 Hi guys, it's Vlad with The Verge here at IFA 2012 in Berlin and what I have here with me is the Xperia TX and the Xperia T from Sony. These are the brand new flagship phones that the company is introducing here in Europe. They're kind of hard to keep track of. This one right here is the Xperia TX. This is the one that you're going to see all across Europe mostly, apart from Germany. Power button is mounted over on this side. It's a 4.6 inch, 1280 by 720 display resolution which is also matched on this, the Xperia T, but it's a Germany only model. It's physically a little bit different. Power button is now on this side. Don't ask me why they've done it, but that's how they've done it. But otherwise, the display is exactly the same resolution, 4.6 inches, 1280 by 720 and it has a Bravia engine on both once again. Another significant difference between the two models, this has a 1.5 gigahertz dual core processor of an unnamed variety, whereas this one has a Qualcomm dual core processor. It's also a little bit thicker. You might be able to notice, here take a look at the sides, both have this glossy slash reflective slash chromed out look frame on the side. Physically they're more or less the same, but I kind of prefer this TX. It seems to be a slimmer, a lighter device and it's just more angular and sharper to look at. This is the more popular one. We'll stick with this one. Well, it's going to be the one distributed more widely. Looking at the interface, this is Android 4.0. It is Sony's rather familiar skin. Also familiar, you will find the curvature in the back. This was first introduced with the Xperia Arc. It's more understated now. It's more subtle, but it's still there. And turning it around to the back, it's got a soft touch plastic cover. I find this a massive upgrade over the Xperia Arc, which had a really glossy and really plasticky feeling one. This is a much higher quality feeling cover. You notice that there's an NFC label just underneath the LED flash and there's also a 13 megapixel auto focus camera. Down at the bottom, there's a loudspeaker. Just looking at Sony's tweaks again, I've always been quite a big fan of Sony's UI changes. However, I'm not really sure that this is necessary now that we have Ice Cream Sandwich. And as I say, this is running Android 4.0. Everything including the multitasking menu has been kind of changed in ways that are just change for change's sake in my opinion. It functions just like the Android version, but why it needed to be done in this fashion, I don't really know. There's the applications drawer. Again, everything is quite smooth and responsive, although I'm noticing a bit of chugginess over here on the side, which can be replicated. But we'll just put that down to some early software. It's a good looking phone. It's an attractive phone, 4.6 inches. If you want a smaller one, Sony's also introducing the 4.3 inch Xperia V. The underling to the 4.6 inch Xperia T with its battery running low also comes in a fetching pink shade. But there's also white versions and black versions of both of these phones, which will be both joined by the Xperia J, which is the 4 inch variety, lower processor, lower spec for cameras and all of that stuff on the Xperia J. So it's clearly an entry level model, but all three are coming out in approximately two weeks. They're being introduced here at IFA Berlin at the beginning of September, so we can expect them in Europe middle of September. The special thing about the Xperia V is that it's water and dust resistant, so you can take quite a few splashes. It also has the mobile bribery engine. It also has that 30 megapixel camera sensor, just like the big 4.6 inch device. So for a lot of people, myself included, this is just a better form factor. I might not go for it in pink, as it's being shown here, but I do prefer it to the somewhat too large 4.6 inch device. So that's a quick first look at Sony's brand new range of Xperia phones coming out in the middle of September.
 Hi guys, it's Vlad with The Verge here at IFA 2012 in Berlin and what I have here with
 me is the Xperia TX and the Xperia T from Sony.
 These are the brand new flagship phones that the company is introducing here in Europe.
 They're kind of hard to keep track of.
 This one right here is the Xperia TX.
 This is the one that you're going to see all across Europe mostly, apart from Germany.
 Power button is mounted over on this side.
 It's a 4.6 inch, 1280 by 720 display resolution which is also matched on this, the Xperia
 T, but it's a Germany only model.
 It's physically a little bit different.
 Power button is now on this side.
 Don't ask me why they've done it, but that's how they've done it.
 But otherwise, the display is exactly the same resolution, 4.6 inches, 1280 by 720 and
 it has a Bravia engine on both once again.
 Another significant difference between the two models, this has a 1.5 gigahertz dual
 core processor of an unnamed variety, whereas this one has a Qualcomm dual core processor.
 It's also a little bit thicker.
 You might be able to notice, here take a look at the sides, both have this glossy slash
 reflective slash chromed out look frame on the side.
 Physically they're more or less the same, but I kind of prefer this TX.
 It seems to be a slimmer, a lighter device and it's just more angular and sharper to
 look at.
 This is the more popular one.
 We'll stick with this one.
 Well, it's going to be the one distributed more widely.
 Looking at the interface, this is Android 4.0.
 It is Sony's rather familiar skin.
 Also familiar, you will find the curvature in the back.
 This was first introduced with the Xperia Arc.
 It's more understated now.
 It's more subtle, but it's still there.
 And turning it around to the back, it's got a soft touch plastic cover.
 I find this a massive upgrade over the Xperia Arc, which had a really glossy and really
 plasticky feeling one.
 This is a much higher quality feeling cover.
 You notice that there's an NFC label just underneath the LED flash and there's also
 a 13 megapixel auto focus camera.
 Down at the bottom, there's a loudspeaker.
 Just looking at Sony's tweaks again, I've always been quite a big fan of Sony's UI changes.
 However, I'm not really sure that this is necessary now that we have Ice Cream Sandwich.
 And as I say, this is running Android 4.0.
 Everything including the multitasking menu has been kind of changed in ways that are
 just change for change's sake in my opinion.
 It functions just like the Android version, but why it needed to be done in this fashion,
 I don't really know.
 There's the applications drawer.
 Again, everything is quite smooth and responsive, although I'm noticing a bit of chugginess
 over here on the side, which can be replicated.
 But we'll just put that down to some early software.
 It's a good looking phone.
 It's an attractive phone, 4.6 inches.
 If you want a smaller one, Sony's also introducing the 4.3 inch Xperia V. The underling to the
 4.6 inch Xperia T with its battery running low also comes in a fetching pink shade.
 But there's also white versions and black versions of both of these phones, which will
 be both joined by the Xperia J, which is the 4 inch variety, lower processor, lower spec
 for cameras and all of that stuff on the Xperia J.
 So it's clearly an entry level model, but all three are coming out in approximately
 two weeks.
 They're being introduced here at IFA Berlin at the beginning of September, so we can expect
 them in Europe middle of September.
 The special thing about the Xperia V is that it's water and dust resistant, so you can
 take quite a few splashes.
 It also has the mobile bribery engine.
 It also has that 30 megapixel camera sensor, just like the big 4.6 inch device.
 So for a lot of people, myself included, this is just a better form factor.
 I might not go for it in pink, as it's being shown here, but I do prefer it to the somewhat
 too large 4.6 inch device.
 So that's a quick first look at Sony's brand new range of Xperia phones coming out in the
 middle of September.