Sony has just announced the Xperia Go, a 3.5-inch water-resistant
Android 2.3 smartphone, which will be known as the Xperia Advance over
in the United States. It has earned IP67 certification for its dust and
water resistance, whereas the other newly announced phone today, the
Xperia Acro S, makes do with the lower standards of IP55 and IP57. Both
should be able to withstand a splash of water, though.
The Xperia Go comes with a 1GHz dual-core processor, a
scratch-resistant mineral glass display with "wet finger tracking" — a
useful feature if you are actually going to rely on its advertised water
resistance — and a 5-megapixel camera. Unusually for a Sony launch in
Europe, the Xperia Go is already acknowledged as being a device destined
for the US market as well, where it will be sold under the name Xperia
Advance.
The 4.3-inch Xperia Acro S has a 1280 x 720 display resolution, but
will actually launch with Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, unlike the
Xperia Go. It'll also be PlayStation Certified.
Looking at the rest of its specs, including the 1.5GHz dual-core
processor and 12-megapixel camera around the back, it looks to be very
much a direct match to the Acro HD
model already introduced in Japan. Both the Xperia Go / Advance and the
Xperia Acro S should ship globally in the third quarter of 2012,
according to Sony, with an upgrade to Android 4.0 for the Go scheduled
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