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IFA 2014 - Sony Xperia Z3 is official

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 , which is the flagship phone out of the bunch is the new successor to the 6 month old Xperia Z2 . The phone , like its predecessor shares some of the omnibalance dna , but the new design pattern means that the bottom bezels , which on earlier Xperia's was bare ,  now  holds a small cut for a extra stereo speaker . The side of the phone has got a smooth convex side that is now painted according to the  color you chose .The phone , unlike previous Xperia Z devices , features a new color pallet that has richer tones , and for the first time , the White model has a White front panel . The rest of the device is pretty much similar to the outgoing Xperia Z2 , the display , processor , ram , camera and the battery is pretty much unchanged and it feels like Sony pulled "a Apple" on this one , but fear not potential buyers , this phone is said to have a improved stamina mode that will give the 3100mAh battery a chance to redeem itself by giving 2 days of battery life  .read the specs below -





TL,DR Specs at a glance

Display - 5.2" 1920x1080 IPS panel , 424ppi ,Triluminous display , Xreality engine

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

Design - Metal framed , double glass sided smartphone , IP58 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 - 3GB LPDDR3

Storage -16/32 onboard+ MicroSD expansion slot upto 128GB

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 - 3100 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 - XperiaBlog

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