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if you've been hoping to get your hands on one of the beautifully styled Sony Xperia phones but can't quite afford the top-end said to cast your eyes over the much more affordable Xperia m2 like the said Ranger m2 has an old glass front and back has curved edges a dedicated camera button and the same silvery power button on the side doesn't have the aluminium edge of a set too but it's very similar to the older Xperia said this purple color won't be to everyone's taste but it definitely stands out from the crowd unlike the Xperia Dead phones the m2 is a waterproof even though some of its ports are covered by a plastic flap if you introduce this guy to water you'll just be left with a wet expensive functionally useless piece of glass and plastic the 4.8 inch display has a 960 by 540 pixel resolution which is very disappointing as it's far below the Full HD of its siblings and lower even and the considerably cheaper Motorola MOTO G icons text and images all like the clarity you find out higher resolution panels for those brightness and color reproduction on paths it's running on the now really rather old Android jellybean another big disappointment from this phone Sony has heavily skinned the interface so it looks aesthetically identical to the Xperia z2 but even so there's no excuse for such old software onboard even with an affordable price tag powering the phone is a 1.2 gigahertz processor the same chip you'll find in the Moto G didn't exactly blow me away with its performance but it's at least capable of handling everyday tasks like Twitter Facebook and Instagram without much trouble gaming was playable but the frame rates dropped in more tense moments so it won't keep dedicated mobile gamers happy around the back is an 8 megapixel camera which although a big step down from the 20 megapixel camera in the z1 and z2 it is capable of capturing some decent Facebook snaps so long as you're in good light although bostonia Xperia m2 has a more affordable price for its flagship sibling and it's glass design looks pretty good it's far from perfect it's low resolution display seriously let's sit down as does its outdated version of Android for not much more money you can pick up the older experience dead which has a better camera if full HD screen and it's waterproof alternatively you save yourself a packet and go for the Motorola MOTO G I'm Andrew Coyle CNET and this is a Sony Xperia m2