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Overview & Features
Brand
Sony
Model
Xperia A SO-04E
OEM ID
PM-0320-BV
Codename
Sony Dogo Maki
Released
2013 May 17
Manufacturer
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
Hardware Designer
Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications
List of Additional Features
shatter proof, LTE 100/37.5Mbps, IrSimple 1.0, IrSS, docomo Palette UI, Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2, BSI snesor, HT40, NFC (SmartTags), NOTTV
Technical Specifications
Display
Pixel Size
0.07871 mm/pixel
Resolution
720x1280
921600 pixels
Display Area
5710.2 square millimeter
Display Type
Color PVA TFT LCD
display
Display Width
56.67 mm
Pixel Density
323 PPI
Display Height
100.75 mm
Display Subtype
Reality Display
Display Diagonal
115.6 mm
Display Color Depth
24 bit/pixel
Display Illumination
LED
Display Subpixel Scheme
RGB Matrix (3 subpixels)
Display Area Utilization
64.6%
Number of Display Scales
16.8M
Scratch Resistant Screen
Yes
Horizontal Full Bezel Width
10.63 mm
Display Light Reflection Mode
Yes
Power Supply
Battery
Lithium-ion
removable
1-cell
Nominal Battery Capacity
2300 mAh battery
Nominal Cell Capacity (1st cell)
2300 mAh cell
Sound Playing
Audio Output
3.5mm
Loudspeaker(s)
mono
Cellular Phone
SIM Card Slot
Yes
Call Alert Sound
64-chord melody
Cellular Antenna
Internal antenna
Cellular Controller
Qualcomm MDM9215M
Supported Cellular Bands
GSM 850MHz (B5)
GSM 900MHz (B8)
GSM 1800MHz (B3)
GSM 1900MHz (PCS, B2)
UMTS 2100MHz (Band I, IMT)
UMTS 850MHz (Band V, CLR)
UMTS 800MHz (Band VI)
LTE 2100 MHz (Band 1)
LTE 800 MHz (Band 19)
LTE 1500 MHz (Band XXI)
bands
Complementary Phone Services
Voice transmission
Voice speaker
Vibrating Alert
Speakerphone
ANC
HD Voice
Supported Cellular Data Links
GPRS (Class unspecified)
GPRS Multi-slot Class 33
EDGE (Class unspecified)
EDGE Multi-slot Class 33
UMTS 384 kbps (W-CDMA)
HSUPA (Cat. unspecified)
HSUPA 5.76 Mbps (Cat. 6)
HSDPA (Cat. unspecified)
HSDPA 14.4 Mbps (Cat. 10)
HSPA+ 21.1 Mbps (Cat. 18)
LTE (Cat. unspecified)
LTE 100 Mbps / 50 Mbps (Cat. 3)
data links
Audio Subsystem
Audio Channel(s)
stereo
Sound Recording
Microphone(s)
stereo
Auxiliary Camera
Aux. Camera Image Sensor
No
Built-in Sensors
Built-in compass
Yes
Additional sensors
Light intensity sensor
Proximity sensor
Built-in gyroscope
Yes
Built-in accelerometer
Yes
Operative Memory
RAM Type
mobile (LP) DDR2 SDRAM
RAM Capacity
2048 MiB RAM
Ingress Protection
Protection from liquids
8 Persistently protected against immersion beyond 1 meter of depth
Protection from solid materials
5 Protected against dust with limited ingress (no harmful deposit)
Control Peripherals
Touchscreen Type
Capacitive multi-touch sensing
screen
Touchscreen Simultaneous Touch Points
Yes
Graphical Subsystem
GPU Clock
400 MHz
Graphical Controller
Qualcomm Adreno 320
Dedicated Graphics Memory
0.5 MiB
Non-volatile Memory
Non-volatile Memory Type
Flash EEPROM
Non-volatile Memory Capacity
30518 MiB non-volatile
25500 MiB free user storage
Non-volatile Memory Interface
Yes
Secondary Non-volatile Memory Type
Flash EEPROM
Physical Attributes
Mass
141 g
Depth
10.5 mm
Width
67.3 mm
Height
131.3 mm
Bounding Volume
92.8 ccm
Multimedia Broadcast
FM Radio Receiver
FM radio (88-108 MHz) with RDS
Proprietary headset as antenna
Digital Media Broadcast
ISDB-T One-Seg
receiver
Pull-out antenna
Satellite Navigation
GPS Antenna
Internal antenna
Navigation Controller
Qualcomm APQ8064 gpsOne
Supported GPS protocol(s)
GPS (NMEA 0183)
Complementary GPS Services
Simultaneous GPS (S-GPS)
Assisted GPS
Geotagging
QuickGPS
Supported GLONASS protocol(s)
L1OF
Software Environment
Platform
Google Android
Operating System
Google Android 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean)
Japanese
Operating System Kernel Version
3.4.0
Audio/Video Interfaces
A/V Out
MHL (Unspecified)
USB Series Micro-B (Micro-USB)
A/V Out Max. Resolution
1920x1080 (1080p) FHD
Auxiliary Camera No. 2
Aux. 2 Camera Image Sensor
No
Auxiliary Camera No. 3
Aux. 3 Camera Image Sensor
No
Auxiliary Camera No. 4
Aux. 4 Camera Focus
No
Aux. 4 Camera Image Sensor
No
Primary Camera System
Zoom
1.0 x optical zoom
Flash
single LED
Focus
Contrast Detection Autofocus (CD AF)
Video Recording
1920x1080 pixel
30 fps
Camera Placement
Rear
Camera Resolution
4128x3096 pixel
Camera Image Sensor
CMOS
Camera Extra Functions
Electronic Image Stabilizer (EIS)
HDR photo
HDR video
Touch focus
Macro mode
Panorama Photo
Face detection
Smile detection
3D Panorama Photo
Recordable Image Formats
JPG
Recordable Video Formats
MPEG4
Number of effective pixels
12.8 MP camera
Geographical Attributes
Mobile Operator
NTT DoCoMo
Market Countries
Japan
South Korea
Secondary Camera System
Secondary Camera Sensor
CMOS
Secondary Video Recording
640x480 pixel
30 fps
Secondary Camera Placement
Front
Secondary Camera Resolution
640x480 pixel
Secondary Camera Number of pixels
0.3 MP sec. cam
Secondary Recordable Image Formats
JPG
Secondary Recordable Video Formats
3GP , 3G2
Communication Interfaces
NFC
Yes
USB
USB 2.0
USB Hi-Speed (480 Mbps)
Bluetooth
Bluetooth 4.0
Internal antenna
USB Services
USB charging
USB Host
USB On-The-Go 1.3
USB Power Delivery
Wireless LAN
IEEE 802.11a
IEEE 802.11b
IEEE 802.11g
IEEE 802.11n
Internal antenna
USB Connector
USB Series Micro-AB
Bluetooth profiles
A2DP
AVRCP
Expansion Interfaces
TransFlash
microSD
microSDHC
microSD Extended Capacity
Secondary Cellular Phone
Sec. Supported Cellular Networks
No
Secondary Auxiliary Camera
Sec. Aux. Cam. Image Sensor
No
Application processor, Chipset
CPU
Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064, 2012, 32 bit, quad-core, 16 Kbyte I-Cache, 16 Kbyte D-Cache, 2048 Kbyte L2, 28 nm, Qualcomm Adreno 320 GPU
CPU Clock
1500 MHz
Secondary Auxiliary Camera No. 2
Sec. Aux. 2 Cam. Image Sensor
No
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