White paper | Xperia™ C Purpose of this document Sony Mobile Communications product White papers are intended to give an overview of a product and provide details in relevant areas of technology. Document history Version June 2013 First released version...
Beautiful images, always… The Xperia™ C was created using the same expertise and components as leading Sony cameras. It comes with an 8 MP camera with Exmor R® for mobile, which lets you take great pictures, even in challenging light conditions.
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White paper | Xperia™ C A better way to handle your calls – dual SIM cards With dual SIM cards, it’s easier to separate work from play – and handle calls more cost-efficiently. You can simply switch between SIM cards anytime with a simple touch. Or make the switch happen automatically: just preset which SIM card to use at specific times of the day.
White paper | Xperia™ C Facts – dimensions, weight, performance and networks Operating system Google™ Android™ 4.2.2 (Jelly Bean) Processor 1.2 GHz MTK6589 quad-core IMG SGX544 Size 141.5 x 74.15 x 8.88 mm Weight 153 grams Available colours Black White Purple Main screen Colours...
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White paper | Xperia™ C Proximity sensor Magnetometer Networks S39h UMTS HSPA+ 900 (Band VIII), 2100 (Band I) MHz GSM GPRS/EDGE 900, 1800, 1900 MHz Data transfer speeds GSM GPRS Up to 85.6 kbps (download). Up to 85.6 kbps (upload). GSM EDGE Up to 237 kbps (download).
White paper | Xperia™ C Categorised feature list Internet Music Camera Bookmarks 3D Surround Sound (VPT) 8 megapixel camera NeoReader™ barcode scanner* Album art 4x digital zoom Web browser (WebKit™) Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP) Auto focus ClearAudio+ Face detection Clear bass Flash/Photo flash Clear Phase™...
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White paper | Xperia™ C Connectivity Organiser Entertainment 3.5 mm audio jack (CTIA) Airplane mode 3D games Bluetooth™ 4.0 wireless technol- Alarm clock Media browser Calculator Motion gaming Media Transfer Protocol support Calendar Radio (FM radio with RDS) Micro USB support Contacts Video streaming Native USB tethering...
Technologies in detail NOTE: The information outlined below is general and levels of compliance to standards and specifications may vary between products and markets. For more information, contact Sony Developer World or your Sony contact person where applicable. Device-to-device communications (local) Bluetooth™...
White paper | Xperia™ C Wi-Fi® Supported standards IEEE 802.11 b/g/n and Wi-Fi® Wi-Fi Direct®, Wi-Fi Protected Setup Connectable devices Wi-Fi® access points Wi-Fi Direct compatible devices Frequency band 2.4 GHz Data transfer rate Up to 150 Mbit/s Security Open Authentication Shared Authentication EAP-SIM EAP-AKA...
White paper | Xperia™ C Messaging MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) According to OMA Multimedia Messaging Service v1.0 + SMIL Email Bearer type (IP) GPRS, EGPRS, UMTS, Wi-Fi® Character sets BIG5 Traditional Chinese GB2312 Simplified Chinese GB18030 ISO-2022-JP Japanese ISO-8859-1 ISO-8859-2 Eastern Europe ISO-8859-5 Cyrillic ISO-8859-7 Greek ISO-8859-9 Turkish...
White paper | Xperia™ C Positioning – location based services Supported standards: • OMA Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) v1.0 • 3GPP™ Control Plane location (including Emergency location) - only support E911. Provisioning (OMA CP) OMA CP version 1.1 July 2013...
White paper | Xperia™ C Video Recording Encoder format Supported in file format - Video H.263 Profile 0, H.264 3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4) Baseline Profile - Audio: AAC-LC stereo Sample rate: 48 kHz Bit rate: 160 kbps AMR-NB Audio/Video Streaming Streaming transport RTSP according to 3GPP™...
White paper | Xperia™ C Web browser Browser version Android 4.2.2 Browser (Based on WebKit™) Navigation/rendering Full page PC rendering Landscape/portrait rendering Pan & Zoom Search Internet search Browser compliancy CSS 2.0 CSS 2.1 CSS 3.0 DOM 2.0 DOM 3.0 HTML version 4.0 HTML version 5.0 V8 JavaScript Engine/ECMA-script 262 5rd edition...
Paper is noted as such. Types of memory The types of memory described and numbered below are consistent with the terminology used in Sony mobile device menus and in other content relating to 2013 Xperia™ devices: 1. Dynamic Memory (also known as RAM) is used by applications that run when the device is turned on.
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Settings > Applications > Manage Applications. In the Xperia™ C, about 2 GB of Internal Storage is available out of the box. Please note that in Sony Mobile 2013 products, “Internal Storage” is now the combination of what was previously known as “Device Memory” (for applications and their data – also previously known as “/ data”) and “Internal Storage”...
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4. SD Card (known as “/ext_card” from a programmer’s point of view, or by other names in other Android products) is the name for the removable SD memory card in all 2013 Sony Mobile products. As described above, this External Card memory is generally more limited in that any application can read from it, but many applications cannot save to this card.
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White paper | Xperia™ C Note 3: For a developer, it is important to note that from a programming point of view the location names used to refer to the different memory areas described in Note 1 are still valid, i.e., the area used for applications (“/ data”) is still present, as is the area used for content (“/sdcard”).
White paper | Xperia™ C Trademarks and acknowledgements All product and company names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Visit www.sonymobile.com for more information.