Vincent was lucky enough to score some hands-on time with the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 in Barcelona this morning, and of course being our resident iPhone addict had his trusty Apple cellphone to slap down and snap some comparison shots. But how does the X1 really compare against the iPhone; it’s the comparison many will be making over the coming months.
Check out the full gallery of XPERIA X1 vs iPhone photos after the cut!
In terms of pure hardware and cellular connectivity, the X1 does rather outshine the iPhone. Sony Ericsson have packed an ARM-based Qualcomm chipset running at 520MHz into their handset; now while Apple chose a CPU capable of 667MHz, so far it’s throttled back to around 500MHz to save power. If they’re roughly equal on raw grunt, it’s high-speed data access where the XPERIA X1 shines: both have WiFI, but the Sony Ericsson’s HSDPA/HSUPA easily outguns the iPhone’s EDGE connection. The X1’s WVGA 800 x 480 display is physically smaller, at 3-inches, than the iPhone’s 3.5-inch screen, but the Apple phone only manages 320 x 480 resolution.
Apple do beat the X1 on internal memory, though; out of the box the XPERIA only has 400MB, expanded via microSD card, whereas the iPhone is available in 8GB or 16GB sizes (though the memory cannot be added to via a memory card). GPS on the X1 is another point in Sony Ericsson’s favour, as is the hardware keyboard (although it does make the XPERIA 5mm thicker than the iPhone: 110 x 53 x 16.7mm for the X1, 115 x 61 x 11.6mm for the iPhone.
What will likely make the biggest difference is the software environment. Time – and sales – have shown that Apple’s intuitive and attractive mobile OS X is enough to persuade users to look beyond the shortcomings of EDGE; it’s a reputation for usability Windows Mobile would love to have. Sony Ericsson are obviously hoping that their XPERIA Panel Interface – a group of finger-friendly shortcut tiles and menus – will gloss over WM’s shortcomings, leaving us to revel in all those third-party apps (that don’t require handset hacking to install) and true push-email, but we’ll have to wait for Vincent’s hands-on video to see just how much they’ve achieved that.
por siempre mac es la innovacion y alta tecnologia, nada mas que decir
Well… I think that it has to be better than the iPhone because sony ericsson has like ever building this phone (2 years, since the iPhone camed out). I think Apple has made the difference (knowing the apple company only made computers and mp3/mp4 players)… Apple is the best since ever… I have 2 iPhone´s (iPhone 2G 16Gb and iPhone 3G 16Gb) and 2 Sony Ericsson´s (SE W880i and SE W910i) and i love how SE makes there phones.
Also… Windows 6.0 sucks. i had a HTC working with this OS and its a waste of time… Its so slow and it thinks alot… Hope SE can fix this OS problem when making the phones configurations.
hi i just talk to my grandma in the states. she said its about 1k dollars. here in ph its around 45 k or lesser. one thing more this price. its really wise to buy. 45 k my god. is it to much or is it worth to buy? cause i am having it as my gift from my grandma
I have the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1, And i have 3 words for it:
I HATE IT! because of
1. If you want to take a picture, you must not move a inch or else the picture is ruined. if you stand completely still, the image is then very good.
2. I have a SMS problem with my Xperia, if i send to someone a SMS, it delivers then whenever it want, sometimes in a hour sometimes in a day sometimes in a week, its so annoying such a expensive device, and it cant even send a proper SMS.
Im now selling it for 400 euros and then im buying the iphone 3G.
basically its mac vs windows!
i am still trying to figure out how to send mass sms
(using groups in the contacts) any advise?
Other than that, the X1 is good.
Podra MAC ser “Innovacion y Alta Tecnoligia” pero llega un momento es que se estanca, y eso es a pasado de sus inicios en los ‘80, hoy en dia con tanta competencia en el mercado en el mundo de lo celulares se tiene que ser mas que una simple marca “IPHONE” mas alla de su diseño tiene mucho que ver sus aplicaciones, por que al final de cuanta el consumidor quiere mas por su dinero…
aj, vidal, ne laži!!
My father’s x1 is da best mob he ever had da 3.5g and da touch dj is my favourite.after o’s i’l get 1 4 sure.
Yo dj better u use ‘image stabalizerTM’ and x ’s quite better than storm becuz x’s keyboard
GREEK.. u r dam stupid and idiot.. ur sms problem not becoz of hp but blame ur dam farkin stupid idiot network!!!
i hv x1, should i buy apple or n97 nokia…
plz suggest me……..
the x1 looks very appealing to me, although i do have an iphone and that main thing i love about it in comparison to anyphone is it never has any lagg time when doing anything. the new 3.0 software is great and the search feature is very fast and still doesnt lagg. however the x1 does look good but i dont think it stands out above the iphone.
the xperia is obviously the best mobile!!however i;d like to ask if there are colours of xperia or it’s only black?
Eirini, looking at the images above, we can clearly see that the xperia does not only come in black.
You fool.
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My Xperience:
Xperia is a really good phone overall… Love its cam (although shake sometimes play spoilsport), its music (headphones are great).. 3d accelerated games are super smooth.. Fast GPS position downloads.. Sometimes it hangs and the battery isn’t that great..
I havent tried overclocking its processor yet; but i have a feeling it can be clocked upto 620-650 MHz..
The keyboard sliding thing looks funky
.. Hats off to SE, Win, and HTC