CES 2013: Sony Xperia Z: an impressive device with a price tag Confidential

The new flagship smartphone Sony presented at CES is a device with impressive specifications and typical style company. But how much?
The Xperia Z looks like a product from Sony. For better or worse, the new phone company, announced at CES, speaking in its design. Sharp corners and coating the glass not only front but also on the back (a new trend that comes along with the trend of "back broken" after the machine falls a few times), and the power button located on the right side of the device around in middle - this phone at first glance does not difficult to understand who its manufacturer.
What is new here is the size. Sony's flagship phone 2013 (or at least the first half of the year) is a device with a screen size of 5 inches. And the truth is not notice how big it is. This is because its weight is only 140 grams (3 ounces more than S3, the addition of the 0.2-inch screen), and the thickness is 7.9 mm (at S3 thickness is 8.6 mm). Screen itself, incidentally, is 1080p screen, equipped with Sony's Bravia processor, designed to make the colors sharper and smoother motion.



Talking about Sony's design language.  Xperia Z
Can survive under water for half an hour

And it works - it is one of the brightest and sharpest screens we saw a cell phone. The only problem we have seen it is not enough viewing angles are good - on this screen should not look at it sideways. As mentioned, around the screen find a rectangular body with sharp corners and glass coating on both sides. If you are used to the device with rounded corners, such as the Galaxy S3, it will look a little uncomfortable at first, but soon get used to it.
Fortunately for all concerned, Sony gave the clear plastic strip of the Xperia S, although the phone has become more beautiful, but made use of its touch buttons very frustrating. In fact, there is no device touch buttons at all - because Android 4 (and the phone will come with Android 4.2) enables virtual buttons without the need for dedicated keys on the device.
Something unique appears when you try to find the entrances of the phone. They are all hidden, either behind the battery cover or plastic cover. This is a phone of Sony's flagship not afraid of falling into the toilet. If all entrances are closed, it can survive half an hour under water to a depth of three feet. And yes, it will work then. In fact, the Sony technology that entry into the phone allows the touch screen to identify the fingers even when the screen is wet.

Still not revealing the price. Sony launch Xperia Z at CES
Camera of 7 frames per second

Sony - a company that tries at every opportunity to remind its flagship instruments come with high quality cameras, entry into the Xperia Z Cam 13 megapixels. And this camera can shoot 7 frames per second, until the battery dies or the memory card is full. This is impressive, even more impressive than its performance in the dark. Although noise is still there, it's hard to avoid them with such a small sensor that receives little light, but Sony do a very good job in processing the image.
The important question we ask now is about the price of the phone. Sony still not ready to answer, and say only that the device will be launched in the first quarter of the year. More details about the launch of his sound, apparently the largest mobile exhibition in Barcelona, ​​to be held in February.