NEW DELHI: After teasing it on social networks, Sony has officially announced Xperia C3, its new selfie focused smartphone.
The smartphone features a 5MP wide-angle front camera (25mm with 80 degree field of view), accompanied by a soft flash. According to Sony, users can click selfies by simply double tapping the back cover or using the phone's Smile Shutter. It claims that pictures are automatically adjusted for suitable lighting conditions and the auto scene recognition function, which works together with HDR and LED flash, ensures that users can capture enhanced selfies and selfie videos in all light conditions. The phone is also pre-loaded with selfie camera apps such as Portrait Retouch and AR effect.
Sony Xperia C3 features a 5.5-inch HD TRILUMINOS Display for mobile(720x1280p). It is powered by a 1.2GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon quad-core processor and 1GB RAM and comes with 8GB internal storage and a microSD card slot that supports cards of up to 32GB capacity. It runs Android 4.4 KitKat.
The dual-sim phone sports an 8MP rear camera with Sony Exmor RS for mobile image sensor and a pulsed LED flash. It is capable of full-HD video recording.
The phone has a 2500mAh battery with claimed talk time of up to 24 hours and standby time of up to 1071 hours.
In terms of connectivity options, the Xperia C3 offers Bluetooth 4.0, 3G, Wi-Fi and 4G LTE.
"Xperia C3 is a unique new smartphone from Sony, created to offer the ultimate social sharing experience with a new powerful 'PROselfie cam'. It also presents a combination of the best of Sony, with leading digital imaging technology and brilliant specs and performance all for a mid-range price" says Calum MacDougall, director of Xperia Marketing at Sony Mobile Communications.
"The rise of selfies shows no signs of abating - its usage has increased by 17,000% since 2012 with the word officially being added to the Oxford English Dictionary in 2013. We're excited to offer Sony's first 'PROselfie Smartphone' and play a part in this global phenomenon."
Xperia C3 will be available in black, white and mint colours, and will launch globally from August 2014 starting with China as the first launch market.