Xperia X1: Day One, unboxing

Fedex delivered on my package on the promised date, around 10am, and I was ecstatic beyond words at its arrival. The box itself is pretty simple, and smaller than I would have expected. Below are my snapshots of the box and it’s contents.

Opening the BoxPretty Box

Opening the Box

Look at all the hardware

Upon actually holding it, the first thing I noticed was how incredible it felt, the build quality of the phone is exceptional, many of the parts are actually metal! The phone is quite small, I think partly due to it’s side to side width (it’s a tall phone).

So, that’s in the box, well, we have a usb cable, a outlet converter for the usb cable, so you can charge it through its usb cable by plugging it into the wall. An extra stylus, ear buds, and a standard sony connector which has some basic walkman controls on it. The box has some simple to look at quick documentation, and a CD for the Activesync and Wayfinder GPS software (more on this later).

OK, so now what, well, it’s time to put the SIM card and battery in. For reference, my old phone is a Nokia N95, it’s a fantastic phone, and it’s still for the most part a top of the line phone, which has no equal in the US (as far as Nokia offers here).

Swapping SIM

To swap the SIM cards, I need to open up both phones, the first thing I noticed on the X1 is how sturdy the door was, it’s made of metal! My Nokia’s is a rather thin plastic door, it’s surprisingly durable, but it feels awefully fragile in comparison.You’ll also notice how much larger the battery on the X1 is too.

So, one the SIM was in, I powered it on, it took a bit to boot up, but it found my T-Mobile settings without issue, that is, the phone settings. Internet access was a problem, I’ll get to this a little later. The X1 screen sports a 800×480 screen! This is double the resolution of an IPhone or any other phone out there and at only 3 inches, needless to say, the screen is awesome!

For now, I’ll end this entry off with a snapshot of the X1 compared to my Nokia n95 and my trusty old Motorola Razr. I’ll let you be the judge for how it stacks up size wise, but in my opinion, the size is quite good in comparison, the thickness (which you can’t see here) is on par with the Nokia, and of course my Razr is much thinner.

Side by side with some of my older phones