Official pics of Xperia XA2 Ultra, XA2 and L2 leaked

January 4, 2018

Leakster extraordinaire Evan Blass (@evleaks) has started the New Year with a bang, giving us a first official look of three upcoming Sony smartphones – the Xperia XA2 Ultra and Xperia XA2 mid-rangers, as well as the entry-level Xperia L2. The design used is very similar to last year’s Xperia XA1 models, with very thin […]

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XperiCheck is a great way to keep tabs on the latest firmware updates

January 4, 2018

XperiCheck has been around for a while now, and it’s proved to be a very handy website if you want to keep track of the latest firmware updates for your particular Sony Xperia device. You can search through any Sony Xperia variant, which will list all of the current firmware versions available for it, including […]

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Sony Mobile no longer publishes Xperia White Papers

January 3, 2018

If you were one of those nerds (like us) that enjoyed poring over the specifications of a newly released Xperia smartphone, through Sony’s white papers, then unfortunately those days are behind us. Sony Mobile will no longer publish white papers for its new devices. In fact, it had already stopped. Over on Sony’s Developer World […]

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Xperia XA2 and Xperia XA2 Ultra renders leak

January 2, 2018

Earlier today we saw the first renders leak for the upcoming entry-level Sony Xperia L2, courtesy of @OnLeaks. He has now followed this up, in conjunction with TigerMobiles.com, with leaked renders for two new Sony mid-rangers – the Xperia XA2 (H4113, H4133) and the Xperia XA2 Ultra (H4213, H4233). The renders which you can see […]

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Xperia L2 (Sony H43XX) renders leak

January 2, 2018

Twitter user @OnLeaks has a great track record when it comes to obtaining early CAD information from upcoming smartphones. He has managed to get hold of the CAD info for what is expected to be Sony’s new budget model, the Sony Xperia L2 (H4311, H4331), producing the renders you see below in conjunction with CompareRaja.in. […]

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Xperia XA2 Ultra (Sony H42XX) leaked with dual selfie camera

January 1, 2018

If you remember back to early August 2017, we caught a first look at an unknown Sony Xperia device which had a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, the first time in a Sony device. We speculated that the phone would launch at the IFA tradeshow in September, but the show came and went with no sign of […]

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Xperia Blog: Top stories and readership statistics from 2017

January 1, 2018

Happy New Year to all of our readers, we hope you all had fun celebrating. There’s a lot to look forward to in 2018, and we can safely say that most Xperia fans are probably anticipating what design changes Sony will make to this year’s range. Sony continued to make some great smartphones in 2017, […]

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Welcome 2018 with the New Year’s Eve Xperia Theme

December 30, 2017

Sony Mobile has launched a New Year’s Eve Xperia Theme into the Google Play Store. The theme uses rotating wallpapers showing fireworks across various cities including London and Paris. The free Xperia Theme is well worth a download – we hope you all have a great time celebrating in the New Year.

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Xperia XA gets update with November 2017 security patch (33.3.A.1.115)

December 29, 2017

Sony Mobile released a firmware update for the Xperia XA a few weeks back that updated the security patch from 5 August 2017 to 6 November 2017. The new update moves the build number from 33.3.A.1.97 to version 33.3.A.1.115. However, this update is only live on two variants of the Xperia XA – the single […]

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Xperia L2 and Xperia XA2 Ultra names outed by regulators

December 28, 2017

Sony Mobile is set to launch the Xperia L2 (H43XX) and Xperia XA2 Ultra (H42XX) smartphones in 2018. The names of both phones were outed by telecoms regulators in Malaysia and Thailand. The naming choices follows on from this year’s models, which included the entry-level Xperia L1, and mid-range 6-inch Xperia XA1 Ultra. There were […]

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Holiday Greetings from Xperia Blog

December 25, 2017

We wanted to take this quick moment to wish all of our readers a very Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. We hope you have a restful festive period with those dearest to you, and maybe you were lucky enough to find a Sony Xperia under the tree! We continue to appreciate your support throughout […]

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Sony H82XX hits benchmark; reveals Snapdragon 845

December 22, 2017

We already knew about the Sony H82XX (H8216, H8266, H8276, H8296) model number, which was revealed in an earlier leak. However, all we knew at the time was that the handset was likely to run a FHD 1080p display. Now, the Sony H8266 has hit Geekbench which reveals that the device will use the latest […]

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Star Wars Battlefront II Xperia Theme available to download

December 21, 2017

Sony Mobile has created a new Xperia Theme to celebrate the recent launch of the Star Wars Battlefront II videogame. Putting the loot box controversy to one side, it’s a pretty decent game, and so it’s great to see an Xperia Theme for fans of the series. There’s no live wallpaper in the theme, but […]

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Xperia XA1 range gets December 2017 security patches

December 19, 2017

Sony Mobile has updated the firmware for the Xperia XA1 family, which now includes the 5 December 2017 Android security patches. Sony has kept the phones on Android 7.0, so there’s no big Android update just yet. The Xperia XA1 sees its firmware number move from 40.0.A.6.162 to version 40.0.A.6.175, while the Xperia XA1 Ultra […]

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Xperia XZ1, XZ1 Compact and XZ Premium receive December 2017 security patches (47.1.A.8.49)

December 18, 2017

Sony Mobile is rolling a new firmware update for the Xperia XZ1, Xperia XZ1 Compact and Xperia XZ Premium, moving from build number 47.1.A.5.51 to version 47.1.A.8.49. Sony has included the 1 December 2017 Android security patches in this latest update. If you have noticed any other changes or bug fixes in this latest update, […]

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