Sony Ericsson's Xperia Play isn't the only new mobile phone the company is releasing at Mobile World Congress. The slim and media-centric Xperia Neo and Xperia Pro are also celebrating their official coming out party in Spain.
The only physical difference between the Android-powered candy bar smartphones is that the Neo has a virtual keyboard while the Pro adds a physical keyboard.
On both handsets, the 3.7-inch touchscreen supports 16.7 million colours and a 854x480-pixel resolution. Three physical controls (Home, Back and Menu) sit below the display, and a volume rocker, power control, 3.5mm headset jack, a microSD card slot and micro-USB ports line the sides.
The Xperia Pro's keyboard is spacious and comfortable. The keys are slightly raised and the large space bar is located conveniently in the centre of the bottom row.
Features on both phones include a 1GHz Snapdragon processor, a Sony Bravia graphics engine, Android 2.3 Gingerbread, 320MB of internal memory, messaging and email, an FM radio, a personal organiser, Sony Ericsson's Timescape interface, Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, USB syncing and mass storage, a music player, an 8-megapixel camera with LED flash and HD video recording and a front-facing 2-megapixel camera.
Update: February 15, 2011 — Telstra has announced it will bring the Xperia Neo to Australia in the first half of 2011. While pricing and a specific launch date were not disclosed, the Neo will initially be locked to Telstra's Next G network exclusively for three months.
Take a closer look at both models in our video and photo gallery below.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
Though it also has a 3.7-inch screen and nearly identical features, the Xperia Pro has a slightly different shape than the Xperia Neo. You get the physical keyboard, of course, but its ends are also more rounded.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
The Xperia Pro uses Sony Ericsson's Timescape feature.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
The Xperia Pro comes in red, silver (pictured here) and black.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
You also get a virtual keyboard for messaging on the fly.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
The camera lens and flash sit on the Xperia Pro's rear side.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Pro
The Xperia Pro has a standard 3.5mm headset jack.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo
The Xperia Neo has a bright and vibrant 3.7-inch display. From the home screen you can jump directly to the media player functions. For navigation, you use a mixture of touch controls and physical buttons.</>
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo
The Xperia Neo has a typical icon-based menu design.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo
The Xperia Neo uses Sony Ericsson's Timescape interface, which brings together your text messages, emails and social-media alerts.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo
The Xperia Neo only has a virtual keyboard. For a physical keyboard you'll need to pick up the Xperia Pro.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo
Besides dark blue, the Xperia Neo also comes in silver (pictured here) and red. On the rear side of the handset you'll find just the camera lens and flash.
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Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo
The Xperia Neo has a trim profile. On the right spine sit the micro-USB port and camera shutter.
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