Yea the comments on that article seems to think that the author is a Sony hater. What is touchscreen version' b'? And does the phone feel good to hold? That website seems to say that it feels very plastic and cheap. But I like the design of this phone

This post has been edited by bigbangformula: Feb 13 2013, 05:42 PM

Compared to Samsung, tx doesn't feels like plastic at all.. It feels solid when hold in hand

Sorry double posted accidentally.

This post has been edited by stevensteady: Feb 13 2013, 06:23 PM

a = c = No Air Gap
b = OptiContrast

Good to hear that

So how to differentiate, and usually what is the version I would get if I get an ori set?

Version b is supposedly better, with better viewing angles and colors, but most local sets are either a or c.

How's your deep sleep? My build number is 212.



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I've read the review of tx before. Most of the reviews, including androidpolice, said that tx is not a bad phone. But just that it is also nothing really outstanding about it to be categorize it as a flagship model... Of course, when sony say its a flagship device, expectations must be high.
Have it been released earlier, it surely is an evolutionary device with its sleek design and performance. But it just arrive a little too late, over shadowed by quad core phones like s3, note2 and one x, nexus 4,...

New user here......

Apa jadi to your ipong?

So after close to a week of using, here's my findings..

- Sharp camera, but fails quite badly in dark places
- quite snappy, but there's that annoying pauses every now and then
- Not sure if its the phone's problem or skype, but everytime i launch Chrome, Skype will close
- The walkman app fc a lot.
- can add more small apps, but i feel Samsung's implementation of the multi window to be a bit more superior.
- battery life could be better
- It needs to be rooted for me to get the most out of this phone

I see..but for first time users of smartphones, the TX should be very good already right? It's just that people have so high expectations nowadays from smartphones...and does One X overshadows TX? It might be quad core, but I heard the battery drains quite fast and it's laggy sometimes

like i said, it's definitely not a bad phone, just not there yet to compete head on with the "big boys". for new user definitely worth it, more so for the affordable price now.
starting 2012, quad core phones are making headlines. so the TX, being a dual core only, certainly will lose out in terms of marketing. true that the dual core S4 in TX are very good processor, where in some cases it even outbeat the quad core performance. but in this real world, people tends to look at numbers, GHz, dual core, quad core, ram.... common people will still think "of course 4 brains are better than 2 brains".
one x... on paper it is indeed a very promising device. if you read all the reviews, it can be said second only to the "almighty" S3 at that time. however, u r right that the battery disappoint. u may also read up the one x thread, and u'll find that there's alot of qc problem, especially the 1st batch...

well, anyway, these r just my opinion.
TX used to be my targeted phone when it was first announced
but eventually got tired of the long wait and gotten myself acro s last year. now eying on the Z/ZL

Chrome for Android is a memory hog. The OS needs to close all other running apps to free up memory for it.

Yeah, I know. 100+ MB of RAM

No wonder Skype had to close.

I dont like to use Chrome as it consumes alot Ram until hang.. Preferable to use Maxthon Browser..

Yea I think that's what the reviewers look at. They just see it on paper..when they might not have even really tested the phones. Compare Xperia's to HTC One X, the Xperia's look nicer. And one more thing: how's the battery life of the TX? Based on reviews, it seems the battery drains quite fast too

So how's ur acro s? Looked at this model too, but I think it looks too thick haha

This post has been edited by bigbangformula: Feb 14 2013, 06:00 PM

My battery drains kinda fast, especially wifi wifi + listening to music

For me when I compare to my sis S3, i hardly can feel the difference in speed at all. In fact even in most benchmark TX come pretty much close to S3 and in quadrant beat the mighty S3 too. IMHO, one thing that TX does shines thru is its GPU Adreno 225, it can perform more complex 3d graphics compare to Mali400 of S3 and also Directx 9 certified as well if my sources are correct.

Battery wise, yes it is a bit weak but given the slim arc design it is no suprise that Sony had to sacrifice some battery capacity to make way for its distinctive iconic shape. So, it is acceptable for me.....

XPEriA TX USER HERE!