Active comes with 3 inch display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine (Sony's display technology), and a 5 megapixel camera with HD video functionality. It is a dust proof and water resistant phone.
The display is scratch-resistant and lets you scroll even when your fingers are wet. The phone comes with a gear kit and is pre-loaded with sports apps so you can plan, monitor and log your training – from your sofa or the slopes.
The phone also comes with one extra, changeable soft-touch back cover, detachable ear hooks for the portable handsfree active headset that ensures the earpieces remain in place while you are running; a wrist strap and an arm case for use during a workout.
The other Sony phone, announced today, is called Xperia Ray. Aimed more at style conscious consumers the phone comes with a sleek aluminium frame, reality display, Mobile BRAVIA Engine, and 3.3 inch screen.
Besides, it has an 8.1 megapixel camera with Exmor R technology (Sony's camera technology) and HD video functionality, which means that the camera will be one of the best, if not the best, in its class.
Xperia Ray runs on the latest Android platform for smartphones (Gingerbread 2.3), and is powered by a 1 GHz processor. The phone is quite sleek with 9.4 mm thickness and the design certainly is gorgeous.
The phone incorporates a front facing camera and a scratch resistant screen with excellent resolution and brightness, and integrated touch keys. The phone is light weight at just 100 grams. All the other bells and whistles of the smartphone, such as WiFi, 3G, Bluetooth and DLNA are all present.
Sony Ericsson has not announced the prices of these devices but we think they would cost somewhere between Rs 15,000-20,000.
