Sony Ericsson Ray - Review

In this review, we will talk about Sony Ericsson Ray, running on the Android platform.

The Sony Ericsson Ray features a solid and really sleek build with simple to use multimedia functions for your use. It comes with a good display screen that gives out excellent and bright colored images. The Sony Ericsson Ray carries a MicroSD card under its battery cover, so easy swapping has gone out of question. Sony Ericsson Ray is a sleek phone, measuring up to 111 mm in length, 53 mm in width and in terms of thickness, and the phone measures just 9.4 mm. The phone is marked by attractiveness alongside being slim. The phone weighs only 100g. For more information, just go through the review.

Now in the review, we will discuss some of the features of the phone.

Sony Ericsson Ray carries a 3.3’’ display screen, having a resolution of 480x854 pixels. The display of the phone is powered by Sony Bravia mobile engine. With the Sony Bravia mobile engine, users can enjoy the same picture quality they enjoy on large Sony televisions. The touchscreen display screen on the cellular is capacitive, not resistive, which makes it very responsive. We also realized that the display magnificently sharp and accurate but not really as great as Super AMOLDED display screens. Reading through textual content is really an easy job to do on the cellular, whereas viewing images and WebPages seem to be clear. The interface of Sony Ericsson Ray is very easy to use, you can familiarize with it quickly. When you can get through the interface, you will discover a lot of apps which can help you enjoy watching movies and even playing music. There are few drawbacks of the device are, display screen has poor viewing angles, no front-facing camera, microSD card slot is not hot-swappable.

Thanks to Timescape UI, the navigation on Sony Ericsson Ray is pretty simple. The device runs on a 1 GHz processor, because of which, tossing between apps and screens seemed to be very smooth. The overall performance of the cellular is extremely good; it is very instant, responsive and fast. Multi-tasking on the cellular is also quite an easy and comfortable task.

Now in the review, we will take a look at the camera on the cellular.

Sony Ericsson Ray features a 8 MP camera with LED flash. The camera is capable of recording HD videos with 720p @ 30 fps and also with LED flash support. The image quality of the phone is quite good. However, images turn out slightly underexposed and colors are duller than we would’ve liked.

Now the review will discuss the other features of the phone.

Sony Ericsson Ray operates on Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) by means of that, you will get access to stuff just like Gmail, an app for YouTube, Quick Office for Android as well as others. Furthermore, at the time Android 2.3 (Gingerbread) runs on the cellular, the browser of the phone comes in complete support for Adobe flash 10.1. WebPages which are Flash-heavy could be accessed without having much of lagging, and that is another pleaser. As being the Smartphone runs on Android Os, you'll have the option of syncing with Gmail, IMAP and exchange accounts. The device can also be capable of integrating with social networking sites. Some other options that come with the phone contain Bluetooth, WI-Fi. The device comes in support of wide range of music and video codec’s like MP3, AAC, WAV and MPEG-4.The phone also have a support for DLNA, which enables content streaming with other devices that are DLNA enabled. The device also equipped with the feature to use it as Wi-Fi Hotspot.

To conclude off of this review, we’d suggest that Sony Ericsson Ray is a Smartphone that offer some good features all around, the camera on the cellular is good, and so can be its display screen. The Sony Ericsson Ray is one of the good Android Smartphones available in the market.

Specifications & Features of Sony Ericsson XPERIA Ray

Display and user interface
Screen size: 3.3"
Type: LED-backlit LCD, capacitive touchscreen
Up to 16 M colors
Resolution: 480 x 854 pixels
Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine
Scratch-resistant surface
Multi-touch input method
Accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate
Proximity sensor for auto turn-off
Timescape UI


Dimensions
Size: 111 x 53 x 9.4 mm
Weight (with battery): 100 g


Available colors
Black
Gold
White
Pink


Operating frequency / Network
2G Network: GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network: HSDPA 900 - ST18i
            HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100 - ST18a


Sound
Alert types: Vibration; MP3 ringtones
Loudspeaker: Yes
3.5mm jack: Yes


Memory
microSD memory card slot,  max. 32 GB, 4 GB card included
Internal memory: 1 GB Storage / 512 MB RAM


Data
GPRS: Yes
EDGE: Yes
3G: HSDPA, 7.2 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps
WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi Hotspot
Bluetooth: Yes, v2.1 with A2DP, EDR
USB: Yes, microUSB v2.0


Camera
Primary: 8 MP, 3264 x 2448 pixels
Features: autofocus, geotagging, face detection
Self-timer, image stabilization, LED flash
Effects: Grayscale, sepia, and negative
Video: Yes, 720p @ 30 fps, Video light
Secondary: Yes, VGA


Software platform
Android OS, v2.3 (Gingerbread)


CPU
1GHz Scorpion processor, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon


Email and messaging
SMS(threaded view): Yes
MMS: Yes
Email: Yes
Push Mail: Yes
IM: Yes


Browsing and internet
HTML


Radio
Stereo FM radio with RDS


Applications
MP4/H.264/H.263 player
MP3/WAV/eAAC+ player
Organizer
Voice memo
Google Search, Maps, Gmail,
YouTube, Google Talk, Calendar
Facebook and Twitter integration
TrackID music recognition
Document viewer/editor
Adobe Flash 10.1
Digital compass
SensMe
Predictive text input

GPS
Yes, with A-GPS support


Java
Yes, via Java MIDP emulator


Personalization
Ring tones: Mp3
Themes
Wallpapers
Screensavers
Ringtones
Pre-installed themes
Changeable color themes


Connectivity
Bluetooth v2.1 with A2DP
High-Speed USB v2.0 (microUSB connector)
3.5 mm Jack


Power management
Li-Po 1500 mAh
Talk time (maximum): 2G Network: Up to 6 hrs 50 min / 3G Network: Up to 7 hrs 
Standby time (maximum): 2G Network: Up to 430 hrs / 3G Network: Up to 440 hrs
Music Play: Up tp 36 hrs


Personal Information Management (PIM)
Detailed contact information
Calendar
To-do List
Notes
Recorder
Calculator
Clock
Converter


Call management
Contacts: Practically unlimited entries and fields, Photocall Supported
Logs of dialed, received and missed calls
Integrated hands free speakers
Call Waiting
Conference Call

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