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I'm David karna an executive editor cnet.com and I'm here with the sony srs bt v5 this is a small bluetooth speaker it's a very cute bluetooth speaker it's in the shape of a ball there's a lot of them out there however this one's claim to fame is that it also has a speakerphone built in as well as NFC pairing capabilities NFC is available on a lot of new phones but not the iPhone just yet this does come in a few different colors I have the black and white models here I will say that it feels like a nicely built speaker some of these ball speakers are very light this one has a little bit of heft to it however it only sounds okay the sound is pretty thin there's a Philips small speaker like this that does sound better has a little bit more bass this doesn't sound great the one of their big issue I have with the speaker was that while it is NFC compatible I just couldn't get it to pair using NFC even using a Sony phone you're supposed to download a special app called NFC easyshare you read the instructions carefully and then I tried to pair twice with both a samsung phone as well as a Sony Xperia phone and I could not get the device to pair so there still are some kinks to be worked out with the NFC in the end I really thought the strength of this little speaker was its design it is well designed however it is a little bit pricey at 70 dollars and you can't get other mini Bluetooth speakers in this size that have the speakerphone capability for less so I would say this isn't a great deal I would like to see that amp C pairing work I assume Sony will get it working but for now I wasn't able to get it working it's also worth mentioning that Sony is supposed to give another more catchy name the speaker but for now I will have to finish by saying this is the sony srs bt v v bluetooth speaker thanks for watching