HOT mobile: HTC One V features

The Android smartphone with a mammoth feature set and not-so-mammoth price tag…

    Putting the V into VFM, HTC’s latest affordable Android smartphone the One V punches well above its weigh when it comes to specs and features.
    Under the curved unibody, with its chin jutting forth like a proud Bruce Forsythe, you'll find a 1GHz processor churning the Android Ice Cream Sandwich operating system to a whippy consistency, while HTC's famed Sense overlay makes the experience silky smooth and intuitive.
    Around the back you'll find a camera that starts up in under a second. With no shutter delay you can begin snapping five-megapixel stills or shooting 720p video instantly - you can even take a still whilst shooting video. Thanks to HTC Image Chip the results always impress. Like all HTC One devices, the HTC One V also benefits from Beats Audio", giving music a boost with richer audio.
    The One V browses the internet with ease thanks to HTC's Text Reflow, which fits web pages more perfectly to the 3.7-inch screen, so you have less tiresome scrolling and zooming to do.
    There's a microSD slot for storage, offering plenty of room to stash all your playlists, videos and photos too. Even better, the HTC One V comes with 25GB of Dropbox cloud storage that you can save stuff to for two years, and access even after that free period ends.

FEATURES

Camera skills
It's quick and easy to swap between taking five-meg snaps and shooting 720p video.

Beats Audio^TM

Advanced audio-processing tech boosts the sound of your tracks beyond what you'd expect from a smartphone.

Easy internet

HTC’s Text Reflow feature moulds the internet to fit your device's screen, making sites easier to read.

THE REAL COMPACT KILLER: NOKIA 808 PUREVIEW

    When Nokia announced the 41-meg PureView in February, the tech world collectively tutted about more megapixels not equating to better shots. That's true, but Nokia wants to concentrate on what it does with those pixels. Its "oversampling" tech condenses up to seven pixels-worth of info into one for eight-, five- or three-meg shots that are incredibly sharp.
    There are controls aplenty, and the high-res sensor and Carl Zeiss lens combo delivers superb results with natural colours, though it won't focus as close as the other cams on test. The 1080p video is also the best on test. Score!

An innovative approach gives hugely impressive pics and vids

Hot mobile by Sony: Xperia T

Xperia T: as seen in Skyfall, presumably tweeting artfully shot snaps of dead baddiesBOND'S NEW BLOWER!
Now pay attention, 007: this has a 13-megapixel camera and a huge, HD screen. You'll be using it in your next film, and it's in shops now...
    So you think this is just another Xperia phone? Think again; it's actually James Bond's Xperia phone. How's that for a talking point? "What, this phone? Oh, it's actually the same phone James Bond uses. That's right, 007 and I have sufficient crossover in our tastes and functionality requirements that we use the same model of Android handset."
    The Xperia T is also Sony Mobile's new flagship, and comes with a spec that is, if not licensed to kill, at least licensed to make you go, "Mmmm, that's nice".
    Like Jaws, or Grace Jones, the Xperia T is a hefty fella. Its 4.6-inch, HD "Reality Display" screen is just smaller than the gargantuan Samsung Galaxy S3, but dwarfs the iPhone's 3.5-incher, with tech from Sony's Bravia TVs sprinkling on a little magic dust.
    The other stand-out is the camera. Sony has long been strong in this area, and on sheer resolution the Xperia T leaps into the top tier with 13 megapixels, plus full-HD video recording. As such, photos of top-secret submarine bases, attractive ladies who you've slept with and have subsequently met their end at the hands of an assassin or hired thug should all have suitably high quality. With an Exmor R sensor, that'll be the case even if shot in low light locations such as the air-conditioning ducts of a top-secret base.
    The Sony Entertainment Network gives you access to millions of songs for a tenner a month, and thousands of movies to buy or rent, while an HDMI output - Wi-Fi screen mirroring coming soon - beams them to a TV.
    Similarly spy gadget-esque is the built-in NFC, which allows you to scan tags that alter combinations of the Xperia T's settings automatically - so scan a preset tag in your car to turn it to hands-free call mode and fire up the music player and Bluetooth.
    PlayStation Certification means that you'll have access to classic games, while a gyroscope enables Wii-style motion fun. The 1.5GHz dualcore processor should more than hold its own with even demanding titles.
    For music, the Walkman app can be filled with your existing playlists, and will fetch album art and artist info where they're missing, as well as revealing what your social networked pals are listening to. The xLoud enhancement beefs up the sound to Shirley Bassey-like levels of foghorn booming.
    Stylish, slim, powerful and shorn of such childish fripperies as welding torches and dart guns, the Xperia T is a classic modern Bond gadget. Its slimline form is at home in a dinner jacket pocket as it is in an Aston Martin's glove compartment. But it also probably goes fine with jeans, or in a Fiat 500, so you're golden.

DETAILS
1. QUANTUM OF SOLACE
The Xperia T has a big screen — see below — but is still just 10.45mm deep at its fattest point. It's also lighter than the much smaller iPhone 4S
2. GOLDENEYE
Capture high-quality images and videos with the 13-meg, full-HD cam. An Exmor R sensor gives improved low-light performance
3. A VIEW TO A KILL
The Xperia T is fronted by a man-sized, 4.6-inch HD display that deploys tech from Sony's Bravia arsenalSpecification
OS: Google Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich
PROCESSOR/RAM: 1.5 GHz dualcore/1GB
SCREEN: 4.6-inch, 1280x720
STORAGE: 16GB + microSD
BATTERY: 1850mAh, 7 hours 3G talk time
CONNECTIONS: HSDPA, N Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, NFC, 3.5mm audio
SIZE/WEIGHT: 129x67x10.45mm/139g

Could the Xperia T be 4G?

Sony wouldn't say, but if it were, and was available on Orange and/or T-Mobile, you'd be able to take advantage of high-speed, 4G connectivity this year. That's because Ofcom has given the nod to Everything Everywhere, owner of those providers, to roll out super-fast mobile broadband, using spare capacity on its existing networks. It'll be available for smartphones in the next couple of months': with dongles for tablets and laptops by the end of the year. EE won't produce a list of compatible devices yet, but models that work on an 1800 bandwidth should be compatible. This news wasn't met with rapturous applause by everyone, with all the other networks expressing shock and predicting the end of free trade as we know it. Politics aside, it is undeniably good news for the UK's bandwidth-starved punters, however.

THE BEAR GRYLLS OF BLOWERS: Sony Xperia Go

This rugged looking fellow is Sony's first foray into "lifestyle-beating" handsets. The IP7- compliant handset's 3.5-inch screen is wrought from purest, scratch-resistant mineral glass and can track even moistened fingers. Inside there's a decidedly macho-sounding "NovaThor" 1GHz dualcore processor, Android Gingerbread and a five-meg/720p camera. Nails, mate.

£TBC, SONYMOBILE.COM, OUT SEPTEMBER