Sony Xperia Z specification and prices
The Xperia Z by Sony was announced on January 2013 and the first deals appeared on February 2013. This mobile phone belongs to the highest price range: the lowest Sony Xperia Z price in USA for today is $418.94. The phone is on sale from carriers including AT&T Wireless, Sprint, Verizon Wireless, T-Mobile as well as retailers like Target, RadioShack.
The phone runs on the most popular OS on the market for now - Android OS. Xperia Z was produced with the already outdated for today Android version: 4.1.2 (Jelly Bean). It means that the phone will support most part of the old games and apps and a very few number of the newest ones with this default OS version. The phone has Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait processor that shows a great performance. It has 2 GB RAM that is an average amount of memory for normal usage.
This mobile phone has powerful 13.1 megapixel primary camera. It will produce high quality photos and videos. Sony Xperia Z camera has 2.4 aperture that is a standard size for phones. If you like to capture photos at night, you won't capture good photos as the camera lets in low light. Xperia Z also will not suit for getting blurred backgrounds. Primary camera of Sony Xperia Z can film full HD high quality video, which image is not so amazing as 4K but is also very bright and clear.
The Sony Xperia Z has a common 5 inch display.
This cell phone has non-removable Li-Ion 2330 mAh battery, which can provide up to 530 hours of standby time, about 14 hours of talk time and up to 40 hours of playing music. It is very good battery life results.
The phone's weight is 146 grams (5.15 oz), it is 139 mm (5.47 in) high, 71 mm (2.80 in) wide and has a 7.9 mm (0.31 in) depth what means that this model is thin.
You can buy Xperia Z in Black, White or Purple colors.
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- 2013, January
- Available. Released 2013, February
- Android OS, v4.1.2 (Jelly Bean), upgradable to v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
- Qualcomm APQ8064 Snapdragon S4 Pro
- Quad-core 1.5 GHz Krait
- Adreno 320
- 13.1 MP, f/2.4, autofocus, LED flash
- 2.2 MP, 1080p@30fps
- 1080p@30fps, HDR
- Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, sweep panorama
- 5.0 inches
- 1080 x 1920 pixels (~441 ppi pixel density)
- TFT capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
- Shatter proof glass
- Yes, up to 10 fingers
- Non-removable Li-Ion 2330 mAh battery
- About 550 h / About 530 h
- About 11 h / About 14 h
- About 40 h
- 139 x 71 x 7.9 mm (5.47 x 2.80 x 0.31 in)
- 146 g (5.15 oz, 0.32 lb)
- Micro-SIM
- Black, White, Purple
- 16 GB, 2 GB RAM
- microSD, up to 64 GB (dedicated slot)
- Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA, hotspot
- v4.0, A2DP
- Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
- Yes
- Stereo FM radio, RDS
- microUSB v2.0 (MHL TV-out), USB Host
- Accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
- SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, IM, Push Email
- HTML5
- No
- Yes
- GSM / HSPA / LTE
- GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - C6602, C6603
- HSDPA 850 / 900 / 2100 - C6603 HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700 / 1900 / 2100 - C6602
- LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - C6603
- HSPA 42.2/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat3 100/50 Mbps
- Up to 107 kbps
- Up to 296 kbps
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