Sony Ericsson today announced the XPERIA neo V, a new mid-range Android smartphone to its XPERIA range and successor to the XPERIA neo.

The Sony Ericsson XPERIA neo V will feature a 1 GHz Snapdragon MSM8255 processor, 3.7? LCD TFT display with Mobile Bravia Engine, 5 Megapixel AF camera with 720p HD video recording, front camera for video calling feature and HDMI-out feature. The neo V has the same 'human curvature' design as the XPERIA neo and Vivaz smartphones. It will be available in white, silver and blue gradient variants.

The XPERIA neo V will ship with Android Gingerbread 2.3.4 preinstalled, complete with Sony Ericsson's Facebook Inside and Google Talk.

The XPERIA neo V will be made available from Q4 of this year. No pricing has been announced.