by James Valle

The reason they call the SONY Xperia TL the James Bond phone is because it was featured in the most recent action-packed film, Skyfall starring Daniel Craig. The phone is also loaded with exclusive James Bond content like the ring tone, videos, wallpapers and pictures.

This SONY Xperia TL smartphone, Model LT30at is running Google Android 4.0 with a 1.5 gigaHertz Dual Core Processor with 1 gig of RAM. The phone comes with 16 gigs of internal storage.
It has a back facing camera which is 13MP and records in 1080p HD. The front facing camera gives you 720p HD video. Viewing pictures and videos is displayed on a sharp 4.6” inch 720p HD Reality Display powered by Mobile BRAVIA Engine. This phone comes packaged with a lot of multimedia features and apps from the Album app, Movies app, WALKMAN app, FM Radio app, it is also PlayStation Certified, and much more.

For connectivity; It features NFC which gives you one-touch connection with other NFC smartphones. It also has Wi-Fi, a 3.5 mm audio jack, an aGPS, Bluetooth, it is DLNA Certified, and also MHL.

The phone weighs 5.2 ounces and measures 5.09” x 2.65” x .37”.

This is a nice and solid phone which has a slight arch on the back. It doesn’t feel cheap nor flimsy when holding it. On top you have a 3.5mm headphone input and noise cancellation mic. On the front you have the front facing camera, ear piece, light and proximity sensors, blue notification light and microphone down here. On the right side behind this flap, you have the microSD slot and the micro SIM slot. Here you have the power and lock button, volume rocker button – which also doubles as the digital zoom, and the camera button which are all closely located from each other making it a little confusing from determining which button you are pressing without looking. On the left side you have the Micro USB port which also works as a video out with an MHL adapter. And on the back you have the rear facing 13MP camera with a back-illuminated CMOS sensor, LED flash, NFC/SmartTag touch point and the speaker.

When viewing pictures or watching videos on this phone it is amazingly detailed and clear due to the Mobile BRAVIA Engine. The home button is incorporated in the interface instead of a physical button. The recent apps tray here on the bottom right hand corner is a nice feature that allows you to view recent pages or apps. There is also a mini apps icon that gives you a calculator, the time, post it notes and a voice recorder. Scrolling through pages is very responsive and fluid with no lag. The phone is fast and responsive due to the 1.5 GigaHertz dual core processor and the 1 Gig of RAM. When using the Walkman, it makes listening to music a pleasure with very low to no distortion even at high volumes. The 4G LTE makes surfing the internet fast and responsive. We ran a speed test and depending on where in the Metro DC area we were, we got anywhere from 5 – 10 MegaBytes per second. The camera takes quick and vibrant pictures. The colors, however, were a bit over-saturated. For taking 1080p videos it was nice and bright but the continuous focus took awhile to actually focus on an object. While making calls, the clarity was great with no dropped calls.

The 1850 milliamp-hours battery is pretty average, giving talk time about 6 -7 hours and about 15 hours when listening to music.

This phone is available through AT&T and is FREE with a new 2-year contract. Without a contract, the phone retails for $449.99.

The things we liked about the phone are the:
– 4.6” inch 720p HD Reality Display.
– 4G LTE making internet surfing fast and loading pages faster.
– Sleek and stylish look.
– Responsive and fluid with no lag while swiping through pages and gesture commands.
– 1080p video-recording.
– 13MP camera with back-illuminated CMOS sensor.

The things we didn’t like about the phone are the:
– Screen. It’s very reflective which makes it hard to view at certain angles.
– Can’t replace the battery.
– When recording videos it took awhile for the video to focus on an object.

For free, you can’t beat what this phone offers. It’s a great and fast smartphone for the average user or hard-core James Bond fan.

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