VAIO Corp. Launches Its First Smartphone: VAIO Phone

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VAIO Corporation was formed when Sony sold its computer business to Japan Industrial Partners (JIP) last year, and the new company wanted to focus on selling VAIO-branded laptops in Japan for the future.

The future is here, and with it comes the first mobile product from the new company, simply called the VAIO phone.

The phone looks a lot like the Nexus 4, with its glass back panel, and as blogofmobile points out, looks like a rebranded Panasonic Eluga U2.

For the internals, the phone features a 1.2GHz quad core processor with 2GB RAM. The phone also has a 5-inch 720p display, along with a 13MP rear camera and Micro-sd support. The phone runs on Android 5.0, which should run well with the mid range specs on the device.

The phone was announced through Japanese MVNO, b-mobile, which is offering the device for around ¥4,000 ($33) a month along with unlimited data. Outside b-mobile, the phone is available in Japan for ¥51,000 ($420).

If you think the device has no stand out points in the current market, you wouldn’t be wrong. Apart from being VAIO’s first smartphone, the device offers little to sway the customers from other, better offerings when considering outright purchase.

What do you think about this device, considering the fact that it is VAIO’s first smartphone? Let us know in the comments below!