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Sony  - once a dominant force in the mobile space played as the arch nemesis to Nokia back in its heyday ,but once the Sony Ericsson venture collapsed , Sony had difficulty in keeping up with the Jones as their random smartphones were either late in the spec war , or overpriced . With competition getting stiff , Sony could no longer waste money on making Random smartphones with outdated specs , and therefore Sony decided to launch a new flagship series called the Xperia Z . Xperia Z The Original Xperia Z was a first for Sony , it offered water resistance , a premium design with glass and metal and specs that rivaled other handset makers .Up to this point Sony phones were regarded as late for the party , but with the Xperia Z , the tables turned and Sony had a proper recipe in its hands . Xperia Z2 After the release of the Xperia Z and its spin offs (ZL ,ZR and Tablet Z) , Sony released the Xperia Z1 , this phone was launched in a time where "mini...

Sony announced the Xperia Z4 for japan just last month , although fans expected a bit more in the form of a new design , the company instead went for a different route and polished the existing Z3 design with minimal changes and and flapless ports and launched it only for Japan , but today , we have the the phone available for the rest of the global market in a strange naming scheme - The Xperia Z3+ Say hello to the Sony Xperia Z3+  , the phone , which is the technical successor to the Xperia Z3 brings a 64bit chip , and a 32GB option instead of the 16GB entry level specification offered earlier , The Z3+ naming scheme was probably adopted as the phone is just a refined version of their older generation model  .The display is kept in the same 1080p resolution and it is still 5.2" .But dont't let its design fool you into thinking that thus is some run  off .under the sleek 6.9mm thin IP  IPX5/X8 water and dust protected chassis lies  Sony's new 64bit hardwar...

Sony's Xperia Z4 is probably one of the top smartphones expected for the first half of this year , the phone , which was due to be unveiled in February along side the Snapdragon 810 powered Xperia Tablet Z4 was delayed for a later launch due to unspecified reasons , but today , the phone is made official . Say hello to the Sony Xperia Z4 , the phone , which is the technical successor to the Xperia Z3 brings a 64bit chip , and a 32GB option instead of the 16GB entry level specification offered earlier , the phone also packs Android 5.0 lollipop out of the box . Design wise , the phone is a bit un-inspiring as it follows the standard Sony omnibalance design with some re used elements from the Xperia Z2 including the almost similar speaker placements .but unlike the previous Z2 and Z3 , the phone is thinner at 6.8mm and it offers IP68 water and dust protection like its predecessors , but the design does have a drawback as the battery capacity has dropped to 2930 mAh , a ma...

Sony has built up a strong reputation when it comes to flagship smartphones but the same can't be said about their update cycle ,Android 5.0 Lollipop , which has been out on most OEM smartphones since November of last year is finally set to drop into the Xperia Z2 and Z3 smartphones in about a months time . The update details come directly from Vodafone Australia , the graph shows the carrier versions of the two Xperia's and a Vodafone HTC One M8 which are listed to recieve Android 5.0 after they finish their testing .The Xperia Z2 and the Z3 share almost identical hardware so they are scheduled to get their testing this month , this means the Z2 and the Z3 will recieve Android 5.0 in March - which is expected as most carriers drop a heavy load of bloatware on their devices , Details about Non Vodafone Xperia Z2 and Z3's are not given , but we can assume that they are already set to recieve Android 5.0 before the carrier models (possibly end of this month -after the...

Sony has been taking pride in developing waterproof phones for the past few years ,although the phones have been given IP ratings to survive for a fixed depth and a fixed time duration , there have been cases where Sony waterproof phones have lasted even longer , and in this case , the phone set a record by staying 10 meters on the seabed for 6 weeks . The phone , which went down to the Davy Jones locker after it flipped off a jetski was left to fend for it self as swimming down to 10 meters without scuba apparatus can be deadly , later on , a friend of the said Swedish man who lost the device came to his aid with scuba gear and recovered the phone ,the Z2 ,which is covered by two panes of glass is prone to cracking , but in this case , only the rear panel has a spiderweb crash , which is possibly from it sinking into the bottom of the sea . .The phone's battery was discharged over its 6 week period and the rescuers quickly connected it to charger ,the phones LED indicator showed s...

Sony has a strategy of launching 2 flagship phones every year , the first device usually goes on sale during the first quarter while its replacement goes on sale a few months later , although the strategy of making the old device obsolete might be frustrating to many , the company still keeps its word and are now preparing to launch the Xperia Z3 at IFA 2014 this September . The phone , which will look like the Xperia's before it (Xperia Z , Z1 , Z2) will have the same waterproof chassis with flaps covering every port other than the microphone jack . The phone will have front facing speakers and it will carry Sony's new IPS display panel like the Xperia Z2 , the main camera is also rumored to be the same 20.7 MP sensor which was present from the Xperia Z1,the main difference however comes from the new hardware , and this unit is said to pack the Snapdragon 805 Soc , which is a slight improvement over the Snapdragon 801 chip sets we find in the top flagships at present . The p...

Sony has a habit of launching a new flagship phone every 6 months ,this results in creating mobs of "burned" customers who just got their hands on the former model and a backlog of unsold Xperia's piling up in the warehouse . Sadly even after many years , Sony still keeps this tradition and they are now rumored to be working on the Sony Xperia Z3 , which is supposed to be the   technical replacement to the Xperia Z2 launched a few months back . The Xperia Z3 is said to feature a Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC Pro chipset which is a slight improvement over the predecessor . Other specs ,including the display are said to be the same (1080p) , so we wonder as to why Sony is planning on replacing the bestselling Z2  . Written by Rakitha for MasHD Source - gizmobolt Alleged front panel of Xperia Z3 (related post will be linked soon)

Xperia Z2 was probably the first time Sony got things really right , the smartphone company started its change after the anouncement of the Xperia Z bringing a new omnibalence design pattern and a almost identical twin (Xperia ZL)that was slightly cheaper to buy mainly because of the lack of IP certification and posh-er materials like glass.After a year later, Sony has brought their new replacement for the Xperia ZL and it is called the "Xperia ZL2" . The ZL2 is only available for Japan , but we have a feeling that Sony will release it globally once they hit peak manufacturing .The ZL2 has a Snapdragon 801(8974AB) and 3GB RAM and has 16GB of internal storage with expansion . The display featured on the ZL2 is the same gorgeous IPS pannel of the z2 , and it has 441PPI thanks to its 1080p resolution .The camera on the ZL2 features the 4K capable 20.7MP Sony sensor with BIONZ imaging processor and sony's G-Lens optics The phone features Android 4.4 and it has th...

The Sony D6503 ‘Sirius’ leaks continue and this time we have the first video of the device in action. What you see below is not a hardware tour of the device, but a quick look at Sony’s Android KitKat skin. You’ll see the new unlock screen effect at the very start of the video. There is also a look at the Walkman lock screen and how you can progress through a particular song. Other features in the video are Xperia Themes, quick-starting the camera from the lock screen and a quick look at Sony’s camera apps. Check out the video below. Xperiablog

Sony's alleged successor to the Xperia Z1, thought to be codenamed Sony D6503 'Sirius' and expected to be released as the Sony Xperia Z2, is once again doing rounds of the internet, with new reports detailing its camera feature. The rumoured Sony D6503 'Sirius', which has in the past been expected to have the same 20.7-megapixel camera as the Xperia Z1, in its recent leak of screenshots of the camera settings, shows off the ability to record 1080p video at 60 frames per second. If true, it will be more than twice as fast as Xperia Z1, which has the usual 30fps recording mode. With the Xperia Z1, users could click 20-megapixels images only in the 4:3 aspect ratio. Users could click widescreen 16:9 images only at a 8-megapixels resolution. With the latest report however, it seems evident that the settings shown on the Sony D6503 "Sirius" suggest that one can also get the same 16:9 aspect shot with 15.5-megapixels. Last month, XDA developer's forum ...