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Sony's customisable Xperia U hits retail

Sony's latest Android smartphone, the Xperia U, hit retail today, completing the first trio of handsets in the company's NXT collection. The Sony Xperia U is the smallest of its NXT range siblings, with a 3.5in Bravia-branded touchscreen at a resolution of 480 x 854. Sony Xperia U Powered by a 1GHz processor with 512MB of Ram …

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Is there even a market?

For a smartphone this compromised on Storage?

And from Sony of all people.

WTF?

4GB and no uSD?

Really? Come on, that is a massive fail! The "cloud" is unreliable, data connections are expensive and capped, wtf was Sony thinking?

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Re: 4GB and no uSD?

> wtf was Sony thinking?

Praying this doesn't fail as hard as the Vita and most of their other recent products.

It's a budget phone

I believe it's the cheapest dual core phone you can currently get. If you need oodles of storage, perhaps it's not the right phone for you. Sure, a uSD slot would have nailed it good and proper, but I will bet the consumption of my hat that sales figures will argue against any suggestion of "fail" for this device.

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End of the road...

...for me and Sony phones.

Been with them ever since the K750i.

Was that really 7 years ago..... [sigh]

After the Xperia Pro Mini I'll have to look elsewhere.

Re: End of the road...

That is a shame....I have been with them since the T610i, and my current Xperia S is like the SonyEricsson before it....only better in every way. More stable, faster, better built. Seems a shame to move on just as they are seriously getting their act together.....

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Re: End of the road...

Your loss.

My Xperia Arc S is superb...

Or you could wait for

The Xperia SX which looks to be all this phone isn't; small, light, expandable (8GB internal and takes an micro SD), fast (dual 1.5GHz and LTE), hi-res screen and launches with ICS. Japan only at the moment but looks a good option for those of us who don't want surfboard sized phones.

Re: Or you could wait for

Good call, but the chances they'll fit it with a user-replaceable battery? If not, then a complete no-go for the increasing numbers of people realising the folly of unnecessary network-sponsored obsolescence.

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