Sony Xperia V

Also known as Xperia AX on NTT DoCoMo and Xperia VL on KDDI

Network
Technology
GSM / HSPA / LTE

2G bands
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900

3G bands
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100

4G bands
1, 3, 5, 7, 20 – LT25i

Speed
HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps

Launch
Announced
2012, August. Released 2012, December

Status
Discontinued

Body
Dimensions
129 x 65 x 10.7 mm (5.08 x 2.56 x 0.42 in)

Weight
120 g (4.23 oz)

SIM
Micro-SIM

 IP57 dust/water resistant (up to 1m for 30 min)

Display
Type
TFT

Size
4.3 inches, 51.0 cm2 (~60.8% screen-to-body ratio)

Resolution
720 x 1280 pixels, 16:9 ratio (~342 ppi density)

Protection
Scratch-resistant glass

Platform
OS
Android 4.0.4 (Ice Cream Sandwich), upgradable to 4.3 (Jelly Bean)

Chipset
Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 Plus

CPU
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait

GPU
Adreno 225

Memory
Card slot
microSDHC (dedicated slot)

Internal
8GB 1GB RAM

Main Camera
Single
13 MP, AF

Features
LED flash, panorama

Video
1080p@30fps

Selfie camera
Single
VGA

Video

Sound
Loudspeaker
Yes

3.5mm jack
Yes

Comms
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot

Bluetooth
4.0, A2DP

Positioning
GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS

NFC
Yes

Radio
Stereo FM radio, RDS

USB
microUSB 2.0 (MHL TV-out)

Features
Sensors
Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass

Battery
Type
Removable Li-Ion 1750 mAh battery

Stand-by
Up to 300 h (2G) / Up to 400 h (3G)

Talk time
Up to 7 h (2G) / Up to 7 h (3G)

Music play
Up to 18 h

Misc
Colors
Black, White, Pink

Models
LT25i

SAR
0.86 W/kg (head)     0.73 W/kg (body)    

SAR EU
0.95 W/kg (head)    

Price
About 230 EUR

Tests
Display

Contrast ratio: 1.792:1 (sunlight)

Camera

Photo / Video

Loudspeaker

Voice 65dB / Noise 61dB / Ring 66dB

Audio quality

Noise -81.6dB / Crosstalk -81.9dB