Vaio, the former Sony laptop unit, on
Thursday launched its first smartphone
in Japan.
The Vaio Phone (VA-10J) smartphone
has been priced at JPY 51,000
(approximately Rs. 26,350) for the
unlocked model while consumers in
Japan can also buy the handset at JPY
4,000 (approximately Rs. 2,070) which
comes with unlimited data plans from th
Japanese telecom carrier B-mobile. The
first Vaio smartphone will go on sale
starting March 20 and there has been n
word on global availability.
(Also see : Vaio Phone (VA-10J) vs. Panasonic Eluga U2 )
For specifications , the Vaio Phone
(VA-10J) features a 5-inch HD
(720x1280 pixels) IPS OGS display. It is
powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core
(unspecified chipset) processor coupled
with 2GB of RAM. Engadget Japan
however reports that the Vaio Phone
(VA-10J) packs a Qualcomm
Snapdragon 410 processor.
The Vaio Phone (VA-10J) sports a 13-
megapixel rear camera accompanied by
an LED flash while there is a 5-megapix
front-facing camera also onboard. The
rear camera can record videos at 1080p
resolution.
The smartphone includes 16GB of inbuilt
storage, which is further expandable via
microSD card (up to 64GB). It is a single
SIM device and supports Micro-SIM
cards. The Vaio Phone (VA-10J) will be
available in just Black colour and runs
Android 5.0 Lollipop with almost no
customisations, according to Engadget
Japan. It packs a 2500mAh non-
removable battery offering up to 13 hour
of talk time and 500 hours of standby
time. It measures 141.5x71.3x7.95mm
and weighs 130 grams. The Vaio Phone
(VA-10J) supports 4G LTE apart from
Bluetooth, GPS/ A-GPS, Wi-Fi, and
Micro-USB.
Notably, the Vaio Phone (VA-10J)
smartphone features an almost identical
design to the Panasonic's recently
unveiled Eluga U2. As far as
specifications go, the Vaio Phone comes
with the exact same innards as the
Panasonic Eluga U2 , which was
launched last month in Taiwan at TWD
7,990 (approximately Rs. 15,700). As yet,
there is no information of its global
release.
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