The Sony Xperia X is an Android smartphone produced by

Sony , commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professiona ...

. Part of the Sony Xperia X series, the device was unveiled along with the

Sony Xperia XA The Sony Xperia XA is an Android smartphone produced by Sony. Part of the Xperia XA Series, the device was unveiled along with the Sony Xperia X and Sony Xperia X Performance at MWC 2016 on February 22, 2016. Specifications Hardware The dev ...

and

Sony Xperia X Performance The Sony Xperia X Performance is an Android smartphone produced by Sony. Part of the Sony Xperia X series, the device was unveiled along with the Sony Xperia XA and Sony Xperia X at MWC 2016 on February 22, 2016. It was Sony's flagship smartpho ...

at MWC 2016 on February 22, 2016. The Sony Xperia X series will replace the former

Sony Xperia Z series Sony Xperia Z series is a line of flagship Android (operating system), Android smartphones and tablet computer, tablets in the Sony Xperia series manufactured by Sony Mobile. On February 25, 2016, Sony discontinued the Xperia Z series in favor o ...

, as confirmed by

Sony Mobile 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. ...

's senior product marketing manager Jun Makino in February 2016. At the 2017 Investor Day event, Sony announced it would be dropping its "premium standard" phones (one step below the flagship premium models), including the Xperia X and X Compact. The flagship X Performance and XZ phones will continue, as well as the XA1, XA1 Ultra, and the upcoming XZ1 and XZ1 Compact.

Specifications

Hardware

The device features a

1080p 1080p (1920×1080 progressively displayed pixels; also known as Full HD or FHD, and BT.709) is a set of HDTV high-definition video modes characterized by 1,920 pixels displayed across the screen horizontally and 1,080 pixels down the screen ve ...

screen and a 64-bit 1.8 GHz hexa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 system-on-chip with 3 GB of RAM. The device also has 32 GB and 64 GB (dual-sim variant) of internal storage with microSD card expansion up to 200 GB and includes a non-removable 2620 mAh battery. The rear-facing camera of the Xperia X is 23

megapixel In digital imaging, a pixel (abbreviated px), pel, or picture element is the smallest addressable element in a raster image, or the smallest point in an all points addressable display device. In most digital display devices, pixels are the sm ...

s with a sensor size of 1/2.3 inch and an aperture of f/2.0, featuring a

Sony Exmor RS Exmor is the name of a technology Sony implemented on some of their CMOS image sensors. It performs on-chip analog/digital signal conversion and two-step noise reduction in parallel on each column of the CMOS sensor. Exmor RS is the world's ...

image sensor An image sensor or imager is a sensor that detects and conveys information used to make an image. It does so by converting the variable attenuation of light waves (as they pass through or reflect off objects) into signals, small bursts of c ...

with quick launch and predictive hybrid autofocus that utilizes phase detection

autofocus An autofocus (or AF) optical system uses a sensor, a control system and a motor to focus on an automatically or manually selected point or area. An electronic rangefinder has a display instead of the motor; the adjustment of the optical system ...

that can focus on the object within 0.03 seconds. The front facing camera is 13MP with a 1/3" EXMOR RS for mobile sensor and has a 22mm equivalent F2.2 lens. The phone features QNOVO adaptive battery charging technology which aims to extend the lifespan of the battery. The rear (back) camera has hardware issues that could result in it not functioning. Users within the product warranty are entitled to a manufacturer repair.

Software

The Xperia X is preinstalled with Android 6.0.1 Marshmallow with Sony's custom interface and software. On August 23, 2016, Sony announced that the Xperia X would receive an upgrade to Android 7.1.1 Nougat. On December 19, 2016, the Android 7.0 Nougat update for the Xperia X has officially rolled out. In June 2017, Sony released Android 7.1.1 Nougat for the Xperia X.

Sailfish OS Sailfish OS is a Linux-based operating system based on free software, and open source projects such as Mer as well as including a closed source UI. The project is being developed by the Finnish company Jolla. The OS first shipped with the ...

, announced to proceed to community beta phase during July 2017, has been released, and is available in select countries since October 11, 2017. On 6 February 2018 Xperia X has received an official Android 8.0 Oreo update.

Ubuntu Touch Ubuntu Touch is a mobile version of the Ubuntu operating system, being developed by the UBports community. Its user interface is written in Qt, and is designed primarily for touchscreen mobile devices such as smartphones and tablet computers, ...

can also be installed on the Xperia X.

Variants

Here is a partial description of the Xperia X variants (X, X dual sim, X Compact) sold in the world:

References

External links

*
Official Press ReleaseIntroducing the first ”X” series smartphones – Xperia X, Xperia X Performance and Xperia XA featuring new camera and battery technologyOfficial Whitepaper

Official Whitepaper (Dual SIM version)

{{Sony Ericsson phones Android (operating system) devices Smartphones X Mobile phones introduced in 2016 Digital audio players Ubuntu Touch devices