Sony Xperia Z to be released in India on March 6 – IBN
Sony Xperia Z a high end android smartphone to be released in India on March 6 , 13 as per IBN page. Sony Xperia Z is a 5-inch, 13MP camera phone which also water and dust resistant phone. The phone has a 5-inch full HD 1080p Reality Display, and is powered by a Snapdragon S4 Pro quad-core processor. Sony Xperia Z’s Reality Display is powered by Mobile Bravia Engine 2. The phone sports a 13 megapixel camera and includes 4G LTE.
According to IBN official spokesman of sony confirmed that sony xperia z will launch in India on 6th march 2013, the same has also shown on sony mobile official facebook page of India’s cover page where it is written that everything is about to change on 06/03/2013. While about price IBN has not mentioned any official confirmation.
As per many blogs and rumors on web it could be said that Xperia z price will be in India from Rs. 35000/- 40000/-. Sony Xperia Z is a very fantastic designed phone by Sony also it has the superb hardware features like Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait processor, 2GB RAM, Adreno 320 GPU and 2330 mAh battery ( non removable). Xperia Z having internal memory of 16GB and also supports memory card of 32GB.
Sony officially confirmed that it is an IP-57 certified phone that can survived in water on 1 meter upto 30 minutes. As per gsmarena rating of xperia Z is 9.1 that is very higher from any smartphone.
Technical Specifications of Xperia Z as per gsmarena.com –
| GENERAL | 2G Network | GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – C6602, C6603 |
| 3G Network | HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 – C6603 | |
| HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 – C6602 | ||
| 4G Network | LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600 – C6603 | |
| SIM | Micro-SIM | |
| Announced | 2013, January | |
| Status | Available. Released 2013, February | |
| BODY | Dimensions | 139 x 71 x 7.9 mm (5.47 x 2.80 x 0.31 in) |
| Weight | 146 g (5.15 oz) | |
| – IP57 certified – dust and water resistant | ||
| – Water resistant up to 1 meter and 30 minutes | ||
| DISPLAY | Type | TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors |
| Size | 1080 x 1920 pixels, 5.0 inches (~441 ppi pixel density) | |
| Multitouch | Yes, up to 10 fingers | |
| Protection | Shatter proof and scratch-resistant glass | |
| – Sony Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2 | ||
| SOUND | Alert types | Vibration; MP3 ringtones |
| Loudspeaker | Yes | |
| 3.5mm jack | Yes | |
| MEMORY | Card slot | microSD, up to 32 GB |
| Internal | 16 GB, 2 GB RAM | |
| DATA | GPRS | Up to 107 kbps |
| EDGE | Up to 296 kbps | |
| Speed | HSDPA, 42 Mbps; HSUPA, 5.8 Mbps; LTE, Cat3, 50 Mbps UL, 100 Mbps DL | |
| WLAN | Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, Wi-Fi hotspot | |
| Bluetooth | Yes, v4.0 with A2DP | |
| NFC | Yes | |
| USB | Yes, microUSB v2.0 (MHL) | |
| CAMERA | Primary | 13.1 MP, 4128×3096 pixels, autofocus, LED flash, check quality |
| Features | Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, image stabilization, HDR, sweep panorama | |
| Video | Yes, 1080p@30fps, continuous autofocus, video light, video stabilizer, HDR, check quality | |
| Secondary | Yes, 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps | |
| FEATURES | OS | Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), planned upgrade to v4.2 (Jelly Bean) |
| Chipset | Qualcomm MDM9215M / APQ8064 | |
| CPU | Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait | |
| GPU | Adreno 320 | |
| Sensors | Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass | |
| Messaging | SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email | |
| Browser | HTML5 | |
| Radio | Stereo FM radio with RDS | |
| GPS | Yes, with A-GPS support and GLONASS | |
| Java | Yes, via Java MIDP emulator | |
| Colors | Black, White, Purple | |
| – SNS integration | ||
| – TV-out (via MHL A/V link) | ||
| – Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic | ||
| – MP4/H.263/H.264/WMV player | ||
| – MP3/eAAC+/WMA/WAV/Flac player | ||
| – Document viewer | ||
| – Photo viewer/editor | ||
| – Voice memo/dial | ||
| – Predictive text input | ||
| BATTERY | Non-removable Li-Ion 2330 mAh battery | |
| Stand-by | Up to 550 h (2G) / Up to 530 h (3G) | |
| Talk time | Up to 11 h (2G) / Up to 14 h (3G) | |
| Music play | Up to 40 h |