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Sony Ericsson yesterday announced the Xperia Mini and Xperia Mini Pro, which isnt really surprising bearing in mind how many times the Xperia Mini Pro has been leaked.
Both phones similarities are:
- world’s smallest HD recording Android™ smartphone
- Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine
- Replace up to 16 apps in the corner of the (SE default) homescreen
- Run Android Gingerbread 2.3
- Use 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon™ processor
- 3 inch multi touch touchscreen
Specs and features of both phones, side by side:
| Sony Ericsson Xperia™ mini | Sony Ericsson Xperia™ mini pro | |
| Colours | Black, white, dark pink* and blue*
*Available in bundling propositions |
Black, white, pink*, turquoise*
*Available in bundling propositions |
| Facts | Operating system: Google™ Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor: 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon™ Size: 88 x 52 x 16mm Weight: 94g |
Operating system: Google™ Android 2.3 (Gingerbread)
Processor: 1 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon™ Size: 92 x 53 x 18mm Weight: 136g |
| Camera | 5 megapixel camera
8x digital zoom Auto focus Face detection Face recognition Flash / LED Geo tagging HD video recording (720p) Image stabiliser Red-eye reduction Scene detection Self-timer Send to web Smile detection Touch capture Touch focus Video light Video recording Video stabiliser |
5 megapixel camera
8x digital zoom Auto focus Face detection Face recognition Flash / LED Front-facing camera (VGA) Geo tagging HD video recording (720p) Scene detection Self-timer Send to web Smile detection Smile Shutter™ Touch capture Touch focus Video light Video recording Video stabiliser |
| Music | Album art
Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP) Music tones (MP3/AAC) PlayNow™ service Sony Ericsson Music Player TrackID™ music recognition application xLOUD™ Experience |
Album art
Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP) Music tones (MP3/AAC) PlayNow™ service Sony Ericsson Music Player TrackID™ music recognition application xLOUD™ Experience |
| Internet | Android Market™
Bookmarks Google™ search Google Voice Search NeoReader™ barcode scanner Pan & zoom Web browser (WebKit) |
Android Market™
Bookmarks Google™ search Google Voice™ Search NeoReader™ barcode scanner Pan & zoom Web browser (WebKit) |
| Communication | Call list
Conference calls Facebook™ application Google Talk™ Noise Shield Polyphonic ringtones Sony Ericsson Timescape™ Speakerphone Twitter™ (Timescape™ integration) Vibrating alert |
Call list
Conference calls Facebook™ application Google Talk™ Polyphonic ringtones Skype™ Sony Ericsson Timescape™ Speakerphone Twitter™ (Timescape™ integration) Vibrating alert Video chat ready |
| Messaging | Conversations
Google Mail™ Instant messaging Picture messaging (MMS) Predictive text input Sound recorder Text messaging (SMS) |
Conversations
Google Mail™ Handwriting recognition Instant messaging Picture messaging (MMS) Predictive text input Sound recorder Text messaging (SMS) Type & Send widget |
| Design | Auto rotate
Four corner home screen Keyboard (onscreen, 12 key) Keyboard (onscreen, QWERTY) Picture wallpaper Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine Touchscreen Live wallpaper |
Auto rotate
Four corner home screen Keyboard (onscreen, 12 key) Keyboard (QWERTY) Keyboard (onscreen, QWERTY) Picture wallpaper Reality Display with Sony Mobile BRAVIA® Engine Smart Keyboard Touchscreen Live wallpaper |
| Entertainment | 3D games
Media browser Radio (FM radio with RDS) Video streaming YouTube™ |
3D games
Media browser Radio (FM radio with RDS) Video streaming YouTube™ |
| Organiser | Alarm clock
Calculator Calendar Document readers E-Manual Flight mode Google Calendar™ Google Gallery 3D™ Infinite button Phone book Setup Wizard Widget manager |
Alarm clock
Calculator Calendar Document readers E-Manual Flight mode Google Calendar™ Google Gallery™ 3D Infinite button Phone book Setup Wizard Widget manager |
| Connectivity | 3.5 mm audio jack
aGPS Bluetooth™ technology DLNA Certified™ Google Latitude™ Google Maps™ with Street View Media Transfer Protocol support Micro USB support Modem Synchronisation via Facebook™ Synchronisation via Google™ Sync Synchronisation via Sony Ericsson Sync Synchronisation: Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® via Moxier Client Synchronisation: Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® USB mass storage USB High speed 2.0 support Wi-Fi™ Wisepilot™ turn-by-turn navigation |
3.5 mm audio jack
aGPS Bluetooth™ technology DLNA Certified™ Google Latitude™ Google Maps™ with Street View Media Transfer Protocol support Micro USB support Modem Synchronisation via Facebook™ Synchronisation via Google™ Sync Synchronisation via Sony Ericsson Sync Synchronisation: Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® via Moxier Client Synchronisation: Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® USB mass storage USB High speed 2.0 support Wi-Fi™ Wisepilot™ turn-by-turn navigation |
| Display | Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine
16,777,216 colour TFT Capacitive touchscreen (multi-touch) 3 inches 320 x 480 pixels Scratch-resistant mineral glass |
Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine
16,777,216 colour TFT Capacitive touchscreen (multi-touch) 3 inches 320 x 480 pixels Scratch-resistant mineral glass |
| Memory | Phone memory (user-free): up to 320MB
Memory card support: microSD™, up to 32GB Memory card included: 2GB microSD™ |
Phone memory (user-free): up to 320MB
Memory card support: microSD™, up to 32GB Memory card included: 2GB microSD™ |
| Battery life | Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 4 hrs 30 min*
Standby time GSM/GPRS: Up to 340 hrs* Talk time UMTS: Up to 4 hrs 30 min* Standby time UMTS: Up to 320 hrs* Music listening time: Up to 25 hrs* Video playback time: Up to 6 hrs* |
Talk time GSM/GPRS: Up to 5 hrs 40 min*
Standby time GSM/GPRS: Up to 331 hrs* Talk time UMTS: Up to 5 hrs 25 min* Standby time UMTS: Up to 340 hrs* Music listening time: Up to 29 hrs* Video playback time: Up to 5 hrs 45 min* |
| Networks | UMTS HSPA 900, 2100
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 UMTS HSPA 850, 1900, 2100 GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 |
UMTS HSPA 900, 2100
GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 UMTS HSPA 850, 1900, 2100 GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 |
| Accessories | Xperia™ mini, 1200mAh removable battery, stereo portable handsfree, 2GB microSD™ memory card, charger, micro USB cable for charging, synchronisation and file transfer, and user documentation | Xperia™ mini pro, 1200mAh exchangeable battery, stereo portable handsfree, 2GB microSD™ memory card, charger, micro USB cable for charging, synchronisation and file transfer, and user documentation |
Subject to market and region.
Both phones are aimed to be released in Q3
seems interesting… Might be my next phone
Then let me help you by giving my opinion of the Xperia X10 Mini Pro (aka the U20i):
Yes, the screen resolution could of been bigger since the “effective” screen size is the same as my k800 and W595 – Im pleased to see SE replace this with a bigger resolution, but I dont know if its quite big enough.
Single touch is fine bearing in mind that this was my first smartphone and personally I dont understand why you would want multitouch anyway (except to zoom in)
Se wont update X10 Mini Pro to Gingerbread (android 2.3) – sorry, but what? I have to argue both points here (and please do correct me if Im wrong here) but Gingerbread is available as a custom ROM from XDA, so for those that dont want to void their warranty I cannot understand why SE have decided not to update the X10 Mini series to Gingerbread when I seem to recall that the new Minis are more/less the same hardware. I would love to see the X10 Mini and X10 Mini Pro get the new Mini and Mini Pro ROM put on it by XDA developers, and SE to say its not possible.
Anyway, if the new minis are anything to go by (assuming SE actually release the updates this time around – Im still waiting for the ANT+ for my UK generic Mini Pro) then I cant see why not go for one.
The only reason Im not really interested in the new Mini series is cos whilst I still love my X10 Mini Pro, I would like a bit of a bigger QWERTY keyboard
The reason why SE states it’s impossible to update the current generation of Minis is the same reason why HTC states that its current generation cannot run HTC Sense 3.0: sales
whats a xLOUD™ Experience in music specs
if this will happen on XDA, few days after that the SE will say “good news for old Mini Pro users, we managed to…” – just like with multi-touch and Andro 2.3
That will be hard due to resolution differences. I don’t think the Mini/Mini Pro apks include ldpi resolutions anyway
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aaaaaaaaah, didn’t notice screen resolution