Sony Xperia GX officially announced, the new Sony flagship has 13MP "stacked" sensor and no front buttons

32. darac posted on 09 May 2012, 04:41 0 0

Well, as for the international version, there are words it will be the same, just without the LTE
http://www.xperiablog.net/2012/05/09/xperia-gx-and -xperia-sx-announced-by-sony-mobile-japan/#more-67 48

..and as for the eventual US release, for now one can only guess and wish for the eventual availability, but assuming by logic it should be one of these options:
- the same internals as the Japanese version
- a version with S4 Pro processor instead("Mint"?)

Overall, this sounds like the best phone on the globe right now, but that doesn't mean much until we get some concrete info about Sony's global plans.

66. Extraneus posted on 16 Jun 2012, 13:36 0 0

I don't know... The Xperia S looks great on paper, but I see little but dissatisfied customers on the net, and the 12 MP camera produces crap next to it's 8 MP competitors.

27. sadaivadai posted on 09 May 2012, 04:21 5 1

Please don't get too excited and expect too many things . Because if they are not there you will disappointed and blame the mobile and will call it waste . This is the same thing happened with SGS3 .

By the word "You" I did not mention you , just the people who did those . Don't mind this comment if you did not do those with SGS3 .

55. Aaron_R96 posted on 09 May 2012, 11:18 2 1

Bad news for you here my friend, "The Xperia GX was previously using the codename ‘Mint’. The Sony LT29i ‘Hayabusa’ will be the same as the Xperia GX without LTE functionality." - XperiaBlog

So basically this is the Mint and the Hayabusa.. The LTE version (Mint) set to come in Q4 2012

59. Dr.Phil posted on 10 May 2012, 00:38 1 0

It says in the article that the GX has LTE already. So, how is it that it already has LTE connectivity and yet they are going to come out with one with LTE connectivity later this year? That just doesn't make sense unless this article is not accurate. Also, that is just one source that is saying that. I have not found any other article or source to back that claim up. I will still wait to see, because either way there will most likely be another flagship device for Q4 by Sony. I don't think they would just have this one device to hold people in all year.

7. AbhiD posted on 09 May 2012, 02:12 8 3

disproportional??? u must b kiddin'
it's really hard to find a nice UI like Sony in androids

13. KingKurogiii posted on 09 May 2012, 02:35 2 0

do you even know what i'm talking about? xD

16. VJo003 posted on 09 May 2012, 02:50 3 6

Sony should start delivering their phone with stock Android

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22. KingKurogiii posted on 09 May 2012, 03:48 4 2

well it doesn't even have to be stock. i get that Sony wants to create a different kind of experience for their customers but i just think that the experience should be more seamless and unified. i'm pretty critical about these things and some of you are already like "what's with this guy? seriously?" but i can give you guys some examples of what things i think make the UI "disproportional".

this device is running ICS right? that status bar is looking way too Gingerbread to me. it doesn't use space nearly as efficiently as the new "holo" style on other ICS devices like on ICS for the Razr which is what i rock and that is an actual, noticeable improvement if only for the sake of aesthetics.

am i the only one that's bothered by the icons here? there's no theme going on at all here and if there is it's really bad. the App Drawer Icon is much too small next to the other Dock Icons and is just ridiculous. a few of the Icons here are offset and i hope that you guys have at least caught that the Phone Icon is nearly an exact replica of Sense's very own Phone Icon.

this is all just from a look at the homescreen. i realize these are just my opinions but i have a point behind them and you should take a sec to just hear me out instead of just attacking. it's not like i said it's baaad or anything. i like the look of the Phone and yay for on-screen function keys. i even like some of Sony's Widgets like that Clock Widget right there for instance. nice. i would slap a ROM straight on this though if i had gotten this phone by some circumstance because my OCD just would not allow for those flaws i pointed out. i personally like Moto's approach of squaring off the Icons to make them more dock friendly and proportionate. they still however need to work on the actual styles and the colors a little more though. the closest they had to get it down flat was in their builds of 2.3.4 on phones like the Droid 3 and the Droid Bionic and on their builds of 3.2 on the Xyboards. so there you have it. my never before seen views on Sony's UI. why is it the first? i don't usually go to Sony Articles. why did i come to this one? because this is an actually NICE. PHONE. okay?

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29. darac posted on 09 May 2012, 04:31 5 2

Man you are ridiculous - dismissing a phone just on the base of a home screen photo. Really?
Btw, you ever used a Sony phone?
Their UI is still the most elegant and functional to me. I tried all launcher apps but none of them beats the Sony UI, even on Ginerbread

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34. KingKurogiii posted on 09 May 2012, 04:47 1 0

well there was enough on just that home screen photo to turn me off. first impressions are key and you'd be a fool to dispute that logic because whether you realize it or not even you draw opinions on devices all the time with a mere glance. i did not dismiss the phone, i dismissed the UI OF the Phone based on the elements of it that pointed out. they my seem very minor to you but to me they are critical. my phone brings order and efficiency to my life and i want a look to match in every manner. i've looked at a Xperia Play but it was briefly and i didn't have an extensive enough look to really judge anything beyond the Launcher like i've already done here. on Gingerbread the only custom Manufacturer UI's that i liked were TW4 & Moto's UI, this time around with ICS the only ones i like even a little bit are Moto's and LG's new UI.

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50. poddey posted on 09 May 2012, 09:04 0 0

I can see what you are saying but for me I don't have an issue with the app drawer icon being smaller because it doesn't have a label.

I'm surprised with your OCD you aren't complaining more about the fact that the browser icon and the walkman icon aren't the same size when both are circles, or that the camera icon is as short as the app drawer icon? What about the asymmetry there? I only noticed these now after reading your comment and looking at the home screen more closely. Still it doesn't bother me at all.

I also find it hard to believe that you actually like both Moto's new UI (which I might add does look rather sharp but that's only because it almost stock ICS) and Touchwiz 4? For the same reason, I'm not really a fan of LG's new UI but I have to say their new circular swipe to unlock is really cool. :)

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56. KingKurogiii posted on 09 May 2012, 12:59 0 0

i noticed that too and i made a small mention about it in that comment.

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33. snowgator posted on 09 May 2012, 04:43 1 0

UI's on any Android manufacturer are a "hit -and-miss" kinda thing. I am betting you could easily find a couple things on your Moto you wouldn't mind changing, King. My son owns the "Play", and while this is a whole new generation of Sony on it's own, I dislike it's UI. It seems very incomplete and takes away from a otherwise fun device.

No manufacturer is going to compete against other Flagships without a UI. But, sometimes I wonder- with ICS, why not??? If LG or Sony, 2 manufacturers that are in need of hits, put all their efforts into the hardware experience and just trusted ICS for the fantastic Android experience it is, wouldn't that be something that set them apart? The Nexus was fine, but some of the hardware was lacking. I see an opening for a good sales pitch here.

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36. KingKurogiii posted on 09 May 2012, 04:56 0 0

as usual snowgator i completely agree with you. no UI is perfect, not even Moto's which i'm such a fan of. yes, incomplete is another way of describing it too i think.

if you'll take a good look at Moto's newest UI you might think that Moto is going ahead with that mode of thinking but a completely stock experience device would certainly be welcome. i think the most raw place for that in the U.S. would be with T-Mobile's G Series. i'm sure much of the modding crowd is still on the carrier due to the up til recently constant availability of the Nexus and i'm sure their miffed about not getting it this year. a G3x in the form of either LG's Optimus 4X HD or HTC's One X would fit the bill nicely.

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38. darac posted on 09 May 2012, 05:00 2 0

There's a big difference between Xperia Play(Verizon, right?) and International Xperias, UI-wise.
The U.S. Play version is more like a stock GB.

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39. KingKurogiii posted on 09 May 2012, 05:08 0 0

AT&T's 4G version packs Sony's custom UI which is what i was refering to. of course i've used Verizon's version as well but like you i knew it was irrelevant to bring up because it runs nearly stock Gingerbread.

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43. snowgator posted on 09 May 2012, 07:06 1 0

Yes, I am on AT&T. That was the UI that I was referring to. I did not know Verizon's version was more stock.

Learned something. Which most likely means I have forgotten something else....

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67. Extraneus posted on 16 Jun 2012, 13:39 0 0

I for one have yet to unlock any Xperia in the first try - damn annoying that you have to drag the unlock ALL THE WAY ACROSS the screen; it's actually rather difficult with a normal human thumb!

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62. InspectorGadget80 posted on 10 May 2012, 19:12 0 0

That is why I'm buying myself a SONY phone as me next upgrade than the SG III

17. UnlimitedSkye03 posted on 09 May 2012, 02:59 5 1

where's the angle that it looks like a nexus clone?

18. wendygarett posted on 09 May 2012, 03:06 1 3

no front buttons :D

20. UnlimitedSkye03 posted on 09 May 2012, 03:19 5 0

Geez, it's an ICS device waddya' expect haha :D

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21. wendygarett posted on 09 May 2012, 03:32 4 1

My mistake :D

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61. InspectorGadget80 posted on 10 May 2012, 19:11 0 0

SONY design THEIR OWN PHONES. How the hell does this looks like A NEXUS PHONE? This is a bit thinner than the NEXUS

60. XiphiasGladius posted on 10 May 2012, 07:13 0 0

Do you even have an idea as to why they're focusing on the improvement of the camera's low light performance? It is because at this moment point and shoot cameras are still better at producing image in low light conditions. Now then imagine as to what would happen if this new sensor matches the low light performance of the point & shoots. . . Think about it. . . Also Sony's Xperia phones are marketed as multi media phones, what'd you expect a laser guided messile? ^__^

26. wendygarett posted on 09 May 2012, 04:18 2 0

thinnest point is 8.6mm

63. Atlas posted on 11 May 2012, 16:18 0 0

8.6 at thinnest

35. darac posted on 09 May 2012, 04:53 0 0

No info about it just yet.
If they somehow make that omission of not giving an SD slot with just 16Gb of internal space - it would be unforgivable.
Greatest fail ever.
But lets just wait and see.

37. adjou posted on 09 May 2012, 04:58 1 0

Yes it does. up to 32GB

41. darac posted on 09 May 2012, 05:15 2 0

Alright, then that's it.
When Xperia Ion got announced my wishes were - less size and weight, better design, ICS, S4 instead of S3.
It all came true with this phone, PLUS it got even better camera on top.
They shouldn't even bother releasing the Ion anymore! : /

45. adjou posted on 09 May 2012, 07:19 0 0

The ion is long overdue. At&t should just replace it with this one.

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40. KingKurogiii posted on 09 May 2012, 05:12 2 2

if we're separating Humans and Children..what kind of Children are we talking about? *CUES LOST TWIST PLOT FLOATY WORD SOUND* O.O

44. snowgator posted on 09 May 2012, 07:09 1 1

:-D

Thanks buddy, I needed that. Humor is one thing lacking from our fellow posters these days.

52. poddey posted on 09 May 2012, 09:09 0 0

I think I am in love with the GX! Oh my...

I hope Sony is going to release an identical international version of it in June.