Sony seems to be geared up to officially launch another
mid-range smartphone, the Xperia C for the Indian market. The device is
currently available online for Rs. 20,490 on Saholic, while it is up for pre-order
on Flipkart with the same pricing. Both the ecommerce sites have mentioned that
the device will be available from second week of October. The Xperia C was
officially unveiled earlier this year at the Mobile Asia Expo.
The Sony Xpreria C is the first smartphone from the Japanese
handset to be based on quad-core MediaTek MTK6589 processor; clocked at 1.2GHz.
It comes with 5-inch TFT LCD qHD (540x960 pixel) display and runs Android 4.2
Jelly Bean. It includes 1GB of RAM and 4GB of inbuilt storage, which can be
further expandable up to 32GB via microSD card. The Sony Xperia C is a dual-SIM
smartphone (GSM+GSM) with dual standby.
The Xperia c sports an 8-megapixel rear camera with Exmore R
sensor. The rear camera comes with features like face detection and Sweep
Panorama, and is also capable of shooting videos in full-HD (1080p) mode. There
is a 0.3-megapixel front camera onboard also. Connectivity options include 3G,
Wi-Fi, DLNA, Bluetooth 4.0 and GPS. The smartphone will be available in White,
Black and Purple colour options.
Other features on the Sony Xperia C include motion-gaming,
FM radio with RDS, walkman app and ‘screen mirroring’. The device is backed by
a 2330mAh battery, which the company claims can deliver up to 10hours of
talktime and up to 588 hours of standby time.
