Tech-giants new flagship smartphones are equipped with top caliber features and hardware. But along their tech-advance and high quality software and façade, these new handsets cost a significant amount. Purchasing phones like Samsung Galaxy Note 4, iPhone 6 plus, Sony Xperia Z3 and may others will really cause a dent in your pocket.
So if you are looking for a mid-range phone, Sony Xperia E3 can be one of choices as it is now available for $139.99 only, GSM Arena reported. From its original price $199.99, Expansys give $60 cut for the Sony LTE smartphone. It can be recalled that E3 was launched along with Sony's new flagship top smartphones, Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3 Compact.
Though Sony Xperia E3 is not a high-end handset, its feature is not really far from the Japanese-based tech-giant's new flagship smartphones. Android Central said the E3 'does have a nice style and fantastic battery life'. This mid-range handset is equipped with a 2330 mAH battery that has 'STAMINA MODE' that can save power up to two days.
Aside from its top caliber battery, Phone Arena cited that Sony Xperia E3 features the Android Kitkat 4.4 that will soon be available for Android Lollipop 5.0 update. It has IPS LCD 4.5-inch display with 480 x 854 pixels at 218 ppi. This handset, that weighs 5.07 oz, has 5.40 x 2.73 x 0.33 inches dimension.
In terms of its camera, E3 has 5MP rear snapper with LED Flash while its sefie-front cam is 0.3 VGA. E3 snapper also features autofocus, digital image stabilization, face detection, smile detection, white balance presets, digital zoom, geo tagging, high dynamic range mode (hdr), panorama, scenes, effects, and self-timer.
Sony Xperia E3 is powered with quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 clocked at 1200 MHz with 1GB RAM. Its storage capacity is 4GB expandable up to 32 GB through a micro SD. Its battery, that has been considered its main feature, has a talk time of 12.30 hours and a stand by time of 29.4 days that can be translates to 706 hours.
So if you are looking for a mid-range smartphone that is pocket-friendly, consider Sony Xperia E3 one of your top choices.