The Sony Xperia E (C1504/5, 1604/5) is an Android

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manufactured by

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. The phone was released in March 2013, and is available in single and dual SIM variants.

Core hardware

Xperia E is powered by a 1.008 GHz single core Qualcomm Snapdragon S1 (MSM7227A) processor. The phone has an internal storage of 750 MB, a built-in non-removable 4 GB SD card, (of which 2 GB is accessible by the user) and also supports a

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memory card up to 32 GB. The phone has 512 MB of

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, of which approximately 409 MB is available to the user. It also has an Adreno 200

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, clocked to 245 MHz.

Display

Xperia E has a 3.5 inch TFT

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scratch-resistant touch-screen that supports multi-touch up to 2 fingers. The display has a 320 x 480 pixel resolution, and supports 262,000 colours.

Software

Xperia E runs on Android 4.1.1 Jellybean, with the proprietary Timescape User Interface of Sony.

Other features

Xperia E has a 3.15 MP rear camera, that can capture still photos and videos. It does not have a front camera. It also has Bluetooth v2.1 + EDR with

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and

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IEEE 802.11b/g/n. It supports 3G

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mobile data up to 7.2

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, 2G

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up to 237 kbit/s, and 2G

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up to 68 kbit/s.
At the time of discontinuation, the price was $170 AUD for the single SIM variant.

References

External links

* {{Sony phones Android (operating system) devices Mobile phones introduced in 2013 Discontinued smartphones Sony smartphones