Sales Package
Charger + Data Cable
In-ear Handsfree MH650
Warranty Card
User Manual
8GB Micro SD
Design and Body
Because Neo is indeed the successor to the Vivaz, so naturally we look at the Xperia Neo reminded that Symbian phones. Highly visible difference in the design with the Xperia Arc is more expensive even though its like, feel completely''feel''hold and see they are different. In the body itself, although mostly made of plastic, but the quality and color to the body of Neo and finish is pretty good and not making Neo look cheap. On the back of the casing there are gradations of color from black to blue; that our review is Neo Blue Gradient color. On the left and right side is a shiny silver list. Front of the camera and light and proximity sensors are on the top, whereas it was located eccentric LED notification, in the right side of Neo. On the right side there is also a volume button and camera button which though small in size, but better than nothing. The buttons below the screen using the physical buttons (back, home and option). In general, the Xperia Neo fits in the hand with a thickness of 13 mm and weighs 126 grams, relatively thick but not thin and not heavy but not too light, too. The problem is the plastic material that really makes you stick with fingerprints easily so it is not comfortable to hold if your hands sweat easily.
Screen
Measuring 3.7 inches wide and full-resolution VGA 854x480 pixels makes Neo pretty high pixel density that is 264.77 pixels per inch. This type of screen is a type similar to the Xperia Arc and the Mini Pro, with results that seem similar color, quite naturally than other types of Super AMOLED but still less in terms of contrast. Bravia Engine can only be enjoyed when playing multimedia files such as watching videos and viewing photos. Like the Xperia Ray, unfortunately there is no auto brightness feature which is actually quite useful if you frequently use the phone outside the room so you do not need to change the screen brightness level settings manually. Typical viewing angle LCD, if the phone is tilted would appear to be less good. To see the power in the sun is quite good and can still be seen clearly. The figure below shows the difference between Neo-screen (left) and Super AMOLED Samsung Galaxy S (right).
Interface
Of course the same interface with Xperia Xperia Neo Arc and Mini Pro with Android version used is 2.3.3. Timescape UI that is embedded in the ranks of Sony Ericsson Xperia was indeed customized quite well and although details have not changed as much as HTC with Sense UI.
Homescreen contains 5 pages with widgets widgets Timescape and some others were given the default background color of blue, although you can change the wallpaper as you like either with a live wallpaper and standard wallpaper. With a pinch and zoom to the outside (zoom out) the entire widget that is stacked on one screen. Notification bar shortage customization, only display notifications any time without access to shortcut and view any information. Pressing the Home button for a while will take you to the most recent Apps.
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The main menu displays with the same background image to the homescreen. For the application icons are arranged in horizontal mode, which means divided into several pages in accordance with the number of applications installed, by default there are 4 pages. You can sort by alphabetical, most recently used or installed. Also of course you can set at will by touching icons on the bottom right corner of the screen. Performance of UI on the Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo is quite nice and smooth with a Qualcomm MSM8255 processor support Snapdragon 1 GHz Scorpion and Adreno 205 GPU.
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Text Input
You can type in Japanese characters and Mandarin with this phone. Method there is only the QWERTY keyboard only. Typing in portrait condition is quite easy to do with the default keyboard, even though for some reason when we first started using, if we write letters quickly others can follow in writing. But fortunately this problem is resolved when Neo is restarted. Vibration at the time of typing can be removed if you do not like it. Other settings are the Quick Text settings for text prediction and writing languages.
Phonebook
When you first use the contact on the Xperia Neo you will be faced with the option to import contacts and synchronize with the accounts that you have such as SyncML, Exchange, Facebook and Google. For new contacts, some additional fields that can be selected are Phone, IM, Email, Postal, Organization, Notes, nickname, Website and Internet Call.
Messaging
There are three categories for the SMS messages, email and IM. To SMS like most other Android phones Xperia Neo do it perfectly. Very intuitive and easy to use both to enter the number of recipients to add attachments to make it as an MMS.
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Email use Google Mail although you can use another email. Google Mail is version 2.3.4.1. GMail already supports push email which incoming email notification arrives at the bar almost in real time. This application also supports multiple Gmail accounts, and standard features such as signatures, text size, label, notification, and others.
For you who like to chat it seems you have to install third party applications, because the standard IM applications are available only Google Talk is pretty good though and has push notif if any incoming chat, Gtalk but less commonly used.
Camera
With Exmor R sensor (plus LED flash) and large 8MP resolution, no doubt this is the main strength of this phone worth 3 million. For you who like dark picture dark, the results are far brighter than most other phones. For the inter-face just as the Arc and Ray, easy to use with icons that are easily understood. There are features smile detection, scene recognition, scenes, self timer, autofocus (single, multi, macro, face detection, infiniti and touch focus), touch capture, exposure, stabilizer, geo tagging white balance and metering.
The results are pretty good and the camera produces vibrant colors. Like the Xperia Arc, when shooting in low light conditions this phone reliable, catches the light far exceed other camera phones. This is because the backlit Exmor R sensor as used in Sony digital cameras. But the drawback is a less detailed picture, seen from the photos that only ranges between 600KB to 1.3 MB, the size is small for an 8MP camera. But the overall result satisfactory Neo camera. Look at the picture below, click to fullnya results.
Video Recorder
Video recorders are still a maximum resolution 1280x720 pixels course, reasonable because the phone is still a single core. Its features quite a lot, among other scenes, the resolution (720p HD, full wide VGA, VGA, QVGA and MMS), focus mode (single autofocus, face detection and infinity). Also like a camera there are some additional features such as exposure, stabilizer, white balance, metering, shutter sound, touch capture and self timer.
The results of 720p video recording belongs to the Xperia Neo produces a file of 45MB for video recording 1 minute. Its reach 6000kbps data rate, while the resulting frame rate to 29 frames per second. The results of smooth and sharp video, Exmor R excess also felt in the video recording mode. For more details please streaming video below:
Photo and Video Gallery
Gallery at Neo's default Android Xperia although given little touches that are not too meaningful, but this is not a problem because the default Android gallery itself was pretty good and complete, able to share files directly to social networking, email and bluetooth etc., do cropping, making the contact picture and wallpaper, and rotate images. Pinch and zoom can certainly be done as a way cool picture zooming.
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Video Player
This is one weakness of Sony Ericsson, they do not put much Xperianya codec in the phone so it can not play popular formats other than mp4, although you can still install third party applications such as mobo player, but still it would be better if this phone from the manufacturer has been able to rotate. mkv for example. 720p video downloads from Youtube appear very smooth and uneventful, and can be viewed in portrait mode. Here (and in the gallery pictures) Bravia Engine tajinya new show, the picture looks natural yet beautiful, sharp and bright.
Music Players
The music player Xperia Neo is divided into 4 categories namely Artists, Albums, Tracks and Playlists. Quite a lot of equalizer options are available in this mobile music player, ie, Classical, dance, flat, folk, heavy metal, hip hop, jazz, pop and rock. With XLoud feature, the sound produced by the loudspeaker is quite loud though Neo loudspeaker sound quality just average. With a headset that is innate in-ear type, suitable ngebass songs to be heard at the Xperia Neo.
FM Radio
You must use a headset that functions as an antenna for listening to radio broadcasts. Station ID can be displayed (if any)
Connectivity
Xperia Neo 850/1800/1900/2100 runs on Quadband network and HSDPA 2100. Then the local connectivity is a-GPS, Bluetooth 2.1, WiFi (802.11 b / g / n) with DLNA and the ability to be a hotspot (WiFi tethering), and micro USB (as mass storage and PC sync using the Sony Ericsson PC Companion). There is also a mini HDMI port for connecting Neo with LCD TV, mini-HDMI cable but it did not exist in the sales package.
Web Browser
As in the Android smartphone other types of middle and upper course the web browser on the Xperia Neo supports flash 10.1, but its performance in the play Youtube videos are not very good, 360p video playback was somehow broken and not very smooth. Performance in the full open sites like TeknoUp pretty good, fast and smooth in the rendering of objects that exist on the website, other than that zooming can be done either with pinch and zoom and double click. A maximum of tabs that can be opened is 8 pages.
When you do a double-click on a news page to zoom in, the text will neatly fill the screen (fit to page) making it easier for you to read an article. Interface as the default browser is another Android phone, has features such as bookmark, find, select text, share pages, and general arrangements such as text size, text encoding, javascript, cache, cookies and history. Its use is generally quite easy.
Default Applications
Some existing applications built on the Xperia Neo is: Maps (version 5.2.1), Places, Latitude, Lets Golf HD, Foursquare, and of course do not miss the inherent features of Sony Ericsson: Timescape, Track ID and PlayNow.
Timescape
Timescape incorporates call, Facebook, Twitter Messages and you, being an application with a very interesting timeline view. Here you can manage updates from Facebook and Twitter, whether manually or automatically as Timescape is enough to drain batteries and feels no need if you prefer Facebook or Twitter ordinary applications. You can make the update status for both from here, with accompanying text 'via Sony Ericsson Xperia' on Facebook and Twitter.
HD game that has funny graphics and enough detail is inherited from the Xperia Neo. The road is quite smooth and smooth, showing Neo's a pretty good performance in playing the HD game.
Third-party applications
Mobo Player
With this application the playback file. Avi and. Avi is not a problem provided it is not up to 720p resolution, because in large resolution tends frameskip and out of sync between the picture and sound. The video player has many features that are not owned video player built like subtitles, adjust brightness in the video and others.
Crazy Snowboard
3d games on a snowboard that is quite exciting is running smoothly at the Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo.
Vlingo
The application uses a voice-based commands from the phone mic and turn your voice into various commands such as Google search, Maps, open the application in mobile phones and even change your Facebook status.
Benchmark
Quadrant Standard: 1329 points
Neocore 3D: 60.5 frames per second
Multitouch Test: maximum of 4 touch
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Battery Life
With Lithium Polymer 1500 mAh capacity, it is reasonable if the batteries last a reasonable as the Xperia Neo Android phone. In the state 100 percent, from 9 am to 12 noon with the backlight on solid state lighting (screen timeout 10 minutes) and used occasional browsing, as well as several light applications, the battery status still shows 65 percent.
Conclusion
As mobile phones at a price of Rp. 3 million, the Neo has excellent features like good camera, Bravia engine and a 1GHz processor. Good performance and smooth. Competitors are the Samsung Galaxy W to be priced in the range of approximately the same price. Galaxy W has a larger processor clock, while the Neo has a good camera. Options are now in your hands, just adjust to your needs because the needs and tastes of each person is different.
Excess
Bravia Engine makes the color that comes out naturally
Camera with Exmor R promises great results in low light conditions
Xloud make loud loudspeaker performance despite normal
Got a camera button
HDMI Port
Shortage
Body is very easy to get dirty, especially the rear casing
Lack of applications built as an aid such as notepad, file manager and task manager
Support default video codec is very limited
