Gadgetory

hello world this is April and you're watching the Android Authority channel on YouTube Sony is known for its Android smartphones with great builds and designs it is particularly well known for the multimedia playback quality of its Xperia phones freshly Unleashed into the exterior line is a new entry-level phone the Sony Xperia J does it live up to the Sony Xperia name let's do a quick review and find out the Sony Xperia J is a relatively slim and light phone weight on its own merit it's an interesting and portable phone as I'll be showing you in a little bit this phone feels really good in the hand but let's check out its face first here's the phone's four inch TFT LCD touchscreen surrounded by black bezels it's covered in Corning Gorilla Glass so it has protection against scratches as is the case with 4-inch phones the entire touchscreen area is relatively within easy reach of a single thumb the top and bottom bezels are thicker than to side bezels at the top is the 0.3 megapixel front camera the LED notification light is here to its left you'll see it light up when you receive notifications and this one's the phone's speaker grille down here are the capacitive buttons accented in white this is for back home and menu here near the corner of the screen is a small hole for the microphone this hole can potentially collect dust and dirt over time take a look at this edge here it bevels towards the phone's frame same thing for the bottom part I like this bubble design actually it gives the phone a unique look at the top side only the headphone jack is here to me this is a strong signal that the phone's intended market is people who would frequently plug in their headphones to listen to music at the left side is a standard microUSB port at the right side are the small power button and the volume rocker these buttons are very accessible to the fingers the volume rocker is slightly elevated from the side so it is easy to find the power button however is a bit too buried it's flush to the side I sometimes need to press twice or thrice to get it to work at the bottom side of the phone there's nothing here save for the small hole which is for hanging accessories running around the side is the silver plated plastic frame adds a classy accent to the phone the bottom of the frame hides something fascinating when you wake your phone this part here lights up nice eh it's called smart lumination the colors change depending on your theme let's check out the back one very noticeable thing about the back is that it's curved the top and bottom parts are thicker when I create a lit in my hand the phone feels as if it is leaning against my hand I find this curve very convenient because it helps me get a good grip here's a five megapixel back camera and this one's the loudspeaker grill the back cover itself is plastic but it looks very nice it has a pearly off-white shape to it this is a removable snap-on cover and you have to be very careful when you're prying it open let's see what's underneath the backplate here's the battery lithium ion pack rated at 1750 mAh for up to about eight and a half hours of non-stop video playback the slot is for a regular sized SIM and this one's for micro SD card expansion now it's time to see the phone in action first we wake the phone from sleep here's the lockscreen you don't drag our slide rings here instead you have a simple slider sliding this icon to the right will unlock the phone sliding this icon to the left will unlock the phone and immediately open the camera app here's the very beautiful homescreen this is Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich right here skinned with Sony's time scape user interface which is a cool looking UI the display uses TFT LCD touchscreen technology with Discipline resolution of 854 by 480 pixels with a four inch diagonal the effect of display density is 245 PPI which is rather sharp and crisp navigation is generally smooth on this phone but not butter smooth I must say there are jitter and stuttering in several places understandable though the phone only has a one gigahertz single core Snapdragon MSM 7 2 to 7 a chipset but 512 mb of ram internal storage is 4 gigabytes and about half of that is used by the operating system so you can use only 2 gigabytes internal storage good thing though is that the phone allows microSD card expand the back camera snaps photos relatively fast but the output is not spectacular whether indoor or outdoor shots I frequently had trouble focusing on the subject there's slight delay after pressing the shutter as for videos don't expect high definition the highest you can record is 480p if you're buying this phone for its camera I suggest that you don't video playback is okay the stock video player can play most video formats except QuickTime so don't expect video playback to be always smooth and fluid more importantly don't expect your 720p HD videos to play smoothly if they play at all but for audio this is a wonderful phone you get so nice Walkman player app plus extra sound boosts through Excel technology you can manually adjust sound levels through a five band equalizer - if great music is what you're after in the budget phone this phone does the job well despite several shortcomings the Sony Xperia J is a great phone it has a sharp and crisp screen good battery life and Sony quality sound I find that it is better for music playback rather than video playback in addition to standard phone use and occasional web browsing what do you think of the Sony Xperia J does it have enough appeal to make you want to experience it yourself let's talk more about it in the comment furfle review of the phone visit our website don't forget to subscribe to our youtube channel this is April from Android authority thanks again for watching may the light side of the Android force be with you