Sony Xperia V review: Bond’s wetsuit

29 January 2013
It won’t be long before those full-HD five-inchers start stealing the show and the older Xperia generation should be preparing for life in their shadow. It doesn’t mean though that the Xperia V cannot hope for a good time. We don’t see why...

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  • AnonD-142147
  • tA$
  • 04 Jun 2013

i love this phone a lot! why i choose this phone first is because the design is elegant luxury and simple also the material is good too. Compared with acro s maybe just the camera acro s is 12mp and xperia v is 13mp, i have no battery issue at all, both is great!! i'm not really game addict so dual core krait is more more than enough for me, this phone will still valuable in 4-5years later

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    • AnonD-150225
    • vaN
    • 29 May 2013

    i'll buy xperia go this june ;) coz the features is the one i've looking for

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      • DQ
      • LAK
      • 20 May 2013

      xperia v, 20 May 2013just like you've stated xperia v is more powerful. also ... moreWell yeah, all those features you stated are true... but they are at a cost.... and today if you offer me both phones at the same price I would choose the Acro S again....

      This does not make me a less techie person, it is just that the Acro S suits me better... specially since in my country I can't use LTE and the specific band for my carrier is missing from Xperia V.

      Anyway both phones are great, but personally I use the microHDMI port a lot... I plug it to my 40" TV while docked and charging and that also leaves the microUSB port free to be used with my USB OTG Cable to which I plug my Microsoft Arc Touch mouse... and all of this combined with my Logitech BT K810 Keyboard, gives me the most flexible computer experience I have ever got from a smartphone... (including the Galaxy S3)...

      All those hardware advantages let me use my Acro S in a way you can't with a Xperia V, even though it has a tad faster chip.

      To be honest, both Screen look equally good. Graphic are marginally better on Xperia V, but the Acro S still manage to crunch good benchmark thanks to Sony's optimizing team.

      So as you can see I AM a techie person and for that very reason is why I chose the Acro S over Xperia V...
      And I bet both of us are waiting for the rumored Sony Honami :-)

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        • xperia v
        • q{q
        • 20 May 2013

        DQ, 05 Feb 2013Ok, I just received my Xperia Acro S and I am very Very Hap... morejust like you've stated

        xperia v is more powerful. also you're asking why buy V over acro s, lots of reason. better bravia, better processor, better gpu, removable battery, lighter, cooler and of course, it has LTE!! obviously acro s is for the less techy person (if they wanna have LTE to brag about)

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          • Anonymous
          • w0P
          • 20 May 2013

          any problem with this phone?

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            • AnonD-146907
            • vNZ
            • 18 May 2013

            Metal Nue, 02 May 2013Pls tell me the comparison between xperia sl and xperia t.W... moreI say Xperia TX, that is the most beautiful screen Sony phone, Even Z cant beat him.

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              • AnonD-146907
              • vNZ
              • 18 May 2013

              Wow this famous phone have exactly Cpu, gpu, ram, screen resolution the same with my Pantech Vega Racer 2 A830L! I love those specifications now, it run really fast and useful for all things you wish to do in your smartphone. My phone have 11250 score in Antutu, let me check how he doing with Quadrant

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                • AnonD-144502
                • PUm
                • 12 May 2013

                Does the MSM 8960T in SP make it any faster than the V`s processor?

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                  • AnonD-144502
                  • PUm
                  • 12 May 2013

                  Anyone got a suggestiob whether Xperia sp or V better?

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                    • mike
                    • fpB
                    • 11 May 2013

                    with this price, the choice become very difficult, I think that I wil wait for the iphone 5s to make a choice

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                      • Metal Nue
                      • PSc
                      • 02 May 2013

                      Pls tell me the comparison between xperia sl and xperia t.Which one is better to choose? Thanks

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                        • AnonD-51266
                        • PAm
                        • 19 Apr 2013

                        tito73, 01 Feb 2013benchmark does not mean anything! you prefere sony ok but ... moretito bro why dont you admit it that it beats s3 and one x in every benchmark and benchmark is every thing for a gamer to decide whether to buy phone or not

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                          • Axj
                          • 26 Mar 2013

                          can you please make detailed comparison between Xperia Acro S and Xperia V? Sill don't get which one is better...


                          Acro S:
                          Wet finger tracking! (This is the main reason. It annoys the hell outa me that my Defy is waterproof... but cannot be used unless it's completely dry).
                          16GB on-board (vs 8GB eMMC)
                          1910 mAh battery (vs 1750 mAh)
                          1.3MP front camera (vs crappy VGA)
                          Cheaper. Significantly. (350 EUR vs. 470 EUR)
                          Camera button
                          Better Camera ?? (Using your compare tool)
                          Micro HDMI out
                          HSPA+ Band II (1900)
                          Included Docking Station (saves 30 EUR)
                          Xperia V:
                          Much more faster (S4 vs S3)
                          On-screen buttons.
                          UMTS cat24: 42Mbps (vs cat 10: 14Mbps)
                          LTE
                          "Opticonstrast" panel
                          Bluetooth 4 (vs Bluetooth 3)
                          "Bravia 2", "ClearAudio+", HDR
                          Removable Battery
                          Smaller dimensions at all
                          Thinner, looks better.

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                            • AnonD-127467
                            • TK4
                            • 21 Mar 2013

                            As a point of interest, comparing the asking price for the Xperia V and the Galaxy III on one of the more popular plans in Singapore, the Xperia V costs half as much up front.

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                              • AnonD-44202
                              • J5e
                              • 16 Mar 2013

                              How does the Endurance rating works actually?
                              Is it one hour 3g talktime ,video and web browsing respectively which makes it 3 hours?

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                                • Anonymous
                                • vj1
                                • 22 Feb 2013

                                My wifi and connection to pc companion via wifi always disconnects. My phone lags when in overview mode. =(

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                                  • AnonD-103857
                                  • nY$
                                  • 21 Feb 2013

                                  pls tell me whats better xperia v or motorola Razr m

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                                    • AnonD-97789
                                    • 2@c
                                    • 20 Feb 2013

                                    Sony Xperia S(LT26i) jellybean official leaked videos for better knowing of the upcoming upgrade of jellybean in April.

                                    http://youtu.be/kNLODO3YOnA

                                    http://youtu.be/b4J7i5o5xW4

                                    http://youtu.be/ld5U5j2GJXY

                                    please share your views

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • m7K
                                      • 07 Feb 2013

                                      mino, 07 Feb 2013Will be battery test?On page 2 in the review.

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                                        • mino
                                        • pU$
                                        • 07 Feb 2013

                                        Will be battery test?