Overall, the Xperia Ion ion could be a mainstay for enjoying multimedia, especially the main 12 megapixel camera managed to give a good image results. But unfortunately, the screen is unresponsive occasionally feels quite disturbing. Fortunately this has not happened in a long time.
This smartphoneLTE, Xperia Ion could be a choice of multimedia lovers who love to take advantage of wide screen to watch videos and play games and take advantage of high-resolution cameras.
Sony's first LTE smartphone, Xperia Ion comes with a considerable body, so it certainly feels less comfortable if it continues to be grasped in a long time. Even so, the large body makes Xperia ion and elegant look tough.
From the front side of the device, the smartphone comes with Gingerbread operating system features a rectangular design with sharp corners. While the front looks flat, the back it has a design that feels slightly curved when held.
As with any other Android smartphone, the Xperia ion has a "virtual buttons" at the bottom of the device which is the location of the menu, home, back, and search. On the left side, there is only USB and HDMI ports, and at the top is the audio jack port.
Xperia ion users will probably start a little confused where is the microSD and SIM card ports, both are covered in the article above. What's more, because a close second mini card layout is quite tight, then you should try a little harder to open.
Meanwhile, the back of the phone is a perch-sharp 12-megapixel main camera with LED flash adjoining and small speakers. One more thing to note, the battery cover can not be opened, so you can not replace the battery at will.
Performance
One of the favored Japanese company from the Xperia ion is the ability to support the LTE network. Unfortunately, in Indonesia has not been able to use the network, Sony Xperia ion also facilitate the use by providing a wide selection of mobile networks namely WCDMA only, GSM only, WCDMA (main) / GSM, and LTE (main) / WCDMA / GSM.
In addition to networking, the screen was of particular concern. Carrying the screen width of 4.55 inch, Xperia ion is quite convenient when users perform a sweep on the screen. It could even be said, the screen Xperia ion feels soft hands when sliding home screen.
Even so, that does not mean the Xperia ion smoothly without any problems. Often times when accessing the Xperia ion, the phone screen is unresponsive. For example, when playing Fruit Ninja which utilizes an extra sweep of a finger across the screen, some times not respond.
It is also common to virtual buttons (menu, home, back, and search). Sometimes the buttons should be pressed multiple times in order to be reused. Even so, the reinforced Dual Core 1.5 GHz processor Qualcomm, not encountered lag when opening applications and only takes approximately one to two seconds.
Apart from the screen sometimes unresponsive, Xperia ion still presenting a good look with a HD screen. When tested proved to watch HD video resolution, contrast range of color seen quite clearly. Contrast color was also coupled with the brightness of the screen is quite good, so it could be a plus for multimedia activities.
Sony reliability in photography segment was perceived by the results of a 12 Megapixel photo owned Xperia ion. Take a picture with bright lighting, the quality of the Xperia ion is not in doubt. 12 megapixel resolution results are promising a good photo, contrasting colors look vivid and the image is quite clean.
Meanwhile, when shooting with the dim lighting, though contrasting colors still visible, there is a pretty obvious noise when the photo-zoom.
Meanwhile, 1.3 Megapixel front camera also provides good results when used with a harness bright lighting, especially during bright daylight, even when enlarged photo noise is still visible. But unfortunately, if it is used to take pictures with low light, without an image, noise is obvious.
For quality audio, listening to music when tested with a large or small volume, the sound does not sound hoarse. But if you do not feel like listening to music through a headset, preferably the back of the phone which is the location of the speaker is placed face up.
It is important to do, because if when listening to music without a headset and the speakers are not placed on top, then the sound will sound smaller. So to fix this, navigate the back of the phone facing upwards, so that the sound from the speakers sounded clear and loud.
