Tag: Sony

May 22, 2020

A new leak hints at what to expect from Sony’s WH-1000XM4, the upcoming successor to the WH-1000XM3, one of the best wireless headphones on the market. The details come from Twitter user justplayinghard, who tweeted out information they obtained from […]

May 14, 2020

Sony has announced the world’s first image sensor with integrated AI smarts. The new IMX500 sensor incorporates both processing power and memory, allowing it to perform machine learning-powered computer vision tasks without extra hardware. The result, says Sony, will be […]

April 21, 2020

Sony announced the Xperia 1 II (pronounced “one mark two) almost two months ago, and it’s expected to follow up with the successor to last year’s underrated and compact-ish Xperia 5. Though official details are still scarce, new renders give […]

April 8, 2020

The next-gen console rollouts from Sony and Microsoft this year have been, for lack of a better word, soporific. But after weeks of spec comparisons and hardware boasts, Sony finally gave things a shot in the arm with the reveal […]

April 1, 2020

Sony is undoubtedly one of the world’s most prolific manufacturers of wireless audio equipment, selling all kinds of Bluetooth speakers and headphones at many different price points. Therefore, it shouldn’t come as a big surprise that the company has not […]

February 24, 2020

Monday, Feb. 24, was supposed to be the first day of Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, where Sony was scheduled to launch new Xperia smartphones. Due to coronavirus fears, the MWC was canceled, but Sony still had its press event, […]

January 30, 2020

Smartphone manufacturers across the globe are preparing to unveil their newest flagship devices at MWC 2020 next month. Sony is no exception, and the latest Xperia 1.1 leak points towards a versatile camera setup on the back of the phone. […]

January 14, 2020

Sony today announced a new camera grip, the GP-VPT2BT, which connects to many of the company’s recent mirrorless cameras over Bluetooth and will cost $140 when it ships this month in North America. Unlike camera grips that use a wired […]

January 6, 2020

Sony has stopped being relevant in the global smartphone landscape a long time ago, but somehow, when it comes to software support in general and major Android updates in particular, the company remains a force to be reckoned with. While […]

December 5, 2019

Sony has started the Android 10 rollout for its phones – out of the 8 phones on the list, it’s the latest flagships that get it first. Users of the Sony Xperia 1 and Xperia 5 are reporting that they […]

November 26, 2019

Sony has released a firmware update for its excellent noise-canceling WF-1000XM3 earbuds that allows you to control volume directly instead of adjusting it with your phone or relying on Siri / Google Assistant. Aside from their lack of sweat resistance, […]

November 19, 2019

Sony’s smartphone business has been in a steady decline for many years now. Even the company’s latest crop of phones like the Xperia 1 and Xperia 5, have failed to turn the tide as the company managed to sell just […]

November 7, 2019

Japanese phone maker Sony has announced that its Email app will no longer support Xperia 5 and future devices. Additionally, the company will also drop support for the ‘Backup – Powered by Amazon’ feature from its Album app on March […]

October 30, 2019

Sony posted the highest operating profit for a second quarter on the back of strong demand for image sensors for mobile phones. Profits were up 16%, for a total of 279 billion yen ($2.6 billion). That’s 19% higher than analysts […]

October 8, 2019

The Sony Xperia 5 is the spiritual successor to the Xperia Z Compact series — a series that packed all of the top-tier hardware from the brand’s flagship phone but in a smaller body. And while small phones are not […]

September 23, 2019

In an effort to work towards sustainable gaming, Sony has revealed the PS5 will be much more energy efficient than its predecessor, the PS4. Jim Ryan, Sony president and CEO, announced in a post on the PlayStation Blog that the […]

September 5, 2019

Sony took the stage at IFA 2019 and introduced its latest smartphone called Xperia 5 – yes, five. It comes with a 6.1” OLED panel with a tall CinemaWide screen, effectively arriving as the compact sibling of the Xperia 1 […]

July 5, 2019

Sony’s ruffled some feathers in the world of noise cancelling headphones with its latest top model, the WH-1000XM3, and now the company has shrunk the same tech to create a pair of wireless earbuds called the WF-1000XM3. Barring the inexplicably […]

June 27, 2019

It seems that Sony is struggling to keep the Xperia 1 in stock in Europe. Whether that’s due to high demand or just low supply, we can’t quite tell. We can say this – the Purple color is the hardest […]

June 17, 2019

You’re looking at an image of a mystery Sony smartphone with a triple camera, glass back and a purple paint job. Currently there is only one Sony smartphone with a triple camera and it’s the Xperia 1. And on the […]