After lot of speculations, Sony has finally unveiled its Xperia Z1 smartphone. With a 20 megapixel rear camera, this is the best camera smartphone of Sony. Moreover, it is a water proof and dust proof smartphone (IP55 & IP58 certified) and will be launched globally, and expectedly in India also, from this month itself.
The Sony Xperia Z1 comes with a 5 inch display with full HD (1920×1080 pixels) resolution. This 8.5 mm thick smartphone weighs 170 grams and comes in Black, White, and Purple colours. The Sony Xperia Z1 will hit the markets with Android 4.2 and the 2.2 GHz Qualcomm MSM8974 quad core processor. It has 16 GB internal storage, 64 GB of expandable storage slot, and 2 GB RAM. It has a 3000 mAh battery as well.
But the most notable factor of Sony Xperia Z1 is its camera. “Xperia Z1 features Sony’s award-winning “G Lens” with a 27mm wide angle and bright F2.0 aperture, custom made large 1/2.3-type CMOS image sensor Exmor RS for mobile with 20.7MP and a BIONZ for mobile image processing engine,” said Sony in its press release.
“Xperia Z1 captures beautiful, sharp and bright images even in lowlight conditions. High shutter speeds and 3x clear image zoom also prevents shots from being blurred while enabling them to be captured at distance,” added Sony.
It has a 2 megapixel front camera as well. PlayStation certified Sony Xperia Z1 also comes with DLNA, NFC, Bluetooth 4.0, MHL, Micro USB port, GLONASS, A-GPS, and WiFi.
Sony has not announced its price though.