I was fortunate enough to get some hands on time with the recently announced Sony Ericsson Xperia Ray. The Xperia Ray features most of the specifications of the Xperia Arc and in many ways it’s essentially a “Mini Arc”. With the Ray, the screen is smaller at 3.3 inches but, has the same resolution as the Xperia Arc. For some this will be too small but, for others this screen size is practically perfect. Just because it is a smaller phone with a smaller screen, other specifications haven’t been sacrificed. It has the Bravia Mobile Engine Display, which makes the screen look very impressive and it also retains an 8 Megapixel camera with Exmor R. There is one slight change here which, for some will be a deal breaker and that is that, the Xperia Ray has a photo light, rather than an LED on the camera. On the up side of that however, the camera software is newer than that of the Arc and the camera has zoom above 2 megapixel, something which the Xperia Arc is lacking. In the smaller form, Sony Ericsson have also managed to include a front facing camera on the phone, perfect for video calls, or Skype calls.

Se-first have managed to get a hold of one of the newest additions to the Sony Ericsson Xperia range – the newly announced Xperia X8 and have posted up images and a hands-on video, which is shown below, for us all to enjoy.They have also compared the X8 to the Vivaz, Xperia X10 and X10 Mini Pro which gives us a more accurate idea of the sizing of the X8 in comparison to the other Sony Ericsson handsets.

It is noted that the low camera resolution at just 3.2MP with no autofocus option is disappointing for what se-first describe as an ‘entry level’ Xperia handset and this is an understandable disappointment as it seems like a step backwards for the range, especially when even the X10 Mini has a 5MP camera to it’s name.