High definition entertainment in a premium design

 

 

 

 

 

Co-moulded aluminium frame

The Xperia SP was born out of a simple paper mockup and a strong vision of creating something truly unique. Our designers Jessie Zhao and Toshihide Umedan had a clear idea of crafting a smartphone where the display virtually floats in thin air. To be able to achieve this, we paired their design vision with our 60 years of Sony engineering experience. We created a transparent antenna and a body that was solid while retaining a floating feel. Then we focused on getting the right weight and shape – since balance and proportion is crucial for the overall user experience. Finally we chose the colours black, white and red, which complement the metal structure as well as the quality of each component.

 

 

Whether you’re on a Sony smartphone or tablet, you’ll meet a consistent user interface on your devices and in all your Sony Media apps.

 

 

Feel like you’re there with the razor sharp and super bright HD screen. An HD phone, Xperia SP brings you one of the highest levels of screen resolution available – 720 progressive scan, for crisp pictures and no jagged edges. Expertise from our BRAVIA® TV engineers goes into our mobile screens, to bring you the same quality you’d expect from a top quality HDTV. The 4.6” HD Reality Display provides razor sharp pictures – and superior brightness. And with the wide colour gamut it gives you the widest colour spectrum, so you can view every detail in vivid colour.

 

 

 

True Screen intelligence Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2

 

The second generation of our acclaimed Mobile BRAVIA Engine, Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2 delivers an even better viewing experience by adding new real-time contrast optimisation to the sharpness enhancement, high-quality colour management and noise reduction. Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2 is also able to analyse content type and adjust the image accordingly. Adding Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2 to the Reality Display makes for the most intelligent HD mobile phone screen one that adapts automatically to display your content in the best way.

 

 

Contrast in images and video is enhanced by making the darkest parts slightly darker, which brings out details in the picture.

 

 

Colour saturation is increased for specified colour ranges, which makes the colours deeper and more vivid. And the intelligent Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2 software reproduces skin colour exactly as it appears to the naked eye.

Distortion and noise is reduced when streaming low-quality video from online sources, such as YouTube. Noise is reduced both to individual frames and between frames, for clearer viewing.

 

 

Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2 applies a sharpness filter to increase the overall detail level in the image. This is done by enhancing the edges and contrast without increasing noise.

 

 

 

BRAVIA engineers have discovered that we remember colours more vividly than they really are. Thats the kind of knowledge they put into creating brilliant colours for our screens. Get a peek at this precision craftsmanship in the video.

 

 

The 8 megapixel camera is built with the same modules as leading Sony cameras. Exmor RS™ for mobile is an evolution of our Sony image sensor technology, with a next-generation BSI light sensor. By adopting the technology of luminance and colour noise reduction, we’ve created a smartphone that snaps highly detailed shots with low noise – even in challenging lighting conditions. You’re now also able to reproduce objects in more vivid colours and capture night images and faces in stunning clarity.

 

 

 

HDR for photos captures natural colours in any light. HDR (High Dynamic Range) is an imaging technology used to capture clear photos against strong backlight. With HDR, this Android smartphone captures the same image at different exposure levels and layers them to create one optimised photo.

 

 

With this HD phone it’s always easy to get a great shot. Thanks to Superior Auto, you don’t have to know the ins and outs of camera settings to make use of them. In Superior Auto mode, the camera combines Scene Recognition with high quality and high performance image processing technology (HDR and noise reduction) to automatically shoot with the optimal settings. And your device is automatically optimised for 36 different scenes, so you always get the best shot.

 

 

Our intuitive scaling mechanism is unique to Sony and makes it easy to find the picture you’re searching for in your album – quickly. Or search your personalised globe to find shots taken and tagged with specific locations.

 

 

Upload pictures and videos from your Sony smartphone camera to PlayMemories Online. Then view your photos on any device – tablet, phone, computer, or BRAVIA® TV.

 

PlayMemories Online is not available in every market.

 

 

 

 

 

Sharing with friends and connecting your world has never been easier. Based on NFC (near field communication), our one-touch functions connect one device to another in a single tap. No wires, cables, or fiddling with settings necessary.

 

 

 

See photos from your phone on your TV. Simply touch your Android smartphone to the remote from your BRAVIA® TV to activate screen mirroring.

 

 

Whether you take pictures on your Xperia smartphone, tablet or camera, now you can store them in the same place. The Sony Personal Content Station™ is a wireless hub for photos and videos.

 

 

 

Play the music on your smartphone through a Bluetooth speaker or wireless headphones. Simply tap your smartphone on the speaker’s NFC antenna to stream music.

 

 

 

Share photos, music and more between two phones, or between your phone and an NFC-enabled laptop with a single touch onto the other device.

 

Want to share your memories on the big screen? Or go from headphones to speakers? “Throw” content from your Android smartphone to your Wi-Fi-enabled TV through screen mirroring or DLNA, or send your tunes to a speaker via Bluetooth. Using “Throw”, a smart application integrated into your Xperia apps, your smartphone finds the best way to wirelessly connect to other devices. With an MHL cable, you can also mirror your phone´s full user interface on your TV and enjoy movies, games and more while charging.

 

 

 

Make your life simpler by setting up how your smartphone behaves when it connects to other devices. Open your music player when you connect your headphones, organise your Sony Android SmartWatch, or activate your alarm clock when your phone touches the charging dock. Smart Connect is the software that lets you manage all your smart accessories.

 

 

 

Open Google maps automatically when you get in the car. Set your phone to vibrate mode at the office. Start your favourite playlist when you come home. NFC-enabled SmartTags trigger an action on your phone with a single touch.

 

 

Smartphones use a lot of power, even when you’re not actively using them. All those apps that you have on your Android smartphone may still be running in the background, draining your battery. Battery STAMINA Mode saves you wasted battery drain. It recognises when you’re not using your display and automatically turns off the functions you don’t need, while keeping the notifications you want. As soon as you press the power button to wake up your screen, everything is up and running again.

 

With Battery STAMINA Mode, Wi-Fi and data traffic are disabled during standby, but you still receive incoming calls, texts, and alarms. And since everyone has different needs, you can easily customise which apps you want to receive push notifications from even in standby mode. Facebook notifications on or off? It’s up to you.

 

 

Weve matched the latest Sony software with the powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro processor. This dual core processor gives your HD phone top performance and speed without draining your battery run multiple apps simultaneously, surf the web with no loading time, and stream videos without a break. The Snapdragon S4 Pro is asynchronous, which means each core is powered up and down independently. So you get the precise amount of power when you need it, without wasting power when you dont.

• Super-fast performance
• Better battery life
• Improved multitasking

 

 

 

 

• 3.5 mm audio jack (CTIA)
• aGPS*
• Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology
• DLNA Certified
• GLONASS*
• MHL Support
• Media Go
• Media Transfer Protocol support
• Micro USB support, USB charging and USB High speed 2.0 support
• Native USB tethering
• NFC
• Screen mirroring
• Xperia Link
• Wi-Fi and WiFi Hotspot functionality
• WebKit web browser with Pan & zoom
• Synchronisation via Exchange ActiveSync, Facebook, Google Sync and SyncML

• Google Chrome*
• Google Play*
• Google Voice Search*
• Google Maps for Mobile with Street view and Latitude*

• RAM: 1GB
• Flash memory: Up to 8 GB**
• Expansion slot: microSD card, up to 32 GB

• UMTS HSPA+ 850 (Band V), 900 (Band VIII), 2100 (Band I) Mhz
• UMTS HSPA+ 1700 (Band IV), 1900 (Band II) (not available in all markets)
• GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
• LTE Bands 1, 2, 4 and 5 (not available in all markets)
• LTE Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 and 20 (not available in all markets)

• 4.6", 1280 x 720 pixels, 16,777,216 colour display
• Corning Gorilla glass
• Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2
• Screenshot capturing
• Capacitive touchscreen with on-screen QWERTY keyboard
• Glove mode
• Light effects
• Transparent / Aluminium frame