I'm have been looking around for a new phone to replace my Samsung Galaxy Ace and came down to these two phones i.e. Xperia S amd Xperia Ion and I'm really torn. I can't make up my mind at all.
As you all are users already, I would like to get some insight into these two phones, the things I'm looking into are :
1)Developer community support (custom roms and stuff).
2) Battery life under moderately heavy usage(I won't mind charging once or twice daily)
3) Screen- contrasts, blacks, whites
4) I think the Camera is basically the same? Right?
5) All the reviews I've read have complained about the capacitive keys on both of them. How is it in reality? Is there a learning curve to it?
Any input would be highly appreciated. No trolls please.
Thanks.
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I think all ions are locked bootloader so therefore the development is limited
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jonathanpeter said:
I'm have been looking around for a new phone to replace my Samsung Galaxy Ace and came down to these two phones i.e. Xperia S amd Xperia Ion and I'm really torn. I can't make up my mind at all.
As you all are users already, I would like to get some insight into these two phones, the things I'm looking into are :
1)Developer community support (custom roms and stuff).
2) Battery life under moderately heavy usage(I won't mind charging once or twice daily)
3) Screen- contrasts, blacks, whites
4) I think the Camera is basically the same? Right?
5) All the reviews I've read have complained about the capacitive keys on both of them. How is it in reality? Is there a learning curve to it?
Any input would be highly appreciated. No trolls please.
Thanks.
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1)Development of XS is more than ion
2)ion's battery is bigger than XS , it must charging once a day if you use an android phone.
About screen and camera, i have not used ion, i dont know
the capacitive keys......i only want to say it's not hard to use
Ben36 said:
I think all ions are locked bootloader so therefore the development is limited
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You're wrong!
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Yes, I think ARNOB is right. It can be unlocked I think.
ARNOB, how's the Ion?
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At&t ions cant be bootloader unlocked, the rest can.
Ion has bigger screen and sd card support. Developer comunity is a lot bigger for xperia s. Capacitive buttons work fine on the ion(on mine i need only one press). Personally i was going to go for an S but choose the ion instead.
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jonathanpeter said:
Yes, I think ARNOB is right. It can be unlocked I think.
ARNOB, how's the Ion?
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Well, I've used a galaxy ace as well as both Xperia S and Xperia Ion. So here's my conclusive answer.
1. The community is very big for the Xperia S but in terms of mods and everything, ion is no way left behind.
2. Xperia Ion HSPA has a better battery imo compared to the LTE variant(due to 4G) and Xperia S.
3. Xperia S is said to have a larger dpi resulting a sharper display though I couldn't really feel the difference. While the Xperia Ion has deeper blacks, larger screen.
4. Camera is fully identical.
5. The capacitive buttons for both have no issues. But you might need a week to get used to it as its quite different from Samsung.
Hope it helps
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I don't know. Maybe I'll go for the Xperia S.
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jonathanpeter said:
I don't know. Maybe I'll go for the Xperia S.
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Welcome..
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where can i get the orginal xperia x10 keylock for my xperia arc
Eh?
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http://karun11.googlepages.com/XPERIAX10Livepics2.jpg
Unless someone made it for the Arc, which I don't think they have, you're out of luck.
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what does the X10 slide lock look like
you got me curious is there some thing better about it ?
Torres77an said:
you got me curious is there some thing better about it ?
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Having owned an X10, I much prefer the Arcs.
XperienceD said:
Having owned an X10, I much prefer the Arcs.
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Still, the X10's looks better and more original, but since there's no way to get on the 2011 Xperia range, I'm glad normal slide to unlock is better ;-)
Hello friends,
I own a Xperia Arc S and would like to upgrade. But not shure whether to get ion or xperia s
Xperia S have good ROM support over here but kinda looks thick compared to Ion maybe coz of curved shape.(after owning arc s everything seems to look fat )
Xperia Ion has bad ROM support but looks are better than Xperia S ( according to me)
So i need your help guys in deciding.
I went through many threads but couldnt find my answers.
Any help is appreciated
Thank You
arpith.fbi said:
Hello friends,
I own a Xperia Arc S and would like to upgrade. But not shure whether to get ion or xperia s
Xperia S have good ROM support over here but kinda looks thick compared to Ion maybe coz of curved shape.(after owning arc s everything seems to look fat )
Xperia Ion has bad ROM support but looks are better than Xperia S ( according to me)
So i need your help guys in deciding.
I went through many threads but couldnt find my answers.
Any help is appreciated
Thank You
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Xperia S !!
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+1
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I went with ion yeah it has lack of rooms right now but you can still root and have fun with it just as u can with the S, but like they say you can't go off wat people want u to get u gotta get wat u want, different strokes for different folks
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arpith.fbi said:
Hello friends,
I own a Xperia Arc S and would like to upgrade. But not shure whether to get ion or xperia s
Xperia S have good ROM support over here but kinda looks thick compared to Ion maybe coz of curved shape.(after owning arc s everything seems to look fat )
Xperia Ion has bad ROM support but looks are better than Xperia S ( according to me)
So i need your help guys in deciding.
I went through many threads but couldnt find my answers.
Any help is appreciated
Thank You
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Go for Ion :good: and I'll happily welcome you to the family bro
and also,the ion is lacking of custom ROM and custom kernel because most of the Xperia ion user have the at&t version (Lt28at),some got Rogers version and international version (both are Lt28i) and some got Lt28h (without LTE,like me in my country lol xD )
thanks for replying guys...in what terms ion is better than xperia S?
arpith.fbi said:
thanks for replying guys...in what terms ion is better than xperia S?
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Larger screen, SD card.
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jeriku said:
Larger screen, SD card.
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+ Much longer battery life
UchihaDareNial said:
+ Much longer battery life
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Not with lte. Xperia s has better battery life anyways.
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Let me make it straight forward. I bought the xperia S yesterday despite the screen resolution and the price really with xperia V and xperia T out here, the price has gotten lower.
1. Is it worth the trouble of unclocking bootloader and flashing a rom (if there's any decent one) which can make significant changes to battery life performance and is 99-100% stable? I have had Zte blade, Nexus S, Desire HD and i ran custom roms on all that but as being new to Sony Ericsson, i was wondering if there's a decent rom out there which would give significant boost to the performance over the stock firmware?
2. If yes, then gimme some names
3. Overall comments on the performance of the phone. I did realize that the soft keys are somewhat troublesome for someone who's coming from another phone and it less responsive at times but it is bearable.
4. Any must haves for the xperia s?
Thanks in advance!
pannekoek28 said:
4. Get root access. In the android development page there is a thread called bin4rys method. Use that.
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Is it really worth rooting?
Yes,its easy
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shad0wboss said:
4. Any must haves for the xperia s?
Thanks in advance!
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For must haves, check out: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2106759
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I need device with good camera, loud speaker, good volume in calls, battery life. there is no difference for me if it is water proof or not. the only 2 device that i can choose are xperia T or Xperia Acro S. what would u recommend?
Go for X T
Mine is X Acro S but I m thinking to upgrade to Xperia T
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Xperia T.
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why should i buy the T? what are the adventages over the Acro s?
neoxkid said:
why should i buy the T? what are the adventages over the Acro s?
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Well I choose xt over acro s bcoz of big screen, good processor, design, & most important jb 4.3 update in near future
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Ashu1307 said:
Well I choose xt over acro s bcoz of big screen, good processor, design, & most important jb 4.3 update in near future
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^^^ Answer.
Acro S is forgotten by SONY...
cities516 said:
^^^ Answer.
Acro S is forgotten by SONY...
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what about the hardware differences?
Clearly,Xperia T is superior than Acro S...but the T have some kinda 'washed off' screen based of users comparison...Acro S does have a great waterproof,but much older spec...
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neoxkid said:
what about the hardware differences?
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Well X Acro s has snapdragon s3 processor on the other hand XT has Snapdragon s4 plus, so definitely XT has better specs , both have 1 gb ram as well as 16 gb internal storage, but T has a 13 MP camera
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Ill be very honest. I have a ion and my wife has a T. There are no speed differences at all. Actually i prefer the ion due to not having the on screen buttons. The T does have a better speaker tho, her music sounds really nice. Otherwise even tho the T has the better processer, there no different.
Dont even talk about benchmarks as they mean nothing in day to day use and how the phone feels.
Im not familiar with the acro s....but isnt it similiar to the ion in terms of specs?
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Ashu1307 said:
Well X Acro s has snapdragon s3 processor on the other hand XT has Snapdragon s4 plus, so definitely XT has better specs , both have 1 gb ram as well as 16 gb internal storage, but T has a 13 MP camera
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And the camera is no better than the ion and the S. Mp dont mean anything.
In fact some of my test shots showed the ion was better while other shots the t was better.
But neither proved enough difference for it to matter.
Hi there all of u
I want to buy xperia ion hspa
But i have seen people complaining about the battery life and camera lens not shooting properly and lags on scrolling
Please help me out
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Rawwr said:
Hi there all of u
I want to buy xperia ion hspa
But i have seen people complaining about the battery life and camera lens not shooting properly and lags on scrolling
Please help me out
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I recommend you to buy the Xperia S. Because of the better battery life and developer support.
Nothing wrong with a Ion. I really like mine. There are some bugs in JB but nothing you cant get around. A unlocked version would be best.
zackspeed said:
Nothing wrong with a Ion. I really like mine. There are some bugs in JB but nothing you cant get around. A unlocked version would be best.
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There's nothing really wrong with the ion but let's say something is better.
Thanks for the info
After going through this forum
I have decided to buy xperia s
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Rawwr said:
Thanks for the info
After going through this forum
I have decided to buy xperia s
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Good choice.
Basically Xperia ion and Xperia S is same,4.6 inch screen for ion which is bigger and use much juice,but with 1900 mAh battery it's A-okay...
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