Sony Xperia S – Sleek, Sexy, Powerful Android Phone – Finally, Sony Ericsson is no longer Sony Ericsson as the Sony Xperia S is the first SONY branded phone that is sexy, sleek and powerful. Announced just not long ago at CES 2012 in Las Vegas, the Sony Xperia S is the latest Android device by Sony (re-branded from Sony Ericsson).

The phone is part of the Sony’s Xperia NXT series. The Xperia NXT series is the next generation smartphones from Sony which features high quality design and hardware.

According to Sony,

Xperia S showcases a new design approach referred to as “Iconic Identity”. The design will be replicated across the Xperia NXT series and creates a simple strong look that is instantly recognizable. The transparent element at the base creates an iconic silhouette where the display is emphasized and underlined. In addition, it provides illumination effects and integrates the antenna components.

The user Interface has been redesigned to match the minimalistic design of the hardware. The home screen has a new colorful flow background making full usage of HD Reality Display and dual-core processing power.

This sexy phone sports a 4.3-inch 1290x720p HD Reality Display with Mobile Bravia Engine which is very amaging, 32GB of built-in memory and runs on a 1.5GHZ dual-core Qualcomm MSM8260 processor. Besides that, its connectivity includes DLNA wireless media support, HDMI connection to TV and display, Bravia Sync to Sony Bravia TV series as well as the NFC that use for Google Beam and Google Wallet. Battery juice up to 1,750mAh battery.

The shooter is a 12-megapixel f/2.4 large aperture Exmor R camera with 1080p video recording. Its front camera sports a 1.3-megapixel sensor that can film up to 720p. In order to compete with the Apple iPhone 4S, the Xperia S comes with Sony’s Fast Capture technology which enables the camera to go from standby mode to first shot in just 1.5 seconds.

The phone will be available worldwide including Malaysia in first quarter of 2012, unfortunately the Xperia S will only run on Android 2.3 Gingerbread. However, Ice Cream Sandwich update is confirmed to arrive in the phone within the second quarter of 2012.

Well, the design and the specs of the phone so far are not disappointing and very attractive. One thing is that it should runs on Quad-Core processor instead. Nevertheless, I am looking forward to the phone, the sleek squarish design and the camera are just so tempting.

Looking at the video, the interface in the latest announced Sony Ericsson Idou is damn cool, very smooth and nice looking. The interface designed is better than most touchscreen phone out there. I just want this 12megapixels touchscreen phone so much, it’s gonna be expensive when it’s release!

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Some of the fellows at Modaco.com has ported the HTC’s TouchFLO interface to the Sony Ericsson X1. It looks awesome and running quite smooth. Some reviews say that the UI on the X1 is not very smooth, a little laggish, but what we see in the video below, the ported TouchFLO interface is running nicely.

Still no news about it in Malaysia yet, so far from what I’ve heard, sources from the forum, there’s unit selling for S$1389 in Singapore. It’s pretty expensive for that price and I’m sure price will drop after a few months, it’s what happened for the other SE smartphone too, like the M1 and P1i.