Sony Xperia Z3+ global roll out begins this week

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Sony unveiled the Xperia Z3+ smartphone last month. Today the company has announced that it will start rolling out the smartphone globally starting from this week. Sony recently sent out press invites for an event in India on June 26th, where the company is expected to launch the Xperia Z3+ smartphone.

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Sony imports four smartphones into India for testing – Could be the XPERIA Z3+

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Sony has apparently shipped four new smartphone prototypes into India for the purpose of testing and debugging. The shipment was brought into India last Friday from China into Bangalore.

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Sony releases Android M Developer Preview images for 12 Xperia devices

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Sony on its developer page has already released the preview images of the next version of Android – codenamed Android M – for the list of Xperia devices under its Open Device program. Continue reading “Sony releases Android M Developer Preview images for 12 Xperia devices”

Why phone hygiene is important?

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What is phone hygiene and how does it affect us?

Our phones have become such an integral part of our lives that we use it almost everywhere we go and in whatever we are doing. We use it while traveling, while lying in bed, while eating food and even while we are in the restroom. During our daily activities, our hands come in contact with many things that have germs and we use our phones with same hands itself. Over the course of time these germs do get accumulated on our phones as well and even if we wash our hands, holding our phones can negate the effect based on how germ infested your phone is. This is why phone hygiene plays a very important part in our health. If your phone was used by someone who is probably sick or carrying a disease that is transmitted by touch and you use the phone after wards, it is possible for you to be affected by it as well. Continue reading “Why phone hygiene is important?”

Sony releases the XPERIA Z4v exclusively on Verizon USA

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If you thought that the Z4 and Z3+ names were confusing, then now things just got even more confusing thanks to the latest product announcement from Sony. The Z4v is essentially a Z3+/Z4 but that is built exclusively for Verizon and also has a QHD screen that sets it apart from the former two models.

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Sony XPERIA M4 Aqua Dual – Underwater Photo Gallery

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Sony announced the XPERIA M4 Aqua during MWC 2015 in Barcelona in March and launched the device in India at the end of last month. We hope you have seen our photo gallery of the device. Now we have prepared another photo gallery of you which we feel is quite special as it is an underwater photo gallery. We hope you enjoy it.

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Sony Xperia C4 Dual launched in India for Rs. 29490

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Sony Mobile announced the Xperia C4 Dual, a new mid-range smartphone in the Xperia series for India, along with the M4 Aqua last month. Today the company has launched the smartphone in the country. It is a selfie-focused smartphone that comes with a 5-megapixel front-facing camera with 25mm wide-angle lens along with a soft LED flash. It also has It has a 5.5-inch 1080 display, 1.7 GHz Octa-Core MediaTek processor, Android 5.0 (Lollipop) and a 13-megapixel rear camera with LED flash. Continue reading “Sony Xperia C4 Dual launched in India for Rs. 29490”

Sony Xperia M4 Aqua Dual Photo Gallery

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Sony had announced the Xperia M4 Aqua Dual at MWC 2015 this year and the phone was launched in India last month for Rs 24,990. We have already seen benchmarks and unboxing of the phone and now here is a detailed look at the hardware and specs of the phone from all angles in this photo gallery. Continue reading “Sony Xperia M4 Aqua Dual Photo Gallery”

Sony XPERIA M4 Aqua only has 1.26GB of usable storage on 8GB variant

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If you were thinking of getting yourself a Sony XPERIA M4 Aqua, particularly the 8GB variant then it’s probably time to think again. Apparently the 8GB variant comes with just 1.26GB of free storage out of the box.

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Sony Xperia M4 Aqua Dual Benchmarks

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Sony launched the Xperia M4 Aqua Dual, a mid-range waterproof (IP65) and dustproof (IP68) smartphone at Rs. 24,990 last month. We brought you the hands on and unboxing recently. Here we have the benchmarks of the smartphone. It is powered by an Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 64-bit processor that has four ARM Cortex A53 cores clocked at 1.46 GHz per core and other four Cortex A53 cores are clocked at 1.0 GHz per core. It has Adreno 405 GPU clocked at 550 MHz. It has 2GB DDR3 RAM, 5-inch HD screen and runs on Android 5.0 (Lollipop). Check out the synthetic benchmark scores below. Continue reading “Sony Xperia M4 Aqua Dual Benchmarks”

Sony companion app for SmartBand 2 SWR12 spotted, confirms heart rate monitor

Sony released a companion app for its yet unannounced SmartBand 2 SWR12 on the Play Store, but quickly removed it. Dubbed simply as SmartBand 2, the app reveals that the upcoming fitness tracker gets a heart rate monitor.

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Sony to roll out Android 5.1 for Xperia Z series, T2 Ultra and C3 from July, Xperia M2 and M2 Aqua to follow

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Sony has announced that the it will roll out Android 5.1 (Lollipop) update for the entire Xperia Z, including Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR, Xperia Tablet Z, Xperia Z1, Xperia Z1S, Xperia Z Ultra, Xperia Z1 Compact, Xperia Z2, Xperia Z2 Tablet, Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3v, Xperia Z3 Compact and Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact starting from July. Continue reading “Sony to roll out Android 5.1 for Xperia Z series, T2 Ultra and C3 from July, Xperia M2 and M2 Aqua to follow”

Sony Xperia M4 Aqua Dual Unboxing

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Sony launched the Xperia M4 Aqua Dual, a mid-range smartphone which is waterproof (IP65) and dustproof (IP68) at a price tag of Rs. 24,990. We brought you hands-on impressions of the smartphone earlier this year at the MWC announcement. We recently unboxed the smartphone, check out the video.

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Weekly Roundup: Sony Xperia Z3+, C4, M4 Aqua, Coolpad Dazen 1, Dazen X7, Xiaomi Power Banks and more

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In this week’s weekly roundup of major announcements and launches, Sony and Coolpad took the center stage. Sony brought its M4 Aqua and Xperia C4 to India, and announced a global variant of the Xperia Z4 dubbed Xperia Z3+. Coolpad launched two Dazen smartphones – Dazen X7 and Dazen 1 – in the country. Continue reading “Weekly Roundup: Sony Xperia Z3+, C4, M4 Aqua, Coolpad Dazen 1, Dazen X7, Xiaomi Power Banks and more”