Sony Ericsson is finally bringing out it’s long awaited Xperia X1 smartphone. Packing the new “Panels” interface, a full QWERTY keyboard, 3G data and 800×480 touchscreen in a full metal body, is the Xperia X1 poised to challenge the top smartphones? Smartphone Reviews

Verdict: The Xperia X1 is kind of a mixed bag. For every good thing the phone does, there seems to be something detracting from it as well. From a hardware standpoint, this is a well built phone that feels extremely solid in the hand as opposite to sleek and soft looks of SE. But at the same time, it’s not exactly the lightest or slimmest phone available (even for a slider). The 528MHz Processor and 256MB RAM also give the X1 enough processing speed to cover almost all day to day applications. I still remember the P2 PC at my uncle’s place that had same processing speed.

Xperia X1 isn’t quite up to snuff with the top smartphones in the market from an overall standpoint. Whether you’re talking about its $800 price tag, stylus-based resistive touchscreen or 3.2 MP camera, this is a phone that would have fared better amongst early adopters a year or two ago but not for now with killing features of new Iphone and HTC its not a better match. This is not to say the Xperia X1 is a bad phone—on the contrary, it’s a very respectable piece of hardware. It’s just not good enough to justify the cost when better, cheaper phones are available round the market. Sure we can expect price drop so hold on your breaths.

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