Sony unveils Xperia L and Xperia SP handsets

Sony Mobile has added a two handsets in its 2013 portfolio namely the Xperia SP and Xperia L. These two handsets are slated to fill the mid-ranged and entry-level post under the company’s current flagship device, the Xperia Z.

The naming of the Xperia SP has something to do with its design, which is inspired by the Xperia S and P. This explains why the recently unveiled handset sports the same transparent strip of glass at the bottom that not only added flavor to its profile, but also doubles as a notification light.

It boasts a 4.6-inch HD display coated with a sheet of scratch-resistant glass. There’s a tiny VGA front-mounted camera above it that’s accompanied by an 8MP snapper at the back. Handling the workload behind the curtain is a 1.7GHz dual-core processor backed by a Gigabyte of RAM and an Adreno 320 GPU. The handset will come preinstalled with Android Jelly bean which takes some of the space on the handset’s 8GB internal memory.

All of its components, including the sizeable 2370mAh battery pack, are encased inside a classy aluminum body that comes in three color variants; Black, White and Red.

Sony Xperia SP specs:
4.6-inch HD display @ 720 x 1280, 319ppi
Sony Bravia Mobile Engine 2, Scratch-resistant
Snapdragon MSM8960 Pro 1.7GHz dual-core processor
Adreno 320 GPU
1GB RAM
8GB internal storage
up to 32GB via microSD card
HSPA+ & LTE 100Mbps
NFC
Bluetooth 4.0 w/ A2DP
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, DLNA
8MP rear camera, LED flash
1080p video recording @ 30fps
VGA front-facing camera
GPS w/ AGPS support, GLONASS
Android Jellybean 4.1
2370mah Li-Po battery
Dimension: 130.6 x 67.1 x 10 mm
Weight: 155g

Also making a debut is the Xperia L; a budget smartphone with HDR capabilities for both stills and video. It doesn’t have the see-through accent as the Xperia SP, but it does have strip of LED at its base that takes care of the notification for the user.

It features a meeker configuration which consists of a 4.3-inch FWVGA display, dual-core processor that clocks in at 1GHz with 1GB of RAM and Adreno 225. It offers an 8GB of internal storage which can be expanded if need be via Micro-SD card. Powering all of it is modest 1700mAh battery.

This Jellybean-powered smartphone has a similar camera setup as the Xperia SP. But as mentioned earlier, it outshines it mid-range sibling’s snapper by having an HDR mode that can be used for both picture and clips.

Sony Xperia L specs:
4.3-inch FWVGA display @ 480×854 pixels, 228ppi
Snapdragon MSM8230 1.0GHz dual-core processor
1GB RAM
Adreno 225 GPU
8GB internal storage
up to 32GB via microSD card
HSPA+
Bluetooth 4.0 w/ A2DP
WiFi 802.11 b/g/n, dual-band, WiFi Direct, DLNA
8MP rear camera, LED flash
1080p video recording @ 30fps
HDR
VGA front-facing camera
GPS w/ AGPS support, GLONASS
Android Jellybean 4.1
1700mAh Li-Po battery
Dimension: 128.7 x 65 x 9.7 mm
Weight: 137g

Sony remains mum about the pricing of the Xperia SP and Xperia L. But the company did mention that these handsets will be available worldwide in the second quarter of this year.