Earlier this month, Sony was suggested to announce two new Xperia smartphones at MWC 2017
in Barcelona next month. However, now a new leak suggests that the
Japan-based Tech Giant is planning to announce five, not two, new
Xperia smartphones. There is a good chance that this might be the
company's smartphone lineup for the entire year with release dates till
December but it still comes across as a surprising strategy from the
company.
The leak does not provide official names for the alleged Xperia
smartphones but comparisons with current lineup can still be drawn on
the basis of the specifications that have been suggested,
As per the leak, the alleged flagship Xperia smartphone (codenamed
'Yoshino') sports a 5.5-inch 4K (2160x3840 pixels) display and runs on
Snapdragon 835 SoC. The smartphone, which is believed to be Xperia XZ's successor, is expected to pack 4GB/ 6GB of LPDDR4 RAM and a Sony IMX400 sensor-based camera.
The
second smartphone, codenamed 'BlancBright', seems like a coin-toss at
this moment as the phone is expected to feature either Snapdragon 835 or
Snapdragon 635 processor. However, the phone is suggested to sport a
5.5-inch QHD (1440x2560 pixels) display and pack 4GB of RAM. This phone
has also been tipped to come with same IMX400 camera sensor as the one
on Yoshino. The device might be following the footsteps of Xperia X2
Performance in the lineup.
The smartphones codenamed 'Keyaki' and 'Hinoki', which are expected
to be mid-range devices in the lineup, are expected to be powered by a
MediaTek Helio P20 processor.
The device codenamed Keyaki has been
tipped to sport a 5.2-inch full-HD (1080x1920 pixels) display and pack
4GB of RAM. The phone has been suggested to come with 64GB of built-in
storage. In terms of optics Keyaki is expected to sport a 16-megapixel
rear camera and an 8-megapixel camera at front.
On the other hand,
Hinoki is expected to come with a 5-inch HD (720x1280 pixels) display
and pack 3GB of RAM. The device is expected to come with 32GB of inbuilt
storage. In the camera department, the phone is expected to feature a
16-megapixel rear camera and an 8-megapixel camera at front just like
Keyaki.
The last smartphone in the lineup has been codenamed
'Mineo' and is expected to carry a price tag of around $350 (roughly Rs.
23,800). Apart from the expected price tag, other details regarding the
phone has not shared yet.
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