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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] soldiers33:
who the heck even needs quad core? when have you ever seen any apps use dual core let alone quad? its a phone not a pc.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tinyXperia:
If they haven't upgraded the RAM, I won't upgrade my phone too.

I am only considering the Xperia P, but it doesn't have a better camera unfortunately. The price is quite high too, it's not much lower than the Xperia S price, but I don't want such a big screen.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DizXDA83:
can't say it's ugly... but like Xperia S better!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ishishkin:
You are a spoiled owners of a flagship phone...as I am too)))) This is the mid-range smartphone and it is magnificent! 512 ram? Who need more??? Years ago I had Celeron with 512ram and windows 7 was running great! It is the question of optimizing apps and firmware... Design? Look at the Nokia... They are realy realy ugly, they are no phones at all - crap! HTC is good,realy good. but I am not a fan of it. I like Sony and this phone is a good job! I will never change my White LT18 on it, but he is the best for me in the mid range!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] harlz:
If this phone came with a 4.2" 720p display and an 8mp camera Id go out and get it on launch day. Love that raised display.

Better design than the xperia s IMO
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] raphael.xda:
Hey everybody !

Is anybody know what is Floating Touch ?

... I mean, do you know if it's special hardware or if it's just a software customization ?

Technically, for devs, can they move the Floating Touch on other phones like Xperia S ? Or it's hardware, a special screen glass ???

Thank you
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] migsguerra:
Our lovely developer they can make happen to our Arc i hope so :rolleyes: i like it so much ....:D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] mandarjoshiin:
No secondary camera???? Y Sony does something like this always?? What is d problem in providing a secondary camera? :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Hayden18:
This new technology is called "floating touch," and it allows a user to hover their finger over the display to move what is akin to an invisible mouse cursor and then merely tap the screen once the desired link is highlighted
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] raphael.xda:
Floating Touch is Hardware or sofware technology ? Question for devs or people who know what I mean
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iridaki:
Hardware and software.

You can't have it on a regular screen.

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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] squalldua:
i'm sure it's hardware. if it's software, we arc owners should have receive the update too. :cool:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iridaki:
Practically, it's both. But you can't have the one without the other. ;)

So, NO, other Xperia devices will never get this technology.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] raphael.xda:
Ok so if it's hardware it's means that the Sola haven't a touchscreen standard capacitive, so it's a special touchscreen...

If it's JUST software I buy it but if it's a special touch screen no thanks. Like the amoled, you break the screen you are *#*#*#

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Why have you said that the Sola will not have front camera?

If it's true, what is the 4 elements on the top ??

Proximity sensor ? ... OK

Brightness sensor ? ... OK

LED notification ? ... OK

... and the 4th ? ... ?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adieeluv:
I guess 1st one is Proximity/Brightness sensor, 2nd one is Notification light and again 3rd & 4th are Proximity/Brigthness sensor. Just a guess or I may be wrong :rolleyes:
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] iridaki:
It's NOT just software, it's a display with special capabilities with software built around it to accommodate the new features!

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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Zedd.:
Does any one else think that the Sony Ericsson Xperia '11 line of phones were better thought out in design and functionality?

The Sony Xperia '12 line phones looks quite unimaginative, with all the models being copy-paste-shrink versions of each other, and furthermore, all of them seem to be crippled in one way or the other when it comes to functionality (fixed storage, sealed battery, etcetera).

Makes me almost wish it were Sony Ericsson again. :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DdcCabuslay:
Floating touch looks really cool and all, but I feel that it's a bit impractical.

What other purposes will it have other than the browser thing?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] im_iceman:
For anyone in the UK.. it's not coming to the UK.. at least there's no plans for it anyway.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] arc-:
great ! very beautiful !
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] punkmonkey1984:
Says its coming soon on the GB website!!

http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/products/phones/xperia-sola/
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] DeathlessOne:
Well it actually looks like Xperia S,U and P..Wont Sony change the design?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] darth5zaft:
Not really 2011devices are also cripple..arc big sreen & hdmi but no ffc..play have ffc no hdmi, neo small screen have ffc can't remember if it have hdmi out or not.basicly last year u have a playstation phone that can't be played on tv.but u can play games on tv with arc provided u buy the livedock . Xperia s u & p are part of nxt series that explain the same look..while ion and sola are different in design..i love the departured of erricson so sony would be more willing to ecuipt the xperia line with it technology.but there is always a risk that sony behaving like sony

Basicly for me..it the same issues as last year..buy the almighty s or the beautiful p..or maybe wait for the hayabusa to come along
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] raphael.xda:
Front camera or not???
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] hurkshal:
The floating touch is a Sony patent?

This technology was developed with the collaboration of Cypress semiconductor.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zangetsu2188:
No front camera. Sony mobile could've put one imo. The Xperia U, which is cheaper, has a VGA front-facing camera.

Sony Xperia™ sola white paper

http://developer.sonymobile.com/wpo...download/sonyxperiasolawhitepaper?cc=gb&lc=en
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] everb00b:
we're in 2012, no front facing camera or removable battery?!

shame sony doesnt invest more wisely in their products... no customer Q&A @ XDA? :S
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] raphael.xda:
I'm lost about the basic front facing camera for viso, skype, ... ???

http://gadgetian.com/34342/sony-xperia-sola-mt27i-specs-price/

http://gadgetian.com/34363/sony-xperia-sola-official-launch/

http://gadgetian.com/34342/sony-xperia-sola-mt27i-specs-price/

http://www.techbizzare.com/2012/03/...icial-now-specs-features-video-press-release/

(CTRL + F : "camera")
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] babyct:
it looks... not so nice :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] zangetsu2188:
Well, the white paper, which is from Sony mobile itself, says otherwise. :(

They will not omit it if it really has a front cam.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Helldancer:
I think after Arc and Arc S design, Sony can not make good designs anymore. If we look latest Xperia series under SONY brand, they look like each other.

This model is also not charming for me.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] squalldua:
xperia P and xperia U has same design as xperia s

xperia sola looks more like xperia ion
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] luvrilke:
Hmmm... I doesn't seem to be useful. Why not touch directly?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] x1dude:
Its like a mouse-over feature. To open link you still have to touch.

Look at the video youtube.com/watch?v=vESGv2O5mhQ&hd=1

0:45 its hovering feature and 0:51 it clicks

Mouseover feature is actually cool - lots of flash games are using it
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] everb00b:
the design reminds me of the iRiver e100.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] jamus28:
It's a great size for a dual core. Not much bigger than the aria
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] akasasori:
maybe i'll buy it.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] manymoore:
Really like the design, but it's dual cores not Quads, the floating touch feature is amazing but it's too expensive, i'll wait until down in price or wait something "new" :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kkevinloren2006:
I want sony to create light and thin mobile with a competetive display even better than super amoled but sonys phone experia s and... ARe not what i was waiting for.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Superfiscious:
I think it looks amazing!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Retardo25:
I love sonys new design on their 2012 series. I value design over hardware. Keep it up..
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Derzis:
it looks nice and it has a normal phone size, most stores claim they will start selling it in may

Amazon Germany has it on preorder for 297 EURO: http://www.amazon.de/gp/product/B007KDDGBA/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?ie=UTF8&m=A3JWKAKR8XB7XF

297 EURO for a dual-core with sdcard and ICS is reasonable
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ymmi21:
Looks great but my wife Arc is nicer :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] X-Droidinary:
Agreed.

Sony seems to have got a bit lazy with the design of their new phones including Xperia S. If I'm not mistaken this phone looks just like the S and in my opinion it's a bit bland. Definitely not eye candy like the Arc/Arc S.

With that said I'm sure it would be a good phone to use and hopefully has way more on-board storage than the regular Arc. I do like my Arc but I wish I had of checked it out thoroughly before I bought it cos running out of space is very frustrating especially when you have to delete apps that you want to make room for other apps that are just as irresistible.

Sent from Noah's Arc using Tapatalk 2 Beta 6
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] chch:
Manufacturers have become fat and lazy and are giving us more functionality in larger and larger phones and calling it progress. Who can tell where tablets end and phones begin now.

Someone offers a Dual Core 3.7" phone with a decent screen that may go ok on battery too and we get pages of comments from people saying that it doesn't look very nice.

I didn't think I would see that on XDA Developers (and that is a comment of genuine surprise).

People may as well open a thread on what colour Sola goes best with wearing jeans :p

please take this post in the light hearted manner in which it was meant :)

French review by the way ... just use browser translation.

http://www.test-mobile.fr/tests/sony-ericsson/sony-xperia-sola-031444/

Interesting about the browser being laggy. I wonder if you can turn off the dual screen mode and just have capacitive and then the browser may be more responsive. I am not that interested in the hover thing. Try using a drag and drop website even on ICS, still not a full browsing experience (even though I thought Sony said it was on their web site?)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] harlz:
Damn you beat me to posting the French review website. lol.

I really like the image quality coming out of the Sola, for a 5mp cam they are very nice. I dare say as nice as the Arc S. Perhaps they have reduced the compression. Would be interesting to see the file sizes.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] ck.chunkeat:
Sola looks nice!but not as sexy as my arc.:D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] por2guex:
For sure! Arc is one of the sexiest phones I've ever seen.

Sola is a nice phone.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] robyx883:
nfc is the future, but screen very small for me :(
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] harlz:
Its sad the screen is so small on such a nice phone.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] lofty5:
arc all the way man.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] X-Droidinary:
How do they define the difference between models when they all look the same?

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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] adieeluv:
OP updated - added unboxing video.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] X-Droidinary:
Sorry but these links don't work.

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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kms108:
If anyone is after a xperia sola, i'll stay away from it until may be when the second or third batch arrives, i'm not too sure if they have QC during the manufacturing.

I was about to buy one today, opened 4 units, all of them had large specks of dust and thin line of hair in the screen, could of opened more, but couldn't be bothered. For me I have the advantage to inspect the unit instore, but most people from the forum buy from mail order, so you get the problem of returning the unit.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Apology11:
I already got one. Is there a Topic for it?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] notass:
I was going to buy it tomorrow!Now I'm not sure whether to buy it or wait a bit...

could you make a little review of it?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sheron:
Sola Review

I bought the Sola on 19th.

the battery backup is amazing!!!:D

for the first two days, the backup was like ****!:mad: ,(normally for the first week you will experience ****ty battery life)

then the battery stabilized and the battery decreased around 40% in 14 hrs with

Reduced brightness

Bravia engine off

2G internet only when needed (2 hrs)

frequent task killing

the camera quality is outta this world!!!(better than my old 7 MP digicam)

Don't use the hardware button!. it's a two stage button( focus-snap)

focus is really easy but for the snap you've got to push the button inside the frame. causes the hand to shake. atleast they've provided a button on the display.

you've got 3GB internal memory for user data(songs videos photos and sh*t)

the remaining 2 GB is separated for apps.( Hurray! no need to partition SD card)

and yes the gorilla glass display works!!. 4 days without screen guard with it sharing my pocket with my keys:o (still no screen guard available on the market in india:()

there are only two major drawbacks on the OS of the phone.

1. there are abt 50-60 processes idling at any given time

(i'm using go Trust go security(with built in task manager) and easy task killer in tandem)

2. the launcher rarely lags, no lag in any HD videos, no lag in high Q games etc. only the launcher lags for 1-2 sec

hope these two defects are fixed with the ICS update

i'd say go for the phone. and to kms108, i believe the qc was rushed for the release. my phone had 3 videos from sony max HD. they've must have forgot factory reset :p

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To Moderators, Plz start a new section for our SOLA!!!!!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] notass:
thanks for the review, i prefer knowing the bad things about this phone before buying it.BTW, for how many days have you been using it?because the previous post from yours also talk about the battery...

I think the battery needs 1 week of charges at least, and then we can see how much it longs...but i´m with you, it´s a very small battery...

Can you desactivate the floating touch?perhaps without that the battery drains slower...
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sheron:
dude chill out man!!!!

the battery life is awesome it just needs time to settle down

this is with

24 hr mobile internet connection sync enabled

10% brightness

2 hrs music

4 hrs internet usage

weather widget

i think it's awesome!! don't know how sony did it but they've managed to make more out of a lesser input battery.(if still it isn't enough, turn mobile data on only when u need it)

i agree with you on the bloatware

but for the camera this is only 5MP!!! and takes darn good pictures for one

even with all sony extras, 5MP can take you only so far!!

P.S my last phone was a samsung and i believe this outstrips samsung phones at similar price by far!! (u'll get extended support for samsung's flagship models but nada for the rest. I've experienced it - ordered a battery and back panel last september still did not get one last week when i bought this baby!)

for xperia s the android 2.3.4 was done in a hurry to compete with galaxy III, HTC one X etc... so it is bound to have some issues. For xperia u the only issue is fixed memory but they cancelled it out by giving OTG support!(u can connect pendrive, external powered HDD keyboards etc..) try to get any other phone for less than Rs 25000 or 450 dollars with OTG support!!

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dude did u even read the full thread?? they r getting 26 hrs with wifi on!!!

next time u quote something completely read the sources hmmm...??
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] saanil:
You are one lucky guy to get such a battery life. The phone barely lasts 24 hours without much usage. Trust me - Battery is the only issue with this otherwise brilliant phone. I am trying different things - probably a few more days of use and the battery will normalize.

BTW just saw this - There is a 1305 mAh battery in Xperia P which is of bigger size than Sola. Although there is whitemagic in there I doubt it will be of much help.

Today is the 7th day with the phone - So it is one week old. I am not sure whether you can disable floating touch. I did not find the option. Do you know if its possible?
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Shetz:
.....

I liked the Xperia S design then this... but looking nice :)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Xperia-Ray:
can you upload the camera apk?

and framework files for apktool? i want to "check" it :-)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sheron:
yes u can (presently it works only with the inbuilt android browser)

so goto browser->settings->uncheck Use Floating Touch(at the end of the page)

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this is a link to the systems folder download (haven't checked it myself!)

if u wanna use it for ray go ahead

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1665012
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Aiibo:
Hi guys. Can anyone tell something about the audio quality? I mean music trough some nice headphones. Phones at this price range (Samsung, LG, HTC...) usually don't have very good audio, but this is Sony and that's why I'm hoping it could be as good audio player as more expensive expirias.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] tyrand3:
Is it worth upgrading from an arc?

What about battery life when browsing on 3G ?

My arc only can get about 20-30 minutes with 10% of battery when browsing on 3G, i think that's bad especially compared to iPhone4,

how about sola?;)

Can someone test it for me?

Thanks. :D
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] sheron:
battery quality is quite good excluding internet connectivity (browsing & download are two main battery drain but this doesn't show in power option)

u can get one hour browsing for 15% battery (for light mobile adapted pages)

i dunno abt heavy browsing but download drains battery much faster

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yes the sound quality through headphones is quite good

i also heard that sound quality in HTC one V was also very good
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Morpheus NS:
These two phones could have better design, but everything else looks amazing. Sony has done very good job!
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] kms108:
I think the design of the sola is pretty good, very basic but stands out from the crowd.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] saanil:
I will eat my words here. The only issue I had with this phone in the initial days was its battery life. But things have changed. The battery lasts for 3 days on just voice calls and messaging (No internet/No games - Since this phone is for my dad). I am assuming on 3G this phone can last for 1.5-2 days easily keeping some things in mind. I am thinking of taking up a 3G connection for my dad and see how the battery fares. But I am quite happy now with this battery for normal use.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] void1:
upgrade to android 4

I read there is Android 4 upgrade for Sola, but when I check with PC companion it tells me the system is up2date.

How do people upgrade to Android 4?

Also when I check for latest soft on Sony's site,

Latest available software: 6.1.A.0.452

Release date: 2012-06-21

But on my phone it is:

6.0.B.1.564

(Android 2.3.7)
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] cheftrinnity:
Void1,

The update for ICS will be available on the second half of 2012. It's in the Phone information on the first page. ;)

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[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Lancerfq:
Looks like a nice mid range device, floating touch is pointless in my opinion, what's the problem with just touching the screen like a normal person
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] AzamAzid:
the RAM is only 368MB

I checked with SetCPU and the RAM is only 368MB
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] irononreverse:
It lets you mimic what you do on a computer when browsing online. Some links etc behave differently on mouse over and on click
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] SXUsr:
+1 Why they didn't carry the glass right to the bottom of the Phone is beyond me.
[Sony Xperia P, U, Sola, Go] Aiibo:
And you can now use it with glowes too.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] soulboogaloo73:
Hi there,

I just bought some Chinese knock-off called Star x18i (that looks like an SE Arc) based on Android 2.3.6. It works fine, except a few sensors, that don't seem to work properly : magnetic field and gyroscope.

I tried to install different compass apps, but it doesn't work.

I installed Data Monitor app.

For Magnetic Field, it indicates :

But when I launch "Monitor sensor" in the Data Monitor app, I get real-time figures for plenty of sensors (accelerometer, Proximity, gravity, linear_acceleration), but nothing for magnetic_field nor gyroscope...

Does it mean that Magnetic_field is disabled?Or that it doesn't simply exist on the device? Is there a way to enable it?

By the way, my device is not rooted so far, do you think that could help?

Thanks a lot for your answers guys!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wjtk:
Did you figure it out? I've got same problem..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] profMAXIMVS:
Same on here.

I have an A9220, with *LOTZ* of sensors.

But the compass, the magnetic field and the gyroscope refuses to work

According to AndroSensor, they're "Waiting for event"

Waiting forever, I guess.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] charlieboy999:
Exact same problem

Hi guys,

I have precisely the same problem! Did anyone get a fix for this, in the end??

Cheers!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nhomsan:
i have same problem to .. my device nexian A5000 .. compas etc canot work ..

how to enabled this feature ..???
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] m0tyrider:
Anybody figure out how to enable this? My Chinese phone also says it has one, but isn't enabled?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Strip19:
Same Prob

I've got the same prob here.

Does anyone have a solution??
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kico.MMK:
same problem , it's old thread but no answer , so maybe posting here is better thn new thread , magnitc sensor do not gives reading after rom flash , although i replaced files with *sensor* from stock to the new one rom how to fix?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flexton:
On some devices like Htc One, your chineese tablets and my tablet Prestigio 7.0 hd i installed cpu z on them and there was nothing about a compas module, my s5830i has a compas module so i can use it and cpu z is showing it.

Are the aps you want to run on your devices saying that you dont have compas modules?

If they are you dont have it.

Some may not report it, but i dont thesee tablets of yours can do it.

About the rooting try kingo android root on your pc (nothing is sure)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Kico.MMK:
for sensor issue bro the sensor sure was working on my stock rom , when tying new rom it's not working , althogh i replaced each file with *sensor* in its name from stock to port
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flexton:
I don't know it then, you nees a good developer to do it right if you done it on your own
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cresch07:
I know that there are times when a company will use a similar firmware for their devices. On my old S2, it had an option for HDMI-Out in the settings, but that hardware was not available in my device. Perhaps a similar thing is happening here? Also when I pulled up specs for your device, I saw nothing about a compass.