Sony Xperia sola Review

2. darac (Posts: 2156; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)

I love this industrial understated design.
Awesome work by Sony.
And it's cheap, has two cores, a beautiful, subtle and classy UI, and works smoothly!
Suck that, android haters!

3. darktranquillity (Posts: 284; Member since: 28 Feb 2012)

Best part is 8gb internal memory with sd slot:-x

4. Joshing4fun (Posts: 1237; Member since: 13 Aug 2010)

Looks like the original droid!

6. hunted (Posts: 403; Member since: 21 Sep 2011)

Galaxy ace plus really cant be a better option than this, it looks big but not better than this Sola. Also the Galaxy Ace plus doesnt have front facing camera & HTC one v doesnt have memory card slot.

Sola rocks

7. Jyakotu (Posts: 854; Member since: 12 Dec 2008)

I think docking points off an Android for not launching with ICS shouldn't be allowed. I'm sure when Sony was developing this phone, they did so with Gingerbread in mind. And also, if an update is coming in Summer, what's a couple months of waiting.? PA and other mobile reviewing websites should know that most new Android phones aren't going to be released with ICS. There are still manufacturers releasing phones on Froyo for goodness sakes.!

8. Nathan_ingx (Posts: 4328; Member since: 07 Mar 2012)

Dear Nick T...when you review a phone, check what you have written and go through it once again!
On page one i see an image of the phone showing the "front-facing camera" and look what you wrote on the CONS corner...number 2 to be exact!!!!

9. p1natic (Posts: 7; Member since: 22 May 2012)

im really confused.
gsmarena specs shows that Sola doesnt have a secondary cam and yet here it says that it has.
Which is really it? its confusing.

10. hitechredneck (Posts: 103; Member since: 21 Nov 2011)

That picture is deceiving according to Sony in uk it does not have a front facing camera. Check it out.http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/products/phones/xperia-sola/

11. mercorp (Posts: 1043; Member since: 28 Jan 2012)

Vs Ace 2
....
buy this phone instead!

15. mike.messiah (Posts: 6; Member since: 07 Apr 2012)

I had high expectations from the NovaThor chipset.. but sadly, its not as power efficient.. The 1320MaH battery puts it in the league of budget androids...and we all know how they fare in terms of stamina...Very dissapointed at the non removable/upgradable battery thats as low as the Galaxy Ace, and Galaxy Ace was very poor in battery department..
I have seen the Floating Touch gimmick is a pain to use...its already difficult clicking links on such small screens, imagine aiming ur finger above a link!! Saw the video by gsmarena...looks tedious and very time consuming. No wonder other manufacturers have ditched this technology

Better to opt for Galaxy Ace 2... bigger and removable/replacable battery,bigger screen(3.8inch),better snapshot & video capture quality,front camera...and has the same NovaThor chipset.

16. issy_i (Posts: 5; Member since: 27 May 2012)

This phone is great!
Do not think twice. Just get it!!! I almost bought htc one v, but this phone has better specs.

17. opopp (Posts: 1; Member since: 27 May 2012)

i have seen in many websites that sola's headphone sound is not very loud is it true and which one is better sola or u......i dont want to know about any other brand mobiles either.......

18. ABSHK (Posts: 5; Member since: 31 May 2012)

nice phone.

19. ABSHK (Posts: 5; Member since: 31 May 2012)

really cool phone

for more info http://www.technotrump.com/sony-unveils-xperia-sola-t he-smartphone-with-a-floating-touch-technology/

20. dlff168 (Posts: 1; Member since: 08 Jun 2012)

I had a look & played with the HTC 1V & Sola. They are very similar in price, size & spec. IMHO, I find that the 1V is laggy probably due to the 1core pocessor. Built-in memory is only 4GB as compare to Sola 8GB. On the plus side, is a well built solid phone, the screen display is better than the Sola & comes out of the box with ICS. On the whole I would still prefer the Sola & I bought one.
Good mid-range decent size phone & gets its job done.

21. farzinphonearena (Posts: 1; Member since: 10 Jun 2012)

i heard it has benn designed just for microSIM cards, is that right??? i want to make sure of the authenticity of this claim. let me know thanks

23. soulannihilator (Posts: 1; Member since: 25 Jun 2012)

I'm torn between this phone and HTC One V. Sola obviously has better specs, but HTC One V seems to have a better camera with more features. ICS out of the box as well. Also has other features like Beats audio and has better battery life as well.

24. abhishek1993c (Posts: 3; Member since: 29 Jun 2012)

i wanna buy a phone .
budget around INR 20k

shud i consider it ????

memory matters to me. sec. camera doesn't matters and dual core is a must...

plzz suggest....

26. abhishek1993c (Posts: 3; Member since: 29 Jun 2012)

hey phone arena guys !!
i bought dis phone on 1st AUG

u shud make a correction

there is only 4 gb of user accessible internal memory .
and 2 gb for apps

28. suradipray (Posts: 2; Member since: 09 Aug 2012)

I had purchased Xperia sola on 27.07.2012 from mobile store. I have hardly used it because I had just inserted the sim on 05.08.2012. But already I am facing 2 big problems :
1. The leftmost letters of the qwerty keypad are not working most of the time.
2. Very very poor battery back up. I dont play games or listen to music till now, just surf the net for 30 mins to 1 hour a day. But even after charging fully the battery doesn't even last for a full day while I am also using the power saver mode to save battery.

I already contacted the sony customer care executive on 08.08.2012 and asked for a replacement. But he told me that it can be replaced only within 7 days from purchase date. He told me to do a factory reset but that didn't work too. Now I have to visit sony service center and the phone can only be repaired.
I am very very dissapointed with sony which I trusted blindly as I was super happy with the Bravia led and DSC HX 100v digicam which I have.