In 2015, Sony released Xperia Z5 Premium, the world’s first 4K smartphone. That record was unbroken until now but Sony has now broken its own record by launching world’s first smartphone with 4K HDR display, the new Sony Xperia XZ Premium, this Thursday.
The new Sony Xperia XZ is Sony’s flagship model for the year 2017. Whereas the Xperia Z5 Premium was a one trick pony, jumping over its 4K display, the new XZ is a powerful allrounder with a range of features.
So what’s exactly are these features? Let’s check out below.
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World’s First Smartphone with a 4K HDR Display
For the first time ever in a smartphone, Xperia XZ Premium features a 4K HDR (High Dynamic Range, 2160 x 3840) 5.5” display. A feature unique to Sony only, it uses Sony’s BRAVIA TV technology to give you an immersive 4K HDR viewing experience in the palm of your hand. The color, clarity, and contrast are phenomenal and create a level of realism you almost feel part of the scene. The sharp, vivid quality of the display is enriched by Sony’s native technologies TRILUMINOS™ Display for mobile, X-Reality for mobile and Dynamic Contrast Enhancer.
Beautiful design with reflective surface
With so many advanced technologies working in harmony, it is only fitting that the Xperia XZ Premium has an advanced design to match, making it beautiful on the inside and out. The exterior has an exquisite glass loop surface which when turned over reveals a reflective surface on the back. Every aspect of the XZ Premium is unified, from its seamless flowing lines and intuitive fingerprint sensor power button to the Diamond cut finish on top and bottom of the phone.
The new Xperia XZ Premium is also water resistant, dust-proof and reinforced with Corning Gorilla Glass 5 on the front and back of the handset, taking beauty and durability to new heights.
Powerful performance with Gigabit-class LTE connectivity
Xperia XZ Premium is powered by the latest Qualcomm® Snapdragon 835 Mobile Platform, making it one of the very first smartphones capable of Gigabit-Class LTE (up to 1Gbps). This is possible because of the integrated Snapdragon X16 LTE modem, which has the potential to transform how customers use their mobile devices by delivering fiber optic speeds on the go. The Snapdragon 835 platform also supports stunning graphics, superior performance, and enhanced battery efficiency. File transfers are also supercharged thanks to the USB 3.1 connection which is 10 times quicker than USB 2.0 with a transfer speed of up to 5Gbps.The Xperia XZ Premium is powered by a 2.45GHz octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 processor clubbed with 4 gigs of RAM and 64GB of internal memory which is further expandable by up to 256GB via a micro-SD card slot.
Motion Eye™ camera with Super Slow Motion and Predictive capture
Following the decade’s long trend of innovations by Sony, Xperia XZ Premium incorporates imaging know-how embedded on Sony ‘?’ and Cyber-shot™ cameras to create the new Motion Eye camera system, for capturing stills in ways no other smartphone can. Featuring a memory stacked Exmor RS sensor with technologies usually only found on premium cameras, it provides 5x faster image scanning and data transfer. This enables you to create sensational videos from your everyday moments by recording at 960 frames per second, providing Super slow motion video playback that is four times slower than other smartphones, giving you more detail than has ever been possible in the palm of your hand.
| Primary | 19 MP, f/2.0, 25mm, EIS (gyro), predictive phase detection and laser autofocus, LED flash, |
| Features | 1/2.3″ sensor size, geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama |
| Video | 2160p@30fps, 720p@960fps, HDR, |
| Secondary | 13 MP, f/2.0, 22mm, 1/3″ sensor size, 1.12 µm pixel size, 1080p |
Studio-like sound experience with High-Resolution Audio
The Sony experience can also be seen into audio and gaming capabilities. High-Resolution Audio Playback allows you to hear every nuance and detail in a track as if you’re right there with the artist. Sony’s native DSEE HX™ technology even up-scales streamed tracks or MP3s to near High-res quality and if you connect with wireless speakers or headphones, LDAC ensures you don’t lose a drop of sound quality by transferring three times more audio data than normal Bluetooth.
Along with these big features, Sony Xperia XZ Premium also boasts off of a list of other great features like-
Xperia XZ Premium comes with quick charger, UCH-12, bundled with the phones as supplied accessory. With QC-3.0 charging the phone can be charged 60% in 45 minutes.
Xperia XZ Premium comes equipped with latest Type-C USB connector for faster data transfer and charging speeds.
The latest and most updated version of Android OS is available out of the box in Xperia XZ Premium.
Xperia XZ Premium can be pre-booked at all Sony Center, select retail outlets and Online exclusively on Amazon.com.
| Model Name | Best Buy | Available colours | Availability |
| Xperia XZ Premium | Rs. 59,990/- | Luminous Chrome & Deep Sea Black | 12th Jun 2017 onwards |
So, that’s was all from us for right now, a detailed review of the same is coming up very soon, you should definitely wait for that too. If you’ve any questions or opinions on the new Sony Xperia XZ Premium, just comment below and tell us.
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