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Sony Xperia U torn down, clears the FCC

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Sony Xperia U torn down, clears the FCC
The Sony Xperia U is the smallest among Sony’s latest Xperia handsets, but not too small with the screen sized at 3.5 inches. Curious what’s underneath the outer shell? The handset recently passed scrutiny at the FCC, and the commission didn’t miss the opportunity to tear the phone down and give us the pictures proving this.

Interestingly, inside, you could still find traces of Ericsson branding that Sony seems to not have yet gotten rid of. The rest is standard mainboard covered with EMI shields for protection, and overall the handset looks not to hard to disassemble and repair, and that’s definitely a plus. Additionally, passing the FCC means that the Xperia U has gone past another step towards making it to store shelves. If all goes as planned, it should become available in the second quarter of the year.

source: FCC via Engadget


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1. garz_pa posted on 30 Apr 2012, 11:00 5

Since I live in a third-world country, I don't know why it's a big deal for phones getting through FCC. Could somebody please explain to me why? What potential 'threat' can a phone bring that FCC needs to clear them?

3. hunted posted on 30 Apr 2012, 12:09 5

Just know, no country is a third world country. The name is given by rich countries who stole things from y'all

2. x7black7x posted on 30 Apr 2012, 11:01 3

all i wanna say is that its a great device

4. thedarkside posted on 30 Apr 2012, 14:19

third world countires refer to the countries that didnt have any involvement in the cold war, not because "rich" countries took things from them.

5. hunted posted on 30 Apr 2012, 14:40

ok does that include spain & portugal too?? i dont think so

8. thedarkside posted on 30 Apr 2012, 15:50

most third world countries are some of the poorest countries in the world. most of them lying in africa, the middle east and southeast asia. i dont believe that spain or portugal are in any of those areas.

9. hunted posted on 30 Apr 2012, 17:00

see you came to my point

10. thedarkside posted on 30 Apr 2012, 17:14

and what point was that?

11. DawsonLee posted on 01 May 2012, 00:32 1

he meant that Spain and Portugal were not involved in the Cold War and yet they're not referred to as 3rd world countries.

12. thedarkside posted on 01 May 2012, 12:05 1

i actually did some investigation about the cold war last night. on wiki they have a map of which countries were on which side. spain and portugal were, at the time, allied with the united states. they may not have had any actually involvement, but they were allied to the americans.

13. garz_pa posted on 03 May 2012, 02:57

What the hell? How did the Cold War got here? I mean, here in my country, the Philippines, we don't care if it goes through FCC or not. As long as it's a phone, we buy it. I don't even know if those cheap china phones they sell here go through FCC..

6. javorr posted on 30 Apr 2012, 15:16

Battery life sucks... this is so unusual for Sony devices. These phones are useless as phones, you have to carry the charger with you and to search power all the time.

7. thedarkside posted on 30 Apr 2012, 15:41

spain and portugal arent third world countries. im pretty sure they sided with the united states in the cold war.

14. jharna32 posted on 04 May 2012, 01:01

I understand why you dislike the proprietary SE connectors but please don't forget that those of us who have used SE phones for a while are likely to have a number of peripherals that use those connectors. Now if we wish to swap to a phone like this we have to throw all those away as well. For some people their continued presence was an advantage!

15. p1natic posted on 25 May 2012, 02:50

did anybody see where the memory chip is located?
i was thinking of buying this and putting memory card on the phone myself wishing that there is some sort of "slot" where the internal memory is put.

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