Introduction
In 2012, Sony decided to alter its smartphone strategy and launched numerous affordable entry level smartphones, aiming to bring solid Android at prices close to those of some featurephones.
It seems the move paid off handsomely, as the company is continuing the push at the start of this year. The Xperia E dual, like its name suggests, is the dual-SIM half of the wallet-friendly and reasonably feature-packed Xperia E duo.
Sony Xperia E dual official pictures
The Xperia E and Xperia E dual have identical internals, with the extra SIM slot the only notable hardware difference. However, that same SIM slot is probably what prevented Sony from shipping the Xperia E dual with Jelly Bean, like its single-SIM twin. Ice Cream Sandwich is still an extremely competent platform full of nice features, but it already has two successors, so it does come as a slight disappointment for us.
Sony Xperia E dual photos
Key features
Dual-SIM (dual stand-by)
Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE and dual-band UMTS support
7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
3.5" 256K-color capacitive TFT touchscreen of HVGA resolution (320 x 480)
Android OS v4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich
1 GHz Cortex-A5 CPU, Adreno 200 GPU, Qualcomm MSM7227A chipset
512 MB of RAM
2GB of user-accessible built-in storage (4GB total)
microSD slot (32GB supported)
3.15 MP fixed-focus camera, geo-tagging
VGA video @ 30fps
Wi-Fi b/g/n, Wi-Fi hotspot
GPS with A-GPS
Accelerometer and proximity sensor
Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
Stereo FM radio with RDS
microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1
User-accessible battery, Li-Ion 1530 mAh
