In August last year, the Japanese manufacturer Sony released a gift for its users, selfie lovers. The Sony C3 smartphone has appeared on the market with a large diagonal and a high-quality front camera, which has an LED flash. Let's take a closer look at the design of Sony C3, the characteristics and capabilities of the optics of this model.
Appearance
The body of the gadget is made of plastic. Three color options are available to users: black, white and green (mint color).
On the front of the device, the screen occupies a large area. There are no touch or mechanical keys on the case. Above the screen is a motion sensor and a light alert indicator, as well as a business card of the device - a front camera with a flash.
On the right side of the phone there is a micro-USB slot and a slot for a memory card; on the left side there is a camera activation button, a device lock key, a volume rocker and a compartment for two SIM cards.
There is a 3.5mm headset jack on the top. The rear panel of the device houses a microphone, speaker, NFC range, camera and a second LED flash.
Total dimensions of the device – 155.2×78.7×7.6 mm,weight - 149.7 g.
Sony C3 screen: specifications and resolution
The screen is designed using a standard TFT-matrix and does not have an oleophobic coating. Display diagonal 5.5 inches with a resolution of 720p. 16 million colors give a bright and attractive picture, but when looking at the display from different angles, it becomes noticeable that the image fades somewhat. The multi-touch here is pretty good, and supports up to 10 touches at the same time.
Specifications
Now let's talk about the filling of Sony C3. Specifications are as follows: Qualcomm MSM8926 Snapdragon 400 quad-core processor, clocked at 1.2 GHz, also on board the model provides 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB of storage for data. The phone supports microSD (TransFlash) flash drives up to 32 GB. The graphics accelerator Adreno 305 is responsible for the picture, which allows you to run high-quality 3D games. Additional features include Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, DLNA and USB 2.0. The platform is Android 4.4.2.
There are no special complaints about the functionality of the device: information is processed quite quickly, the device practically does not slow down, the system copes well with rather resource-intensive applications.
Cameras
Now we will look at the most interesting features of the Sony C3 - the characteristics of the optics. The front camera has 8 megapixels, autofocus, LED flash, image stabilizer and the ability to shoot video in Full HD. In the assetfront camera 5 megapixel, front camera and the ability to shoot HD videos. Among the settings there are the following functions: HDR, face and smile detection, geo-tagging, panoramic shooting, visual effects, touch focus and more.
Capturing a picture is quite fast, we also note the good work of the image stabilizer and autofocus. The front camera also behaves qualitatively, under which, in fact, this device was imprisoned. The resulting pictures can be immediately uploaded to a social network.
Multimedia
The Sony C3 smartphone, whose characteristics allow it to be used as a player, supports many codecs for both audio and video. The speaker is loud, in addition, the xLoud option is available in the settings, which can further increase the sound level. HD videos and movies look great on the bright screen.
Battery
The model has got a non-removable lithium-ion battery with a capacity of 2500 mAh. In standby mode, the battery will last about 960 hours, in talk mode - 11 hours, and in listening to music tracks - 65 hours.
Price
So, we have examined the Sony C3 in detail. Characteristics, the review of which indicates the weaknesses and strengths of the gadget, should give users the final answer to the main question. Is a smartphone worth 14,580 rubles or not?
"Sony C3": features, reviews and ratings
Users liked the body of the device and nice variety of colors. The phone is thin andlies comfortably in the hand. Not everyone is comfortable working on the gadget with one hand - often you have to use the second. It is noted that paint quickly peels off the edging, and the device becomes unaesthetic.
The camera, although it is the hallmark of a smartphone, received mixed reviews. One category of owners praises the image quality, decent low-light performance, correct stabilization, etc. Others openly criticize the optics, pointing to a whole list of shortcomings: blurry, grainy, poor flash, no zoom on the front camera, and more.
Everyone complains about the small amount of memory in the smartphone, most of which is "eaten up" by the system - you have to buy memory cards almost immediately. There have been issues with migrating data to flash media.
Opinions differ on the system: some note the stable and high-quality work of the platform, the ability to launch beautiful toys and work with complex applications. Other users claim that the device is buggy, freezes and constantly gives some kind of errors - this could be attributed to a factory defect, but cases of such complaints are not isolated.
