14 DAY TRIAL // A new mobile phone coming from Sony Ericsson has just received the necessary FCC approvals, namely the Xperia neo, one of the latest devices the company added to this expanding family of Xperia smartphones.
The new device is powered by Google's Android operating system, and has been introduced last month during the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.
The handset has been just spotted through the FCC hallways with accompanying manuals, diagnostics, and a series of photos.
The new Xperia neo smartphone is expected to prove one of the most affordable members of the Xperia family, though it comes with appealing specifications, inside.
Recently, Sony Ericsson confirmed plans to come to the market with a nice range of Android-based smartphones during the ongoing year, many of which would be destined for the US market, and the Xperia neo is among those which might be sold stateside.
However, the device emerged at FCC with support for European 3G bands, it seems, being approved only in a GSM flavor.
Of course, this does not exclude the possibility that a model packing support for North American networks won't make an appearance in front of the Commission, but nothing was confirmed on this at the moment.
For those who might have not met the Xperia neo before, we should note that the device comes with a 3.7-inch touchscreen display that boasts a FWVGA resolution, as well as with a 1GHz Snapdragon application processor inside.
Moreover, it would pack an 8-megapixel photo snapper on the back, with support for HD video recording, as well as a two-megapixel front-facing camera for video calling. The phone runs under Google's Android 2.3 Gingerbread operating system.
Some of the latest reports on this handset suggest that it might become available for purchase in Europe starting with the end of this month. A possible release date for this device on the US market was not unveiled for the time being, though other Xperia smartphones would arrive there for sure.