Sony smartphone with Retina display. Free Technical Library News

NEWS OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, NOVELTY IN ELECTRONICS
Free technical library / timeline

Sony smartphone with Retina display

03.09.2012

Sony Mobile Communications (formerly known as Sony Ericsson) has unveiled its new smartphone Sony Xperia SL. According to Pocket-lint, the new model replaces the Xperia S, announced in January 2012. The Sony Xperia SL features a display that surpasses the display in the Apple iPhone 4 and iPhone 4S in terms of resolution. This parameter in the Xperia SL is 342 ppi (pixels per inch), compared to 326 ppi in the latest "apple" smartphones. What's more, the Sony smartphone's screen is superior in size as well - its diagonal is 4,3 inches compared to 3,5 inches in the iPhone.

The screen of the Xperia SL offers the highest image clarity among all Sony Mobile products and among all existing smartphones, according to the manufacturer's website (although, for example, the same Xperia S has the same pixel density). The display is made using Reality Display technology and is equipped with the Mobile Bravia Engine. The resolution is 1280 x 720 pixels.

Sony Xperia SL is equipped with Qualcomm MSM2 dual-core processor with a frequency of 8260 GHz (in Xperia S - 1,7 GHz) and a 1,5 MP camera with autofocus and LED flash. The novelty is based on the platform Google Android 12,1 (Ice Cream Sandwich). Overall dimensions of the device: 4.0 x 128 x 64 mm, weight - 10,6 g.

The battery life of the smartphone declared by the manufacturer is up to 8 hours of talk time, up to 410 hours of standby time, up to 33 hours of music playback or up to 6,5 hours of video playback.

Sony Xperia SL will be available in four colors: silver, black, white and pink. The cost and release date for the sale of the model are not reported - only photos and specifications of the novelty are posted on the Sony website. Additional information is expected at the IFA exhibition, which will be held from late August to early September.

<< Back: Mystery of human brain evolution solved 03.09.2012

>> Forward: Cause of acid rain found 02.09.2012

Latest news of science and technology, new electronics:

The existence of an entropy rule for quantum entanglement has been proven 09.05.2024

Quantum mechanics continues to amaze us with its mysterious phenomena and unexpected discoveries. Recently, Bartosz Regula from the RIKEN Center for Quantum Computing and Ludovico Lamy from the University of Amsterdam presented a new discovery that concerns quantum entanglement and its relation to entropy. Quantum entanglement plays an important role in modern quantum information science and technology. However, the complexity of its structure makes understanding and managing it challenging. Regulus and Lamy's discovery shows that quantum entanglement follows an entropy rule similar to that for classical systems. This discovery opens new perspectives in the field of quantum information science and technology, deepening our understanding of quantum entanglement and its connection to thermodynamics. The results of the study indicate the possibility of reversibility of entanglement transformations, which could greatly simplify their use in various quantum technologies. Opening a new rule ... >>

Mini air conditioner Sony Reon Pocket 5 09.05.2024

Summer is a time for relaxation and travel, but often the heat can turn this time into an unbearable torment. Meet a new product from Sony - the Reon Pocket 5 mini-air conditioner, which promises to make summer more comfortable for its users. Sony has introduced a unique device - the Reon Pocket 5 mini-conditioner, which provides body cooling on hot days. With it, users can enjoy coolness anytime, anywhere by simply wearing it around their neck. This mini air conditioner is equipped with automatic adjustment of operating modes, as well as temperature and humidity sensors. Thanks to innovative technologies, Reon Pocket 5 adjusts its operation depending on the user's activity and environmental conditions. Users can easily adjust the temperature using a dedicated mobile app connected via Bluetooth. Additionally, specially designed T-shirts and shorts are available for convenience, to which a mini air conditioner can be attached. The device can oh ... >>

Energy from space for Starship 08.05.2024

Producing solar energy in space is becoming more feasible with the advent of new technologies and the development of space programs. The head of the startup Virtus Solis shared his vision of using SpaceX's Starship to create orbital power plants capable of powering the Earth. Startup Virtus Solis has unveiled an ambitious project to create orbital power plants using SpaceX's Starship. This idea could significantly change the field of solar energy production, making it more accessible and cheaper. The core of the startup's plan is to reduce the cost of launching satellites into space using Starship. This technological breakthrough is expected to make solar energy production in space more competitive with traditional energy sources. Virtual Solis plans to build large photovoltaic panels in orbit, using Starship to deliver the necessary equipment. However, one of the key challenges ... >>

New method for creating powerful batteries 08.05.2024

With the development of technology and the expanding use of electronics, the issue of creating efficient and safe energy sources is becoming increasingly urgent. Researchers at the University of Queensland have unveiled a new approach to creating high-power zinc-based batteries that could change the landscape of the energy industry. One of the main problems with traditional water-based rechargeable batteries was their low voltage, which limited their use in modern devices. But thanks to a new method developed by scientists, this drawback has been successfully overcome. As part of their research, scientists turned to a special organic compound - catechol. It turned out to be an important component that can improve battery stability and increase its efficiency. This approach has led to a significant increase in the voltage of zinc-ion batteries, making them more competitive. According to scientists, such batteries have several advantages. They have b ... >>

Alcohol content of warm beer 07.05.2024

Beer, as one of the most common alcoholic drinks, has its own unique taste, which can change depending on the temperature of consumption. A new study by an international team of scientists has found that beer temperature has a significant impact on the perception of alcoholic taste. The study, led by materials scientist Lei Jiang, found that at different temperatures, ethanol and water molecules form different types of clusters, which affects the perception of alcoholic taste. At low temperatures, more pyramid-like clusters form, which reduces the pungency of the "ethanol" taste and makes the drink taste less alcoholic. On the contrary, as the temperature increases, the clusters become more chain-like, resulting in a more pronounced alcoholic taste. This explains why the taste of some alcoholic drinks, such as baijiu, can change depending on temperature. The data obtained opens up new prospects for beverage manufacturers, ... >>

Random news from the Archive

New chemical element 11.05.2014

The Helmholtz Center for the Study of Heavy Ions (Darmstadt, Germany) synthesized four ununseptium atoms, thereby confirming the existence of the 117th element of the periodic table.

Ununseptium was first obtained at the Russian Joint Institute for Nuclear Research (JINR) in 2009. For the synthesis of the 117th element, a target of the 97th element, berkelium-249, obtained at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (USA), was bombarded with calcium-48 ions at an accelerator. Ununseptium formally belongs to the halogens, but its chemical properties have not yet been studied and may differ from those characteristic of this group of elements.

During a long (more than half a year) experiment, 6 events of "birth" of the 117th element were registered. The decay properties of the isotopes of ununseptium and its daughter products - the isotopes of elements 115, 113, 111, 109, 107 and 105 - are direct experimental proof of the existence of "islands of stability" of superheavy nuclei.

Despite the achievement of Russian scientists, the existence of the 117th element was not recognized by the International Union of Theoretical and Applied Chemistry, since it required independent confirmation. Now this element has been synthesized by German researchers.

The heaviest natural element - uranium - has an atomic number (the number of protons in the nucleus) 92. Elements heavier than uranium are obtained in nuclear reactors, the heaviest of them is fermium with number 100. All heavier elements were obtained at accelerators in reactions accelerated to high energies ions with target nuclei. As a result, nuclei of superheavy elements are formed, which exist for a very short time, and then decay. Thus, the half-life of ununseptium is 78 milliseconds.

Note that from 2000 to 2010 physicists from the Flerov laboratory at the Joint Institute for Nuclear Research in Dubna, near Moscow, have synthesized for the first time the six heaviest elements with atomic numbers from 113 to 118. Two of them have already been officially recognized by the International Union of Pure and Applied Chemistry and have received the names flerovium (114) and livermorium (116 ). The application for the discovery of elements 113, 115, 117 and 118 is currently under consideration.

See full Archive of science and technology news, new electronics

All languages of this page

Home page | Library | Articles | Website map | Site Reviews