Xperia 1 II’s audio in focus in new Sony promo video

May 5, 2020

As we edge closer to the Xperia 1 II release, Sony has released a new promo video which focuses on the phone’s audio prowess. The video shows the conversation between Kenichi Matsumoto, Sony Mobile Audio Engineer, and Mark Wilder, Senior Mastering Engineer at Battery Studios, part of Sony Music Entertainment. The video confirms that Sony […]

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Xperia 10 II: First sample pictures surface

May 5, 2020

Sony Taiwan announced the Xperia 10 II earlier today, where it is expected to cost 11,490 Yuan (£309, €354, $385), which is slightly cheaper than the pricing we saw announced for Europe yesterday. While we still don’t have an official European release date, Sony confirmed that the Xperia 10 II will hit Taiwan on 20 […]

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Sony Xperia 10 II Europe pricing now official; Xperia L4 released

May 4, 2020

Sony has officially released European pricing for its Xperia 10 II (Mark 2) super mid-ranger. In the UK, the official product page has been updated to highlight a price point of £319. Sony also confirmed that the device will cost €369 in mainland Europe. While we don’t have a firm launch date in Europe, the […]

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Xperia L4 wallpapers available to download

April 30, 2020

The Sony Xperia L4 (XQ-AD51, XQ-AD52) is slowly arriving at a few retailers and carriers across Europe for £169/€199, which means that the software is now live for us to take a peek into. The Xperia L4 is launching with Android 9 Pie and firmware build 57.0.A.1.125, which has 5 March 2020 Android security patches. […]

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More details on Xperia 1 II’s ‘Photography Pro’ features arrive + sample photos

April 29, 2020

Sony will debut a new ‘Photo Pro’ app for the upcoming Xperia 1 II (Mark 2) flagship, which is due to launch at the end of May 2020. The new Photo Pro (Photography Pro) app will sit alongside the Cinema Pro (Cinematography Pro) app that was introduced with last year’s Xperia 1. Sony is leveraging […]

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Xperia 1 II (Mark 2) official cases get hands-on pics

April 28, 2020

Sony will officially launch two cases for the upcoming Xperia 1 II (Mark 2), which include the ‘Style Cover View’ and ‘Style Cover with Stand’ cases. While we’re still playing a waiting game until Sony’s new flagship launches, we thought you might want to see some hands-on pictures on how these new cases will look […]

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Xperia 5 II (Mark 2): What design and features do you want to see?

April 27, 2020

Now that Sony has announced the Xperia 1 II and Xperia 10 II, it doesn’t take much imagination to expect that Sony will also launch the Xperia 5 II later in the year (assuming no change of plans due to the coronavirus pandemic). The Xperia 5 was a smaller flagship compared to the Xperia 1, […]

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Sony Mobile’s President talks 2020 product strategy and impact from COVID-19

April 26, 2020

Sony Xperia fans are playing a waiting game until its range of 2020 smartphones are available. To tide you over until then, it’s worth checking out some of the latest comments from Sony Mobile’s President Mitsuya Kishida. This comes from an interview with Japanese publication AV Watch. The interview was conducted via video conference, like […]

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Sony Mobile Store in Europe closes down

April 25, 2020

For many years, Sony Mobile offered its European customers an online storefront from which it directly sold its Xperia smartphones and accessories. The Sony Mobile eShop/eStore enabled users to pick up the latest Xperia hardware across a number of regions across Europe including UK, Germany, Spain, Italy, France, Netherlands, Sweden, Czech Republic and Poland. The […]

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Xperia XA2 family gets April 2020 security patches (50.2.A.3.55)

April 22, 2020

Sony is rolling a new firmware update for the Xperia XA2 range (XA2, XA2 Plus and XA2 Ultra) – the first firmware update that the handsets have seen in over five months. The new update moves the build number from 50.2.A.3.22 to version 50.2.A.3.55, adding the 1 April 2020 Google Android security updates. This is […]

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Xperia 1 II (Mark 2) Japanese release date slips from April to ‘late May’

April 17, 2020

Sony fans are eagerly awaiting the launch date for its latest flagship, the Xperia 1 II (Mark 2). Sony has been vague about the release date ever since it was announced – the official launch date is ‘late Spring’. We understand that a late May/early June has always been in the offing, which is why […]

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Sony intros new Xperia model number structure for 2020 devices

April 16, 2020

Sony Mobile had been using a consistent form of model numbering for its Xperia smartphones since 2013. This involved a series of five characters – one letter followed by 4 numbers. For example, the 2019 Xperia 1 had model numbers J8110, J8170, J9110, while the 2013 Xperia Z had model numbers including C6602, C6603, C6606. […]

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April 2020 security patches hit the Xperia 1/5 and XZ2/XZ3 families

April 7, 2020

Sony is rolling new firmware updates which add the 1 April 2020 Google Android security patches to a variety of devices. The Xperia 1 and Xperia 5 flagships get new build number 55.1.A.3.149, while the Xperia XZ2, XZ2 Compact, XZ2 Premium and XZ3 get build number 52.1.A.0.672. Frustratingly, Sony continue to omit any kind of […]

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Xperia 1 II (Mark 2) gets late April release in Japan

March 19, 2020

Japanese operator NTT docomo has announced that Sony’s latest handsets, the Xperia 1 II (Mark 2) and Xperia 10 II (Mark 2) will both land on the network. The interesting news from a western perspective is that docomo has confirmed that the Xperia 1 II flagship will be launching in Japan in late April – […]

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Xperia 1 and Xperia 5 get March 2020 security patch firmware updates

March 10, 2020

Sony is updating its two current flagships with a new firmware update that adds the 1 March 2020 Android security patches. The Sony Xperia 1 moves from build number 55.1.A.3.49 to version 55.1.A.3.107. The Xperia 5 normally gets the same build number, but for this month, the latest update is rolling with version number 55.1.A.3.112. […]

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