Sony Xperia E4 Dual Mobile Price List in India

Sony recently launched its new smartphone in its Xperia range of smartphone, the Xperia E4 Dual. It is a dual SIM smartphone. Sony has been a trusted smartphone brand globally and has a knack of bringing out quality products. With this new phone, they plan to capture the mid-range smartphone market which is seeing ever increasing competition among the key phone manufacturers. This price range is the most popular among the urban youth and Xperia E4 is just the right phone for it.

Features and Specifications

The Sony Xperia E4 is a dual SIM (MicroSIM) dual standby smartphone running on Android OS v4.4.4 KitKat. It is powered by a 1.3 GHz quad core processor with a RAM of 1 GB. It has an IPS capacitive touchscreen that can display up to 16 million colours. The screen size is 5 inches having a resolution of 540X960 pixels with a ppi density of 220 which means the display is quite stunning. Covered by a scratch resistant glass, it has a multi touch screen supporting up to 4 fingers. It is a Wi-Fi enabled phone and also includes technologies like Wi-Fi direct and hotspot. It is equipped with the latest v4.1 Bluetooth and v2.0 USB. The phone supports GPRS and 3G networks. It also comes with an accelerometer, proximity sensor, document viewer and video/photo editor.

Design and Quality

The phone has a 67.4% screen to body ratio and weighs just 144 g. The phone measures 137 x 74.6 x 10.5 mm in dimensions. The phone has rounded edges and has no external navigation buttons since they are all touch screen. It has a power button on the left edge and a volume key with a camera button on the right edge. The top of the screen bears the Sony logo with a secondary camera lens. The back has the primary camera, LED flash light and the Sony logo in the middle. The phone’s body is smooth and it is easy to grip owing to its limited size and textured body. It comes in two variants, black and white. There is no doubt that the phone has impressive looks.

OS and Tech

The Xperia E4 is power packed with a 1.3 GHz A7 Cortex quad core processor chip and 1 GB RAM. It comes with a Mediatek MT6582 chipset and a Mali-400MP2 GPU. All in all, the phone is well equipped to handle almost everything there is to handle. It runs on Android v4.4.4 KitKat which is very smooth and slick in its operation. In terms of OS and technical specs, the phone is a clear winner in its price range.

Camera and Multimedia

It has a 5 MP primary camera that can click with a stunning resolution of 2560X1920 pixels. The camera comes with autofocus, LED flash, face detection, HDR, panorama and geo tagging. Sony cameras are always great and this one is no exception. The primary camera can record videos at 1080p at 30 fps. It also has a 2 MP secondary camera which can record videos at 720p. It has a 3.5 mm jack, a loud speaker and can play MP3 & WAV ringtones. Multimedia services like MMS, push mail and IM are also there. It has an HTML browser and is JAVA enabled.

Battery and Memory

Xperia E4 has a non-removable Li-ion battery of 2300 mAh. It has a standby of up to 548 h on 3G and 552 h on 2G with a talk time of 12 h 40 min on 3G. It can play music up to 48 h and can easily last for around 2 days under normal usage. The battery is definitely a plus point for this phone. It comes with no less than 8 GB of internal memory and an external microSD card slot that can support up to 32 GB. No complaints there in the memory department too.

Pros and Cons

Pros:

·         Reasonable price

·         Stellar battery back up

·         Good Camera

·         Stunning looks

·         Powerful processor and high RAM.

Cons:

·         Less screen to body ratio

·         No HDMI slot

Verdict

The cons were really hard to find which itself is an indication of how good the phone is. At its current price, this phone is surely a head turner and is bound to create ripples in the mid-range smartphone market. At a reasonable price, it provides a flagship phone experience. It will give phones like Xiaomi Redmi Note, YU Yureka and Micromax Canvas Nitro a run for their money. The audience response has been positive which spells good signs for Sony. If you want a phone under Rs. 12,000, this would probably be the best phone that you can get with a tried and tested brand.