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Sony Xperia Z pictured on the floor of CES; will it be one Jelly Bean or two?

Sony Xperia Z pictured on the floor of CES; will it be one Jelly Bean or two?

Posted: 06 Jan 2013, 18:45, by Alan F.

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Sony Xperia Z pictured on the floor of CES; will it be one Jelly Bean or two?

The Sony Xperia Z gets set up for Tuesday's CES opening

Boy, has Sony come a long way since it teamed with Ericsson to produce the Sony Ericsson Xperia X1. Those were the days when the T-Mobile G1 was introducing the open source OS with the cool name of Android. The Xperia X1 ran on Windows Mobile Professional 6.1 and offered a unique panel-based home page which was quickly dropped.

As we told you earlier on Sunday, Sony has spread the word that it will soon be showing off something extraordinary and as we postulated, it probably will be the Sony Xperia Z. It looks like this will be the new flagship model for the Japanese manufacturer with a 5 inch 1080p display, and a quad-core processor. One question that has yet to be determined is if this "extraordinary" device will be powered by Android 4.1 or Android 4.2.

Meanwhile, as the crew sets up the displays and tables for Tuesday's start of the CES 2013, what do we see on a table, nestled in a display, but the Sony Xperia Z. One look at the device and you just know it is going to be an amazing week.

source: Engadget

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posted on 06 Jan 2013, 19:51 9

1. TROLL (banned) (Posts: 4851; Member since: 13 Apr 2012)

This phone will go nice with there SONY Zseries Laptop.
Wishing you all the best SONY.

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 20:01 5

3. hung2900 (Posts: 965; Member since: 02 Mar 2012)

Sony's alphabet letters are irregular...

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 20:17 9

5. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)

true! but its a good thing they're at the end of the alphabet! lol

posted on 07 Jan 2013, 02:44

24. PhenomFaz (Posts: 1236; Member since: 26 Sep 2012)

about time too...was gettin tired of the alphabet series. but this looks like a great phone however i dont think it'll be on android 4.2 sony is knd of slow to get latest versions but 4.1.2 aint bad either. what remains to be seein is battery and screen angle wash out as these have been the major problems for sony the past year

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 21:25 1

17. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)

wishing u would stfu for once.

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 23:48

23. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)

God bless you too bro :(

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 19:52 1

2. abhishek48 (Posts: 164; Member since: 19 Feb 2012)

This phone is good.... But any reason to wait for it... DROID DNA with same specs and awesome performance is already in the market.... HDR video is not sufficient reason to wait for more than one month, when we know already that ... no matter what phone you get will be outdated in 3 months...I own DNA from the day it released, and it will surely remain the top performer for at least next 3 months.

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 20:05 8

4. buccob (Posts: 2714; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)

DNA does not have microSD slot, and can you dunk it underwater like the Z?

And not everybody is fan of MHL (including me). I had the SGS3 with the adapter... but having a separate micro HDMI port is far more useful.

I agree with you that any phone today will get outdated in 3 month or even less... but for now, and for me... this is the phone to get... (I was considering the PadFone 2 a while ago despite its shortcomings but it never came to America)

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 20:20

6. abhishek48 (Posts: 164; Member since: 19 Feb 2012)

Unserstand the micro sd card.. its the verizon who removed it, as HTC j butterfly has it.
....I take care of my phone.. so will not dunk it in water..lol....
But same SOC and Screen..... and difference in release dates would be almost 3 months... So DNA owners like will definitely own best smartphone on market for 3+ months, but when XPERIA Z releases.. soon with in 1 month LG will bring Optimus G2 or Samsung GS 4 will come.... So waiting dosen't makes sense... RIGHT DNA IS BEST SMARTPHONE ON THE MARKET

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 20:27

8. jwl3429 (Posts: 36; Member since: 28 Sep 2009)

enjoy being stuck on jelly bean for the next year well me on my Nexus 4 get the update to key lime

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 20:33 2

12. MeoCao (unregistered)

N4 is great phone, but if you want top notch camera Xperia Z is the phone.

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 20:38

14. jwl3429 (Posts: 36; Member since: 28 Sep 2009)

No disrespect to the Z not a big believer in the DNA would be interested in checking out the Z. Sony has been okay with updates especially if there is an unlocked version

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 23:37

22. BattleBrat (Posts: 1476; Member since: 26 Oct 2011)

It would be nice to have a device with a stellar camera, but if Sony wants to really make a splash it has to release it on ALL CARRIERS! (Verizon included)

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 20:28 1

9. cmikeh2 (Posts: 26; Member since: 09 May 2012)

While I wouldn't dump it in water either haven't you ever wanted to take your phone into the shower with you but couldn't? I know I would love to do that sometimes. Maybe a nice long bath and just mess around on the phone. Win-win.

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 20:31

11. MeoCao (unregistered)

The big difference will be design, and especially the camera. HTC can make good cameras, it just can't make the best cameras.

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 20:36 1

13. MeoCao (unregistered)

You know that waterproof works in rains and many situations that can happen in people's lives.

posted on 07 Jan 2013, 05:53 1

26. bipinm (Posts: 124; Member since: 07 Oct 2012)

buccob said xperia Z is water and dust proof..so u can put in water...take photo under water...etc

posted on 07 Jan 2013, 08:43 1

28. buccob (Posts: 2714; Member since: 19 Jun 2012)

that's exactly what I was implying. I always wanted a waterproof camera, but got stuck with a decent point and shoot... But now I am up for an upgrade of both my digital camera and my phone.. And this sounds PERFECT.

posted on 30 Jan 2013, 06:00

31. ranzst (Posts: 9; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)

Kindly please check this (keyword) video in youtube. A man owns DNA Droid Verizon Carrier, and he will tell you how HTC Droid DNA breaks its glass.. ( Droid DNA breaks line fine china )

posted on 07 Jan 2013, 06:38

27. romeo1 (Posts: 729; Member since: 06 Jan 2012)

Sony is known to make the best of the hardware it uses.
For example the xperia T uses the same chipset as the htc one s but it scores about the same in the benchmarks usually better and it has a bigger screen with higher resolution.

The Z also has a bigger battery than the DNA and the bravia engine 2 is said to be really good.
We just have to wait till tomorow to see how much better it is than the DNA.
Knowing Sony it will be better for sure

posted on 30 Jan 2013, 05:59

29. ranzst (Posts: 9; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)

Kindly please check this (keyword) video in youtube. A man owns DNA Droid Verizon Carrier, and he will tell you how HTC Droid DNA breaks its glass.. ( Droid DNA breaks line fine china )

posted on 30 Jan 2013, 05:59

30. ranzst (Posts: 9; Member since: 28 Jan 2013)

Kindly please check this (keyword) video in youtube. A man owns DNA Droid Verizon Carrier, and he will tell you how HTC Droid DNA breaks its glass.. ( Droid DNA breaks line fine china )

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 20:22

7. evolutionqy7 (Posts: 38; Member since: 27 May 2011)

The chrome icon is REALLY standing out from the other icons there. I like chrome on desktop, but on the mobile its quite crap compared to AOSP based one.

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 20:28 4

10. alila2 (Posts: 158; Member since: 01 Nov 2011)

what about the ZL ??? or is it going to be only one phone introduced ???

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 21:21

16. cretinick (Posts: 148; Member since: 25 Jan 2011)

I'm interested in the ZL too! I'm hoping it is also waterproof, and, especially, that it come to my country!

Tomorrow will be a long day... This week will be long!

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 21:27 1

19. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)

NO theirs going to be two. if you remember looking at the ZL leaked pic it have a front camera on top n bottom on the phone don't know why though still excited to buy it

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 20:41 3

15. KingKurogiii (Posts: 5713; Member since: 23 Oct 2011)

i'm inclined to believe Android 4.2 is running the show here because the dock launcher icons are placed in the same unusual manner as the Nexus 4.

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 21:26 1

18. InspectorGadget80 (unregistered)

DAMN THAT phone looks sweet. only a day to go!!!

posted on 06 Jan 2013, 21:45

20. nyamo (Posts: 274; Member since: 19 Mar 2011)

just hoping can get the timing right. it always seems like they have big plans but are late the party. best of luck sony, this thing needs to launch before the end of march imo