Sony Xperia XZ with Snapdragon 820 Processor and 23 Megapixel Camera Now Available in India

Sony’s latest flagship has made its India’s debut. The Sony Xperia XZ which was unveiled at the IFA 2016 is now available in India for Rs. 49,990. The Xperia XZ is Sony’s most awaited flagship phone ever and comes at a time when the Apple iPhone 7 isn’t turning too many heads and Samsung’s Galaxy Note 7 has turned into the biggest corporate disaster of the year.

At the moment the smartphone industry needs a product that convinces consumers to put these disappointments behind them and embrace what’s coming next. The beauty of technological progress is that it marches on irrespective of what happened last week or last month. So the Xperia XZ is among the new breed of high-end phones which will be scrutinized to the minutest details by consumers and analysts alike.

Let’s take a closer look at this product to ascertain what it has to offer.

Specifications – Sony Xperia XZ

The Sony Xperia XZ has a 5.2 inch Triluminos display with a screen resolution of 1080 x 1920 pixels. The display also has Corning Gorilla Glass protections to boot. This phone is a bit of a beast when it comes to processing power. It comes with a Quad Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with an Adreno 530 GPU. The 3 GB RAM specification only adds to the phone’s ability to perform at the highest possible benchmark levels.

The internal storage on the phone is 64 GB but this can be expanded up to 256 GB if you are willing to put the microSD card slot to use. That is sufficient storage space for most people who consider storage capacity an important feature influencing their buying decision.

Moving on to something that could be considered the USP of this product – the delightful camera configuration. The Xperia XZ comes with a 23 megapixel primary camera with Exmos RS sensor, f/2.0 lens, Predictive Hybrid autofocus, 5-axis stabilization, and 4K video recording. The secondary camera is a lot more than a handy selfie snapper. It is a 13 megapixel unit with Exmos RS sensor, 22 mm wide-angle f/2.0 lens, and 1080 video recording. That makes for a very powerful camera configuration and has to be one of the very best camera combos on a smartphone in recent memory.

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This Xperia X series phone is a dual SIM (LTE + LTE) device with 4G connectivity and VoLTE support. The dimensions on the phone are 146 x 72 x 8.1 mm and it weighs a little more than expected at 161 grams. A number of modern smartphones with similar form factors tend to weigh less than 140 grams. So the Xperia XZ is probably a 20 grams too heavy? Are we nitpicking now? Perhaps.

The battery capacity on the phone doesn’t require nitpicking as it is definitely below our expectations. One would expect the flagship product of a major player to offer better battery capacity than 2900 mAh but as we have seen recently the battery capacity on most flagship products from most leading players are average at best. And now with the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 fiasco everybody would want to approach battery tech even more carefully.

The Note 7 disaster may have caused more damage to the smartphone industry than is visible on the surface. It’s not just about Samsung or Note 7 anymore. The consumers are wondering if they can’t trust the flagship product of the world’s leading smartphone vendor then who can they actually trust? So I don’t blame Sony for playing it cautious, if that is the case, but a better battery capacity was still well within Sony’s reach.

The Xperia XZ has a fingerprint sensor and Qnovo’s Adaptive Charging technology as far as impressive additional features are concerned. The phone is also water resistant, which is not new but consumers always welcome such features with open arms so kudos to Sony for including this.

The Sony Xperia XZ is powered by Android 6.0 Marshmallow OS. The phone is available in 3 colors namely Forest Blue, Mineral Black, and Platinum. Unless you are waiting for a smartphone with Snapdragon 821 processor, I recommend the Sony Xperia XZ, assuming that collecting expensive gadgets is your thing.