Ezinyangeni ezimbalwa ezedlule enye yalezo zisetshenziswa yavela lokho Sony wayephakamise umkhono wakhe ukuze ayethule emakethe. Yebo, sebebaningi kakade abengezwe ohlwini lokwethulwa kwenkampani yaseJapane kulo nyaka ka-2012, kodwa babheke ukumboza yonke imakethe ngamamodeli abo amasha. Into entsha yayiwukuthi izithombe eziputshuziwe zale selula entsha, i I-ST26i, yabonisa ukuthi yayingasenalo uphawu oluluhlaza lwe-Sony Ericsson, i-synergy eyakhiwa ngaphambi kokuba amaJapane athenge yonke ingxenye yeselula. Manje esikwaziyo ukuthi I-ST26i yintsha I-Sony Xperia J.
Inhlangano elawula ezokuxhumana yase-Indonesia isivele iyitholile imibiko yokuqala lapho kukhulunywa khona I-Sony ST26i negama lakhe elisemthethweni, elithi I-Sony Xperia J, ezongena ngayo emakethe, ngaleyo ndlela ihloniphe umndeni wakwa-NXT, obizwa nge-Xperia S, U no-P. The I-Xperia J ihlala phakathi kwe-Xperia U ne-P. Idatha ebesazi ngayo ishintshile kancane. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, isikrini saso sihlala sifana nangesikhathi sihlangana naso, ngama-intshi amane, nakuba ukulungiswa kwaso akufani, ukuhlala ku-intshi. 480 by 854 pixels. Iphrosesa yayo igcina izici ezifanayo njengasekuqaleni, okuyi-Qualcomm-core MSM7627A, enejubane lewashi I-1 GHz.
Mayelana nesistimu yayo yokusebenza, kufanele kuqashelwe ukuthi izofika nayo I-Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich, okuyinto engeyimbi nhlobo, nakuba ngemva kokwazi ukwethulwa okusha kwe-Google, kuyoba mnandi ukwazi ukuthi amaJapane ahlose ukuyibuyekezela enguqulweni yakamuva, I-Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Okwamanje, ayikho imininingwane eyaziwayo ngosuku lokwethulwa kwayo, noma ezimakethe okulindeleke ukuthi ikhishwe kuzo, ngakho-ke kuzofanele siqaphele izindaba ezintsha eziputshuka ngaphakathi enkampanini yaseJapan mayelana nentsha. I-Sony Xperia J.