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Table of contents
Product overview ........................................................................................................2
Sony Xperia™ ion HSPA – Experience big screen HD ..........................................2
Signature features .................................................................................................4
Facts – dimensions, weight, performance and networks ......................................5
Categorized feature list ..........................................................................................7
Technologies in detail .................................................................................................9
Device-to-device communications (local) .............................................................9
Bluetooth™ wireless technology ........................................................................9
Wi-Fi® ...............................................................................................................10
DLNA Certified® (Digital Living Network Alliance) ............................................11
Messaging ...........................................................................................................12
MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)..............................................................12
Email .................................................................................................................12
Positioning – location based services .................................................................13
Provisioning (OMA CP) ........................................................................................13
Multimedia (audio, image and video) ...................................................................14
Synchronisation (OMA DS, EAS, Google Sync™) ...............................................15
Web browser .......................................................................................................16
Trademarks and acknowledgements ..................................................................17

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Product overview
Sony Xperia™ ion HSPA – Experience big screen HD
The premium HD smartphone that brings an everything in HD experience to a 4.6” screen.
See every detail
Watch the latest movies, TV shows or your own HD videos in razor sharp clarity on the stunning 4.6” HD
Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine. Crisp images. No jagged edges. With reduced light
reflection, the picture stays clear when you're outdoors too. Merely the best entertainment experience in
HD.
From sleep to snap – in just over a second
Happy faces. Spectacular scenery. Capture it all with Xperia™ ion HSPA’s fast capture 12 megapixel
camera. Keep shooting with only one second between shots. Or record vacation videos in full HD. View in
vibrant colors on the 4.6” touchscreen. Or wirelessly share your memories on your choice of HD screen.
Show it like it is
Connect your Xperia™ ion HSPA to an HDTV using DLNA or an HDMI cable. Now relive those moments
from the comfort of your couch, or pump up the volume on your playlist at the party. It’s up to you.

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Sony Entertainment Network*– Your ultimate source for digital entertainment.
Feasts for film fans, masses of music. Enjoy millions** of songs from Music Unlimited™. Or download your
favourite hit movies from Video Unlimited™. It’s all on Sony Entertainment Network. No trips to the store.
No late fees. Just pure entertainment.
* Sony Entertainment Network with Video Unlimited™ and Music Unlimited™ are not available in all
markets.
** The number of tracks available varies by country.

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Signature features
The Sony Xperia™ ion HSPA comes with a range of features as standard. Below is a summary of the key
signature features.
Xperia™ Timescape™
Communication made easy
The Timescape™ application manages all your communication with one person in one place. You can
effortlessly browse by category your Facebook™, Twitter™, email and text communications, as well as
view your photos. Now everything is all together and in chronological order, so you don't have to open
different applications to see what's going on.
Xperia™ Infinite button
Everything you want – from everywhere
Tap the infinite button in the Timescape™ application and smart filter each category of communication by
person. For example, when viewing a text message from a friend in Timescape™, tap the infinite button to
view a list of all chat messages with that friend.
Xperia™ Local connectivity
More control over your media
Using Sony Local connectivity, you can exercise more control over how media files get transferred and
stored. For example, you can select MTP mode to transfer files if you want to limit the risk of data corrup-
tion or select MSC mode if you want to have more control over the data storage.
Xperia™ Home screen application
The place you call Home
Customise your Home screen with widgets, shortcuts, folders, themes, wallpaper and other items.
Where’s best for you? Email top right? Music player bottom left? You decide. With four extensions to your
Home screen, you’ve got plenty of space to put things where you want. Just remember to flick left or right
to find them.

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Facts – dimensions, weight, performance and
networks
Operating system Google™ Android™ 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Processor 1.5 GHz Qualcomm APQ8060 Dual Core
GPU Adreno 220
Size 133 x 68 x 10.8 mm
Weight 144 grams
Available colours Black
Red
SIM card Micro SIM
Main screen
Colours 16,000,000 colour TFT
Resolution 1280x720 pixels
Size (diagonal) 4.55 inches
Scratch-resistant Shatter proof sheet on scratch-resistant glass
Input mechanisms
Text input On-screen QWERTY keyboard
Touch screen Capacitive
Touch gesture Yes – multi-touch, up to 4 fingers supported
Memory
Internal phone storage 13.2 GB* (up to 11.24 GB user-accessible memory)
RAM 1 GB
Expansion slot microSD™ card, up to 32 GB
Camera
Camera resolution 12 MP
Digital zoom 16x
Photo light Yes
Video recording Yes – HD 1080p
Front Camera Yes – HD 720p for video chat and 1.3 MP for camera capture
Sensors
Accelerometer Yes
Proximity sensor Yes

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* Internal phone storage comprising 2 GB Phone memory for downloadable applications, and 11.2 GB
Internal storage used for music, pictures and movies, and some application data.
** Values are according to GSM Association Battery Life Measurement Technique as performed in control-
led laboratory conditions. Actual time may vary.
NOTE: All performance metrics are measured under laboratory conditions.
NOTE: Battery performance may vary depending on network conditions and configurations, and phone
usage.
Ambient light sensor Yes
Magnetometer Yes
Gyroscope Yes
Networks
LT28h UMTS HSPA+ 850 (Band V), 900 (Band VIII), 1700 (Band IV),
1900 (Band II), 2100 (Band I)
GSM EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
Data transfer speeds
GSM EDGE Up to 237 kbps
UMTS HSPA cat 6 (upload) Up to 5.8 Mbps
UMTS HSPA cat 24(download) Up to 42 Mbps
Talk t im e (GSM) Up to 10 hours**
Standby time (GSM) Up to 400 hours**
Talk t im e (UMTS) Up to 4 hours**
Standby time (UMTS) Up to 350 hours**
Music listening time Up to 12 hours**
Video playback time Up to 3 hours**
Embedded Battery 1900 mAh typical
1840 mAh minimum

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Categorized feature list
Camera
3D Sweep Panorama
12 megapixel camera
16x digital zoom
Auto focus
Face detection
Flash/Photo light
Front-facing camera (HD 720p)
Geotagging
HD video recording (1080p)
Image stabiliser
Red-eye reduction
Self-timer
Scene recognition
Send to web
Smile detection
Sony Exmor R™ for mobile image
sensor
Sweep Panorama
Sweep Multi Angle
Touch capture
Touch focus
Video light
Video recording
Music
Album art
Bluetooth™ stereo (A2DP)
TrackID music recognition*
“WALKMAN” application
xLoud™ Experience
Internet
Bookmarks
Google Play™
Google™ search*
Google Voice™ Search*
Google Maps™ for Mobile with
Navigation, Places and
Latitude™*
Pan & zoom
Web browser (WebKit™)
Communication
Call list
Facebook™ application*
Google Talk™ application*
Noise suppression
Speakerphone
Twitter™ (Timescape™
integration)*
Xperia™ Timescape™
Xperia™ with Facebook™
Messaging
Conversations
Email
Google Mail™*
Messaging
Multimedia messaging (MMS)
Predictive text input
Sound recorder
Text messaging (SMS)
Design
Auto rotation
Gesture input
Gyroscope
on-screen QWERTY keyboard
HD Reality Display with Sony
Mobile BRAVIA® Engine
Screenshot capturing
Voice input
Wallpaper

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* This service is not available in all markets.
Entertainment
3D Album
3D games
Media browser
Motion gaming
PlayStation® Certified
Radio (FM radio with RDS)
Sony Entertainment Network*
TV launcher
YouTube™*
Organiser
Airplane mode
Alarm clock
Calculator
Calendar
Contacts
Document readers
eCompass™
Infinite button
LiveWare™ manager
Notes
OfficeSuite
Setup guide
Connectivity
3.5 mm audio jack (CTIA)
aGPS*
ANT+ sports fitness
Bluetooth™ wireless technology
DLNA Certified®
GLONASS*
HDMI support
Media Go™
Media Transfer Protocol support
Micro USB support
Native USB tethering
NFC
PC Companion
Synchronising via Facebook™
Synchronising via Google™
Synchronisation via Microsoft®
Exchange ActiveSync®
Synchronising via SyncML™
USB High speed 2.0 support
USB host
Wi-Fi®
Wi-Fi® Hotspot functionality

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Technologies in detail
NOTE: The information outlined below is general and levels of compliance to standards and specifications
may vary between products and markets. For more information, contact Sony Mobile Developer World or
your Sony contact person where applicable.
Device-to-device communications (local)
Bluetooth™ wireless technology
More information:
www.sonymobile.com/developer
www.bluetooth.com
Bluetooth™ profiles supported Advanced Audio Distribution Profile v1.2
Audio/Video Remote Control Profile v1.0
Handsfree Profile v1.5
Headset Profile v1.1
Object Push Profile v1.1
Phonebook Access Profile v1.0
Core version and supported
core features
Advanced Audio 2.1 + EDR
Connectable devices Products supporting at least one of the profiles above.

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Wi-Fi®
Supported standards IEEE 802.11b/g/n and Wi-Fi®
Connectable devices Wi-Fi®access points
Frequency band 2.4 GHz
Data transfer rate Up to 72 Mbit/s
Security WEP 64 bit
WEP 128 bit
TKIP
CCMP (AES)
Open Authentication
Shared Authentication
EAP-SIM
EAP-TLS
EAP-TTLS/MSCHAPv2
PEAPv0/EAP-MSCHAPv2
PEAPv1/EAP-GTC
WPA Personal and WPA2 Personal
WPA Enterprise and WPA2 Enterprise
Encryption WEP, TKIP and AES
Power save WMM-UAPSD
QoS, WMM

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DLNA Certified® (Digital Living Network Alliance)
Supported Device Classes M-DMS – Mobile Digital Media Server
Media Types: images
Summary: The digital media server exposes the media
files in your phone to a Wi-Fi® network. The files can
then be accessed from other DLNA Certified® clients.
+PU+
Media Types: image, video and music
Summary: Play media in the phone on another device,
such as a TV or computer using 2 box push technology.
+PU+ is integrated in the Gallery and Music applications.
M-DMP – Mobile Digital Media Player
Media Types: image, video and music
Summary: Play content stored on another device, for
example, a server or a PC, directly on the phone.
Supported Bearers Wi-Fi®
DRM Support The DLNA Certified® implementation does not support
DRM-protected content.

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Messaging
MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)
According to OMA Multimedia Messaging Service v1.0 + SMIL
Email
More information:
www.sonymobile.com/developer
www.openmobilealliance.org
Bearer type (IP) GPRS, EGPRS, UMTS
Character sets BIG5 Traditional Chinese
GB18030
ISO-2022-JP Japanese
ISO-8859-1
ISO-8859-2 Eastern Europe
ISO-8859-5 Cyrillic
ISO-8859-7 Greek
ISO-8859-9 Turkish
ISO 8859-11
KOI8-R Cyrillic
Shift_JIS Japanese
USASCII
UTF-16
UTF-8
Windows® 874
Windows® 1251 Cyrillic
Windows® 1252
Windows® 1254 Turkish
Windows® 1258 Vietnamese
Protocols POP3 and IMAP4
Push email Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® (EAS)
Secure email SSL/TLS, both port methods (POPS/IMAPS) and START-
TLS
HTML mail Yes (read only)

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Positioning – location based services
Supported standards:
• OMA Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) v1.0
• 3GPP™ Control Plane location (including Emergency location)
• Qualcomm® GPSOneXtra™
Supported satellite systems:
•GPS
• GLONASS*
* NOTE: GPS and GLONASS are used together to calculate the position. Positioning is more robust and
accurate in most conditions, if both systems are active. The benefits of using GLONASS are automatically
available for all applications using the Satellite Positioning API ("GPS Provider" in Android terminology).
Provisioning (OMA CP)
OMA CP version 1.1

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Multimedia (audio, image and video)
Audio Playback Decoder format Supported in file format
Audio decoding MPEG-1/2/2.5,
audio layer 3
MP3 (.mp3), 3GPP (.3gp),
MP4 (.mp4, .m4a)
AAC, AAC+, eAAC+ 3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4)
AMR-NB, AMR-WB 3GPP (.3gp)
General MIDI (GM) SMF (.mid)
Linear PCM 16bit WAV (.wav)
OTA OTA (.ota)
vorbis Ogg (.ogg)
Audio Recording Encoder format Supported in file format
AMR-NB, AMR-WB 3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4),
AMR (.amr)
AMR-NB, AMR-WB, AAC-LC
stereo
Sample rate: 48 kHz
Bit rate: 128 kbps
3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4)
Image Playback Decoder format Supported in file format
1, 4, 8, 16, 24 and 32 bpp and RLE
encoded formats
BMP (.bmp)
Single and multi-frame, bitmap
mask support (GIF87a format and
GIF89a format)
GIF (.gif)
Joint Photographic Experts Group JPEG (.jpg)
Portable Network Graphics Bitmap
mask support
PNG (.png)
Wireless Bitmap WBMP (.wbmp)
Image Capture Encoder format Supported in file format
Joint Photographic Experts Group JPEG (.jpg)
Video Playback Decoder format Supported in file format
MPEG-4 Simple Profile Level 6,
Advanced Simple Profile Level 5
3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4),
Matroska (.mkv), AVI (.avi, .xvid),
(.mov)
H.264 High Profile Level 3.2 3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4),
Matroska (.mkv)
H.263 Profile 0 Level 70 3GPP (.3gp)
VP8 WebM (.webm)

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Synchronisation (OMA DS, EAS, Google Sync™)
OMA Data Synchronisation protocol versions 1.1.2 and 1.2
OMA Data Formats: vCard 2.1, vCalendar 1.0
Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 2.5
Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 12
Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 12.1
Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 14
Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 14.1
Google Sync™
Related information:
www.sonymobile.com/developer
Video Recording Encoder format Supported in file format
Video H.263 Profile 0, H.264
Baseline Profile
Audio: AAC-LC stereo
Sample rate: 48 kHz
Bit rate: 128 kbps, AMR-NB
3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4)
Audio/Video Streaming Streaming transport RTSP according to 3GPP™
HTTP streaming
DRM DRM (Digital Rights Management) –
features the rights and copy
protection of downloaded content
OMA DRM 1.0 Marlin DRM

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Web browser
Related information:
www.sonymobile.com/developer
Browser version Android 4.0 Browser (Based on WebKit™)
Browser Application Bookmark synch
Desktop mode
Full-page PC rendering
Internet search
Landscape/portrait rendering
NFC Link Sharing
Off-line reading
Pan & Zoom
Browser compliancy CSS 2.0
CSS 2.1
CSS 3.0
DOM 2.0
DOM 3.0
HTML version. 4.0
HTML version. 5.0
JavaScript 1.7/ECMA-script 262 3rd edition
WebGL 1.0
XHTML Basic version 1.0
XHTML 1.1
SVG 1.1
Supported Device API Device orientation API
File reader API
Geo-location API
Touch events API (including multi-touch)
Protocol compliancy Gzip
HTTP/1.1
OMA Download 1.0
TLS 1.0 and SSL 3.0

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Trademarks and acknowledgements
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