Following reports from October this year, Sony has finally acquired Toshiba’s image sensor business for 19 billion yen that translates to $155 million.
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Sony rolls out camera update for the Xperia Z5 Series – Brings in new UI and features
DxO, the popular benchmarking website for cameras and smartphone cameras had ranked the Sony Xperia Z5 as the smartphone with the best camera. Now, Sony has released an update to the camera app which brings in a new UI and features to help make the best out of the camera.
Sony launches new headphones and in-ear headphones in India, price starting Rs 6,990
Sony has launched new hi-resolution headphone and noise cancelling in-ear headphones in India. The company has launched these new headphones in the MDR series.
Toshiba tipped to sell image sensor biz to Sony for about $165M
Toshiba is said to be in talks to sell its image sensor business to Sony for about Y20bn that translates to $165m, according to a report from Reuters.
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Weekly Roundup: Sony Xperia Z5, Z5 Premium, Lenovo P1, P1m, Apple iPad mini 4, HTC One A9 and more
This week Sony launched its flagship Xperia Z5 Dual and Xperia Z5 Premium Dual smartphones in India. Both smartphones were announced at the IFA last month in Berlin last month. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Sony Xperia Z5, Z5 Premium, Lenovo P1, P1m, Apple iPad mini 4, HTC One A9 and more”
Sony to open new smartphone factory in Thailand
Sony has announced its plans to open a new smartphone factory in Pathum Thani Province in Thailand. This will be the first smartphone manufacturing plant in 20 years from the struggling smartphone maker.
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List of smartphones that will receive Android 6.0 Marshmallow update
Google’s very own Nexus 5X from LG and Nexus 6P from Huawei come pre-loaded with Android 6.0 Marshmallow. But most other smartphones are still running on some version of Android Lollipop or perhaps even KitKat. However, as with the case of every major Android version, there will be a set of phones that make the big jump and in this post, we have compiled a list of phones that are going to receive the update to Android 6.0 Marshmallow.
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Sony begins rolling out Concept for Android 6.0 Marshmallow to Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact
Sony has started rolling out Concept for Android 6.0 Marshmallow build to Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact owners. Some users have already started to receive invites for the same.
Sony acquires image sensor technology firm Softkinetic
Sony has acquired image sensor and gesture recognition technology firm Softkinetic. The financial terms of the deal were not disclosed by the company.
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Sony may bid adieu to the smartphone biz if 2016 is not profitable
Sony has been struggling as a smartphone maker for a long time now and the company may consider options for the same if it fails to turn profitable next year, as per a new report from the Reuters.
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Sony rolls out Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update for Xperia M2 and Xperia M2 Aqua
Sony has started rolling out Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update for Xperia M2 and Xperia M2 Aqua. The Xperia M2 Aqua had received Android 4.4 KitKat update in August last year and this will be the first time both the devices will get Lollipop.
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Sony releases Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update for Xperia Z1, Z Ultra and Z1 Compact
Sony has started rolling out Android 5.1.1 Lollipop update for Xperia Z1, Z Ultra and Z1 Compact. The update will bump the phones to build number 14.6.A.0.368.
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Android Lollipop 5.1.1 now rolling out to Sony Xperia C3
Sony Xperia C3 users have something to rejoice about as their handsets will soon receive the update to Android Lollipop 5.1.1 if they haven’t received it already.
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Weekly Roundup: Apple iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, TV, iPad Pro, iPad mini 4, new Apple Watch colours and more
This week was all about Apple. The Cupertino giant announced next-generation Apple TV, all new iPad Pro, iPad mini 4, some Apple Watch updates, upgraded flagship smartphones – the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Apple iPhone 6s, 6s Plus, TV, iPad Pro, iPad mini 4, new Apple Watch colours and more”
Sony starts rolling out Android 5.1 Lollipop update for original Z series and T2 Ultra
Sony has started releasing latest Android 5.1 Lollipop update for the original Z series along with T2 Ultra. The company announced the same via its official account on Twitter.
