Sony Xperia C is a mid-range smartphone that comes with Xperia's signature design. Measuring at 5.57 x 2.92 x 0.35 in and weighing at 153 g, it certainly is light and slim. The phone boasts Sony's OmniBalance design, first seen in its flagship phone, Xperia Z, but does not have the rear glass panel and aluminium frames. It sits comfortably in the hand and offers a good level of grip. The smartphone's rear is removable, hiding the dual-SIM and microSD card slots. The phone has a 5-inch TFT capacitive touchscreen with only 540 x 960 pixels, offering a pixel density of 220 ppi.
The display of Xperia C produces bright whites and vibrant colours, but not deep blacks, especially when compared to an AMOLED or IPS display. en compared to an AMOLED or IPS display. While the display is sharp, the phone suffers from low overall resolution. The viewing angles on the smartphone are also not too good. It is powered by a quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A7 with 1GB RAM, which makes it good for multitasking but you may experience minor lag. It is also the first time Sony used a MediaTek chipset in one of its phones. It sports an 8-megapixel rear camera, accompanied by an LED flash with Exmor R for mobile image sensor. The rear camera offers 4x digital zoom, HD (1080p) video recording, touch to focus and sweep Panorama. The Xperia C also includes HDR mode for video recording.
