We said it at
the Show and we'll say it again, Sony Ericsson just doesn't know how to keep a secret. One of its phones set for launch at
Mobile World Congress 2011 has just slipped the net (
again) and this time we have its full product name to boot, the Xperia Neo. You'll be familiar with this Android 2.3 handset already from
mobile-review's
thorough preview a couple of weeks ago, though at the time it was known under its codename of MT15i. This latest hands-on look at the hardware is similarly positive about the Neo, describing it as a well constructed phone and praising Sony's Android modifications as restrained and actually useful. Talk about a 180-degree turn from the way things
used to be.
There's another reason to be excited about this phone, however. Back in December, Sony Ericsson
registered trademarks for
Xperia Arc,
Xperia Play, Xperia Neo, and... an Xperia Duo. We expect all four to be out and about at MWC this year, and we may have already seen the latter device in yet another bit of
leaked photography.
