-news/11909d1377169875-sony-xperia-m-m-dual-announced-screenshot_2013-08-22-16-36-16-1-.jpg
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachments/technology-news/11910d1377169879-sony-xperia-m-m-dual-announced-screenshot_2013-08-22-16-36-30-1-.jpg
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachments/technology-news/11911d1377169887-sony-xperia-m-m-dual-announced-screenshot_2013-08-22-16-36-49-1-.jpg
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachments/technology-news/11912d1377169895-sony-xperia-m-m-dual-announced-screenshot_2013-08-22-16-40-24-1-.jpg
So, after using this for 4 days, Ill give my first impressions..
Camera quality isnt impressive, after all its only a 5MP shooter but Id say it's quality is not what I expected it to be.. Indoor quality has a slight blue tint when tube lights are on but exterior shots are good.. Focus is quick and the Flash is really impressive..
Snaps coming soon
Display is good and vibrant if you look straight up.. Viewing angles arent good nor bad..Id say average..If you have a L520 lying around, the display looks EXACTLY the same
Storage the Xperia M has a User available internal memory of only 2.05 GB, out of which 1.5 gb is available straight out from the box.. Doesnt matter for me as Ill be swapping anyway .. Im using 16 GB Sandisk Class 10
Music/Sound quality is EXCELLENT.. If I had another camera, id have made a direct comparision with a Galaxy S2.. Xperia M literally obliterates the GS2 in terms of sound quality.. The phone comes with xLoud and ClearPhase enhancement, which you can toggle to see the difference
Performance - The MSM8227 coupled with Adreno 305 and 1 GB of RAM packs a mean punch with bench mark scores.. :-
Nenamark 2 score - 64.5
Quadrant - 4.4k
ANTUTU - 9700
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachments/technology-news/11907d1377169756-sony-xperia-m-m-dual-announced-nenamark2_2013-08-20_2141.jpg
ALL on STOCK ROM.... !!!! Imagine what figures you will get when you flash CM10.2 on this..
Real world Perfomance
-I have installed a large no. of apps and I have yet to find any lag.. Operations are smooth, Phone boots within 20-23 secs.. This is where Sony really beats Samsung.. Sony UI isnt as laggy as Touchwiz, yet has a variety of customisation options not present in stock android like the excellent lock screen, 8 THEMES that change almost all the aspects in the phone etc etc
Looks its a sony device, the looks WILL be fantastic.. The themes and customisation are great too.. There's a dual LED notification light at the bottom which will change according to what pic is displayed on screen or according to what theme is selected.. it looks really good indoors..
AppsThere's a bunch of crapware apps preinstalled, i got rid of them tho (atleast most of them) even without root.. but some of the apps like the Sony Walkman app is much better than Google music
Overall id rate this device a 8/10
For some screenies
Also to clear it up, This phone supports USB OTG.. I have yet to test it out though..
Other 2013 devices like Xperia L does not support USB OTG
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachments/technology-news/11908d1377169872-sony-xperia-m-m-dual-announced-screenshot_2013-08-22-16-36-05-1-.jpg
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachments/technology-news/11909d1377169875-sony-xperia-m-m-dual-announced-screenshot_2013-08-22-16-36-16-1-.jpg
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachments/technology-news/11910d1377169879-sony-xperia-m-m-dual-announced-screenshot_2013-08-22-16-36-30-1-.jpg
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachments/technology-news/11911d1377169887-sony-xperia-m-m-dual-announced-screenshot_2013-08-22-16-36-49-1-.jpg
*www.thinkdigit.com/forum/attachments/technology-news/11912d1377169895-sony-xperia-m-m-dual-announced-screenshot_2013-08-22-16-40-24-1-.jpg
Nice little review. That is what i expected from you.
BTW Can Uninstall Bloatwares Without Rooting? I dont Want to root at least for first few weeks....
How is the quality of in call speaker[earpiece]?
Can apps be transferred to memory card? Or is there any way without rooting the device?
Awesome phone at awesome pricing. Is it worth buying, considering i already own Pantech Burst?