Sony's latest smartphone in the 'X' series, the Xperia XZ, was first unveiled at the IFA technology conference in Berlin. The latest smartphone from the Japanese tech giant was launched in the UK on October 6 2016, with amazing features and "intelligent" battery.
The Sony Xperia XZ was also unveiled in a major launch event in UAE two weeks ago. During its pre-order period launch event, fans of the Xperia smartphone series were given free Sony wireless speakers. Also, some of the fans got Sony Bluetooth noise-cancelling headsets. The cost of all free items was estimated to be worth AED 799 each.
Currently in the UAE, Xperia XZ phones are available at Sharaf DG outlets, Jumbo and Sony Botique. The smartphone is priced at AED 2,299.
According to an article on The Bit Bag, the pink color variant of the Xperia XZ will be available in the UK. During the launch, Sony unveiled four color variants of the smartphone, i.e. platinum, mineral black, forest blue, and pink.
The Xperia XZ is 8.1mm thick and weighs 161g. It comes with a tremendous Full-HD 1080p display of 5.2-inch in a "loop surface" design, which is a "perfect hand fit" because of its curved edges.
The battery comes with the "intelligent" feature. That means when a user leaves the charger plugged in, the XZ won't charge further than 90%, but will complete the rest of the charge towards the time it estimates you began using it. The battery also follows the user's habits of charging and comes with stamina mode.
The Xperia XZ is the first Sony device to feature a Type-C USB port. This can probably serve as a disadvantage to old Sony customers though, since their old charging cables won't work on this phone.Nonetheless, it's equipped with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, 3GB of RAM, and 32GB or 64GB of storage, depending on the model you select.
Sony's Xperia XZ has a 13-megapixel front-facing camera for marvelous selfies, and a 23-megapixel rear camera, which gives the amazing picture quality and capable of recording 4K videos.
Sony's rear camera has "triple image sensing technology", which improves focusing on subjects and senses the distance between objects.
The Xperia XZ can be purchased from the Xperia store online, in the UK currently available in black, platinum and blue color variants at a recommended retail price of GBP 549.99.
