Sony Xperia Z 2013

The Sony Xperia Z is a touchscreen enabled, full HD Android Smartphone designed, developed, and marketed by Sony Mobile. The phone was announced by Sony at CES 2013; the official launch date has not been confirmed. The Xperia Z will be released with Android 4.1 Jelly Bean. Sony Xperia Z will be priced at A$749 in Australia, €739 in Finland and 699$ in Germany. The phone is set for a global release in 1st Quarter 2013. Sony has built the phone to be dust and water resistant.



 The phone dimensions are stated to be 139 x 71 x 7.9 mm and weight is 146 grams (including battery). It comes with a Li-ion battery of 2400mAh capacity. The Xperia Z will ship with a 1.5Ghz quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor and have 2048 MB of RAM. The phone is 4G capable, supporting LTE. The Sony Xperia Z has a 5" 1080p screen with a resolution of 1920x1080 with a ppi of approximately 443. The phone has a 13 MP primary rear-facing camera with Sony's Exmor RS sensor for mobile which makes it the world's first smartphone with high dynamic range imaging (HDRI) full HD video and the world's highest resolution phone front facing camera with 2.2 MP.



 Although the initial reports said that both the front and back of the phone where covered in Dragontrail glass this was later disputed by Sony's global PR team. According to Sony it uses durable tempered glass that has equivalent specs to Gorilla and Dragontrail glass.



Along with standard Jelly bean features this phone includes HDR video recording capability, Battery stamina mode which increases it's standby time up to 4 times. IP55 and IP57 standard dust and water proof body allow immersion under 6 feet of water for up to 30 minutes.