As someone who writes about smartphones and gadgets for a living, you are bound to have come across almost every device that releases in the market. In the case of the Sony Xperia family, I had the pleasure of not just using but owning almost every flagship device released in the Z family. This includes the Z, Z Ultra, Z1, Z2 and Z3 in that order.
It looks like Sony will bring two new Xperia models in 2016, according to a leaked slide from T-Mobile Poland’s press event. These phones could be from the Xperia Z6 lineup that is expected to be the flagship for next year.
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A photograph is as good as the subject in it. An out of focus photo is as good as a nonexistent one and this is a problem that still afflicts smartphone cameras. Anything apart from perfect lighting conditions or equally still subject apart, a majority of smartphones just can’t focus fast enough to capture the subject. So, color us surprised when we learnt that the Sony Xperia Z5 adopted Sony’s blazing Hybrid Autofocus system from it’s DSLR lineup and implemented it in a smartphone. With potentially class leading focus speeds, what better way than to see how much better the Z5 is against the competition than to pitch them head to head?
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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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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 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 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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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 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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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 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 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 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 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 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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