Sony Xperia tipo specs, pictures advantages and disadvantages

In addition to releasing miro, Sony also released Xperia tipo, a cheap Android phone that a notch below miro in position.



With a relatively low price, Sony tried to woo users who still use feature phones in order to switch to a smartphone. Moreover, Xperia Tipo been using the operating system Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich.



Xperia Tipo also rely xLOUD speaker, 3.2 MP camera, VGA front camera, and a 1500mAh battery that Sony claims can last for 24 hours.



Xperia Tipo has a 3.2-inch landscape display resolution of 320 x 480 pixels. Using MSM7225AA 800 MHz Qualcomm processor, graphics processor units Andreno 200, 512 MB RAM, and 2.9 GB of internal memory.



Available SIM card GSM connectivity, 3G, HSPA and Wi-Fi to connect to the internet. There is also a 3.5 mm audio jack, MicroUSB, MicroSD, GPS, Bluetooth and DLNA. The dimensions are 103 x 57 x 13 mm and weighs 99.4 grams.



Sony Xperia tipo ST21i Key features and main advantages

• Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and dual-band UMTS support


• 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA


• 3.2" 256K-color capacitive TFT touchscreen of HVGA resolution (320 x 480)


• Android OS v4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich


• 800 MHz Cortex-A5 CPU, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7225AA chipset


• 512 MB of RAM


• 2.5GB of inbuilt storage


• microSD slot (32GB supported)


• 3.15 MP fixed-focus camera, geotagging


• VGA video @ 25fps


• Wi-Fi b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot


• GPS with A-GPS


• Accelerometer and proximity sensor


• Standard 3.5 mm audio jack


• Stereo FM radio with RDS


• microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1


• User-accessible battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh

Sony Xperia tipo ST21i Main disadvantages

• Fixed-focus camera, No LED flash


• Mediocre screen quality


• No front camera


• Non-hot-swappable microSD slot


• Loudspeaker performance is so-so


• No DivX/XviD support

Sony Xperia tipo ST21i full phone specifications

• GENERAL 2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900


• 3G Network HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST21i


• HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST21a


• SIM Mini-SIM


• Announced 2012, June


• Status Available. Released 2012, August


• BODY Dimensions 103 x 57 x 13 mm (4.06 x 2.24 x 0.51 in)


• Weight 99.4 g (3.49 oz)


• DISPLAY Type TFT capacitive touchscreen, 256K colors


• Size 320 x 480 pixels, 3.2 inches (~180 ppi pixel density)


• Multitouch Yes


• Protection Scratch-resistant glass


• SOUND Alert types Vibration; MP3 ringtones


• Loudspeaker Yes


• 3.5mm jack Yes


• MEMORY Card slot microSD, up to 32 GB


• Internal 2.9 GB storage (2.5 GB user available), 512 MB RAM


• DATA GPRS Up to 86 kbps


• EDGE Up to 237 kbps


• Speed HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.76 Mbps


• WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot


• Bluetooth Yes, v2.1 with A2DP


• USB Yes, microUSB v2.0


• CAMERA Primary 3.15 MP, 2048x1536 pixels


• Features Geo-tagging


• Video Yes, VGA


• Secondary No


• FEATURES OS Android OS, v4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich)


• Chipset Qualcomm MSM7225AA


• CPU 800 MHz Cortex-A5


• GPU Adreno 200


• Sensors Accelerometer, proximity, compass


• Messaging SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email


• Browser HTML, Adobe Flash


• Radio Stereo FM radio with RDS


• GPS Yes, with A-GPS support


• Java Yes, via Java MIDP emulator


• Colors Classic Black, Classic White, Deep Red, Navy Blue


• - SNS integration


• - MP4/H.264/WMV player


• - MP3/WMA/WAV/eAAC+ player


• - Organizer


• - Document viewer


• - Voice memo/dial


• - Predictive text input


• BATTERY Standard battery, Li-Ion 1500 mAh


• Stand-by Up to 470 h (2G) / Up to 545 h (3G)


• Talk time Up to 5 h (2G) / Up to 4 h 30 min (3G)


• Music play Up to 30 h

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