The Xperia Ion HSPA isn’t the only new phone Sony Mobile has announced today. Taking the opposite approach as the flagship Xperia Ion, the Xperia tipo dual (yes its lowered cased and no I didn’t mean typo, despite what autocorrect would have you believe) is a new entry level phone which will surely target the budget conscious consumers and emerging countries. Most surprising of all, unlike the Xperia Ion which won’t gain Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich till later in the summer and the Xperia PLAY which will never gain the latest OS from Mountain View, the Xperia tipo dual will launch with ICS.

We still don’t have a price or launch date but after the jump, you can find the Xperia tipo dual specs, pictures and promo videos.

So what does an entry level sub-100g (3.5-ounce) smartphone from Sony gain you? Some specs include:

• Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
• 800MHz Snapdragon processor
• 512MB RAM
• 3.2-inch 480 x 320 TFT screen
• 3.2-megapixel camera (no LED flash)
• 2.5GB of Internal Memory
• microSD (Support up to 32GB)
• Bluetooth
• Wi-Fi

The phones battery is also designed with talking in mind, giving you up to 6 hours of talk time and 360 hours on standby. Music playback is pegged around 36.5 hours and video playback at 8.18 hours.

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Discuss:

Do budget phones like Xperia tipo dual interest you?