SONY XPERIA M2 DUAL REVIEW

A MID RANGE MOBILE PHONE WITH BIG ASPIRATION

              A SONY XPERIA M2 DUAL a phone which promises a good camera  with  long battery life .

LOOK AND FEEL

The Sony Xperia M2 Dual gets a bit lost in the crowd of Sony Xperia phones. Sony  at least have made a distinction between their own products in different price ranges.

Sony Xperia M2 Dual is a good-looking phone with glass on the front and back, and rubberised strips around the edges for better grip. It is not very slim, at 8.6mm, and also weighs 148g making it slightly heavy. Fortunately, it feels good in the hand, and the phone is quite sturdy too. The one thing that is missing here is the waterproofing found in Sony's flagship smartphones.

On the left edge of the phone is a microSD card slot protected by a flap, and Micro-USB port. Three physical buttons - power, volume up/down, and camera - are on the right edge along with another long flap covering the slots for two Micro-SIM cards. The top edge has only the 3.5mm jack and the bottom edge is dominated by a long speaker grille. 

The 4.8-inch LCD screen has a resolution of 540x960, which is very low compared to the HD screens on even a few lower-priced smartphones. While the resolution is low, it's good enough for most tasks. Sunlight legibility is passable but viewing angles suffer due to the highly reflective screen glass.

FEATURES AND SPECIFICATION

Sony Xperia M2 Dual has a Snapdragon 400 processor under its hood, clocked at 1.2GHz with an integrated Adreno 305 graphics processing unit. There is 1GB of RAM and 8GB of internal storage space, of which only around 5GB is available to the user. If that feels insufficient, it can be increased by 32GB using a microSD card.

The phone accepts two Micro-SIM cards, both of which can connect to 3G networks. They work in dual-standby mode. The front camera has a ridiculously low VGA resolution and can shoot videos only at 480p. The 8-megapixel rear camera, on the other hand, can capture videos at up to 1080p.

SOFTWARE

The phone runs on  4.3 jelly bean  and is expected to receive an update to Android KitKat soon.

CAMERA

  

The daylight shots had muted details and there was loads of chromatic aberration. Green leaves merged into each other despite specifically focusing on them.The camera struggled to focus on intended subjects very often. The camera couldn't do much in low light either, and images were often blurred. The less we say about the VGA front camera, the better. It is absolutely useless. 1080p videos taken with the rear camera weren't all that good either.

VERDICT

The screen is not that great, and its sluggish performance in daily usage is a downer. It has a retail price of Rs. 21,990 but can be found cheaper online.

The Sony Xperia M2 Dual doesn't feel like a good bargain.If you need a good-looking phone in this price range which will last up to two days on a single charge, then by all means consider the Xperia M2.

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RAHUL ARORA