Sony Mobile introduced a new design language for its flagship devices called ‘ambient flow’, earlier this week at MWC. There’s no denying that the launch of the Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact has created some divisive opinions.
On the positive side, people like the adoption of smaller bezels and 18:9 display. On the negative side, the design appears to offer no differentiation versus other phones in the market. We have our own views which we will post in due course, but we wanted to pose the question to our readers. Now that you’ve had time to reflect, what do you make of Sony’s new direction in smartphone design? Like it or hate it, we’d love to hear your views below.
If you need a refresher of Sony’s smartphone design history, the video below shows the design evolution of the Xperia series since the early part of this decade, starting with the NXT design of the Xperia S, culminating with the Loop Surface design of the Xperia XZ models.