Sony Xperia T battery life test completes, results are inside

The Xperia T is Sony’s first go at a Snapdragon S4-powered phone (not counting the Japan-only Xperia GX), and should gives us an idea what to expect from the similarly spec’d Xperia TX and Xperia V.

The Sony Xperia T features a 1850mAh battery, which is one of the biggest we’ve seen in a Sony smartphone. Remember the 1305mAh batteries in a few fairly recent Xperias? Yeah, that wasn’t enough.

As far as talk time on a 3G network goes, Sony rated the Xperia T at 7 hours, but in our test the phone went on to 8 hours, which isn’t record breaking, but still quite good, considering that normally Xperias don’t do well on this test (the T is among the better scoring ones we’ve tested).

Talk time

• Motorola RAZR MAXX (ICS)
  21:18
• Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX
  20:24
• Huawei Ascend P1
  12:30
• Samsung Galaxy Note
  12:14
• Samsung I8530 Galaxy Beam
  11:58
• Samsung Wave 3 S8600
  11:07
• HTC One X (AT&T, LTE)
  10:35
• Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III
  10:20
• HTC One V
  10:00
• Meizu MX 4-core
  10:00
• HTC One X
  9:57
• HTC One S
  9:42
• Samsung I9103 Galaxy R
  9:40
• HTC Sensation XL
  9:30
• Nokia Lumia 710
  9:05
• Motorola Atrix HD
  9:04
• HTC Vivid
  9:02
• HTC Rhyme
  8:48
• LG Optimus 3D Max P720
  8:42
• Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V
  8:41
• Meizu MX
  8:39
• Samsung Galaxy S II
  8:35
• Nokia Lumia 800
  8:25
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus
  8:23
• Samsung Captivate Glide
  8:20
• Sony Xperia T
  8:15
• HTC Rezound (LTE)
  8:10
• Samsung Galaxy Note (LTE)
  8:02
• LG Optimus Vu
  7:57
• LG Optimus 4X HD
  7:41
• Apple iPhone 4S
  7:41
• Samsung i937 Focus S
  7:25
• HTC Evo 4G LTE (LTE)
  7:21
• Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G
  7:14
• Sony Xperia acro S
  7:09
• Samsung Rugby Smart I847
  7:09
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
  6:57
• Nokia N9
  6:57
• HTC Radar
  6:53
• Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos
  6:53
• BlackBerry Curve 9380
  6:52
• Samsung Galaxy Pocket
  5:54
• Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T (LTE)
  5:53
• Sony Xperia ion LTE
  5:52
• Sony Xperia P
  5:33
• Nokia 808 PureView
  5:16
• LG Nitro HD (LTE)
  5:16
• HTC Titan II (LTE)
  5:10
• BlackBerry Bold 9790
  5:00
• Pantech Burst
  4:46

The Sony Xperia T web browsing endured 5 hours and 33 minutes of our web browser test before its battery went flat. The Xperia T fell a bit short of the time set by the Xperia ion LTE but it did narrowly beat the Xperia acro S, both of which are Snapdragon S3-powered and have similarly sized batteries (note that we run our browser tests over Wi-Fi).

Web browsing

• Motorola RAZR MAXX (ICS)
  9:12
• Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX
  7:23
• HTC Radar
  7:17
• Apple iPhone 4S
  6:56
• HTC One V
  6:49
• Motorola Atrix HD
  6:40
• BlackBerry Curve 9380
  6:40
• Samsung i937 Focus S
  6:15
• Sony Xperia ion LTE
  5:56
• Samsung Rugby Smart I847
  5:53
• Pantech Burst
  5:51
• Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G
  5:45
• HTC Evo 4G LTE
  5:41
• Samsung Wave 3 S8600
  5:34
• Sony Xperia T
  5:33
• Samsung Captivate Glide
  5:33
• Samsung I8530 Galaxy Beam
  5:28
• Samsung Galaxy Note LTE
  5:24
• HTC Sensation XL
  5:20
• Meizu MX 4-core
  5:19
• Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III
  5:17
• Sony Xperia acro S
  5:16
• HTC Rezound
  5:16
• HTC Rhyme
  5:08
• Samsung I9103 Galaxy R
  5:07
• HTC One X (AT&T)
  5:03
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
  4:50
• LG Optimus Vu
  4:49
• HTC Vivid
  4:46
• Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos
  4:45
• Meizu MX
  4:35
• Nokia N9
  4:33
• Samsung Galaxy S II
  4:24
• Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V
  4:20
• HTC One X
  4:18
• Nokia 808 PureView
  4:14
• LG Optimus 3D Max P720
  4:10
• Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T
  4:10
• Nokia Lumia 800
  4:07
• HTC Titan II (LTE)
  4:05
• HTC One S
  4:03
• BlackBerry Bold 9790
  4:02
• LG Nitro HD
  4:00
• LG Optimus 4X HD
  3:59
• Sony Xperia P
  3:59
• Nokia Lumia 710
  3:51
• Samsung Galaxy Pocket
  3:47
• Samsung Galaxy Note
  3:35
• Huawei Ascend P1
  3:23
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus
  3:01

The video playback test ran the battery dry in 6 hours, which puts the Xperia T in the middle of our charts. This time is on par with the Xperia ion and just a bit better than the Xperia acro S, showing that this test is dependent on the screen more than the chipset.

Video playback

• Motorola RAZR MAXX (ICS)
  16:35
• Motorola DROID RAZR MAXX
  14:17
• Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III
  10:01
• Nokia 808 PureView
  9:53
• Samsung I8530 Galaxy Beam
  9:42
• Samsung Rugby Smart I847
  9:34
• HTC One S
  9:28
• Apple iPhone 4S
  9:24
• HTC Evo 4G LTE
  9:07
• Nokia N9
  8:40
• Samsung Galaxy Note
  8:25
• Samsung Galaxy S II
  8:00
• Samsung i937 Focus S
  7:55
• Samsung Wave 3 S8600
  7:52
• Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V
  7:45
• Huawei Ascend P1
  7:38
• Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4G
  7:33
• Samsung Galaxy Note LTE
  7:30
• Meizu MX 4-core
  6:33
• HTC One X (AT&T)
  6:26
• Samsung Galaxy Ace Duos
  6:25
• LG Optimus Vu
  6:23
• Samsung I9103 Galaxy R
  6:21
• HTC Sensation XL
  6:12
• Samsung Galaxy Pocket
  6:06
• Samsung Captivate Glide
  6:04
• Sony Xperia ion LTE
  6:03
• Samsung Galaxy Nexus
  6:02
• Sony Xperia T
  6:01
• Motorola Atrix HD
  6:01
• HTC Vivid
  6:00
• HTC Radar
  5:54
• Nokia Lumia 800
  5:52
• HTC Titan II
  5:50
• BlackBerry Bold 9790
  5:47
• HTC One X
  5:45
• Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
  5:44
• Sony Xperia acro S
  5:38
• Pantech Burst
  5:38
• Meizu MX
  5:27
• HTC Rhyme
  5:23
• HTC One V
  5:20
• Nokia Lumia 900 for AT&T
  5:18
• BlackBerry Curve 9380
  5:09
• HTC Rezound
  5:03
• Sony Xperia P
  4:30
• LG Nitro HD
  4:17
• LG Optimus 4X HD
  4:14
• LG Optimus 3D Max P720
  3:28
• Nokia Lumia 710
  3:27

In the end, we arrive at an endurance rating of 36 hours. This is the time between charges assuming you do an hour of calls on a 3G network, watch video for an hour and then browse the web for another hour every 24 hours.

Source : blog[dot]gsmarena[dot]com

Qualcomm latest ad targets Intel’s new Atom processor

Following Intel’s recent foray into mobile processing with the Motorola RAZR i, Qualcomm has released a video comparing it to their Snapdragon CPU.

What’s more, Qualcomm are comparing the Atom processor to the Snapdragon S2 architecture, which was first announced back in 2010.

First thing’s first, the video:

While the Qualcomm device of choice is not new, the phone running the Intel Atom processor is not the newest either. In fact, it is the Intel Medfield reference design smartphone, which we first glimpsed back at CES 2012 about 9 months ago.

In case you need a refresher, the reference phone runs a single core Intel Atom Z2460 Medfield processor, alongside a PowerVR SGX540 GPU on a 4 inch screen of 1024×600 pixels resolution. All of this on Android 2.3 Gingerbread.

The Snapdragon device is the Sony Ericsson Xperia Arc S (that’s the old Sony Ericsson logo blurred out along the top), running on a Qualcomm MSM8255T CPU and Adreno 205 GPU. The Arc S was released with Gingerbread as well, but has since received an update to Android ICS 4.0.4.

Now, we won’t go too much into the performance tests, but it’s safe to say that they’re skewed slightly, as one device is a development device which didn’t see much life in terms of consumer availability, while the other is a phone that has received some great support from Sony since its release.

If you’d like a more relevant comparison, check out our hands on of the Motorola RAZR i, complete with benchmarks of the newest Intel Atom processor.

Source : blog[dot]gsmarena[dot]com

LG extends its fashionable L-Series Android smartphone range with the Optimus L9

LG has announced the dual-core Optimus L9, a new addition to its L Series family of attractive Android smartphones.

Hot on the heels of the Optimus G, LG’s exciting Snapdragon S4 Pro-powered range-topper, comes another new smartphone from the Korean company: The Optimus L9.

While not quite as high-spec as the Optimus G, the L9 still sits at the top of LG’s L Series line-up — introduced during Mobile World Congress earlier this year, and consisting of the L3, L5 and L7 handsets — meaning style and design is equally as important as the phone’s specification.

Like the other L Series phones, the Optimus L9 is a slim, square slab that uses metal throughout the construction of its chassis. The 125 gram overall weight is still low, although the 9.1mm thick handset may feel a little more chunky than many of its rivals, and is even slightly thicker than the 8.7mm L7.

What separates the L9 from its siblings is its massive screen — a 4.7-inch IPS panel, however at this early stage, LG hasn’t provided any information on the resolution. It’s probably a little too much to hope it’ll be the same 1280 x 720 screen seen on the Optimus 4X HD, especially as there’s no mention of it being a TrueHD display, so expect it to share the same 480 x 800 resolution as the L7.

Dual-core power for the Optimus L9

Inside the new phone beats a 1Ghz dual-core processor along with 1GB of RAM, which considering the L7 has a single-core Snapdragon chip and 512MB of RAM, makes it a considerable upgrade.

A 5-megapixel camera and a VGA forward facing lens take care of imaging duties, plus the 2150mAh battery should be tough enough to keep the phone up and running for a sensible amount of time.

Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich is its operating system, and LG has included several new software features to accompany it, such as the QTranslator, the My Style Keyboard and QMemo.

QMemo is a note-taking app and is similar to that seen on the Optimus Vu and other LG phones, while the QTranslator lets you scan foreign language documents with the camera, then uses OCR technology to translate the text. Finally, the My Style keyboard alters itself to make typing easier, based on the way you’re holding the phone and whether you’re typing with one or both hands.

LG hasn’t provided a release date or retail pricing for the Optimus L9 yet, but we’d expect to hear more about it during the IFA 2012 show, which begins in Berlin at the end of this week.

Source : digitaltrends[dot]com