Do we cancel the show if the star is not available? This one must've crossed some minds over at Sony Ericsson when the Xperia Neo had to be discontinued. But no, they didn't cancel it. The crew was told to take five instead while they skimmed the B-list for a possible substitute.
Most of the phone’s front is taken by a 3.7" 16M-color LCD screen with resolution of 854 x 480 pixels. The neo V uses the same Reality display as many of its Xperia line siblings, based on the Sony Bravia Mobile Engine. The high-quality LED-backlit LCD has pleasing colors; contrast and sunlight legibility are good too. The questionable feature is viewing angles: contrast quickly deteriorates and the colors get washed out when looking at the screen at an angle. This won’t be a problem though for those who would trade comfort for privacy.
The all-plastic Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V is a complete clone of the original. It stands at 116 x 57 x 13 mm and weighs 126 grams. Thanks to the "human curvature" design the phone looks slimmer than the numbers will tell you. We like the digicam-inspired design, the slightly raised shutter key and the centrally placed lens at the back.
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?
MAIN 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
DRAWBACKS
- 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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