Manufacturer and Model

Manufacturer
Sony Ericsson
Phone model
Ericsson A8i
Year of release
2010

Appearance

Case type
Monoblock
Body length
117 mm (millimeters)
Body width
59 mm (millimeters)
Body thickness
14 mm (millimeters)
Weight
136 g (grams)
Volume
96.64 cm³ (cubic centimeters)
Body materials and finishes
  • Plastic
Colors

Internal storage

Built-in memory
  • 200 MB (megabytes)
place #70

SD card

Types of Supported Memory Cards
  • microSDHC (Micro Secure Digital High Capacity)
  • microSD (Micro Secure Digital Card, TransFlash)
Maximum expandable memory
32 GB (gigabytes)

Battery

Battery type
Li-Pol (lithium polymer)
Charging the battery from USB
Call duration in GSM networks
7 h 30 min (hours, minutes)
Standby time in GSM networks
260 h (hours)

Screen

Screen diagonal
3.5 in (inches) place #132
Screen resolution
854 x 480 pixels place #106
Pixel density
280 ppi (pixels per inch)
Screen technology
TFT
Color depth
18 bit (262144 colors)
Touch screen
Touch screen type
Capacitive
Aspect ratio
1.779 (16:9)
Auto-rotate screen
Ambient light sensor
Proximity sensor

Main photo/video camera

Camera megapixels
5 Mp (megapixels) place #37
Maximum photo resolution
2592 x 1944 pixels
  • vga (640x480)
  • qvga (320x240)
  • 768x1024
Shooting resolution formats
  • Quad HD (2560 x 1440)
  • Full HD (1920 x 1080)
  • HD (1280 х 720)
The presence of a flash
Flash type
LED
Shooting settings
Autofocus
Video capability
Movie settings

SIM card and calls

Number of SIM-cards
1
MP3 ringtones
Polyphonic ringtones
Vibration mode
Speakerphone
Conference call
Ability to mute the microphone during a call
Extended phone book
Contacts in the phone book
Unlimited
Data exchange between SIM card and internal memory

Mobile communications

Cellular generation
3G (up to 3.6 Mbps)
GSM support
GSM frequencies
  • GSM 850 MHz
  • GSM 900 MHz
  • GSM 1800 MHz
  • GSM 1900 MHz
TD-SCDMA support

Internet data transmission standards

Data transmission standards
  • EDGE (E-GPRS, 384 kbit/s)
  • GPRS (64 kbit/s)

Wi-Fi

Built-in Wi-Fi
  • 802.11 b/g

USB

USB connector
USB connector type
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
USB standard
2.0 (up to 480 Mbps)

Bluetooth

Built-in Bluetooth
Bluetooth standard
2.1
A2DP support

Navigation and positioning

Built-in GPS
A-GPS support
Built-in digital compass

Radio

Built-in radio receiver
Radio range
87.5 - 108.0
RDS support

TV

Built-in TV receiver
  • cmmb tv

Sensors and gauges

Ambient light sensor
Proximity sensor
Accelerometer
Orientation and rotation sensor
Magnetometer

Connectors and interfaces

USB connector
Micro USB (7 x 2 mm)
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Images

Installed image editor
Geo tags

Video

Installed video player
Supported video formats
  • MP4 (MPEG-4 Part 14, .mp4, .m4a, .m4p, .m4b, .m4r, .m4v)
  • 3GPP (.3gp)
Streaming video
Geo tags

Audio

Installed audio player
Supported audio formats
  • AAC (Advanced Audio Coding, .aac)
  • AMR (Adaptive Multi-Rate, .amr)
  • MIDI (Musical Instrument Digital Interface)
  • MP3 (MPEG-1/2/2.5 Layer 3, .mp3)
  • WAV (Waveform Audio File Format, .wav, .wave)
MP3 support
Streaming audio
Identifier of songs
Dictaphone
Voice notes
TRS jack (mini/micro jack)
3.5 mm (millimeters)

Control elements

Touch input
  • 2 touches
Multitouch
Pinch zoom

Documents and office

Installed Organizer (PIM)
Email

Connectivity and synchronization

PC connection
Synchronization with services
  • Gmail (Google Email)
  • Gtalk (Google Talk)
  • Youtube

Software features

JAVA support
  • via java midp emulator
Installed browser
  • HTML
  • WAP

Receiving and sending SMS

SMS messages
SMS T9 support
SMS output in the form of a chat
MMS support

Additional features

Standalone mode (flight mode)