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GSMArena team, 11 February 2013

Something extra


Sony Xperia E dual review: Something extra

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  • Xperia E dual

3. Display
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, 360-degree view, design, build quality, handling, controls
  3. 3. Display
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Synthetic benchmarks
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging, text input
  7. 7. Multimedia - players, gallery, FM radio, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera, image quality, video recording
  9. 9. Connectivity, web browser
  10. 10. Organizer and apps, Maps, Play Store
  11. 11. Conclusion
  12.  
  13. Sony Xperia E dual specification
  14. User opinions and reviews
  15. Review comments (52)

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HVGA display

The Sony Xperia E dual comes with an HVGA LCD screen, measuring 3.5 inches in diagonal. These numbers add up to a pixel density of 165ppi, which is some way off the Retina standards, but not bad enough to be an eye-sore. You can find slightly better densities in this class, but the difference won't be too great.

Sony Xperia E Dual
The Xperia E dual HVGA screen

As for image quality, the Xperia E dual's display offers fairly low contrast, poor viewing angles and sunlight legibility. Sadly, a mediocre screen is still one of the things you have to live with if you decide to save some money on a smartphone. Here are the results from our traditional display tests.

Display test 50% brightness 100% brightness
Black, cd/m2 White, cd/m2 Contrast ratio Black, cd/m2 White, cd/m2 Contrast ratio
Sony Xperia E dual 0.21 181 844 0.54 473 870
Sony Xperia J 0.22 289 1290 0.41 562 1359
HTC Desire X 0.18 226 1273 0.33 421 1275
HTC Desire V 0.33 340 1027 0.48 506 1054
Sony Xperia tipo - - - 0.75 561 751
HTC Desire C 0.23 186 814 0.5 360 723
HTC One X 0.15 200 1375 0.39 550 1410
Sony Xperia U 0.35 287 831 0.55 515 930
Samsung S7500 Galaxy Ace Plus 0.27 239 873 0.6 528 888

Contrast ratio

  • Nokia 808 PureView
    4.698
  • Samsung I9300 Galaxy S III
    3.419
  • Samsung Omnia W
    3.301
  • Samsung Galaxy S
    3.155
  • Nokia N9
    3.069
  • Samsung Galaxy Note
    2.970
  • HTC One S
    2.901
  • Samsung Galaxy S II
    2.832
  • Samsung Galaxy S II Plus
    2.801
  • Huawei Ascend P1
    2.655
  • Nokia Lumia 900
    2.562
  • Samsung Galaxy S III mini
    2.422
  • Motorola RAZR i
    2.366
  • Apple iPhone 4S
    2.269
  • HTC One X
    2.158
  • Nokia N8
    2.144
  • Oppo Find 5
    2.088
  • Apple iPhone 4
    2.016
  • Sony Ericsson Xperia ray
    1.955
  • Samsung Galaxy Camera
    1.938
  • Sony Xperia V
    1.792
  • Sony Xperia U
    1.758
  • LG Optimus 4X HD
    1.691
  • HTC One V
    1.685
  • LG Optimus Vu
    1.680
  • HTC Desire V
    1.646
  • LG Optimus 3D
    1.542
  • Nokia Asha 302
    1.537
  • Nokia Lumia 610
    1.432
  • Gigabyte GSmart G1355
    1.361
  • HTC Desire C
    1.300
  • LG Optimus L7
    1.269
  • LG Optimus L9
    1.227
  • Meizu MX
    1.221
  • Sony Xperia E dual
    1.203
  • Samsung Galaxy Pocket
    1.180
  • Sony Xperia tipo
    1.166
  • Samsung Galaxy mini 2
    1.114

And here is the Xperia E dual's RGB matrix under a microscope.

Sony Xperia E Dual

Next Page » 4. User interface
3. Display
  1. 1. Introduction
  2. 2. Unboxing, 360-degree view, design, build quality, handling, controls
  3. 3. Display
  4. 4. User interface
  5. 5. Synthetic benchmarks
  6. 6. Phonebook, telephony, messaging, text input
  7. 7. Multimedia - players, gallery, FM radio, audio quality
  8. 8. Camera, image quality, video recording
  9. 9. Connectivity, web browser
  10. 10. Organizer and apps, Maps, Play Store
  11. 11. Conclusion
  12.  
  13. Sony Xperia E dual specification
  14. User opinions and reviews
  15. Review comments (52)

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