sony ericsson Xperia Neo V

The deadly Japan earthquake took lives and brought the local electronics industry to a halt. Sony was affected too and, with a shortage of 8 megapixel camera sensors looming, someone had to take the hit. That someone was the Xperia neo. This is the story told by a company insider, who we have no reason to doubt.

It's the same phone, different camera and the lower price makes sense. And it should be clear by now the V is the Roman numeral for five, not a letter. Could there be a victory sign anywhere in the picture?

Key features

Quad-band GSM /GPRS/EDGE support

3G with 7.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA

3.7" 16M-color capacitive LED-backlit LCD touchscreen of FWVGA resolution (480 x 854 pixels) on Sony Mobile BRAVIA engine

Android OS v2.3.4 Gingerbread

1 GHz Scorpion CPU, Adreno 205 GPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255 chipset

512 MB RAM

5 MP autofocus camera, LED flash, geo-tagging, 3D Sweep Panorama

720p video @ 30fps, continuous autofocus with continuous autofocus and stereo sound

Front facing VGA camera, video chat (Google, Skype)

Wi-Fi b/g/n and DLNA

GPS with A-GPS

microSD slot (32GB supported, 2GB card included)

Accelerometer and proximity sensor

Standard 3.5 mm audio jack

Stereo FM radio with RDS

microUSB port (charging) and stereo Bluetooth v2.1

Voice dialing

Adobe Flash 11 support

microHDMI port

Deep Xperia Facebook integration

Main disadvantages

Forced camera downgrade to 5MP

Display has poor viewing angles

The competition has dual-core CPUs, 1080p video

No smart dialing

Loudspeaker has below average performance

Very limited video codec support

Memory card slot under the battery cover

So, the Xperia Neo lives inside the Neo V. Patched up with band aid and mildly myopic but sill. The potential deal-breakers are identical, so if you had second thoughts about the original, you'll probably pass on this one too.

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