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What does it take to make a great smartphone? This question has been asked thousands of times in the past ten years, from the earliest BlackBerry to the latest Android. Sony believes the answer is the sum of many parts, working harmoniously to achieve something great. Others believe it is the drive for innovation — to offer something new.
The Xperia ion hews very closely to Sony’s rather conservative mantra. Less than eight months after shedding its Ericsson moniker the company has released its first LTE device, its largest smartphone to date and, hopefully, its resurgence into the public eye. With Rogers as a launch partner, and other carriers on board in the coming months, is the 4.5-inch Xperia ion enough to take on the Galaxy S III and One X? Read on to find out.
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There is no doubt at whom the device is aimed: the Xperia ion looks like a great business phone. There are four capacitive touch buttons below the screen as necessitated by AT&T’s fetish for a search button. Around the sides are thumb-release clip with space for a mini HDMI out and microUSB port (left) and volume rocker, power button and shutter button (right). The camera shutter, like on the Xperia S, can wake the phone from sleep, and with the Quick Shot mode enabled, hesitates for only a brief second before taking the first shot.
On top of the phone, alone in the centre, is the 3.5mm headphone jack, while the back houses a 12MP camera sensor with Carl Zeiss lens and small LED flash. Below that, also aligned centre, is a small mono speaker that emits tinny, sibilant audio.
The device’s metal backing looks nice — that is, before you guff it up with fingerprints and scratches. Unlike the Xperia S, which was arrayed with a lovely smooth polycarbonate, the ion’s metal sheet is hit-or-miss. At once it is sightly and stylish; but to clean it is an exercise in frustration. Scuffs and oil marks present themselves like bruises, and we worry what it will look like after a few months of hard use.