Sony Xperia neo L review: Blast from the past

11 August 2012
The Sony Xperia neo L is trying to break into an already well-populated market of affordable smartphones that give you a loud bang for your buck. It's a hotly contested game, but the neo L doesn't come unprepared. It has...

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  • Kim
  • vx0
  • 14 Aug 2012

Hi, I just wanna ask if anyone of you here can help me out? The thing is, I can't download the business card that I'm receiving on my phone. Please help me. Why can't I receive business card? Thank you!

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    • Anonymous
    • tR6
    • 14 Aug 2012

    hi, just asking if how to take out those numbers on top of the lcd and when i scroll it looks like i'm writing.. thanks

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      • AnonD-46316
      • 9JJ
      • 14 Aug 2012

      i have a neo l
      and it is pretty awesome phone
      is there any official update to 4.1

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        • Jns
        • 2Zd
        • 14 Aug 2012

        ash, 13 Aug 2012i m using this phone fr 2 weeks..its a pretty good one..bat... morePlz tel me wethr avi/divx vedios cn b playd or not ??

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          • Jns
          • 2Zd
          • 14 Aug 2012

          Hey.....i woul lyk 2 buy this phn...any1 plz tel me d curct details of dis phn...and i wsh 2 knw wethr avi/divx vedio can b playd in neo l....
          Plz help me...

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            • chunkybeats
            • PG{
            • 13 Aug 2012

            its meant to be a cheap phone, dumb people who think everyone can afford an OTT iphone or Galaxy S3. Its the easiest way to enter the Android realm than forking out megabucks on a flash phone. Good work Sony! I do have the Neo V and of course its a better phone but it was a emergency replacement to the original Neo but still a good phone. If you keep to GB on it, it will run like a dream on ICS its just a little laggy :-(

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              • Anonymous
              • mXU
              • 13 Aug 2012

              AnonD-2663, 12 Aug 2012Sony easily makes the best android phones currently availab... moreThe NovaThor is better than Qualcomm any day.

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                • Wesley
                • 3GW
                • 13 Aug 2012

                What's with taking away features like sd card slot, fm radio,hmdi port and using a worse screen than last year's model.

                Sony is finally going to go bankrupt if this continues after years of massive financial losses.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • t}q
                  • 13 Aug 2012

                  Price

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                    • ash
                    • X0%
                    • 13 Aug 2012

                    i m using this phone fr 2 weeks..its a pretty good one..battery life is pretty awesome..lasts a day easily

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                      • hardbass
                      • 3bm
                      • 13 Aug 2012

                      It seems my Xperia Neo V is better :)

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                        • Anonymous
                        • XMi
                        • 13 Aug 2012

                        sony ericsson design is better than sony experia :D

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                          • Anonymous
                          • tUd
                          • 13 Aug 2012

                          i like this phone

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                            • AnonD-2663
                            • tA8
                            • 12 Aug 2012

                            Sony easily makes the best android phones currently available, even though the NovaThor chip on some of their mid-level handsets is total rubbish.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • mXU
                              • 12 Aug 2012

                              This Sony strategy of removing features and then charging more for them in their 2012 product line-up makes no sense whatsoever.

                              As another poster has said, thank God for the Xperia Pro!

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                                • Aayush
                                • X0W
                                • 12 Aug 2012

                                SGM, 12 Aug 2012There's battery life for calls and the browser. Not for the... moreI missed it as it wasn't written in the general format that GSMArena adopts. Thanks for letting me know. By the way my comment was not particularly for this review only. It was said in general. No doubt GSMArena is doing a great job. Just that they should try to avoid misses. For example they missed posting battery test in the Xperia Go review that they had done few weeks back, if I am correct this time.

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                                  • AnonD-43930
                                  • tYZ
                                  • 12 Aug 2012

                                  better to get xperia ray!!

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                                    • AnonD-64733
                                    • Xuw
                                    • 12 Aug 2012

                                    LOL! GSMARENA looks confused, you wrote Stereo FM Radio with RDS in its key features and then wrote No FM Radio as of other neo models in its main disadvantages??

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                                      • KeeLeekarone
                                      • X0W
                                      • 12 Aug 2012

                                      I am going to wait for another 2-3 months for Windows 8 phones. Specially from Nokia. (I like Windows phone because of its smoothness, androids wr become junk after few months of use).
                                      Then will decide to buy this or not.
                                      Any how i like this phone.
                                      I Prefer a good and large display phones but in less cost.

                                      Dear frnds please suggest any other phones in this price range.

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                                        • SGM
                                        • 0Eg
                                        • 12 Aug 2012

                                        Aayush, 12 Aug 2012Dear GSMArena, what is a review of a handset without its ba... moreThere's battery life for calls and the browser. Not for the video player, but that apparently sucks, what more do you want?