Hands-on with the Sony Xperia S

Stripped off of the Ericsson tag, Sony is rolling solo and is all set to launch their NXT series of Android smartphones. Heading the pack is the Sony Xperia S, a 4.3-inch beauty with a massive 1280 x 720 resolution. We had a chance to get some alone time with this baby and here’s what we think of it. Despite the plastic body, the Xperia S looks and feels premium. There aren’t any creaking parts or badly cut-out holes in the chassis for the ports. Everything lines-up perfectly and the overall fit and finish of the phone is nothing short of impressive. Some may find the design a bit blocky, due to the squared off corners, but it’s not ugly by any means. There’s quite a bit of bezel around the screen and at the bottom, since the capacitive buttons are placed there. The little transparent strip at the bottom aren’t buttons, but they do light up to tell you which buttons do what. It’s not the slimmest phone around the block, but Sony has done a good job in distributing the weight, so it feels really light. We also get a dedicated shutter button on the side, which many Android phones lack, these days.

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