Sony Mobile Communications or Sony Mobile has announced a new smartphone in the United Kingdom, named as Xperia M2 Aqua. The new handset from the company will come affordable and is the Japanese first ever device to pack in their popular water resistance in a middle ranged budget friendly price tag, offering it's users with the IP65/68-certification ratings on board, also featuring Sony's signature OmniBalance design. The new smartphone unveiled by Sony will be available in both Black and White color options, and we expect the new handset to begin it's sales by this year's Autumn 2014, and should arrive in markets including, Latin America, Asia Pacific and Europe.
"Xperia M2 Aqua is a significant milestone in our product portfolio as we bring yet another of our signature technologies to a new category of smartphones. The popularity of Xperia M2 showed us that there was a huge demand for premium Sony features at an affordable price-point. Following consumer feedback, we've now taken this a step further by bringing our waterproof expertise to a mid-range smartphone for the first time with Xperia M2 Aqua. It is a smartphone that lets customers take the best of Sony technology and entertainment with them wherever they go come rain or shine and we are excited to bring it to market," said Calum MacDougall, Director of Xperia Marketing at Sony Mobile.
So, what does the phone got underneath? The newly announced Sony made Xperia M2 Aqua will come out of the box with a 1.2GHz Quad-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor and Adreno 305 Graphics Processing Unit, 4.8-inches qHD IPS screen panel of 540 x 960 resolution display, marked at 230 pixels-per-inch, eight gigabytes of internal mass storage (expandable via microSD card slot), one gigabyte of Random Access Memory, eight megapixels primary shooter on the back with Sony's own Exmor RS for mobile image sensor, and auto-focus, capable of capturing Full High Definition 1080p videos, and features including, High Dynamic Range (HDR), SteadyShot video stabilization, Superior Auto automatic scene selection, Pulsed LED flash and 4x digital zoom.
There's also a 1.1 megapixels secondary camera on the front, and for connectivity, the Xperia M2 Aqua embraces Bluetooth 4.0, DLNA Certified, aGPS, Wi-Fi Miracast Wireless audio and video connections between other capable devices, Near Field Communication (NFC), 4G LTE and 3G UMTS HSPA network radio capabilities. You will get a 2,330mAh powered battery and Battery STAMINA Mode, running Android's version 4.4 KitKat with proprietary User Interface on top.
Source: Sony