Tag: Sony

May 16, 2019

These days properly capable compact smartphones are few and far between, but Sony is still keeping its tradition of deliering smaller footprint phones with solid hardware. While the company never released an Xperia XZ4 Compact for global markets it made […]

March 29, 2019

Sony is to shut down its smartphone factory in China as it seeks to cut the losses of its mobile division. According to Reuters, the Japanese electronics giant will shift production from Beijing to its plant in Thailand later this […]

March 21, 2019

We’re no strangers to the idea of a 7 inch phone, since ever since the ASUS Padfone such devices have kept appearing. Huawei itself had two of them launched last year, the Mate 20X and Honor 8X Max. Now Sony […]

March 15, 2019

Historically, Sony has been conservative with its smartphone design, but it has always had this penchant for experimentation as far as its displays are concerned. The Xperia Premium line of devices is a testament to that — being the first […]

January 31, 2019

Whether you’re a fan of Sony’s PlayStation 4 or not, it’s hard to deny that the platform’s “PlayStation Plus” (PS Plus) subscription is a pretty decent value. In addition to the typical online play features that most console subscription services […]

January 31, 2019

An alleged spec list for Sony’s next flagship appeared on Chinese social network Weibo (via GSMArena) this week. The phone is said to feature a 6.5-inch, Quad HD+ (3360 x 1440) OLED display with a 21:9 aspect ratio, 6GB of […]

January 16, 2019

Sony Mobile is coming to the MWC, its event is scheduled for February 25 (at 8:30 CET). The company was a no-show at CES, despite rumors claiming that the Xperia XA3 family will be unveiled there (the Sony mothership did […]

January 15, 2019

After the rumors earlier today, Sony has officially taken the wraps off its new mid-range Alpha A6400 APS-C mirrorless camera. As the name suggests, the A6400 is not a direct replacement for the Alpha A6500, but instead replaces the Alpha […]

September 13, 2018

Few phones can claim they caused quite as big of a stir as the Xperia XZ3. After Sony dropped its first curved OLED Xperia, seemingly out of the blue at IFA 2018, reactions have ranged from overwhelming excitement, through confusion […]

August 31, 2018

Some of you may know that Sony is a bit different from most smartphone manufacturers out there. It’s different in that it likes to release a new flagship model every six months! Other companies – they usually do so once […]

August 30, 2018

The ultra-high-end Xperia XZ3 smartphone is without a doubt (and to no one’s surprise) Sony’s star IFA 2018 attraction, but the Tokyo-based consumer electronics giant also has some other stuff to showcase in Berlin between August 31 and September 5. […]

August 30, 2018

Sony’s new flagship phone, the Xperia XZ3, will be available for purchase in October and it rises the natural question: How much better is it compared to previous Sony high-end models? Internally, the XZ3 shares most of the components of […]

December 27, 2017

2017 has been quiet a year for VR entertainment as Oculus, HTC and Sony continue to push their respective headsets as gaming devices first and everything else second. That said, everything else has had a pretty good year too; VR […]

December 12, 2017

New patents from Sony give us a slightly better look at its work prototyping a glove controller for its PlayStation VR (PSVR) headset. Earlier this year we reported that Sony had looked into a glove controller for PSVR but ultimately […]

February 23, 2017

If you take any serious amount of photos in RAW format or shoot lots of video footage at, say, 4K resolution, then you need a speedy SD card. Being a kingpin of the memory business for a long time, Sony […]

January 23, 2017

Sony has run into a bit of trouble when delivering the long-awaited Android 7.0 Nougat update to its Xperia smartphones. However, this is a minor setback that the Japanese company promised to address quickly. Since Android 7.0 Nougat is already […]

September 26, 2016

If you’ve been rocking an Xperia high-end smartphone for the last couple of years then you probably know that Sony runs an Android beta program where it tests the software on a limited number of devices before making it available […]

August 12, 2016

Sony has said that fixes for the recently-disclosed QuadRooter flaw will be made available “within normal and regular software maintenance.” The Japanese company, however, didn’t provide any specific time-frame for the roll-out. Here’s the complete statement from the company: Sony […]

January 27, 2016

Sony Corp. has reached an agreement to acquire Israel-based chipmaker Altair Semiconductor for $212 million, positioning itself to become a serious player in the rapidly approaching Internet of Things era. Altair was founded in 2005 by Oded Melamed, Yigal Bitran […]

January 14, 2016

Sony today announced that it’s officially launching the Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5 Compact in the US. The handsets will be sold unlocked starting February 7 via Amazon, Best Buy, and B&H. As you’d expect, the Xperia Z5 Compact will […]