IFA 2014 - Sony Xperia Z3 compact brings serious firepower to the "mini" club

IFA is a big day for Sony ,the company , which is one of the top Android handset makers , released their new lineup Mid year flagship devices to succeed the ones launched in February at MWC . The new Xperia Z3 , the new Xperia Z3 Compact , the Xperia Z3 Tablet compact and , although its not a flagship - The Xperia E3 all share Sony's new design language and Android 4.4 Kitkat ,The Xperia Z3 compact , which is basically a "mini" phone with specs that can rival most flagships is probably the most anticipated Sony device at this event . the phone , which replaces a one year old device , rather than improve on a already existing phone (Cough cough..Xperia z3 ...).The phone , which is smaller than the 5.2" flagship ,brings compactness and power for those who love smaller devices and have smaller hands and tight pants .The price of the Z3 compact is not revealed yet , but we will update you on the subject as soon as we get the info , and of course , be sure to read other IFA articles and check for the Z3 compact's specs below .

Display - 4.6" 1280x800 IPS panel , 319ppi ,Triluminous display , Xreality engine

OS - Android 4.4.4 Kitkat +Sony's software tweaks and UI

Design - Metal framed , double glass sided smartphone , IP68 Water and dust protection (1hour 30 minutes of water protection)

Connectivity - LTE Quadband , GSM Quadband ,LTE cat 4 speeds ,Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot ,Bluetooth 4.0 LE
NFC ,positioning standards - GPS , GLonass ,Beidou

Processor - Quadcore Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC 2.5 Ghz Krait 400

GPU - Adreno 330

Ram - 2GB LPDDR3

Storage -16 onboard+ MicroSD expansion slot upto 64GB

Camera(s) - 20.7 MP Sony Exmor RS sensor with G Lens , ISO 12800 ,4K video recording , LED flash
2MP secondary camera - 1080p recording

Battery - 2600 mAh

Other - Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass, barometer ,MicroUSB 3.0 ,FM Radio

Price - not available , phone will go on sale this month (sep)

Written by Rakitha for MasHD

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Source - GSMArena

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