VAIO Phone (VA-10J)

Overview

Lollipop Powered Feature Rich First Smartphone of Sony's Brand VAIO

By Priyanka Saini

The VAIO Phone (VA-10J) is a first smartphone of Sony's brand VAIO. It was globally announced and first launched in Japanese market in March, 2015. VAIO is basically a brand for the laptops launched by Sony. The VAIO Phone (VS-10J) comes with 5-inch HD display, quad-core processor, 2 GB RAM, wonderful rear & front camera, latest Lollipop operating system and powerful 2500 mAh battery. In the terms of features, this device is rich enough and is capable of beating many other higher brands in the market. The brief description of this handset is given below :

Display and Design

VAIO doesn't follow the typical styling of Sony's smartphone, it comes with its unique appearance with 5-inch HD IPS OGS display at front. The display resolution provided by the phone is 1280x720 pixels and it flaunts 16M color depth. Despite its big size, it is ergonomically designed and is convenient to use. The length of the phone is measured as 141.5 mm, width as 71.3 mm, thickness of 7.95 mm which make this device slim and sleek. The weight of this smartphone is 130 grams.

Processor and OS

At the heart, it comes powered by a 1.2GHz quad-core Snapdragon 410 processor, Adreno 306 GPU and 2 GB RAM. Together, it performs all the basic operations to provide unrivaled service to its users. It runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop operating system.

Camera and Memory

For the shutterbugs, it comes equipped with 13 MP camera at the back panel to capture your every special moment and save it with you forever. It is also capable of recording full HD videos. On the other hand, it has 5 MP camera at front for the selfies of good quality. To let you store pictures, audios, videos and text files, it comes loaded with an internal memory of 16 GB which can be further expandable through a microSD card up to 64 GB.

Connectivity and Battery

The connectivity options of the phone includes Wi-Fi, 4G LTE support, microUSB, Bluetooth and GPS/A-GPS. It is loaded with 2500mAh battery under the hood that provides a standby time of up to 500 hours and talktime of 13 hours.

Shades and Price

The VAIO Phone (VA-10J) is priced for TWD 7,990 which means it will come in India with INR. 15,700 approximately. It has only Black color option.