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Sony giving out free PlayStation 4 or PlayStation VR with Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 compact pre-orders

March 19, 2018 5:16 pm

Japanese electronics manufacturer, Sony unveiled their latest flagship smartphones for the year 2018. The Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact are the company'' flagship smartphones for 2018. The smartphones were unveiled at the MWC 2018 earlier this year. Recently the company opened up pre-orders of the Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact. The device can be pre-ordered across Europe. What's interesting are the pre-order promotions. The company is giving away a goodie bag to all the pre-order customers. The goodie bag includes the PlayStation gaming console, PlayStation VR pack, wireless headphones, wireless speakers, and more.

What exactly comes with the Pre-orders on the Xperia XZ series?

The Sony Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact goodie bag vary with the country. Like for instance, customers in the UK on pre-ordering the new Xperia XZ2 or XZ2 Compact from either Carphone Warehouse or Three gets a choice between a PlayStation 4 or PlayStation VR. In addition to that, the company will be giving a year of PlayStation Plus for free with this. The offer is valid on all premium smartphones by the company. These include the Xperia XZ1, Xperia XZ1 Compact, and Xperia XZ Premium. However, in many countries like Denmark, Finland, Norway, and Sweden the offers are different. In these countries, the customers will get the new WF-1000X Noise-Cancelling Bluetooth Earphones free with the pre-order.

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Also, if the users already have what the company is offering, there are also other options. Like in the UK other options include, a wireless charging dock and style cover touch with the Xperia XZ2 and a style cover touch with the XZ2 Compact. Meanwhile, in countries like Germany, the pre-ordering a Xperia XZ2 or an XZ2 compact will get you one of the following. Sony HDR-AS50 Action Camera, Sony GTK-XB5 Bluetooth Speaker, Sony WH-H900N h.ear Wireless Over-Ear Noise Cancelling High-Resolution Headphones, Sony LF-S50G Google Assistant Built-in Wireless Speaker, or the PlayStation VR. Also, the story is same in Italy. The pre-order of either the Xperia XZ2 and the XZ2 Compact will come with a pair of Sony WH-1000XM2 Wireless Noise Cancelling Headphones.

Xperia XZ2 Price and Specifications

As for the price, the Xperia XZ2 costs EUR 799 (~Rs 63,700), and the Xperia XZ2 Compact costs EUR 599 (~Rs 47,800). As for the colour variants, the Xperia XZ2 will arrive in Liquid Black, Liquid Silver, Deep Green, and Ash Pin variants. On the other end, the Xperia XZ2 Compact will be made available in Black, White Silver, Moss Green, and Coral Pink variants. As for the specifications, the smartphones feature Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 SoCs coupled with full-HD+ 18:9 aspect ratio displays. It all comes bundled with 4GB RAM and 64GB inbuilt storage. Also, these phones run Android 8.0 Oreo out-of-the-box.

What does it mean for India?

With the pre-offers, we are saying across Europe. It gives us some idea what we can expect when the Xperia XZ2 comes to India. The company should at least give its customers a free PS4. This can also include their top of the Line wireless headphones. This should be done to maintain an equality between Europe and India.

Lalit Wadhwa