One of the popular phones from Sony, which is not too heavy on the purse, is the Xperia SP. The 4G LTE variant of the device is also available in Australia. Here is a specs and price review of the device for readers who are considering buying the device.

Design and Display:

The Sony Xperia SP comes with a 4.6 inch TFT capacitive touch screen, which renders 720 x 1280 pixels resolution and 319 ppi pixel density. The screen is made of Corning Gorilla Glass for reasonable protection against dust and scratches. The device comes with 130.6 x 67.1 x 10 mm dimensions and weighs 155 grams.

Hardware and Operating System:

The Sony Xperia SP comes with a 1.7 GHz dual core krait processor and Qualcomm MSM8960T Snapdragon chipset. It comes with 8 GB of internal memory, which can be expanded by up to 32GB using a Micro SD card.

The device runs on the Android platform and comes loaded with the 4.1 version of the Jelly Bean operating system. It comes with 1 GB of RAM. The sensors on the phone include accelerometer, gyro, proximity sensor and compass.

Colours and Additional Features:

The Sony Xperia SP comes in black, white and red colour options. It comes equipped with a stereo FM radio with RDS. The browser on the phone is based on HTML5. The additional features on the phone include active noise cancellation with a dedicated microphone and voice memo/dial.

Camera:

The primary camera on the phone is an 8 MP camera with features like autofocus, LED flash, Geo-tagging, touch focus, face and smile detection, image stabilization, HDR and sweep panorama. The secondary camera on the phone is a VGA camera.

Battery and Connectivity:

The Sony Xperia SP comes with a non-removable Li-Ion 2370 mAh battery, which allows for a talk time of about 19 hours on 3G or music play of about 39 hours. The phone comes with Wi-Fi, Bluetooth - 4.0 version with A2DP, NFC and micro USB 2.0.

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Price in Australia:

The Sony Xperia SP C5302 is priced at around AU $339.95 and the 4G LTE variant is priced at around AU $299.95 in Australia.