Sony, the Japanese tech giant, finally took the wraps off the most awaited smartphones from the company, the Xperia XZ1 and the XZ1 compact. Alongside the XZ1 and the XZ1 compact, Sony also launched a mid-range smartphone, the Xperia XA1 Plus. With these new devices, Sony keeps the same design language as we have seen before where the fingerprint scanner is embedded on the power button. The XZ1 and XZ1 Compact now also includes a new smart AMP which will make the speakers sound a lot better. The highlights of the XZ1 and XZ1 compact include Android Oreo and the new 3D scanning capability.
Specifications: Xperia XZ1 and XZ1 Compact
Being the flagship offerings from the company, both the XZ1 and XZ1 compact are powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC coupled with 4GB of RAM. The XZ1 comes with 64GB of onboard storage whereas the XZ1 compact includes a 32GB of inbuilt storage and both the devices can expand storage up to 256GB using a microSD card. The display is where the major noticeable change comes, the XZ1 featuring a 5.2-inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1080x1920 pixels. On the other hand, the XZ1 Compact sports a smaller 4.6-inch display with a resolution of 720x1280 pixels. Under the hood, both the smartphones are powered by a 2,700mAh battery with support to QuickCharge 3.0. Surprisingly the smartphones will be shipped with Android 8.0 Oreo running out of the box.
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On the optics front, the both the devices sport a 19-megapixel camera at the back with electronic image stabilization, predictive phase detection, laser autofocus and a LED flash. Up front, the XZ1 features a 13-megapixel front-facing camera while the XZ1 compact comes with an 8-megapixel selfie-shooter.
The Sony Xperia XZ1 will come in Black, Warm Silver, Moonlight Blue, and Venus Pink colour options while the smaller XZ1 Compact will be available in Black, Snow Silver, Horizon Blue and Twilight Pink colour variants.
Specifications: Xperia XA1 Plus
Sony Xperia XA1 Plus features a 5.5-inch Full HD display and is powered by a 64bit octa-core MediaTek Helio P20 chipset. The mid-range smartphone packs in 3GB of RAM and 32GB of onboard storage which is further expandable up to 256GB via a microSD card. Powering up everything is a 3,430mAh battery which supports Pump Express 2.0 and Qnovo Adaptive Charging. The smartphone will run on Google's Android 7.0 Nougat operating system out of the box.
In the camera department, the XA1 Plus sports a 23-megapixel camera sensor at the back with f/2.0 aperture. Up front, the phone comes with an 8-megapixel camera with f/2.0 aperture.
