We first had a chance to check out Sony’s Xperia S, Xperia P and Xperia U Android smartphones during Mobile World Congress earlier this year and, now, the phones are all available unlocked in the United States. You’ll have to cough up a pretty penny for each one — they cost $559.99, $479.99 and $299.99, respectively — but you won’t be tied down to a contract. It’s been a few months since we last saw these phones, so here’s a quick refresher on the specs:
The Xperia S packs a 4.3-inch HD Reality Display with a 1280 x 720-pixel resolution, a 12-megapixel camera capable of recording 1080p video, a 720p HD front-facing camera, 1GB of RAM, up to 32GB of storage and a dual-core 1.5GHz Qualcomm MSM8260 processor.
The Xperia P is equipped with a 4-inch 960 x 540-pixel display, an 8-megapixel camera, a front-facing camera for video chat, 1GB of RAM, up to 16GB of expandable storage and a dual-core STE U8500 processor clocked at 1GHZ.
The Xperia U offers a 3.5-inch display with an 854 x 480-pixel resolution, 512MB of RAM, up to 8GB of internal storage and a dual-core STE U8500 processor clocked at 1GHz.
Sony is launching all of the phones with Android 2.3 Gingerbread, but says that each will be upgradeable to Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich. This seems awfully silly of Sony, considering that Android 2.3 Gingerbread is now two generations old. Consumers are already ready for the latest Android 4.1 Jelly Bean operating system and no longer seem to care much about phones being “upgraded” to ICS at a later date. My advice: wait for Jelly Bean phones or buy an unlocked Galaxy Nexus, which costs less than the high-end Xperia S.
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