COMPARISON BETWEEN SONY ERICSSON XPERIA X1O MINI AND VIVAZ PRO

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COMPARISON BETWEEN XPERIA X 10 MINI AND VIVAZ PRO

XPERIA X 10 MINI

It took a while before mobile phones became portable not only in name. At one point, small size alone made a phone something special. Calling and texting were all there was and twelve buttons were nonnegotiable.

Those times seem prehistoric now that a contemporary smartphone is expected to do all but the dishes. There we are – 3.7” touch screens are now the norm. It sounds like pushing the limits of portability but most people will not mind as long as there are virtually no limits on functionality. With nearly desktop-like browsing, video and TV – displays are only supposed to get better, crisper… and bigger. Who would want it the other way? Small touchscreen does not make sense.

   

Now, everyone has entitled to an opinion and Sony Ericsson are keen to disagree. Small touchscreen may be against the simple logic, but dont rush to judgment yet. Not until you have seen the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X10 mini. It has more smartphone powers than most users will ever need. It is a little sweetie, and it is cool and gadgety too.

Main disadvantages

·         QVGA resolution doesn’t do Android graphics justice and limits the number of compatible apps

·         Battery not user replaceable

·         Limited Android homescreen functionality

·         No smart dialing

·         Typing long messages is very hard on the small screen

·         No Bluetooth file transfers from the gallery

·         No Flash support for the web browser

·         Very basic camera interface

Therefore, long story short, crowds probably won’t be flocking to the shops to replace their full-sized XPERIA X10 units for the mini version. The X10 mini does not have it all and isn’t the ultimate smartphone, but all is not what everyone needs.

The X10 mini is easy on your pocket – and we don’t just mean size. The phone uses less expensive hardware – low-res screen, a midrange CPU. However, if you think of it, it is not just blatant cost-cutting.

   

It looks like they made the right choices and in the end you don’t have to pay for something you cannot use anyway. Anything higher than QVGA would not have made much difference on a 2.55” screen (which is the most you can fit in a phone this small really). Anything faster than the 600 MHz Qualcomm CPU is simply unnecessary given the low pixel count.

SONY ERICSSON VIVAZ PRO

It is a full-featured Smartphone with a QWERTY keyboard for great messaging and 720p video recording, all in an impressively compact body.

   

The term “camera phone” emerged soon after pictures taken with a mobile phone began to look less like impressionist paintings and more like actual photos. Today we are at a point when 5MP are nothing to write home about.

So, this here pro is the lesser camera phone of the Vivaz pair And “camcorder phone” does sound clumsy but if competing phones are any indication, 5MP stills and 720p video is quite an exciting combo.

            Main disadvantages

·         Camera downgraded from 8MP on the regular Vivaz

·         No camera lens protection

·         The S60 5th edition UI isn't the best in usability

·         No auto locking of the screen during a call

·         No DivX or XviD support out-of-the-box

·         No smart or voice dialing

·         No secondary video calling camera

The scales are swinging both ways. A point in favor of the Vivaz pro is the mature Symbian platform. It cannot hide its age and is struggling to catch up with the best in business. However, it has been around since the dawn of time (the time of smartphones that is), which makes it well supported and very reliable.

The QWERTY keyboard, the document viewer and the ActiveSync support are real must-haves for the business crowd. High-quality photos and videos may be a teenage thing but they can help be creative with a presentation too.

Another way to look at the Vivaz pro is as a great travel companion. Posting status updates on Twitter and Facebook is a breeze thanks to the keyboard and dedicated apps. Therefore, is uploading 720p videos to YouTube. There is even voice-guided navigation included.