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I don't see why a phone with dual-core Krait and an LTE connectivity shouldn't enjoy life in the midrange. OK, the upper midrange - but the Xperia V isn't easily caught off guard. Of course, people are not as easily impressed today as, say, a year ago. Yet, a select few phones are willing to offer 1080p videos and 13MP stills, while putting an HD touchscreen at your fingertips.

Quad-band GSM /GPRS/EDGE support
3G with 42.2 Mbps HSDPA and 5.76 Mbps HSUPA
LTE Cat3 DL 100 Mbps UL 50 Mbps
4.3" 16M-color capacitive LED-backlit Reality LCD touchscreen of 720p resolution (720 x 1280 pixels) with Sony Mobile BRAVIA engine 2; Scratch-resistant glass
Android OS v4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich, Jelly Bean coming up
IP57 certified for dust and water resistance, up to 1 meter immersion for 30 minutes
Dual-core 1.5 GHz Krait CPU, 1 GB RAM, Adreno 225 GPU, Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8960 chipset
13 MP autofocus camera with LED flash and geotagging, Superior Auto mode
1080p video recording @ 30fps with continuous autofocus and stereo sound
VGA front-facing camera
Wi-Fi a/b/g/n with DLNA, Wi-Fi Direct and hotspot
GPS with A-GPS, GLONASS
8GB of built-in storage, microSD card slot
microUSB port with MHL and USB-host support
Stereo Bluetooth v4.0
Standard 3.5 mm audio jack
Stereo FM radio with RDS
Voice dialing
Deep Facebook integration
PlayStation Certified, access to the PS Store
Accelerometer and proximity sensor
NFC connectivity