Introducing Xperia™ go and Xperia™ acro S – two new stylish, durable and water resistant smartphones from Sony
Hello everyone!
Today, we’re excited to welcome Xperia go and Xperia acro S into the Xperia family – stylish, sleek smartphones made to deal with life’s challenges without compromising on design or functionality.
Boasting premium specifications with beautiful design, extra durability and water resistance, Xperia go and Xperia acro S both have scratch resistant mineral glass displays and meet industry standard IP ratings* (International Protection) to fight off dust and the effects of water immersion.
As you’d expect Xperia go and Xperia acro S enable effortless connectivity to share and enjoy content on TV, smartphone, laptop or tablet. They also come preloaded with Music Unlimited and Video Unlimited from Sony Entertainment Network giving access to Hollywood blockbusters, TV series and millions upon millions of music tracks.
Both Xperia go and Xperia acro S will be available globally from the third quarter 2012.
We’ve listed some of the key features below, but if you’d like to get to know them even better we’d like to invite you to join us this Friday 16:00 CET for a live webchat with Calum Macdougall and Sharath Muddaiah – two of the brains behind our Xperia smartphones past and present. We’ll be bringing you more information on that later today/tomorrow morning, so please stop by then for the full details.
Key features
Xperia go
- 3.5” Reality Display powered by Mobile BRAVIA Engine gives razor sharp clarity
- 5MP fast capture camera goes from sleep to snap in just over a second
- Scratch resistant mineral glass display with wet finger tracking
- Highest level of dust and water resistance in a smartphone – IP67 Rating
- 1Ghz dual core processor gives consumers super fast performance
- Launching on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread), upgradeable to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
- Available in black, white and yellow colours
Xperia acro S
- 4.3” 720p HD Reality Display powered by Mobile BRAVIA Engine gives razor sharp clarity
- 12MP fast capture camera goes from sleep to snap in just over a second with a single key press
- PlayStation™ Certified
- Full 1080p HD video recording and 720p HD front camera
- Scratch resistant mineral glass display with wet finger tracking
- IP55 and IP57 Ratings for dust and water resistance
- 1.5Ghz dual core processor gives consumers super fast performance
- Launching on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
- Available in black, white and pink colours
For more information, check out our official press release.
Hope to ‘see’ you Friday!
Ant.
*IP67 Rating = Protected against dust and the effects of immersion between 15 cm and 1 m for 30 minutes
IP55 Rating = Protected against dust-limited to ingress (no harmful deposits) and water projected by a nozzle (6.3mm) against enclosure from any direction shall have no harmful effects
IP57 Rating = Protected against dust-limited to ingress (no harmful deposits) and the effects of immersion between 15 cm and 1 m for 30 minutes
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Xperia go screen is built without using “no air gap” technology, right? If true, then I’m really sad
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By Jan Hemphälä
What is the expected Price Range for these? I.e. how will they be positioned compared to other models such as U, P and S?
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By anthony
Hey Jan – thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment,
Xperia acro S and Xperia go are premium and mid-range smartphones respectively, and will be priced as such.
I hope that’s useful!
Ant.
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Will this phone come with NFC and/or ANT+?
Kjetil B.
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By anthony
Hey Kjetil – good to see you again!
Xperia go doesn’t have these features, but Xperia acro S is both ANT+ and NFC enabled.
I hope that helps!
Ant.
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Hey, I am waiting for the rollout Anthony.
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By Shaik Ilyas
Hi Ant,
Will this Handsets be launching in India??? If yes, when???
And Is there any Issue with the rollout of ICS 4.0.4, as SI numbers listed in the forum still cant update…!!!
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By anthony
Hey Shaik – thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment,
Yes – they’ll be launching globally from Q3; we’ll keep you up-to-date with more information as and when we can.
There’s no issue, the rollout is progressing as planned so it should be with you soon
Ant.
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By Eric Hancock
I gave up waiting for Sony to actually ship the phones they announced in January. I bought a Galaxy Nexus.
Sony — stop announcing things that will never ship in the U.S. and ship a product. Any product.
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By Ethan Leong
Why another better phone (Acro-S) is announced just after 3 months away from Xperia S, which is decribed by Sony as 2012 flagship. This is so unfair to Xperia S user like me. I wouldm’t go for Xperia S at all had i known another better and premium Sony phone like this, not to mention about the yellow spotted screen issues of Xperia S which is troubling people around the globe. I hope you can give a good explanation on behalf of Sony, Mr. Anthony.
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By anthony
Hi Ethan – thanks for stopping by,
Personally, I don’t think it’s a question of “the better phone” – Xperia S is a great smartphone, yet different to acro S by design language.
We create every Xperia smartphone to suit a person’s individuality, creativity and lifestyle
I guess you could say it’s a case of “beauty in the eye of the beholder” – what do you reckon?
Ant.
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By Pedro Andres Sagardia Moreno
el mejor es el xperia play…..;)
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By Daisy Rivera
I was intending to buy the Xperia S but there is no available supply yet. However, with the announcement about the release of Xperia Acro S I might wait to see this new one. I do like the look of Xperia S. I love the audio of sony mobiles and the phones look sturdy. The 12 MP cam of Xperia S is a come on. As to the ICS, my Xperia Neo V has already been upgraded to ICS. I have the following questions:
1. Would the price of Xperia Acro S be more or less similar to Xperia S?
2. Does the Acro S have a slot for microsd?
3. Is the battery of Xperia Acro S removable?Daisy
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By anthony
Hey Daisy – thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment,
First off, where are you based?
Then, here goes:
1. Would the price of Xperia Acro S be more or less similar to Xperia S?
They’re both premium smartphones, so will be priced accordingly – they’ll be pretty similar, but please check with your local operator/retailer for specifics.
2. Does the Acro S have a slot for microsd?
Yep, it has an expansion slot for microSD up to 32 GB.
3. Is the battery of Xperia Acro S removable?
No, it comes with an embedded battery.
I hope that’s useful
Ant.
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Hello Anthony, can yoy tell me the difference between Xperia S and Xperia Acro S? The specs is the same, the same screen, processor, ram, adreno 220
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By anthony
Hi Marcin – thanks for stopping by and taking the time to comment,
Xperia S and Xperia acro S are fairly similar – they both have a 4.3″ 720p Reality Display, they both have 12MP fast capture cameras that go from sleep to snap in just over a second, and both have full HD video recording. But Xperia S has a truly iconic design with the distinctive transparent element below the screen and Xperia acro S gives you the benefits of the highest levels of durability of any smartphone.
I mentioned to Ethan, that maybe it’s a case of “beauty in the eye of the beholder”?
You’re in Poland right? The Android 4.0 software update will be with you soon; please keep checking http://talk.sonymobile.com/thread/35144.
I hope all that helps?
Ant.
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What’s the reason to release almost the same phone (little differences in look) with different name only? When Sony is going to release the quad core phone? Are there any plans for Xperia Play 2? The current version is already outdated with no capable hardware, I am really waiting for Xperia which can play the Vita games, it would be awesome. Of course it is a smartfone so it needs more ram than vita but if you announce such a device (hopefully with more ram and a bit faster processor and 720p screen) = you’ve got my money.
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Will the RED Acro S be available from the launch in Poland?? Don’t want to wait more for this color, please release the RED one from the 1 day of availability!! And what means Q3 for clients? Any date? LOVE this RED color!
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Anyway, Anthony when the 4.0.4 update will be available for Xperia Arc S ? I’ve got 4.0.3 and the PC Companion says my phone is up to date
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And it seems the Acro S color is more purple than red, it is AWESOME! I really miss my red theme from the android 2.3.4 on Arc S, there’s only red wallpaper but not theme
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Sony Xperia S could be the best smartphone in the world, if it has Snapdragon S4 processor (hey, Sony, there is 2012 year outside) and WhiteMagic technology.
Please, make one excellent phone, but not many differently good.
P.S. Have you ever thought to combine Super Amoled and WhiteMagic technology? I hope you do )
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By Kervs Lopez
considering its a midrange and premium phone, that would make the xperia active like the intro level phone. I can see a trend that ICS is only on the premium handsets on the onset and at a later time the rest of the ics capable phones. *sigh*
looks like i’ll need to save up for the premium if I want ics like when it arrives here.
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Hello Ant,
Will the Ion or Acro S be supporting LTE in europe? What’s the reason that manufactures (not only sony) are disabling this functionality in their products for Europe? We’ve got LTE here in Poland and I would like to benefit it.
RAnyway, any news on that one of this smartphones is going to use snapdragon S4 with adreno 320? Would be nice. I am thinking about change of my Arc S and I’m looking for something as powerfull as possible. Other brands offers quad cores already but I’m not sure of Tegra 3, my friend has htc one x and the home screen is a bit laggy. I think it is about the software, not the hardware. If you could improve a bit Arc S homescreen to be more smooth
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By Stuart Clark
I don’t understand how the Acro S can have two ratings – IP55 and 57. Surely it could only be one or the other? :-S
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it is better to increase battery power for these tow phones before release time. its too poor
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Hi Anthony, here are my observations after updating Xperia Arc S from Android 4.03 to 4.0.4:
since update to Android 4.0.4 the camera works better, macro mode turns on when it should, rotation screen seems to work better and act faster as well.
Unfortunately the home screen seems to perform worse than on the 4.0.3 version.Can you ask somebody from the tech/software department what’s the processor clock during using the home screen? I think it is set too low.The screen lags a lot – especially while using lot of widgets, but not only. Worse, sometimes scrolling “freeze” for a moment.
Can someone check it? Maybe you should do more QA tests?
Please reply.Thank You.
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I lost one of the rubber for MW600 headphone.
I was calling Xperia helpline in Poland and I get two Sony service numbers but the told me that they are not selling products and accessories! I’ve bought two different ones on internet (seller said that it was dedicated to Sony but it wasn’t – fakes) and ones in phone shop. Unfortunately the sound quality was so bad and quiet I don’t want to use it!!
Please Sony tell me where can I buy your original accessories such as those rubbers for MW600. Where the user can buy such a thing when he lose it?This is a problem…any ideas?
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By Rajiv Ranjan
its good new for sony mobile lover who is mostly like sony handset. this may be new evolution for sony mobile. its Android OS is rocking , also 5 mp camera is best pic quality and touch pad mobile.
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