14 DAY TRIAL // Sony unveiled three Android devices earlier this week during its Mobile World Congress (MWC) 2014 press conference. As expected, the Japanese company announced its next flagship smartphone the Xperia Z2, a new tablet, the Xperia Z2 tablet, and a mid-range handset, the Xperia M2.
We’ve already reported on the Xperia Z2, which is a slight upgrade over the previous model, so now let’s take a look at the less impressive Sony Xperia M2.
During our visit at MWC 2014 trade fair, we had the chance to see Sony’s booth and give the Xperia M2 a try, see how it feels and how it performs.
It turns out that Sony Xperia M2 is perfectly fit to take on emerging markets. The smartphone is the perfect competitor for the Motorola Moto G when it comes to hardware configuration.
Hopefully, Sony will provide a KitKat upgrade to Xperia M2 users as soon as possible, otherwise Android fans may continue to choose the Moto G over its own mid-range handset.
The Xperia M2 bears the traditional rectangular design introduced by Sony with its high-tier smartphones like Xperia Z and Xperia Z1. This means you should expect it to be stylish until it catches too many fingerprints (see the photos).
Speaking of which, the XperiaM2 measures 139.7 x 71.1 x 8.6 mm and weighs 148g (battery included). The display is of TFT quality and measures 4.8 inches, but only supports qHD (540 x 960 pixels) resolution. Even so, the display seems to be decent enough for a mid-range smartphone.
In terms of performance, we felt the Xperia M2 was quite snappy, though we couldn’t throw too many apps to it, so we should wait and see a few benchmarks.
However, for a mid-range device, Sony Xperia M2 is quite powerful, as the Japanese company included a 1.2 GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processor inside. The only thing that might drag down the smartphone’s performance while playing games is the less powerful Android 305 graphics processing unit.
Thus, it’s also worth noting that Sony has also confirmed that it will bring a dual-SIM version of the Xperia M2 in some countries. More details on that will be disclosed later on.
