Sony’s smartphone is quite decent, but a bit too expensive

May 26, 2015 09:43 GMT  ·  By

Sony made available its Xperia M4 Aqua in the UK, where it is offered only with carrier contracts, and today the company is extending the availability of the handset.

The Xperia M4 Aqua Dual (with dual SIM capabilities) was just unveiled in India where customers can pick it up for $390 / €358 a pop in Black, White or Color paint jobs (as seen at NDTV).

The phone arrives with a 5-inch HD IPS LCD display and draws power from a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 processor working in concert with Adreno 405 graphics processing unit and 2GB of RAM.

Sony also throws in 16GB built-in storage which can be expanded up to a lofty 32GB via the microSD card slot.

A strong point of the phone is the imaging front, where we get to see a main 13MP camera with autofocus, LED flash and full HD (1080p) video recording.

The Xperia M4 Aqua is also pretty decent for snapping selfies thanks to its 5MP frontal camera that can capture HD (720p) video.

The phone lives off a 2,400 mAh battery that is non-removable and brings IP68 certification to the table. All in all, the Xperia M4 Aqua seems like a worthy device, but there are other affordable handsets like this on the market that cost a lot less, like the Xiaomi Mi 4i.