In the recent past, Aldi has often had Sony mobile phones on sale. Now for the first time, from 26 September, there is an LTE Smartphone of the Japanese group at the discount store. The 4.3-inch display is 1280 times 720 pixels and features Sony's BRAVIA Engine 2 for good picture quality

At Aldi Süd, the Android Smartphone Sony Xperia is sold from September 26 V. After the Xperia Miro in early July and the Xperia J end of July is now with the Xperia V for the first time an LTE Smartphone of the Japanese at the discount store on sale. With 299 euros contract-free it costs but also a lot more than the Sony phones available earlier for 139 and 169 euro.

The Xperia V we by a dual-core processor with 1,5 GHz clock driven. Memory to the side stand 1 GByte, the internal memory is somewhat tight 8-Gbyte - especially since only about 3.7 GB are available. After all, he is expandable via a micro-SD slot to up to 32 GB.

The display measures 4.3 inches and dissolves even 1280 720 pixels. Borrowed from the TVs from Sony's BRAVIA Engine 2 to ensure good graphics, protect from breakage and scratches the cover made of tempered mineral glass. As many other Sony phones the Xperia V is also dust proof and water proof - at least in the framework of IP55 and IP57 which but sufficient for the normal, careless handling.

The 13-megapixel camera in the back with Sony's Exmore R sensor works with auto focus and LED flash. It allows obliterates digital zoom, controlled facial and smile detection, panorama shots, geotagging of photos and captures video with 1080 p. There is a VGA camera in the front also.

The Xperia V Sparks with HSDPA + with up to 5.8 MBit/S, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and Wi-Fi (802.11b/g/n). Depending on the network provider and mobile phone lines, even LTE is possible. Further facilities include NFC, GPS, preloaded messaging and social network features, Sony's Walkman-app and MP3 player. Also includes FM radio and xLoud technology for better music playback are on board.

Operating system is Android 4.1. The 1700 mAH battery holds according to Sony in standby mode up to 400 hours on the phone up to 7 hours and music playback with up to 18 hours.

The Xperia V compared to the Galaxy ACE 3

The Xperia V is somewhat more expensive than the Galaxy ACE announced by Samsung for 269 Euro 3, which also comes with LTE at Aldi recently, but also something more. The Samsung model comes though with Android 4.2, but a slightly smaller display (4-inch) with lower resolution (800 x 480 pixels). Also the processor, also a dual core, 2 GHz slightly weaker failed.

At the store, Samsung is internal space with 1 GB of RAM and 8 GB tie. About 5.77 GB for data remain Allerding when the Koreans and the owner can add up to 64 GB via a MicroSD card slot. Finally, the ACE brings 3 brings a slightly stronger battery (1800 mAh).

The bottom line the Xperia V at Aldi is not bad so - however, it may be that depending on the purpose, also the Galaxy ACE 3 meets the requirements. Main advantages of the Sony device are sure the robust construction and the larger display, the Samsung device can score at the larger and richer expandable memory, at least on paper better battery and the slightly newer operating system.

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