Techradar just previewed the Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, the believed-to-be successor of the rather underwhelming Sony Ericsson Vivaz. Expected to be announced at MWC 2011, it sounds like another solid effort on the hardware end for the company.
Most notable appearance-wise is the design, which is practically a copy of the Vivaz. While I'm not particularly fond of it, we guess the company saw plenty of merits in the original form factor, deciding to give it a fresh start.
Details of the Xperia Neo include a 4-inch Reality Display with 854 x 480 resolution (Sony Ericsson's next-gen screen), an 8.1 megapixel camera module (with LED flash and 720p video), a front-facing webcam (either 1.3 or 2.0 megapixels), a 3.5mm headset jack and an HDMI port. Core hardware consists of a 1GHz Qualcomm processor (the latest gen), an Adreno 205 GPU and 512MB RAM.
As with Sony Ericsson's new efforts, the Vivaz reboot will drop Symbian OS in favor of Android. According to rumors, it will ship with Android 2.3 Gingerbread -- the latest and greatest smartphone version of Google's mobile OS.
Expect the Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo to be one of the devices showcased by the company at their MWC 2011 booth, where it will likely share table space with the likes of the Xperia Arc and the much-anticipated Xperia Play (aka Playstation Phone).
[via Techradar]
