Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D

Today we’re going to take a look at the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D. This is a really powerful phone, as are most of the phones in this series. However, make no mistake, although somewhat similar in name, they are not that similar in their specifications. This phone was specifically designed to be released for the Japanese market. However, it may be released world-wide if Sony pays any attention to the desire of the people. Most people want this phone to be released world-wide, but in the end, only time will tell.

Let’s skip the long intros and begin this little review.

GENERAL

We’ll begin by taking a look at the more general aspects of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D. Here you can find out a bit of info about the supported networks and the announcement and release dates of the device. The Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D supports both 2G and 3G networks and those networks are as follows : GSM 850, GSM 900, GSM 1800 and GSM 1900 ( the 2G ones ) and HSDPA 800, HSDPA 850, HSDPA 1700, HSDPA 2100 ( the 3G ones ). The Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D was announced in May 2012 and no solid news was released up till now as to when exactly this phone is to hit the market. However, it is safe to assume that you can find the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D in stores by the end of Q3 2012. Since there’s nothing left to say here, let us move on to the next part of the review.

BODY

Next up we’ll be taking a look at some of the aspect related items of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D. Here you can find out a bit of info about the size and weight of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D as well as see whether or not the phone has any particularities we should be aware of. The Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D is around 126 x 66 x 11.9 mm big and weighs somewhere around 149 grams. This phone has Touch-Sensitive Controls on the front and has a very special Water Resistant casing. Now usually this Water Resistance is measured in weird factors. I don’t see it specified about this phone, but I’ll say the general rule anyway : 1 meter depth or 30 minutes of exposure ( the amount of time it can be submersed under water ). That’s about it for the body, so let’s move on to the next part.

DISPLAY

Next up we’ll be taking a look at the display of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D. Here you can find out a bit of info about the type of screen of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D, the screen size, the screen’s resolution and pixel density as well as find out whether or not the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D’s display has any protection and any particularities that might make it stand out from a line-up. The Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D has a LED-backlit LCD capacitive touchscreen with approximately 16 million colors. The Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D has a screen of around 4.3 inches which can house a resolution of approximately 720 x 1280 pixels. The pixel density of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D is around 342 ppi, which is more than enough considering that anything that exceeds 300 is undetectable by the human eye. This phone also has an Advanced Multitouch which can support up to 10 fingers at once. This phone also has a Scratch Resistant Glass surface as its Screen Protection. The Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D also has the Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine on it and Timescape UI, should you choose to activate it. That’s about it for the display, let’s move on to the next part.

SOUND

Next up we’ll be taking a look at the audio output capabilities of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D. Here you can find out a bit of info about the Alert types, speaker and audio jack as well as find out whether or not the device has any form of sound enhancement on it, be it software based or otherwise. The Alert Types of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D are : Vibration and MP3 ringtones. This phone also has a loudspeaker and a 3.5 mm jack. Unfortunately, the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D has no Sound Enhancements whatsoever on it, so I guess you can call this phone pretty basic as far as sound is concerned. That’s enough for the sound, let’s move on.

MEMORY

Next we’ll take a look at the memory of the device. Here you can find out a bit of info about the RAM of the device, the internal storage space and ways of increasing said storage space. The Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D has 1 GB of RAM, which is pretty darn powerful considering this is the current maximum. The storage space of this device is as following : 11 GB of internal space, and if that large amount doesn’t suffice for your greedy needs, know that the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D has a Micro SD card slot which can use any Micro SD card of up to 32 GB. That’s it for the memory, let’s move on.

DATA CONNECTION

Next up we’ll be taking a look at the data connectivity of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D. Here you can find out a bit of info about the GPRS and EDGE of the device, it’s speed and WLAN and any info about the USB, Bluetooth and other connections. The Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D has both GPRS and EDGE. While it isn’t mentioned what Class those two are, it is mentioned what speed they can each reach. The GPRS goes up to 86 KB/s and the EDGE up to 237 KB/s. The WLAN of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D is a Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n with Wi-Fi direct, DLNA and Wi-Fi hotspot. The Bluetooth of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D is a v2.1 one with A2DP and EDR. This phone also has something I haven’t seen in quite a while – an Infrared port. This phone’s USB port is a Micro USB v2.0 one. That’s about it for the connections, let’s move on now.

CAMERA

Next we’ll be taking a look at the camera of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D. Here you can find out a bit of info about the main and secondary cameras, their features and their capabilities. The Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D’s main camera is a 12 MP one. This powerful camera can photograph at resolutions of around 4000 x 3000 pixels. The Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D’s main camera has a lot of features, among which you can find : autofocus, LED flash, geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, 3D sweep panorama and image stabilization. The video recorder of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D can record in 1080p full HD at around 30 frames per second. The video recorder of this device has its own features too : continuous autofocus, video light and video stabilizer. The secondary camera of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D is a 1.3 MP one capable of recording in 720p HD at around 30 frames per second. That’s about it for the camera, so let’s move on to the next part.

BATTERY LIFE

Next we’ll take a look at the battery of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D. Here you can find out a bit of info about the battery type of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D and how long it can function. This phone has a Standard Li-Ion 1910 mAh battery. This battery is capable of functioning for around 290 hours in 2G mode and 310 hours in 3G mode ( stand-by ). The talk time is much lower : 6 hours and 40 minutes ( 2G ) and 7 hours and 10 minutes ( 3G ). Also, this phone can only survive for up to 23 hours of music play. That’s enough for the battery, so let’s keep going.

HARDWARE

Next up we’ll be taking a look at the hardware of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D. Here you can find out a bit of info about the main hardware components of the device : processor, motherboard and graphics card. The processor of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D is a Dual-Core 1.5 GHz one. This processor is accompanied by a Qualcomm MSM8260 Snapdragon chipset and an Adreno 220 GPU. All and all, this is a relatively powerful phone. Since there’s nothing left to say here, let’s move on.

SOFTWARE

Next up we have a brief look at the software of the device. Here you can find out a bit of info about the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D’s OS version and see whether or not it can be upgraded to a better one. The OS version of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D is Android OS v2.3 Gingerbread. To my deepest disappointment, there is no news of any upcoming upgrade to v4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. Perhaps one may appear in the near future, otherwise, it would be quite a shame to have all that power controlled by such an old OS. That’s enough said about the software of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D. Let’s move on to the final part of this review.

FEATURES

Last but not least, let’s take a brief look at the features and capabilities of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D. The sensors of this phone are : Accelerometer, Gyro, Proximity and Compass. The messaging on this phone can be done via : SMS ( with Threaded View ), MMS, E-Mail, IM and Push Mail. The browser of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D uses HTML5 and has integrated support for Adobe Flash. The Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D also has a Stereo FM radio with RDS. The GPS of this device has integrated support for A-GPS and GLONASS. This phone also has Java via Java MIDP emulation. The Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D is available in the following colors : Black, Aqua, Sakura and Ceramic.

Here is a brief list of what the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D can do :

• Mobile FeliCa client
• MicroSIM card support only
• Digital TV and TV launcher
• SNS integration
• HDMI port
• Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
• MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player
• MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV player
• TrackID music recognition
• Google Search, Maps, Gmail, YouTube, Calendar, Google Talk
• Document viewer
• Voice memo/dial/commands
• Predictive text input

This concludes our little review of the Sony Xperia Acro HD SO-03D. If you feel that anything is lacking from this review feel free to leave your suggestions in the comment section below for things which should be added and I will be sure to take them into consideration when writing my future projects. In the meantime, I sincerely hope you had as much fun reading my little review as I had writing it.