Sony Xperia Sola hadir dengan selogan “hibur dirimu dengan sebuah kesan keajaiban” merupakan smatphone dengan keajaiban menyentuh tanpa disentuh, kenapa demikian Ponsel Android Xperia sola memiliki sentuhan mengambang (floating touch™) – cukup gerakkan jarimu di atas tautan untuk menyorotnya. Karena Sony Xperia sola menggunakan layar 3.7' FWVGA (480x854) Retina display yang memakai teknologi BRAVIA mobile dan kaca tahan gores.
Selain itu di dalamnya terpasang chipset NovaThor U8500 dengan prosesor 1GHz dual-core, ditambah kamera 5MP yang bisa merekam video 720p plus speaker stereo dengan xLOUD. Xperia sola memiliki satu fitur menarik baru yang disebut Sony sebagai 'floating touch'. Seorang pengguna cukup menempatkan jari di atas layar tanpa menyentuh kacanya dan jari tersebut akan bertindak seakan-akan seperti sebuah kursor yang bisa digunakan di browser untuk menandai suatu link atau tautan.
Spesifikasi detail
* GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900
* W-CDMA Band I, II, V and VIII
* W-CDMA Band I, II, V and VIII
Memory
* Internal phone storage: 8GB (up to 5GB user-accessible memory)
* RAM: 512 MB
* Expansion slot: microSD, up to 32GB
Display
* 3.7”, 854 x 480 pixels 16,777,216 colour TFT
* Reality display with Mobile BRAVIA®
Engine
* Hard coated shatterproof sheet on scratch-resistant glass
* Capacitive touchscreen with on-screen QWERTY keyboard
* Screenshot capturing
* Hard coated shatterproof sheet on scratch-resistant glass
* Capacitive touchscreen with on-screen QWERTY keyboard
* Screenshot capturing
Camera and video
* 5 megapixel camera with LED flash and Auto focus
* 16x digital zoom
* HD video recording (720p)
* 3D Sweep Panorama
* Image playback, supported formats: BMP, GIF, JPEG, PNG, WBMP
* Image capture, supported format: JPEG
* Video playback and recording, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4
* Face detection and Smile detection
* Fast capture
Connectivity and communication
* USB High speed 2.0 and Micro USB support
* WiFi and WiFi Hotspot functionality
* DLNA Certified
* Synchronisation via Exchange ActiveSync and Google Sync
* aGPS
* WebKit web browser with Pan & zoom
* Bluetooth technology
* Native USB tethering
* Floating touch
* NFC
Entertainment
* TrackID music recognition
* xLOUD Experience – audio filter technology from Sony
* FM Radio with RDS
* 3.5 mm audio jack for headphones
* Audio playback, supported formats: MP3, 3GPP, MP4, SMF, WAV, OTA, Ogg vorbis
* Audio recording, supported formats: 3GPP, MP4, AMR
* Timescape with Twitter integrated
* Facebook inside Xperia 2.0
* Sony Entertainment Network (selected markets only)
* 3D surround sound
* Clear bass and clear stereo
* Accelerated Adobe Flash Video
* Motion gaming
Pre-loaded applications
* Google Voice Search
* Google Talk with video chat
* Google Mail
* Google Maps with Street View and Latitude