VAIO Phone is reality: Mid-range Smartphone

It was finally officially announced the first VAIO smartphone, a device was the technical features not too exciting, offered at a price no doubt debatable. The historic brand VAIO no longer belongs to Sony for over a year.

It was bought by Japan Industrial Partners that he plans to make money from a name that has actively participated in the evolution of the personal computer and science in general. After announcing a series of laptops, the company has removed the veil from the VAIO Phone, the first smartphone ever to boast its own name emblazoned brand.

Aesthetically beautiful, at least by looking at the first picture released by the company, VAIO Phone does certainly a miracle on the technical side. As announced by a number of rumors of a few weeks ago, the smartphone VAIO uses a display from 5″ to HD resolution and a processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 410 quad-core 1.2 GHz, 2 GB of RAM and 16 GB of storage expandable.

With a battery by 2,500 mAh, the device has a reduced thickness in only 7.95 mm and weighs 130 g. VAIO Phone stands out for its design, with glass on the front and back and plastic frames. They will of course two cameras with VAIO Phone that does not want to disappoint fans of Selfie: the frontal one uses a 5 megapixel sensor, while the rear module is 13 megapixels.

Definitely appreciated the choice for the operating system: Android 5.0 smartphone uses Lollipop in a version very similar to the stock issued by Google. Judging by the technical specifications and design, VAIO Phone is essentially a smartphone midrange, Japan Industrial Partners has chosen a price in our view out of the market amounted to 51,000 yen, about $ 419 at current exchange rates.