Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V is an
Android smartphone
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by
Sony Ericsson
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that supersedes the
Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo. It was launched in October 2011 as a cheaper albeit alternative variant of the more expensive Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo. Sony scaled down the camera from 8.1 MP to 5.0 MP in the case of the Neo V so as to keep production costs down.
Hardware
The Xperia Neo V can be taken as a cheaper, scaled-down version of the Neo, although it has many of the same features found in the
Xperia Arc, the
Xperia Play
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and the
Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo (including the mobile)
Sony
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Bravia
Bravia (stylized as BRAVIA) is a brand of Sony Visual Products Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Sony Corporation, and used for its television products. Its backronym is "Best Resolution Audio Visual Integrated Architecture". All Sony high-defi ...
engine. It sports a 5.0-
megapixel
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In most digital display devices, pixels are the sm ...
camera capable of recording
720p
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high definition video. It also features a front-facing VGA camera excluded from the Xperia Arc which allows for video chat. The graphics on the phone are handled by an Adreno 205.
Reception
Generally, the phone has received positive reviews from sites such as GSMArena, being praised for its competitive
price
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and the latest (at that time) 2.3 (
Gingerbread) upgradeable to 4.0 (Ice Cream Sandwich)
Android operating system.
See also
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Galaxy Nexus
The Galaxy Nexus (GT-I9250) is a touchscreen Android smartphone co-developed by Google and Samsung Electronics. It is the third smartphone in the Google Nexus series, a family of Android consumer devices built by an original equipment manufactu ...
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Sony Xperia neo L
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List of Android devices
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External links
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