Vlad Savov reviews Sony’s Xperia S for The Verge. With a 1280×720 display, 12 megapixel camera and a dual-core CPU, it’s the company’s first major new design since buying out Sony-Ericsson. How does it do?
The Xperia S isn’t a bad phone, it’s just not particularly good at any one thing. I find this disappointing because Sony’s brand ethos has always been about conquering the heights of technology, not settling for a moderately good device in the middle of the pack.
Dead on arrival, in other words. You can tell Sony is trying hard to catch up, however, because the edition of Android on it is only 14 months old.