Sony announces the Xperia S

[howard]

Here's the Sony Xperia S, Sony's new flagship phone. Available in Q1 2012 it has a dual core 1.5GHz processor Snapdragon S3 processor with the Adreno 220GPU, 1GB RAM, 4.3" 1280x720 display, 12MP camera and NFC. It will launch with Gingerbread, a Ice Cream Sandwich upgrade will be available in Q2.

Today we announced the new Xperia™ S, our new flagship smartphone and the first of the new Xperia NXT series. This stunning Android™ smartphone boasts a 1.5 GHz dual core, 1 GB RAM, 4.3-inch 720×1280 resolution reality display, 12 MP camera with Exmor R™ mobile, NFC, and much more! Read more after the jump.

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The Xperia™ S is the first in our new global line of Xperia™ phones called the Xperia NXT series. Launching on the Android™ 2.3 (Gingerbread) platform, Xperia™ S will be upgraded to Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) during the second quarter of 2012. It has a 1.5 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 MSM8260 dual core processor for stunning, fluid graphics, plus long battery life. You’ll also find the Adreno™ 220 GPU for an enhanced level of 3D graphics performance, and allows for support of a number of APIs, including OpenGL ES 2.0, OpenGL ES 1.1 and OpenVG 1.1. For more information on OpenGL, see our previous OpenGL blog post.
And as Sony’s flagship smartphone, Xperia™ S makes for easy connectivity to the Sony Entertainment Network and across multiple screens, whether it’s TV, smartphone, laptop or tablet. You can watch content from Video Unlimited, listen to songs, personal playlists and radio stations from Music Unlimited, and access the PlayStation® Network for PlayStation-certified content to guarantee high-quality smartphone gaming and access to the PlayStation Store.


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The Xperia™ S is also NFC enabled, allowing you to share content with other NFC devices and enjoy an increasing number of NFC applications and services, as well as Xperia™ SmartTags. Xperia™ SmartTags are a new kind of accessory that can launch a number of pre-configured profiles in the phone. It’s also GLONASS capable, allowing the device greater positioning accuracy when using navigation-related applications, and ANT+ enabled, which is an interoperability function that enables the collection, automatic transfer and tracking of sensor data for monitoring of personal wellness. For more in depth information on NFC, GLONASS and ANT+, stay tuned to Developer World going forward! For our current information on ANT+, check out these ANT+ blog posts.
Xperia™ S will be available to consumers globally from the first quarter 2012, and will come in 2 colors – black and white.

[Drillbit]

This phone is very representative of the 'Japanese' style of Android that is coming out from makers in Japan, mostly for their home markets. Very thin, very flat, very sleek.

[wlo8]

Will this be like previous SE phones with the "i" and "a" models or will this have pentaband 3G?

[Supa_Fly]

Great looking device that looks unique in this sea os screens! I think I may try Android with this or if htc dawns the Rezound for hspamarkwts.

[Drillbit]

Noting how "S" suddenly becomes a popular suffix.

Also note that as flagships go, the Ion is not the same phone as the Xperia S, the Ion has a bigger 4.65" screen and has LTE support.