Sony has formally announced two new budget smartphones – Xperia E1 and Xperia E1 dual. The availability and price of the phones are yet to be announced by Sony. The two Xperia E1 and Xperia E1 Dual are the obvious successors of Sony’s current budget smartphones – the Xperia E and the Xperia E Dual.
The Sony Xperia E1 and Xperia E1 Dual share the same specifications, except that the later comes with dual SIM support while the former has only a single SIM slot. The Xperia E1 features a 4-inch LCD display with 480×800 pixel resolution.
Sony has powered the Xperia E1 with a dual-core, 1.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 200 mobile chipset, 512 MB RAM and 4 GB on-board storage. There is a micro SD card slot in the phone as well.
The Xperia E1 has a 3 Megapixel camera at the back which is said to have a high definition video capturing ability and 4x zoom facility.
Sony Xperia E1 has also a 1700 mAh battery and comes with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean operating system.