Manufacturer Sony Mobile Successor Sony Xperia SP | Series Sony Xperia | |
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First released 21 March 2012; 4 years ago (2012-03-21) (Announced)1 June 2012; 4 years ago (2012-06-01) (Released) Predecessor | ||
The Sony Xperia neo L is a mid-range Android smartphone designed, developed and manufactured by Sony Mobile Communications. The Xperia neo L as first announced in March 2012 and was released in June 2012. The Xperia neo L was first made available in China and was later on released globally.
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Design
With a similar design as predecessors the Sony Ericsson Xperia neo and Sony Ericsson Xperia neo V, the Sony Xperia neo L slightly elongated body with four physical keys at the bottom of the screen with a glossy plastic finish. However, the Xperia neo L features a larger screen and is heavier than its predecessors.
Hardware
The Sony Xperia neo L features a 4-inch LED-backlit LCD screen with a resolution of 480 x 854 pixels with a pixel density of 245 ppi. With a rear camera of 5 megapixels, the camera is capable of taking 720p High-definition videos at a frame rate of 30 fps and it also features a VGA front-facing camera for video calling. The Xperia neo L comes with a 1 GHz Scorpion processor with 512 MB of RAM and a Qualcomm MSM8255 Snapdragon chipset. There is also 1 GB of internal storage on the phone with 380 MB user available and is expandable up to 32 GB with mircoSD cards.
Software
The Sony Xperia neo L runs on Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich with Sony's custom interface with additional applications such as Walkman and additional features such as Overview which were present on older Sony smartphones such as the Sony Ericsson Xperia Play. Several Google applications (such as Google Play, Google search (with voice), Google Maps and Google Talk) already come preloaded. The Xperia neo L is also DLNA certified.