- Introduces ‘Floating Touch’ Navigation for Magic Web Browsing without Touching the Screen
- Easily Accessible Apps and Launch Actions with NFC and Xperia SmartTags
- Features Reality Display with Mobile Bravia Engine
- Fast Capture Camera Boosted by a Powerful Dual-Core Processor
Dubai–UAE: 23 May 2012 – Sony Mobile Communications today announced the arrival of Xperia sola, the latest addition to its portfolio of Android™ powered Xperia smartphones to the Middle Eastern and African market.
Complete with Sony technology, premium entertainment and innovative ‘floating touch’ navigation, the NFC-enabled Xperia sola comes equipped with Xperia SmartTags, allowing consumers to change their smartphone settings and applications in an instant.
Spyridon Gousetis, Director of Marketing, Sony Mobile Communications, Middle East and Africa said: “We are very excited to announce the availability of the latest Xperia device. Xperia sola delivers a sense of magic with the revolutionary floating touch, giving consumers a fun new way to browse. The sola also comes complete with Xperia SmartTag, for NFC funcationality. The feature-rich Xperia sola is perfect for those looking for a quality user experience, and the best in entertainment from a smartphone.”
Xperia sola also supports NFC pairing, for greater connectivity with other NFC smartphones, applications and services by simply tapping the devices together. Other features include razor sharp clarity with Reality Display powered by Mobile BRAVIA® Engine, xLOUD™, 3D surround sound audio technology delivering crisp and loud sound, and a 1GHz dual-core processor for super fast performance. Xperia sola also comes with fast capture to take the camera from sleep to snap in a little over a second with a single key press.
Available at leading electronic stores in the UAE, the Sony Xperia sola is priced at AED 1,399 and available in black and white colours. Operating on Android platform 2.3 (Gingerbread), the sola will receive an upgraded to Android platform 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich) in the third quarter of 2012.

Sony Xperia sola
About Sony Mobile Communications:
Sony Mobile Communications is a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Sony Corporation, a leading global innovator of audio, video, game, communications, key device and information technology products for both the consumer and professional markets. Through its Xperia™ smartphone portfolio, Sony Mobile Communications delivers the best of Sony technology, premium content and services, and easy connectivity to Sony’s world of networked entertainment experiences. For more information: www.sonymobile.com



