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Xperia™ SP

Experience the brilliance of Sony inside and out

High definition entertainment in a premium design

Available colours

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  • Xperia™ SP, the brilliance of Sony inside and out.
  • Xperia™ SP, the brilliance of Sony inside and out.

  • The co-moulding technology used on Xperia SP creates a unique solid design.
  • Xperia™ SP brings you one of the highest levels of screen resolution available.
  • When creating Xperia SP the designers had a clear idea of crafting a smartphone where the display virtually floats in thin air
  • Xperia SP has an illuminating, colour-changing belt that makes your Android smartphone extra personal.
  • With Xperia SP you’ll get a smartphone that lets you experience true design innovation.
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  • White Silver
  • Xperia™ SP, the brilliance of Sony inside and out.
  • Xperia SP
  • The co-moulding technology used on Xperia SP creates a unique solid design.
  • Xperia™ SP brings you one of the highest levels of screen resolution available.
  • When creating Xperia SP the designers had a clear idea of crafting a smartphone where the display virtually floats in thin air
  • Xperia SP has an illuminating, colour-changing belt that makes your Android smartphone extra personal.
  • With Xperia SP you’ll get a smartphone that lets you experience true design innovation.

Weight

  • 155 grams
  • 5.47 oz

Dimensions

  • 130.6 x 67.1 x 9.98 mm
  • 5.14 x 2.64 x 0.39 inches

Battery

  • Talk time (up to): 18 hours and 53 mins***
  • Standby time (up to): 734 hours***
  • Music listening time (up to): 39 hours***
  • Video playback time (up to): 7 hours and 36 mins***

Display

  • 4.6" touchscreen - scratch-resistant TFT
  • 16,777,216 colours, 1280x720 pixels

On the inside

  • Google Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean)
  • 1.7 GHz Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ S4 MSM8960Pro Dual Core

Camera

  • 8 megapixel camera with auto focus
  • 16x digital zoom, pulsed LED flash

Great for business

Email from anywhere and always in sync. All the apps you need. Your Xperia phone has excellent business capabilities.

Learn more about Xperia in business

Perfect partners

Headsets, docks, great stuff for in-car use and more. Team up your phone with your choice of Extras.

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Downloads and takeaways

Find the User guide (all language versions)

Specifications

This is a listing of Xperia SP’s main features and functions. For a complete technical specification, download the Xperia™ SP White paper (634 kB)

Camera and video

  • 8 megapixel camera with auto focus
  • 16x digital zoom
  • Sony Exmor RS™ for mobile image sensor
  • HD video recording (1080p)
  • Front-facing camera (VGA)
  • Scene recognition, Face detection and Smile detection
  • HDR for picture
  • Sweep Panorama
  • Flash - pulsed LED and photo light
  • Superior auto
  • Image playback, supported formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG
  • Image capture, supported format: JPEG
  • Video playback, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4, MKV, MPEG2-TS, MPEG-4, WEBM
  • Video recording, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4

Connectivity and communication

  • 3.5 mm audio jack (CTIA)
  • aGPS*
  • Bluetooth 4.0 wireless technology
  • DLNA Certified
  • GLONASS*
  • MHL Support
  • Media Go
  • Media Transfer Protocol support
  • Micro USB support, USB charging and USB High speed 2.0 support
  • Native USB tethering
  • NFC
  • Screen mirroring
  • Xperia Link
  • Wi-Fi and WiFi Hotspot functionality
  • WebKit web browser with Pan & zoom
  • Synchronisation via Exchange ActiveSync, Facebook, Google Sync and SyncML

Entertainment

  • PlayStation Certified
  • Sony Entertainment Network (selected markets only)
  • Video streaming
  • TV launcher
  • Motions gaming
  • 3D games
  • Audio playback, supported formats: MP3, AVI, 3GPP, MP4, MKV, MPEG-TS, SMF, WAV, Ogg vorbis, FLAC
  • Audio recording, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4, AMR
  • FM Radio with RDS
  • xLoud Experience – audio filter technology from Sony
  • “WALKMAN” application
  • TrackID music recognition*
  • 3D surround sound
  • Clear bass, Clear stereo and Clear Phase
  • Bluetooth stereo (A2DP)

Pre-loaded applications

  • Google Chrome*
  • Google Play*
  • Google Voice Search*
  • Google Maps for Mobile with Street view and Latitude*

Memory

  • RAM: 1GB
  • Flash memory: Up to 8 GB**
  • Expansion slot: microSD card, up to 32 GB

Networks

  • UMTS HSPA+ 850 (Band V), 900 (Band VIII), 2100 (Band I) Mhz
  • UMTS HSPA+ 1700 (Band IV), 1900 (Band II) (not available in all markets)
  • GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
  • LTE Bands 1, 2, 4 and 5 (not available in all markets)
  • LTE Bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8 and 20 (not available in all markets)

Design and display

  • 4.6", 1280 x 720 pixels, 16,777,216 colour display
  • Corning Gorilla glass
  • Sony Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2
  • Screenshot capturing
  • Capacitive touchscreen with on-screen QWERTY keyboard
  • Glove mode
  • Light effects
  • Transparent / Aluminium frame

* This feature is not available in all markets

** Memory comprises of approximate 2 GB firmware and 5.5 GB “Internal storage” for music, pictures and movies, and downloaded applications and their data.

*** Values are according to GSM Association Battery Life Measurement Technique. Battery performance may vary depending on network conditions and configurations, and phone usage.

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