Review: Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray ST18i Medium-sized Gingerbread

Review: Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray ST18i Medium-sized Gingerbread

You probably do not get along with upscale Android phones like the Xperia Arc, Samsung Galaxy S II, LG Optimus 2x and others because the screen is large 3.5-inch above the body makes too big, although its features are qualified. But for Android phones are smaller, usually its also a mini. Although there Xperia Xperia Mini or Mini Pro is tiny and still have attractive features, but many who consider their screens are only 3 inches too small. Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray then release the sailing 3.3 inches. Equipped with a 1GHz Scorpion processor, GPU Adreno 205, 8MP camera with Exmor R and Bravia Engine, mobile phones worth Rp. 3.1 million was actually featured as the Xperia Arc, but with a bandage casing simpler and smaller.
Sales Package- Warranty Card- Data and Kable head charger- Standard headset MH410- Manual- Battery 1500 mAh


Design and BodyRay's body looks elongated. This is because there is a fairly wide range between the upper end of the phone and the screen, as well as the bottom. To impresinya itself, this phone is pretty cool (relatively), the impression of the Sony Ericsson Xperia style so familiar in this phone. The back of the phone is made of matte rubber material such as Sony Ericsson Xperia X10 black. In addition to the left and right are lists of aluminum, but not too noticeable because the color is too dark. Rear casing pretty easily opened. At the front there is a front camera, while the mobile phone keypad is touch sensitive buttons''and''back''flanking''menu''Home''physical buttons. What is unique is the notification lights that surround the Home button. Suppose if you charge the phone battery is around the Home button will light up red, green when it's full of change. There is no camera button on the phone. The speakers themselves are one in the back of the phone at the bottom.

Left-right: the iPhone 4, Xperia Ray, Galaxy S Captivate
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ScreenRay screen equipped with Bravia Engine. But the Bravia Engine is active only when playing multimedia files. With a size of 3.3 inches and a resolution of 854x480 pixels (Full WVGA) screen is small but Ray-pixel pixel is very tight. The screen is still relatively small for big-fingered people, especially if you type using the qwerty keyboard in portrait position. The angle of vision is not so good, while it's under the sun screen display is still quite visible. Characteristics of the resulting color screen similar to the Xperia Arc Ray, Mini Pro and Play, in a slightly yellowish-white color displays. The screen looks fairly natural compared to Super AMOLED, but the level of contrast and point of losing his eyesight. Unfortunately there is no auto brightness feature is actually quite useful if you frequently use the phone outside the room so you do not need to change the screen brightness level settings manually.


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InterfaceBecause the same screen resolution used, it is not surprising that the user interface is used Xperia Ray and almost exactly the same with the Xperia Play and Arc, with shades of dark blue style of Sony Ericsson. Homescreen screen consists of 5 pages that you can add shortcuts, widgets, folders and wallpaper. Themes can be replaced with a variety of attractive colors.Sony Ericsson Xperia ST18i Ray Review Gallery


Wallpaper used also become the main menu background. To view the final application is opened you can hold the Home button for several seconds. Notification bar only shows notification without any shortcuts. The main menu consists of pages arranged horizontally not vertically but can be converted into its composition can be changed at will for you.Sony Ericsson Xperia ST18i Ray Review Gallery


Text InputThere are 3 keyboard input ie keyboard Chinese, International keyboard and japanese keyboard, so you can type in Japanese and Chinese. By default the keyboard is used when the phone is in portrait position keypad Phonepad''aka''abc. Even so you can replace it with a qwerty keyboard, but it felt pretty hard to type for big-fingered people. While in the landscape position no problem. To learn words any setting, quick fixes, word suggestion, and a vibration feedback when typing.Sony Ericsson Xperia ST18i Ray Review Gallery


PhonebookWhen you first use the contact will have the option to import contacts and synchronize with your accounts such as Facebook, WhatsApp, Exchange, Sync ML and Google. For new contacts, some additional fields that can be selected is the ringtone, IM, Email, Postal, Organization, Notes, nickname, Website and Internet Call.Sony Ericsson Xperia ST18i Ray Review Gallery


MessagingInterface on the writing of SMS is very intuitive and easy to use, with the display format or chat Threading provided allow users to see their chat. To turn it into an MMS is very easy, simply by adding multimedia files.
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G-Mail on Android phone is no doubt, push email is very fast. Supports multiple Gmail accounts, and standard features such as signatures, text size, label, notification, and others. Email notifications go to the bar almost in real time.
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This phone is the default messenger G-Talk, which features a push notification to perfection. Another messenger you can download in the Android Market. In addition there WhatsApp already gaining popularity among non BlackBerry users.Sony Ericsson Xperia ST18i Ray Review Gallery


CameraWith the ability to capture images up to 8 megapixels, like the Xperia Arc, moreover, used the same sensor, Exmor R mobile from Sony, which promises better picture results in low light or dark conditions. Not only that, Ray is also equipped with less LED flash and 720p HD video recorder. Features that came with the camera quite a lot Ray, among others: smile and face detectors, self timer, autofocus (single, multi), macro, infinity, touch focus, exposure, stabilizer, geo tagging and scenes. Camera interface with the Xperia Arc, easy to use but the absence of the camera button is quite troublesome.Sony Ericsson Xperia ST18i Ray Review Gallery

The results of the camera in the room and pretty good low-light conditions thanks to the sensor Exmor R. See photo at right end below: there though filled with noise, but what looks photographed. If you use another phone, you will hardly capture any image other than darkness. But the weakness of Arc cameras are also available here; the result is less detailed, because the resulting image file size is almost always below 1MB. In general, the resulting color good.
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Video RecorderIts features include: exposure, white balance, metering, self timer, stabilizer, and focus modes (single autofocus, face detection and infinity).Sony Ericsson Xperia ST18i Ray Review Gallery

Video recordings also helped by the Exmor R. The results of mp4 video format with a resolution of 1280x720 pixels, 29 frames per second framerate and bitrates over 6000kbps. The results are clear, no frameskip and quite sharp. Spend a minute videotape storage of 45MB, is quite economical.


Music PlayersMusic Player uses the view that given the customization by Sony Ericsson, but in essence the same, with four main categories: Artist, Albums, Tracks and Playlists. In landscape mode looks almost identical but quite interesting. There are several options equalizer like the classic, dance, flat, pop, rock and others. Video can be sent via bluetooth, Gmail, MMS and WhatsApp. The quality of sound produced Ray's tight enough, it's because XLoud features in the latest Xperia phone line. Using the resulting quality of the headset is pretty good, but unfortunately headset innate mediocrity.Sony Ericsson Xperia ST18i Ray Review Gallery


Photo GalleryGallery pictures and videos on Ray is a gallery with 3d display style Android phone. The time required for loading gallery fast enough, zooming can be done with pinch and zoom. As usual all the folders that contain pictures and video files into the gallery. We can directly upload / share images via MMS, Gmail, email, Facebook, Picasa, Bluetooth and WhatsApp. Then there are images that can be used as wallpaper, in the crop, or rotated. The existence of Bravia Engine makes the display of multimedia becomes increasingly fine, the resulting color tend to be natural.Sony Ericsson Xperia ST18i Ray Review Gallery


Video PlayerAs results of the videotape Ray video player capable of playing up to 720p HD resolution. Videos downloaded from YouTube played smoothly, the resulting color is pretty good, especially with the sharpness of the display 297 pixels per inch and the Bravia Engine. Although WVGA resolution in small screens may seem not optimal and unsatisfactory, especially if you're familiar with Android phones sailed more than 3.5 inches. One more setting in the video player built-Ray is scarce, but it effects the sound or subtitle is not supported by this phone.Sony Ericsson Xperia ST18i Ray Review Gallery


FM RadioYou must use a headset that functions as an antenna for listening to radio broadcasts. Station ID can be displayed (if any)Sony Ericsson Xperia ST18i Ray Review Gallery


ConnectivityRay Xperia 850/1800/1900/2100 runs on Quadband network and HSDPA 2100. Then the local connectivity is a-GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi (802.11 b / g / n) with DLNA and the ability to be a hotspot, and micro USB (as mass storage and PC sync using the Sony Ericsson PC Companion).Sony Ericsson Xperia ST18i Ray Review Gallery


Web BrowserWith high-resolution screen desktop display site more leverage coupled with good performance and pretty smooth when opening filled with a lot of content sites like TeknoUp. Flash video from Youtube perform well in this phone browser. Even so there are some moments frameskip when viewing flash videos. The maximum number of browsers that can be opened up to 8 pieces tab. In addition there are a variety of default settings such as browser history, cookies, javascript and others. Please see the video below to find out more about the performance of the Xperia Ray browser.Sony Ericsson Xperia ST18i Ray Review Gallery



Default ApplicationsVarious applications such as Sony Ericsson's previous congenital such as Timescape, Google Maps, Wisepilot, Foursquare, WhatsApp, Place, and Office Suite on the phone:Sony Ericsson Xperia ST18i Ray Review Gallery
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Third-Party ApplicationsMobo Player
With this third-party applications on the Xperia Ray codec limitations overcome, so the phone can display video file formats other than mp4. But certainly not all video files can be played, depending on the bitrate and video resolution that sendiri.File subtitle format. Srt supported by this application.
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Crazy Snowboard
Game Crazy Snowboard is a game for free (with ads of course) that you can download it on the market. Full three-dimensional game on a snowy ski area is very smooth and very smooth on the Xperia Ray.
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Camera360
Camera 360 which has plenty of cool features and effects that will make the images from the camera which is good Ray is becoming increasingly attractive and fun. This application is available for free on Android Market.
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BenchmarkQuadrant Standard: 1372 pointsNeocore 3D: 59.4 frames per secondMultitouch Test: a maximum of 9 concurrent touch
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Battery LifeSuch as Arc, powered by lithium ion 1500 mAh capacity, Ray with a smaller screen 1 inch was given the same battery capacity. So it is more economical and Ray theory is true, the phone is quite efficient, at 9 am to 5 pm we were conducting a review, the battery still in the range of 40-50 percent.
ConclusionIn terms of design is quite attractive, while the multimedia was special. With the price of Rp. 3.1 million of existing features on the Xperia Ray could compete with her own brother Xperia Arc which is still above Rp. 4 million. Thus the price of this phone can be fairly reasonable for you who want a phone with features such as Arc or Neo but feel both phones were too large. Even so prospective buyers who may be facing a dilemma with a screen size Xperia Ray, of course as soon as the Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo which featured similar but larger sail.

Excess- Notification lights are unique and interesting- A camera with LED flash- Exmor R Mobile- Bravia Engine
Shortage- There is no camera button- Support default video codec is limited