When it comes to Sony Ericsson mobile phones, the Xperia X10 is one of the most promising, combining great specifications with the Android OS in one attractive package.
Sporting a full-wide 4 inch VGA screen, the Xperia X10 is a big phone, although the curved back design makes it fit nicely in your hand. The weight of the phone is also properly balanced, which makes it feel nice to carry. But it isn’t a thick phone, coming in at only 13 mm – so it is big, but not portly. (Still, if it’s too big for you, the Xperia X10 Mini is due out in June.) As to the screen itself, the image quality is 480 x 854 pixels with 65k colour support. The screen uses TFT technology and offers capacitive touch screen functionality.
In terms of physical appearance, the Xperia X10 is very glossy, which means it could be prone to scratching and smudges. On the sides, you find all of the connectors and buttons you’d expect in a smartphone including 3.5 mm headphone jack, camera controls, microUSB, etc. Three buttons below the screen give you home, menu, and back functions. The 8.1 megapixel camera provides the quality of imagery we’ve come to expect from Sony Ericsson phones; the music player is also superb.
Out of the box, the Sony Ericsson X10 comes with Android 1.6; however, Sony Ericsson has added a few of their own modifications which make some of the 2.x benefits moot. While not yet quite up to Nexus standards, with the Xperia X10 Sony Ericsson is becoming a contender.
