Sony Xperia ZL = C650X ‘Odin’

Do you think it’s a good idea to release 2 flagships that have the same specs but with different designs or are they for different markets? Seems an odd thing to do to me.

finally a device other than the nexus line with a decent led notification light.. it may sound like such a simple thing, but trying to use a phone without one has become impossible!

there different form factors the Z (yuga) is a 5 inch note competitor where the ZL is 4.5 inch

I’m excited to get all of the information at CES! But I’m asking myself what the concept of the Frontcamera on the bottom ist.

They are both 5″

So which one is likely to come to the UK hope it’s the ZL it looks better and is supposedly smaller in dimensions although a little thicker but still have the same 5″ FHD screen as the Xperia Z

I think from it’s name and rumers it’s 6″
it’s large Z =ZL
so if true sony want to make somthing like note and galaxy s phones

yeah, but does this make the phone any better? If yes, in what way?

Damn. I so want to see the phone from the sides and the back side. The front side left me dreaming…

I presume it has to do with the much smaller bezels up and down in comparison to the Z. Probably they couldn’t fit both front are rear camera in the upper bezel. So, I don’t think there will be any advantages other than having a 5 inch screen in a phone with a smaller footprint than a Galaxy S3.

Very impressive design. Much better than the xperia z. But the fact that this phone will stay one OS behind it’s competitors throughout it’s life makes it a no no for me. Not Sony in 2013, maybe I’ll try them again in 2014. Who knows the penny might have finally dropped by then.
On the phone side, Sony appeals to me most. Their designs apart from the feminine curved crap of the xperia arc and xperia t are always the best but when it comes to android, their performance is so so poor. I wouldn’t mind as much if I thought they genuinely couldn’t compete at that level but the sad fact is I believe it’s a deliberate policy by the company.
Sony will be launching this phone with 4.1 while others will start with 4.2 as 4.1 is already a box ticked. Then they’ll spend the next 6 months updating their 2012 line up.It won’t be until at least August maybe even September before any update to 4.2 begins to roll out. By then google would be preparing to announce KLP or whatever follows 4.2.
That’s the base case scenario. Things could even get worse for this phone for instance should google release another interim OS say around June/July like they did in 2012. Then we could conceivably end up with the situation where this phone is 2 OS’s behind.
As an android lover, I’m not looking forward to either of these scenarios and that;s why Sony is out of the running for me. Not because I hate their products, no I love them but I’m fed up of being short changed on the android side of things.
To put it simply, I could never buy a supposedly new phone running a dated version of android. That has never worked out well in my experience. X10 and Xperia S.

This is 2013 now the update s will be coming early for these models after key lime pie is out from may! And the chairman. Made the announcement. Back in September. That 2013. Is going to be a lot of changes at the company.

And the xperia. Z is waterproof. And dust resistant. Thats also. The difference. Between the z and zl Odin. And zl is for the American. Market. While z is for Europe. And asia and compatible. With there LTE. Networks

True I understand. What you mean plus I don’t. Think Sony will be releasing. Much phones this year compared to last year and also any news about the dogo? C550x. I think the updates will be easier. Now with lets phones compared. To last year!

A lot of guys dig that “feminine curved crap” of the Arc design. It is really a striking design compared to all the boxy rectangular stuff out there. I prefer the NXT look myself but that looks to be originated from the Ericsson side and they are trying very hard to kill that idea which baffles me.

As for updates, well, if you are that into them you will have to get with the Nexus to be the fastest to update. But I do agree compared to Samsung, Sony has lots of improvement to do there. One wonders if focusing on fewer models will help.

But I still want bezel-less smartphone from Sony.

You can downgrade your device at XDA.

Sony are finally getting their act together with marketing strategy releasing two region specific phones is in my eyes a much better way to go I really hope the odin comes to the uk as the usa always gets the better looking devices

there was no feminine factor in the “arc form”, at least according to Sony designers :

http://www.sony.net/Fun/design/activity/product/xperia/01.html

Can Xperiablog please clarify what handset will come to what market…

Are you referring to the bottom right camera? lol

Why everyone think zl for USA

It’s not like T and TL why it’s not like S and SL

And I think z for east Asia nD this for global

“As for the Sony Xperia ZL (on the right), it’s said to be the Japanese technology company’s rumored Odin handset, which sports a 1GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM7227A CPU, an Adreno 200 GPU and a resolution of 480 x 320. It runs on Android 4.0.4 Ice Cream Sandwich.”

-7:00 PM – January 2, 2013 by Zak Islam – source: Engadget

i hope this one is not true. xc