Body and Launching

Sony has announced its latest G8231 (2017) smartphone. This device was announced in 25 February, 2017, and the current status is available in the USA, the release date of the device is 01 April, 2017. Dimensions is 146 x 72 x 8.1 mm (5.75 x 2.83 x 0.32 in) with 161 g (5.68 oz) weight, the latest device consists on Dual SIM. The smartphone comes with several colors like Black, Warm Silver, Ice Blue.

Display

Sony G8231 (2017) comes with 5.2 inches, 74.5 cm2 (~70.9% screen-to-body ratio) with IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors and resolution of the device is 1080 x 1920 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~424 ppi density).

Memory

The built-in memory is 32GB you can increase your device memory using Micro SD card microSD, up to 1 TB, and 4GB RAM.

Price

Sony G8231 (2017) smartphone has a listing price starting from $219 in the USA, Chicago, Los Angeles, Philadelphia.

Platform

The latest device is powered by Qualcomm MSM8996 Snapdragon 820 (14 nm) which runs on Android 7.1 (Nougat), upgradable to Android 8.0 (Oreo) OS. The device has powerful CPU like Quad-core (2x2.15 GHz Kryo & 2x1.6 GHz Kryo), with GPU Adreno 530 is also awesome for navigation.

Camera

The primary camera of the device is 19 Megapixels, f/2.0, 25mm (wide), 1/2.3", predictive PDAF & laser AF LED flash, HDR, panorama, while the secondary camera is 13 Megapixels, f/2.0, 22mm (wide), 1/3", 1.12µm 30fps for selfie pictures. The G8231 (2017) camera features are LED flash, HDR, panorama and video quality of the phone is [email protected], [email protected] (gyro-EIS), [email protected], HDR

Connectivity

The Sony G8231 (2017) has Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot with 4.2, A2DP, aptX, LE and A-GPS, GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO for best navigation. G8231 (2017) comes with 2.0, Type-C 1.0 reversible connector; USB Host USB to connect your device with PC, and it has several sensors such as Fingerprint (side-mounted, region dependent), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass, color spectrum.

Battery

The G8231 (2017) is equipped with the biggest Non-removable Li-Ion 2900 mAh battery
Fast battery charging 18W (Quick Charge 3.0).