Sony introducing Xperia Z smartphone with water resistance feature
Sony Mobile Communications introduce its new flagship Android smartphone, Xperia Z at CES show. It brings the best of Sony’s unique technology, content, design and connectivity to deliver rich user experiences. The important feature that the phone has a super-high-resolution display, an impressive camera, and water resistance.
Xperia Z’s razor sharp Reality Display, powered by Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2, brings Sony’s long-standing TV expertise to the smartphone and delivers an immersive viewing experience with super brightness and clarity. The smartphone shares capabilities with Sony digital cameras and features Exmor RS for mobile, the world’s first image sensor with HDR (High Dynamic Range) video for smartphones. HDR technology gives clear images against strong backlight, so users can capture razor sharp pictures and videos whatever the conditions.
Xperia Z comes With a 5” Full HD 1080p Reality Display, Snapdragon™ S4 Pro quad-core processor, 13 megapixel fast-capture camera and 4G LTE, Xperia Z has all the specifications expected from a premium smartphone, and it’ll come in white, black, and purple.
Xperia Z also includes Battery STAMINA Mode that can improve the standby time by four times or more by automatically shutting down battery-draining apps whenever the screen is off and starting them up again when the screen is back on.
Another notable feature? The Xperia Z is water-resistant to a degree, and it can survive being submerged in a meter of water for up to 30 minutes. This sounds like a godsend for anyone who’s ever dropped their phone in a puddle—or worse.
Xperia Z will launch on Android 4.1 (Jelly Bean) and will be upgraded to 4.2 shortly after launch for the latest Android user experience.
There’s no word on availability or pricing at this time, but Sony says it’s aiming to launch the phone the first quarter of this year.
Specifications
- 5” 1080 x 1920p full HD Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA® Engine 2
- 13MP Fast Capture camera with Exmor RS for mobile, the world’s first image sensor with HDR video for smartphones
- Dust and water resistant (IP55 & IP57) with a durable glass display
- 1.5 GHz asynchronous quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor with 2GB RAM
- Battery STAMINA mode improves your standby time by at least 4 times
- One-touch functions enable consumers to easily share music, photos and videos from their smartphone to an array of NFC-enabled Sony devices
- LTE, 4G for superfast entertainment
- A unique OmniBalance design with subtly rounded edges and smooth reflective surfaces on all sides