Sony has silently launched a new Android smartphone in India today. Dubbed as Sony Xperia M2 Dual, the smartphone was originally announced back at MWC 2014 in February. The Xperia M2 is the successor of last year Xperia M and comes in Black, White and Purple colours. Sony has priced the Xperia M2 Dual in India at Rs. 21,990 and will be available across the country starting April 25th.
There is no word on when the single SIM variant of the smartphone will be available in India. The smartphone will be competing tough with the likes of Galaxy Grand 2 and HTC Desire 816, which HTC launched in India earlier today along with One (M8).
On the specifications front, Sony Xperia M2 Dual comes with a 4.8-inch qHD display, 1.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 (MSM8226) processor, Adreno 305 GPU, 1GB RAM and Android 4.3 Jelly Bean. The smartphone is 8.64mm thick and weighs 148 grams, and has dual-SIM support.
Other specifications include an 8MP rear camera with LED flash, 0.3MP (VGA) front snapper, 8GB internal storage, which can be expanded up to 32GB with the help of a microSD card and 2,300 mAh battery. It gets 3G HSPA+ for connectivity in addition to Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS and NFC.