Declining sales figures and a fledgling mobile ecosystem indicate that the Windows phone will probably meet its demise soon. Undaunted with this prospect, Japan has produced a new Windows 10 smartphone in the form of the recently announced VAIO Phone Biz.
VAIO was originally Sony's laptop division sold to another Japanese firm, which now manufactures the mobile product line. The VAIO phone, however, still sport the design philosophy that marked previous VAIO laptops, with its understated elegance. The device - with its sleek silver metal finish - offers a stark contrast to the bulk of Windows smartphones, which sport colorful and plastic builds.
As its name suggest, the VAIO phone is built for business, The Verge noted. Aside from its elegant chassis, it has a 5.5-inch 1080p display, a 13 megapixel camera, and runs on 3GB of RAM and a Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 processor. This mid-range specs should be enough to cope with the needs of its target users. The VAIO phone supports the Continuum desktop mode feature in Windows 10 and it the company claims that its owner can use the phone for years, Engadget reported.
The unlocked version of the VAIO Phone Biz will retail at around ¥50,000 ($424) when it starts rolling out in Japan in April, according to Gizmodo. It will also be offered by Japan's NTT Docomo for still undisclosed pricing scheme. VAIO has not released any word yet whether the device will be available in other market such as the U.S.
