Xperia GX and Xperia SX announced by Sony Mobile Japan

hope Xperia GX is not using a TFT screen. Sony please give us some surprise

So, is it hayabusa? ._.

If the Xperia S looked like the GX, I might have bought it, but, I bought a HTC One X instead.

Most probably, but hey… we do know that the international versions of japanese xperias are significantly different in terms of hardware and looks. Hopefully all this will get clear when the international models launch

“…designed specifically for the Japanese market” D’OH! 

hhhmmm.. an S4 CPU onboard?

You guys should contact Sony about whether there are plans for an international release as well. 

rumors stated that it’s 2200mah

what kind of naming convention…?

If that is the Mint, then I guess the Mint_I (probably the international version) should almost have the same specs. So, would Sony really stand on their decision not to make quad-core phones for this year?

Dude it’s hayabusa not mint,
who the hell calls it mint ?!!!

Did you even read the article?

personally i dont like amoled at all, only the ips can impress me but if oled can do better than go ahead Sony

Nvidia GTX

the other ont should be mtxx because it has only 3.7 inch screen

SX is the successor of Xray?

I agree forgot releasing the ion in the UK.. Go straight for the mint

LT28i(xperia s) and LT29i(xperia gx) have xtreme differences in terms of specs, much better processor, camera, really slim, ics and bigger screen. 
So, i do hope that LT30i(xperia mint) will be a different phone with much advanced specs, not just a minor LTE difference

 Xperia S is LT26i, not LT28i

So is this Xperia GX the much anticipated Hayabusa?

Is there a misstype or does not have the hdr movie feature?

I found the answer to my own question:

http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sony-Xperia-GX-officially-announced-the-new-Sony-flagship-has-13MP-stacked-sensor-and-no-front-buttons_id29951

Well, well, well, what do we have here? Out of the blue the Sony Xperia GX, previously codenamed LT29i “Hayabusa”, just got officially annnounced by the Japanese this pretty London morning.Everything we relayed to you about the newest Sony flagship turned out to be true, right down to the name and design concept, carrying over from the Xperia arc, but for now it is announced for Japan only, and arriving in the summer. We hope it will be making rounds worldwide come July, as that’s the timeframe listed in the leaked 2012 Sony roadmap, along with a price in both Euros and US currency.The handset will sport 4.6″ HD Reality Display with the Mobile BRAVIA engine, a 1.5GHz dual-core Snapdragon S4 processor, and this mysterious new 13MP Exmor R camera sensor with “stacked” technology, which should bring enhanced low-light performance, among many other goodies. Watch a demo of one of the sensor’s many virtues called “HDR Video” in Sony’s clip below.The rest of the specs include 16GB of internal memory, 1700mAh battery, Android ICS out of the box, and LTE connectivity radio, allowing up to 75Mbps download speeds, if the network can deliver that, of course. At 5.16 x 2.72 x 0.4″ (131 x 69 x 10.5 mm) or 0.34″ (8.6mm) at its thinnest, and 4.48oz (127 g) of weight it will also be one of the smaller big-screen phones on the market, and rumors are the battery is replaceable. The phone will be available in black and white, as you can see from the pics below. Best of all – no front buttons, just pure unadulterated ICS on-screen navigational joy.

Look like the Xperia GX will be the next flagship, as mentioned in the following:

http://www.engadget.com/2012/05/09/sony-xperia-gx-packs-13-megapixel-camera-and-4-6-inch-hd-display/

Sony’s announced its first two LTE-capable phones for its Japanese customers — and there’s two of ‘em. The Xperia GX is up first, with a 720p 4.6-inch display squeezed in alongside a new 13-megapixel camera — a first for Sony’s mobile family, and presumably its new CMOS sensor. A 1.5 GHz dual-core processor ensures it should all tick along nicely, while the hardware design follows the curves of last year’s Xperia Arc, this time with a matte finish. The camera upgrade and huge screen makes a good case for this to be Sony’s new flagship device — mere months since the Xperia S debuted in Europe — and before the Xperia Ion has even had chance to launch in the US. It’s joined by the Xperia XS, which Sony claims is the world’s lightest LTE capable handset, weighing in at just under 100g. It packs a smaller 3.7-inch screen with the same Mobile Bravia engine found on its bigger brother — and the rest of Sony’s recent handsets. It’s joined by a 1.5GHz dual-core processor (although there’s no specifics on what type just yet), a more standard 8-megapixel camera and it wouldn’t be a Japanese phone without infrared connectivity, mobile wallet and a mobile TV — they’re all built-in. Both phones will launch in black and white, and Android fans can rest easy, as they’ll both arrive with Android 4.0 installed when they hit stores in Japan this summer.

no Camera buttons on any of the handsets.

 sorry my mistake the GX does have

come on people. I love Sony but this isn’t all that good. The shape is not as nice as the ARC the ARC has better corners, the spec are OK (dual core only) but S4. Good stuff here but not out of this world stuff.

Both phones are awesome but I like GX most. They look very sexy. There is also another feature I missed a lot:WALKMAN. the last walkman phone I had was Sony Ericsson W595. I really miss it’s sound quality. I hope they release it for international market soon. Sony <3!!!

sony might not even release sx and gx for international market as they have quite emphasized this line- “Sony Mobile Communications today announced two new Xperia(TM) Android smartphones designed specifically for the Japanese market.” 
So, a more advanced mint could actually turn out to b the device for international market.(this is just my speculation though)

In side please !

again no memory card slut?

why dontthey just release this device world wide….why sony?

even with powerful S4 dual core..(htc one s dual s4 beats htc one x quad)

yes, it’s using the S4 dual core CPU and and that is great! 

I would assume its because of the actual Xperia line up. Who would go for the Xperia S, if you get for a quite few bucks more the Hayabusa? 

PLEASE SONY IM BEGGING YOU , RELEASE THESE TWO PHONES WORLDWIDE … IT WILL BE A BIG HIT

Xperia GX -  
131 x 69 x 10.5 mm-8.6 at its thinnest pointXperia SX - 
115 x 54 x 9.4 mm  

Is it an A-15 architecture core??
and also I’m glad if Walkman will become a standard in the new phones

you only want the Icon not the App???

It doesn’t really make sense. Snapdragon S4 is an SoC with LTE built into the die; shipping the device with LTE disabled means it would be crippled by means of software ?
I don’t think what separates Hayabusa and Mint is merely LTE.

For me the ARC corners are too pointy for me when in the pocket.

Lets hope the battery is bigger than the 1700mAH, it needs to be 2000mAH minimum.
http://www.phonearena.com/phones/Sony-Xperia-GX_id7055 

GX design is f**ked up to me, they seem lost track

SX is overall nice

I hate stupid branding like this. “music” is a better name!

 Do they have WhiteMagic?

Sony’s design always the best!! Awesome!!!

no i know, sony puts phones on the market in march then enrolls them in the GYM and by September, you got a lean mean sex machine 

They look sweet, especially the GX in white!

It’s not in the press release above but as reported elsewhere on the interwebs the GX supposedly only has a 1,700mAh battery (though it could be removeable) and has a micro SD card slot to make up for having “only” 16GB on board but should otherwise be as expected, sporting the new camera sensor and S4 chip.

The fact that both the GX and SX are only for the Japanese market makes them even more lust worthy because that means they are also likely to be water resistant!

Oh I want this so badly…
SONY PLEASE RELEASE AN INTERNATIONAL VERSION OF THE GX. PLEASE.

 Because I have a lot of money……….so i can buy whatever phone i want.

Uhm, screen size is measured diagonally.

I just hope that the battery performance of GX and SX won’t ruin the phones beauty. Because even though it has a new features (but not that important) that makes it better (except for the dual-core snappdragon, i was hoping for a better chip-set, not necessary to be a quad-core) the battery might not make the phone last for a day or less.

The Battery performance here should be great. and the that all types of earphones would work. and everything that sony xperia s,u and p has should put here or improved it more. this phone should beat the galaxy s3. it should have a 1 second capture thing in the camera just like the xperia s

Camera-Sony
Design-Sony
Display-Galaxy S3
Performance-Galaxy S3
Battery Performance-Don’t Know Yet (so make it good)
Sound-Don’t Know Yet
Interface-Depends
Screen-Galaxy S3(better and stronger screen for now)Typing-Don’t know (sony’s touch screen should be the most accurate touch screen)
Built Quality-Don’t know yet ( sony’s phones should be made with top notch materials and not some cheap plastic thing and something that will remove the phone’s colour like in the xperia arc)

others please add other suggestion that would make sony make the best phone.

Although I said its not the best phone in the world, its sure better than the Samsung GS3 (Besides quad core) but like I also said S4 in the GX is also really good

Kill the Ion. Shove GX in its body. Then Take my money, Dear Sony .

ok I changed my mind about Xperia S,I’m gonna wait for GX
till then my Neo V can handle things I guess,with fully working miui not a problem

Hating the design of the Samsung S3 made me decide that the Xperia S will probably replace my Arc S later this year.  Not any more!  That GX is **lush**.  UK release please Sony!

Who cares about “trends”? Sony have already told that they will release quadcore in 2013 cuz it is unnessesary and not stable enough. 

Okay, IF these phones are only for Japan, then why do the official press photos show English language on the Homescreen? I mean, why not Japanese? If you take the press shots for example of the Arco HD, you’ll notice that the Homescreen has a Japanese layout. Maybe they wanted to use this official photo for the international version too? 

Sadly white magic is only for up to 4″ screens as for now.

 agree. ARC is perfect size. Even XS is to big for my liking. I really like the whole design of the ARC.

Dear XB, Are you sure that GX was codenamed as ‘Mint’ ? Mint was supposed to come out in September!

I hope these phones are the culprit for the shortage of S4 chip.

I know they’re definitely gonna release it globally because it takes a legacy from the Arc but all I’m wishing for now is that it looks the same with no physical buttons.

Im totaly confius now.Xperia GX is “Hayabusa” ?

I want to know, why Sony Until now is late in using AMOLED display?

Despite not using AMOLED, Sony makes the best screens.

The Xperia S has the highest PPI of all phones, the Xperia P has the brightest as well as the most power efficient and the Bravia Engine gives us the best colors.

Mint IS Xperia GX… but with LTE & bigger battery. I don’t know about any other changes.

Got this info from a reliable leaker.

 …Or improve Bravia even more, to make it as good as SUPER AMOLED.

I just exploded a little:D

Battery Moto Razr Maxx (around 20hrs)

Sony is releasing too many phones within the year. That is why they have problems when they are released , there is not testing just produce and sell and that is why so many people complain about their products not having quality …. I have an Xperia s , it heats up, yellow tint, battery shit and wifi problems and the 12 mp camera has the shittest focus . Just saying they should take care of their products and not just making cycle of phones every 6 months

Do you think the GX will have the “Japanese specific features such as infrared port data exchange, mobile wallet and mobile TV.” also? If so I might have to pick that up instead of the ion. Since It would be a good GSM phone to use in the US & JP.

No TV tuner & IR for GX ?

Doesn’t look to be water resistant or waterproof.
It does, however, have osaifu keitai mobile wallet using Sony FeliCa, the ubiquitous in asia NFC technology (although FeliCa on the device should not be limited to just payments though)

So basically the GX is for the Japanese market hardware-wise with pretty much just NFC.
Everything else seems to be just software and radio compatibility with the Xi LTE network.

The press conference on Wednesday should iron out the rest of the details.

You are rite

if gx has external sdcard, i’ll buy it

because my arc, 32gb are 400mb left
(10GB lossless song, 4gb photos, 4gb apps, 5gb cwm+titanium backup +9gb video)

No micro SD
Why??!

SONY – after they bought the remaining shares from Ericsson – seems going to make a lot of new phones with the standard of 2012 ( I think it is the processor , camera , and many standard features).Of course with SONY’s unique UI ( That’s what made it great ).So I think I will wait for the perfect phone to fullfill my “gaming” and “trying-whole-new-things” hobby :p .

Both have IR