Sony Xperia U Touchscreen 3G mobile phone reviews

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8.4 out of 10 based on 686 reviews.

Sony Xperia U: Smartphone with 5MP camera, Touchscreen and 480 x 854 display. See full product description

Ease of use	8.4
Features	8.4
Battery life	6.7
Design	8.4
Value for money	8.7
Overall rating	8.4

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Anthea , counry Durham Basic text and chat user

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Can download most iPhone apps but don't have to pay for ringtones easy to upload music albums from it pc/laptop Google play phone brilliant
Bad points:: Battery life is not good but not bad either when charged for a full 12 hours during the night has a habbit of dying quick with application use but so does any phone so take charger everywhere ha

Ease of use	10.0
Features	10.0
Battery life	5.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 18 Feb 2013

Dorothy, bradford Basic text and chat user

Score 2.0/10

Good points:: easy to use good phone overall
Bad points:: battery life very poor and phone keeps crashing

Ease of use	10.0
Features	10.0
Battery life	1.0
Design	1.0
Value for money	3.0
Overall rating	2.0

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Confirmed purchase: 17 Apr 2013

Ebrahim, Music and entertainment lover

Score 9.0/10

Good points:: Compact
Pretty
Works well
Easy to use
Cute!
Bad points:: No SD card slot
Video quality
Screen gets dirty easily
Battery could be better

Ease of use	9.0
Features	7.0
Battery life	7.0
Design	6.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	9.0

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Confirmed purchase: 12 Mar 2013

Gavin, ipswich Music and entertainment lover

Score 8.0/10

Good points:: Does exactly what it needs to do
Bad points:: None

Ease of use	8.0
Features	8.0
Battery life	8.0
Design	8.0
Value for money	8.0
Overall rating	8.0

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Confirmed purchase: 10 Mar 2013

Scott, Business or web user

Score 10.0/10

Good points:: Amazing hd camera and fuctionality
Great value for money you would be hard pressed to find something this good for the price A1 product
Bad points:: Not so great battery life and the designis very very basic a could do better with design sony

Ease of use	10.0
Features	10.0
Battery life	7.0
Design	5.0
Value for money	10.0
Overall rating	10.0

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Confirmed purchase: 09 Apr 2013

Mary, Street, Somerset

Score 5.0/10

Good points:: Design
Bad points:: difficulty in gaining access to Internet.

Poor instructions

Needs recharging every day

Ease of use	4.0
Features	7.0
Battery life	3.0
Design	7.0
Value for money	6.0
Overall rating	5.0

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Confirmed purchase: 02 Apr 2013

Johnathan, wolverhampton Business or web user

Score 1.0/10

Good points:: None
Bad points:: All anf everything

Ease of use	1.0
Features	1.0
Battery life	1.0
Design	1.0
Value for money	1.0
Overall rating	1.0

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Confirmed purchase: 01 Apr 2013

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Product Features

Operating system	Android
Software on which the device runs
Type of phone	Smartphone
Smartphones are phones with mobile computing systems and the ability to perform complex processes such as image and video capture and app downloads.
Shape of phone	bar
Mobile phones come in a variety of shapes: the most common is the bar (or ‘candy bar’) a rectangular block shape. Other common forms are the ‘slider’, which elongates when one section is slid out from the other and ‘flip’, where the two sections of the phone are hinged.
3G	Yes
3G allows mobile phones and mobile dongles to achieve broadband speeds similar to that of home broadband. This allows users to browse the internet, email and download files and video whilst on the move.
Touchscreen or keypad	Touchscreen
Touchscreen phones do not have physical buttons, instead you can dial numbers and type texts using equivalent numeric and QWERTY keypads on the screen. Numeric and QWERTY keypad phones have buttons to allow you to dial number and write texts.
Connections	Bluetooth

Connections	USB

Connections	WiFi

Extra functions	Radio

Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	540

Horizontal resolution (Pixels)	480

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	854

Vertical resolution (Pixels)	960

Camera resolution (MegaPixels)	5
The amount of data that can be captured when taking a photograph or video. A larger number represents a higher quality image, though this is also affected by other factors such as the lens size and quality.
Talk time (Hours)	6.6
Talk time dictates how long your phone’s battery will last if you were to talk continuously on it from a full charge.
Stand-by time (Days)	19.67

Depth in cm	1.2

Height in cm	112
The distance from the very top of the product to the very bottom.
Width in cm	5.4

Memory card slot	No
Having a memory card slot allows you to save data to a memory card and then transfer it to another device. For example you may put a photo from your camera or mobile phone onto a memory card and then plug it into your printer to print directly. Memory card slots come in many formats: Compact Flash Card Memory Stick Duo Micro SD Card MMC SD Card SDHC Card
Autofocus	Yes
Weight (g)	110
The weight of the product in grams.
EDGE	Yes
A precursor to 3G, this technolgy allows improved data transfer rates allowing features such as video streaming. Read more about EDGE on Wikipedia
FM tuner	FM Radio
An FM Tuner allows you to listen to FM radio stations on the move. You can see a list of FM radio stations at Ofcom.
MP3 playback capable	Yes

Java	Yes
A software platform allowing 3rd party applications such as games to be loaded. Read more about Java on Wikipedia
Release date	2012-05-28
The date the product was originally made available for purchase.

Also known as: Xperia U, Sony Ericsson, Sony Xperiaâ¢

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