Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray ST18i

Overview

Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray: A Pretty Thin and Light Handset

Misc

Design

Shades

Camera

Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray ST18i is a mid-range android smartphone with impressive and stylish looks. It was announced in June, 2011 but released in August in the same year. The battery cover is covered with the gold color along with 2 vertical edges, while glossy black shade is used on the other parts of the mobile. It works on 2G (GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900) and 3G (HSDPA 900 / 2100 - ST18i) network frequencies and sports mini-SIM.

Display and Dimensions

The device features a 3.3 inches LED-backlit LCD capacitive touch screen with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels. The display is capable to exhibit 16M colors and carries a pixel density of 297 ppi. It looks like a traditional candybar mobile phone when you hold it in your hand. Talking about its dimensions it is measured as 111 x 53 x 9.4 mm and weighs at 100 grams. Other display features of the Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray are accelerometer sensor for auto-rotate, multi-touch input method, proximity sensor for auto turn-off, touch sensitive controls, scratch-resistant display, and times cape user interface.

Processor and Operating System

Xperia Ray ST18i runs on Android v2.3 (Gingerbread) operating system and under the hood ticks a 1 GHz Scorpion Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon processor backed by 512MB of RAM.

Camera

Talking about the camera optics, it comes with a 8 MP auto-focus camera with LED flash that allows to capture high quality videos. At the front, the phone has 0.3MP camera which is used to enjoy the video calling. Additional features of the camera include geo-tagging, face and smile detection, touch focus and image stabilization.

Storage

The Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray ST18i is loaded with 1GB internal memory and 32GB expandable memory along with the memory card slot which gives sufficient space for storing video and music files.

Connectivity and Battery

The handset is energized by Li-Ion 1500 mAh battery with a decent talktime of 7 hours and 430 hours of stand-by time. In addition connectivity features include 3G, GPRS, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot, EDGE, microUSB v2.0 and GPS.

Shades

The phone has arrived in 4 attractive shades: Pink, White, Gold and Black.

Entertainment

It is featured with few entertainment options like FM Radio, music player, video player, 3.5mm audio jack and loud speaker. In order to connect with friends and mates through messaging it offers the facility of SMS, MMS, Email, Push Email and IM (Instant Messaging).

Other Features

The thin and light device has some common features including calendar, voice memo and alarm clock.

Verdict

Overall, Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray ST18i has some positive points like excellent call quality, compact, neat design and negative like short battery life and small screen size.