Android
Android may refer to:
Science and technology
* Android (robot), a humanoid robot or synthetic organism designed to imitate a human
* Android (operating system), Google's mobile operating system
** Bugdroid, a Google mascot sometimes referred to ...
based
smartphone
A smartphone is a portable computer device that combines mobile telephone and computing functions into one unit. They are distinguished from feature phones by their stronger hardware capabilities and extensive mobile operating systems, whic ...
manufactured by
Sony Mobile Communications
Sony Mobile Communications Inc. ( ja, ソニーモバイルコミュニケーションズ株式会社) was a multinational telecommunications company founded on October 1, 2001, as a joint venture between Sony Group Corporation and Ericsson. I ...
. It is a budget oriented mid-range device with 5" qHD
IPS display
IPS (in-plane switching) is a screen technology for liquid-crystal displays (LCDs). In IPS, a layer of liquid crystals is sandwiched between two glass surfaces. The liquid crystal molecules are aligned parallel to those surfaces in predetermine ...
, a 5 megapixel camera and a 2MP front camera with automatic scene recognition. Like other Sony phones, the E4 has its own OmniBalance dual-layered design. The outermost layer has its own body and the glass screen part has its own division which is enclosed by the outermost layer. The Sony Xperia E4 is a mid range Android smartphone designed and manufactured by Sony. It was announced in February 2015. The Xperia E4 has a dual SIM variant named the Xperia E4 Dual and the Xperia E4 has a kind of LTE Successor which is the Sony Xperia E4g.
Hardware
The Xperia E4 features a 5-inch display with a resolution of qHD
IPS
IPS, ips, or iPS may refer to:
Science and technology Biology and medicine
* ''Ips'' (genus), a genus of bark beetle
* Induced pluripotent stem cell or iPS cells
* Intermittent photic stimulation, a neuroimaging technique
* Intraparietal sulcus ...
. It has a 5 megapixels camera capable of HDR pictures. On the inside, the Xperia E4 features a 1.3 GHz quad-core MediaTek processor, a 2,300mAh Li-Ion battery, 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage and microSD support up to 32GB. Weighing 144g, the device measures 137 x 74.6 x 10.5 mm. The phone includes an FM Radio and, for connectivity, Bluetooth 4.1.
Due to the phone itself being Entertainment centric, the Xperia E4 includes a tons of applications including Walkman, PartyShare, xLoud, Clear Audio+ and Camera apps found on the software of the phone.
Software
The Xperia E4 comes with Sony's Timescape UI ''(or Xperia UI)'' and Google's Android 4.4.4 KitKat with some notable applications additions such as Sony's Media applications (Walkman, Album and Videos). Additionally, the device also includes Sony's battery stamina mode which increases the phone's standby time up to 4 times and Ultra Stamina Mode which they advertise to have up to 2 days of battery life with mid usage. Several Google applications (such as
Google Chrome
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Google Voice Search
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,
Google Search
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The ...
Google Talk
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Google Talk was ...