Your RM900 might be AP version.

ori boss..

lol, dont know market maa .. was looking looking then was introduced this, cheaper than desire 600 then didn't survey and bought lo ..

desired 600 using better quadcore by qualcomm snapdragon 4.. other than that.. other are almost same ady.. have touched before quite smooth.. but dunno after installed apps.. every phone is smooth enough before apps.. normal daily use i think no problem d.. dont think keep trying to push mid-end phone to play some high graphics games and complain late.. even top hardware also will have lag..

game developer keep update their artitechture as well.. force us feel the older model lag.. haiz

interesting, i never dive deep down more actually ..

its going to be a normal dual sim phone for me, use abit of andriod app ..
fingers crossed for kit kat, although the phone is not in the list ..

Feel free to share your experience with all of us here.

This post has been edited by JJKTP: Nov 8 2013, 03:14 PM

My mistake boss. I thought it was RM800. I read it wrongly and type it wrongly too in my previous post.

Over here can get around RM860 for ori.

I've been looking around for a dual sim phone, more as a spare and for traveling overseas, and was looking at this model as well. There's actually two categories - one would be the "less popular" brands and the other would be the "popular brands".

For the less popular brands e.g. Lenovo, Huawei, Alcatel and Acer - I think for the amount of money for the Xperia C, you can get a flagship or close-to-flagship model already, sharper screen resolution, more RAM (in some cases, not all), sleeker design (e.g. the Alcatel One Touch Idol X) and also more internal storage and in some cases better camera (well, at the very least, higher megapixel count). For the quad-core entry models that match the specs of the Xperia C, the price for these models would be almost half, for example Lenovo A706 and Huawei G525, ha ha.

For the popular brands, the Xperia C would compete with the Galaxy Quattro and HTC Desire 600 base on price range, the Quattro is priced the same as the Xperia C, while Desire 600 costs RM200 more (Recommended Retail Price). The losing point for the Xperia C is the internal storage (a miserable 4GB) and the screen resolution (in terms of pixel density) loses out to the Desire 600 but tops the Galaxy Quattro. The Quattro also has the inferior camera of the bunch, 5MP.

So I'm still deciding between going for a dual sim phone in the "value for money" first category or the "popular brand peace of mind" second category, ha ha ha.

But if I do go for category two, then it would be Xperia C.

(Oh, I thought I share this, I got a salesperson to install Antutu benchmark on the Xperia C and the results were pretty decent. Tested the phone and it was pretty smooth, though there seems to be a tiny, slight lag when auto-rotating while playing a video...)

Agree with you. And to add some more info on HTC Desire 600. It uses Qualcomm MSM8625Q Snapdragon 200 which essentially just a quad-core ARM Cortex A-5 built at 45nm manufacturing process which has no place in 2013 where 28nm processor is everywhere even in china no-brand phone. And considering the price premium of RM200 over Xperia C, you can easily decide which one is better.

Yeah, plus as far as the Antutu benchmark is concerned, the Xperia C outdid the Desire 600 and Galaxy Quattro.

Oh, a question to owners, what does the LED light at the bottom do? Does it blink when you get notifications and stuffs?

it didn't blink for me when sms came in, not sure if i can set it up thought, didn't explore ..

It's odd coz u no need worry about internal storage.. In xperia c, u got option to move data of games to real microsd..

For Samsung Quattro, grand and core, all very laggy from my friends and his dad.. But at least I found xperia c still smooth.. I think xperia c only target to consumer who need dual sim and big screen.. Nothing much to complaint since normal user for my gf..

About camera, don't give a f*** feel that can get output like dslr.. It's just normal quality that smartphone will do.. Is aw above got people complain about camera..

This post has been edited by ChuanHong: Nov 9 2013, 01:27 AM

Another plus point is that this Xperia C has a bigger battery. However I just wonder why out of 2 Xperia C that I tested, the dedicated camera button on both of the seems a bit loose, not as in the Xperia Z.

I know it changes color to suit the background of the display which is pretty cool, but I was just curious to know if it does anything else than just that, hehe... Thanks anyway!

Hmm, strange I didn't feel that, but then again I never tested the Xperia Z. Perhaps the button on the C is made from inferior materials. Anyways, have not used a smartphone with a dedicated camera key for the longest time so it's not a concern for me.

Yeah, the C battery is bigger than that of the Desire 600 and Galaxy Quattro, no doubt... but for RM100 less or so you can get the Lenovo P780 with an insane 4000mAH battery - that's like a smartphone with the battery of a tablet, ha ha ha...

For me the direct competion for Xperia C is Huawei G700 since both using the same SOC MediaTek 6889. Both priced closely depending which area and shop. Other then that both almost similar spec with G700 having bigger ram and XP C having better camera.

should be MTK MT6589..same as p780 too...but the price of g700 is only around rm760...and p780 around rm830...sony still priced it a bit high... but it is 'Sony"...

This post has been edited by Hico: Nov 9 2013, 11:38 PM

What to do, pay for the brand...

Is it true the battery is non-user replaceable?? That's a huge disadvantage for a so called entry level phone like this...

was looking around and found this phone beside Xperia Z1, tested both phone and was shocked as the screen on Xperia C look better than Xperia Z1, Z1 screen abit washed out even viewing directly. Xperia C was also smooth was scrolling around. i think C can be a good entry level phone for someone with limited budget. It's 5 inches screen for Xperia C