Sony's 2013 flagships tipped, Q4 might see a quad-core Cortex-A15 beast with a huge battery

12. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 10 Dec 2012, 07:43 14 3

This is great, I can already see Sony elbow SS from top spot of Android world.

I know that Sony is busy with software thing this year, and next year will be the year of Sony comeback.

It will be 4 horse race Sony - SS - LG - HTC I guess.

15. XiphiasGladius posted on 10 Dec 2012, 07:48 7 3

Don't under estimate the companies from China (Huawei, ZTE & Lenovo) their phones are somewhat equally spec to those by the Big Boys ( Samsung, Sony, LG, HTC) but they're more affordable. A real bang for buck I say. Tho in the states they'll probably won't grab that much attention. . .

22. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 10 Dec 2012, 08:14 8 0

Sony, and now HTC have learned from SS example: specs and design is easy part, the hard part is software optimisation and marketing.

The Chinese have great potential but I guess it will take them a few years before they can compete in top end of the market.

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23. XiphiasGladius posted on 10 Dec 2012, 08:20 0 0

Agree, I'm actually seeing Android dominating more come 2013 in the mobile space thanks to those Chinese Company's ultra aggressive pricing.

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24. blingblingthing posted on 10 Dec 2012, 08:21 0 0

Exactly. Give us the hardware and a few tricks. And for all of our sakes give it an ad so everyone knows of it.

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32. XiphiasGladius posted on 10 Dec 2012, 08:48 0 0

Precisely. Ad's, informative Ad's.

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33. Commentator posted on 10 Dec 2012, 08:51 6 0

By saying "quarterly flagship machine" Sony has confirmed that they'll be releasing a new flagship every three months or so (which they have already been doing for at least a year). Not sure if this is a good thing or not. It obviously hasn't worked for HTC in the past, and Samsung and Apple both only release one major flagship per year to tremendous success.

36. Droid_X_Doug posted on 10 Dec 2012, 09:31 5 0

Sammy will basically be announcing their flagship 2013 phone next month and probably shipping in April-May-June timeframe. Nothing like sucking all of the oxygen out of the room....

Sony needs to step up it's game. Even Apple is feeling the heat from Sammy.

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38. MeoCao (unregistered) posted on 10 Dec 2012, 09:43 0 0

This is 1 of many possibilities, this is early stage of mobile market development and things will change wildly. I think there will be several big players coexist in the Android ecosystem similar to HP, Lenovo, Dell... in Windows PC.

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41. oister85 posted on 10 Dec 2012, 10:30 0 1

Actually sony is learning from Samsung . Sammy just to release phones every 3 month low end To mid range to high end I think that is a strategy.

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59. Nadr1212 posted on 10 Dec 2012, 18:53 0 0

I hope the "1.5" GB in the Xperia 4 mean 1.5 GigaBytes of ram, NOT storage (cuz some phones actually have that)

JUST 4 any buyers sake.

76. thethirdelric posted on 13 Dec 2012, 18:23 0 0

It did say RAM

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21. pankajgupta posted on 10 Dec 2012, 08:12 11 1

Gonna be a monster of a phone... Best of All. :)
SONY FTW :)

31. TROLL posted on 10 Dec 2012, 08:46 0 0

Daniel.P don't you have anything to say on this article or posts....?
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51. htc_prep posted on 10 Dec 2012, 15:17 0 0

@thephonegeek you are very very true sony has had a beautiful line up of devices i would love to spend my money on, BUT the only way that Sony can contend with Sammy is if they break into the US market. one device sprinkled on 1 or 2 carriers every now and again.

54. richardyarrell2011 (banned) posted on 10 Dec 2012, 18:09 0 2

Samsung welcomes all challengers any time. Samsung owns this space and you can bank on the Samsung Galaxy Note 3 having 6inch flexible screen, 1080p resolution, 2.0ghz quadcore Exynos 5 processor, 3gb of ram, 16megipix camera, 32 or 64gb of internal storage, 64gb micro sd card slot, 3.0 front facing camera. Rest assured nobody who is not in this space today will make a threat to Samsung they own this smartphone/tablet market. The Galaxy Note 2 is leading the way. Software and features alone makes Samsung the best manufacturer period.

9. neutralguy posted on 10 Dec 2012, 07:36 15 0

and that would be called, cornea display? or optic nerve display? :))

11. wendygarett (limited) 6 days ago posted on 10 Dec 2012, 07:41 3 8

Please don't, I'm enjoying the 3.5 inches screen tho :(
If Apple wanna to, release another called iPhone giant...

14. redmd posted on 10 Dec 2012, 07:45 6 2

it's optic nerve display. Apple should patent that. lol

37. Droid_X_Doug posted on 10 Dec 2012, 09:35 1 0

Not gonna happen. Apple's strategy is to suppress competitors through lawsuits. They need to update their UI more than anything.

7. XiphiasGladius posted on 10 Dec 2012, 07:32 7 0

hush. Stick with the iPhones they're not beastly (well probably).

79. jstahl posted on 14 Dec 2012, 22:44 0 0

are you chinese?

10. XiphiasGladius posted on 10 Dec 2012, 07:40 0 0

Apir! hahaha

26. TROLL posted on 10 Dec 2012, 08:23 0 0

I thought its Apple iPhone for you?

27. TylerGrunter posted on 10 Dec 2012, 08:30 2 1

I guess you are joking, but just in case. The Tegra 4 (Wayne) is also a quad core A15. And it's coming Q1 2013.

42. darac posted on 10 Dec 2012, 10:32 1 0

Have you read the article?
"It is listed as a quad-core Cortez-A15 endeavor, but neither Qualcomm, nor NVIDIA with Tegra 4 are in the mix"

So, any other idea?

47. TylerGrunter posted on 10 Dec 2012, 12:04 4 1

Maybe they are going to start to develop their own? It would surprise me, but with Sony it´s possible.
OK, I admit I´m out of ideas...

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50. Berzerk000 posted on 10 Dec 2012, 14:44 1 0

TI OMAP's final stand?

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65. TylerGrunter posted on 11 Dec 2012, 02:35 1 0

More unlikely even than the previous comments.
OMAP5430 and OMAP5432 are A15 but dual cores, and TI is stepping out of mobile SoCs, so it's not likely they'll create a new quad core one.

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77. Berzerk000 posted on 14 Dec 2012, 00:13 0 0

A man can dream.

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73. j__h2 posted on 11 Dec 2012, 23:07 0 0

Why is Nvidia not in the mix?

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30. XiphiasGladius posted on 10 Dec 2012, 08:45 2 0

All Rovio games running + more is needed to occupy that RAM

45. TROLL posted on 10 Dec 2012, 11:26 3 1

More than enough, you will be running high-end PC games, which requires over 1.5 gb ram.

34. adjou posted on 10 Dec 2012, 08:59 6 2

I expect the SGS4's specs to match or even better the Sony flag, but in terms of design, no matter how hard Samsung changes it, it won't match Sony's.

Though, Sony design ain't going to help them get No.1 since Samsung fan base is big and more importantly, they know how to market.

35. TROLL posted on 10 Dec 2012, 09:02 0 2

True said+1
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75. MC1123 posted on 12 Dec 2012, 18:29 0 0

japanese tech can put korean tech to dust anytime!!!

people buy samsung coz its cheaper than sony's!! but low quality looking phones!!

sony's are top notch!

52. XPERIA-KNIGHT posted on 10 Dec 2012, 16:43 0 0

haha :)