Xperia™ tipo and Xperia™ miro – two new fun and stylish additions to the Xperia™ portfolio

Today we have announced two new Xperia™ smartphones called Xperia™ tipo and Xperia™ miro. Xperia™ miro is a slim and stylish smartphone available in a fun range of colours, and with a deep integration of Facebook™. Xperia™ tipo is designed to be easy to use, and it will also be available in a dual SIM version called Xperia™ tipo_dual. Both of these new smartphones will also be released with Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Read more after the jump!

Sony Xperia™ miro.

Xperia miro is a slim, stylish smartphone with Facebook social experiences integrated throughout. Users are alerted to new incoming messages and social updates with colourful illuminations, and can easily video chat with friends using the front facing camera. To provide great music entertainment, it integrates Sony’s xLOUD audio technology, giving crisp and loud sound.

•  Xperia™ miro also brings the following highlights:
•  800 MHz Qualcomm MSM7225A processor.
• Xperia™ miro ST23i supports UMTS HSPA 900 (Band VIII), 2100 (Band I), and GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900.
• Xperia™ miro ST23a supports UMTS HSPA 850 (Band V), 1900 (Band II), 2100 (Band I), and GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900.
• 3.5” display (measured diagonally), anti-reflection coating on mineral glass.
• 320×480 pixels.
• 4 GB (up to 2.2 GB user-accessible memory) internal phone storage.
• 512 MB RAM.
• Memory card slot: microSD™, up to 32GB
• 1500 maH battery.
• 113 x 59.4 x 9.9 mm.
• 110 grams.

• 5 MP camera resolution.
• 4x digital zoom.
• LED photo flash.
• VGA video recording.
• Front facing VGA camera.

•  Accelerometer.
• Proximity sensor.
• Magnetometer.
• Bluetooth™.
• aGPS*.
• DLNA Certified®.
• xLOUD sound experience.
• Launching on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).
• PlayNow™ service*.
• TrackID™ music recognition*.
• Facebook integration with contacts, gallery and the music player.
• Sony Entertainment Network*.

* This service is not available in all markets.

Xperia™ miro will be available in black, black/pink, white and white/gold colours, and will launch globally during Q3 2012.

Sony Xperia™ tipo.

Xperia™ tipo offers a simple and easy to use smartphone experience targeting consumers who may be purchasing their first smartphone. With a built-in application enabling users to monitor their data usage, excellent battery life and the latest Android platform – Ice Cream Sandwich – consumers can make the most of their smartphone experience. And if you have several phone subscriptions and need to use two sim cards at the same time, Xperia™ tipo dual will be your obvious choice!

Xperia™ tipo also brings the following highlights:

• 800 MHz Qualcomm MSM7225A processor.
• Xperia™ tipo ST21i and ST21i2 supports UMTS HSPA 900 (Band VIII), 2100 (Band I), and GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900.
• Xperia™ tipo ST21a and ST21a2 supports UMTS HSPA 850 (Band V), 1900 (Band II), 2100 (Band I), and GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900.
• 3.2” display (measured diagonally), shatter proof sheet on acrylic glass.
• 320×480 pixels.
• 2.9 GB* (up to 2.5 GB user-accessible memory) internal phone storage.
• 512 MB RAM.
• Memory card slot: microSD™, up to 32GB
• Dual SIM (Xperia™ tipo dual).
• 1500 maH battery.
• 103x 57×13 mm.
• 99.4 grams.
• 3.2 MP camera resolution.
• 4x digital zoom.
• VGA video recording.
• Accelerometer.
• Proximity sensor.
• Bluetooth™.
• aGPS*.
• xLOUD sound experience.
• Launching on Android 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich).
• PlayNow™ service*.
• TrackID™ music recognition*.
• Facebook integration with contacts, gallery and the music player.
• Sony Entertainment Network*.

* This service is not available in all markets.

Xperia™ tipo will be available in red, white, blue and black colours, and will launch globally during Q3 2012.

More information:

• Download the Xperia miro white paper.
• Download the Xperia tipo white paper.
• Download the Xperia tipo dual white paper.
• Read the Xperia tipo and Xperia miro press release.