Xperia XZ Premium’s slow-mo video looks to reveal a magician’s tricks

August 25, 2017

You’ll be well aware by now that one of the Xperia XZ Premium’s stand out feature is the ability to capture 960 frames per second slow motion video. To highlight this, Sony hired a magician and used the Xperia XZ Premium’s super slow motion video to try to reveal a magician’s tricks. Will the magician’s […]

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Xperia XZ1 Compact official pics leaked

August 25, 2017

A couple of days ago we saw the first official press pictures of Sony’s upcoming Xperia XZ1 flagship, and today we are following that up with leaked press pics of the Xperia XZ1 Compact. We had only seen CAD-based renders of the Xperia XZ1 Compact previously, apart from a blurry live photo. So this is […]

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Sony Xperia XZ1 – First press pictures

August 23, 2017

Here’s your first official look at the Sony Xperia XZ1. Let us know what you think in the comments below.

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Rumoured pricing of upcoming Xperia XZ1 and XZ1 Compact leaks

August 23, 2017

Sony is expected to announce new smartphones, including the Xperia XZ1 and Xperia XZ1 Compact, at the IFA tradeshow in Berlin later this month. These will be Sony’s latest flagship devices and therefore are expected to have a price to match. If you were wondering what kind of price you will have to pay at […]

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Sony settles on claim that Xperia devices “deceptively advertised as waterproof” – US owners invited to claim refund

August 22, 2017

Sony Mobile USA has decided to settle on alleged claims that some of its Xperia smartphones and tablets were “deceptively advertised as waterproof”. The class action lawsuit opens up Xperia owners based in the USA to receive a partial refund on their device, if it suffered water damage whilst in warranty and refused repair. The […]

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Android 8.0 Oreo gets official

August 21, 2017

Google has confirmed that Android 8.0 will officially be known as Android Oreo. This is Android’s second branded release, after Android 4.4.4 KitKat. Android Oreo includes a number of improvements including picture-in-picture, Autofill, and improvements to the notification system including notification dots, categories and snoozing. Google has worked hard on optimising battery life, start-up time, […]

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Xperia XZ1 Compact leaked in rendered images

August 17, 2017

Sony Mobile is expected to announce three new Xperia smartphones at the IFA 2017 tradeshow at the end of August. While we have had a good look at the Xperia XZ1, there has been little on the Xperia XZ1 Compact, which is expected to be a true ‘compact’ flagship, unlike what we saw last year […]

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Xperia XZ1 in clearest leak yet; most specs confirmed

August 16, 2017

The clearest in-the-wild pictures of the Xperia XZ1 have leaked, showing Sony’s latest flagship from most angles. If you were hoping for a big departure in terms of design, then you will be disappointed, as the handset looks like a smaller version of the Xperia XZ Premium. The leak confirms the side mounted power button […]

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Xperia XZ1 rear panel leaked from the production line

August 15, 2017

Sony Mobile is expected to launch three new Xperia devices at the IFA 2017 tradeshow at end of the August. Rumours are currently pointing to the three devices being the Xperia XZ1, Xperia XZ1 Compact and Xperia X1. Judging by the latest leak of the rear housing of the Xperia XZ1, it looks like it […]

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Xperia XZ Premium updated with August security patch (45.0.A.7.120)

August 10, 2017

Sony Mobile has updated the Xperia XZ Premium moving the build number from 45.0.A.7.90 to version 45.0.A.7.120. The latest update adds the 1 August 2017 Android security patch, with few other differences. Sony has still not added double tap to wake, but we hope this is on the company’s agenda at some point. If you’ve […]

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Xperia X, XZ and X Performance update adds August 2017 security patches

August 8, 2017

Sony is currently rolling new firmware updates for a number of Xperia X series handsets, updating to the latest 1 August 2017 Android security patch. The Xperia XZ and X Performance has seen their firmware builds move from 41.2.A.7.35 to version 41.2.A.7.53. The Xperia XZs is also likely to see the same build released shortly. […]

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Upcoming Sony G83XX and G8441 phones break cover – first live photos

August 8, 2017

We know that Sony will announce at least two new Xperia smartphones at the end of this month at the IFA tradeshow. We have previously reported on the Sony G83XX and G8441 model numbers, and now we have the first images of the devices themselves. The pics offer the first glimpse, and it does not […]

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Xperia XZ Premium gets Netflix HDR support

August 7, 2017

The Xperia XZ Premium is Sony’s first smartphone that supports a 4K HDR display however actual HDR content has been limited so far. The Amazon Prime app supports HDR and now Netflix has also added HDR support to the Xperia XZ Premium. Netflix says that you need to be running the latest firmware for HDR […]

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Sony says Movie Creator bug fix helps Xperia Z5 performance issues

August 2, 2017

We recently reported about the performance issues that Xperia Z5 users had when upgrading to Android 7.1.1 Nougat. A number of users have suffered lag, battery woes and crashes, however some have reported that disabling the Movie Creator application helped improve performance. Now Sony has weighed in on the matter, saying that an update for […]

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Sony Mobile sees profits up in Q1 FY2017, ships 3.4 million smartphones

August 1, 2017

Sony reported first quarter results for the three months to 30 June 2017 earlier today. These were good numbers for Sony, with overall revenues up 15% year-on-year to 1,858 billion yen, with operating income of 158 billion yen, nearly 3x higher than the same quarter last year. On the mobile side, Sony shifted 3.4 million […]

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