Sony Xperia SL with 1.7 GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.0 official

Sony Xperia SL has made an early appearance on the Sony website. It was supposed to be announced at IFA 2012 next week. It looks similar to the Xperia S that we reviewed in April, but pack in a faster 1.7 GHz Dual Core Qualcomm Snapdragon S3 processor and comes with Android 4.0 out of the box.

Other features are similar to the Xperia S including a 4.3 inch (1280 x 720 pixels) HD Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine, 12MP camera with LED flash, 1.3MP front-facing camera, 3.5 mm audio jack, FM radio with RDS, NFC, 3G, Bluetooth with A2DP, WiFi, DLNA and aGPS. It has 27.8GB internal memory (up to 25.8GB user-accessible memory).

It would be available Silver, Black, White and Pink colors. It says coming soon on the Sony site, but no details about the availability or the price yet.

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