The Sony Xperia S is something of a smartphone stepchild: the first smartphone to bear Sony’s sole brand in recent years, but developed under the loving care of the Sony Ericsson partnership the Japanese company bought itself out of. It certainly ticks a lot of the right boxes – 720p HD display, high-resolution 12.1-megapixel camera and some reasonably distinctive design – but we’ve seen our fair share of Android handsets over-promise and under-deliver. So, hangover from the past or a sign of things to come? Check out the full SlashGear review after the cut.

Hardware

Unapologetic in its squared-off, angular heft, the Xperia S is a solid, creak-free slab of a phone finished in soft-touch plastic and neatly recessed glass. Accommodating a 4.3-inch display demands a 5 x 2.5 x 0.4 inch casing, however; this isn’t a small handset, and at 5.1oz it’s reasonably weighty. Most distinctive is the strip of transparent plastic separating the end-cap – which on the Xperia U is interchangeable, but here is fixed – from the body of the smartphone as a whole.
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