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Sony Xperia M4 Aqua First Impressions

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The Sony Xperia M4 Aqua, which made its official debut back in March, is one of the latest mid-range smartphones from Sony. The combination of its Z3-inspired looks, respectable specification, and waterproof body seems too good to be true for its SRP of under Php14,490.

Xperia M4 Aqua는 같은 가격대에서 더 나은 외관을 가진 스마트폰 중 하나입니다. 세련되고 정교하게 제작된 본체는 앞뒤 두 개의 유리 사이에 끼워져 있으며, 이전에 출시된 최신 Xperia 스마트폰과 유사합니다.

Sony Xperia M4 Aqua

The front of the device is mostly all-screen with just enough room at the top to house the secondary camera, earpiece, ambient light sensor and an LED notification light. Since the handset makes use of on-screen buttons for Android navigation, the bottom section of the screen is mostly barren with only the mouthpiece occupying that area.

모든 Xperia M4 Aqua 측면 중에서 오른쪽이 가장 바쁜 쪽으로, 볼륨 조절 버튼과 전원 버튼이 모두 위치해 있으며, 하단에는 전용 카메라 버튼이, 상단에는 플라스틱 플랩 아래에 숨겨진 Nano‑SIM 카드 슬롯이 있습니다.

Xperia M4 Aqua

이 물리적 키들의 배치는 이상적이며, 특히 전원 및 볼륨 록커는 오른손 사용자의 엄지손가락으로 쉽게 접근할 수 있습니다. 하지만 이러한 버튼들에 대해 우리를 불편하게 만든 몇 가지 작은 점들이 있어 원활한 구현을 방해했습니다.

Firstly, there’s no clear distinction between the Volume Up and Volume Down keys. Next, these keys are a little hard to press and require users to bottom the button down to register the action. And lastly, each of these physical buttons produces a louder-than-usual click-y sound when pressed, something that we don’t often see on other smartphones.

These things that we pointed out aren’t exactly huge design flaws per se, and something that most users won’t notice and probably won’t give a damn if they did.

Xperia M4 Aqua Philippines

Moving on to the other external components, the audio jack is located at the top-left corner of the Xperia M4 Aqua, near the Micro-USB port and Micro-SD card slot that are left near the edge of the handset’s left flank.

Down at the bottom you’ll find a lone loudspeaker placed near the bottom-right corner of the device. Flip the device on its back and you’ll find a familiar sight comprising of rear camera, which has a 13-megapixel resolution, its accompanying LED flash unit.

Sony Xperia M4 Aqua 사양:
5인치 IPS HD 디스플레이, 1280 x 720 @294ppi
스크래치 방지 유리
64비트 1.5GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 옥타코어 CPU
Adreno 405 GPU
2GB RAM
확장 가능한 8GB 내부 저장소
32GB 마이크로SD까지 지원
플래시가 있는 13메가픽셀 AF 후면 카메라
5메가픽셀 전면 카메라
4G LTE (선택 시장), 3G HSPA+
WiFi
Bluetooth 4.1
NFC
DLNA, Miracast
GPS, A‑GPS, GLONASS
Android 5.0 Lollipop
2,400mAh 배터리
IP65 / IP68 인증
145.5 x 72.6 x 7.3 mm
140 g
화이트, 블랙, 레드

요약하면, Sony Xperia M4 Aqua는 Xperia Z3의 약간 축소된 버전으로, 도킹을 위한 왼쪽 측면 접점이 없습니다. 따라서 Sony의 이전 플래그십 디자인을 좋아한다면, 이 중급 스마트폰에 대해 회사가 만든 것을 분명히 사랑하게 될 것입니다.

With the exception of some minor issues we have with its physical buttons, we are all praises for the Sony Xperia M4 Aqua’s design. Its svelte and lightweight form factor feels very good in the hands and its premium build is something you don’t typically see on a sub-Php15K smartphone.

If you’re buying a smartphone based on its design alone, then the Sony Xperia M4 Aqua is certainly a keeper. However, if you’d like to know if this handset is more than just a pretty-looking device, then check out our full review coming out later this week.

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Ronnie Bulaong

This article was written by Ronnie Bulaong, a special features contributor and correspondent for YugaTech. Follow him on Twitter @turonbulaong.

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Donimus · 11 years ago

I hope they address the alleged overheating issue. Users over at gsmarena complain about the sd615 chip in that thing.

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