So after months of silence after the big reveal at MWC in February, it would appear that some UK retailers and networks finally provided us with a release date of 30th May and some juicy pre-order bonuses including free PS4 from Vodafone and Sony WH-1000XM3 headphones form O2 and Carphone Warehouse.
The current official specs for the phone can be found on Sony's website with pièce de résistance being the 6.5" 4K (1644 x 3840) OLED screen in what they describe as "cinematic" 21:9 ratio. It also packs the latest Gorilla Glass 6, HDR BT.2020 and DCI-P3 100%, however, there are some questions over battery life as they only put a 3330mAh cell into the phone with wireless charging missing from the included features.
Rest of the phone is as expected with Snapdragon 855, 6GB RAM and 128GB storage with expandable storage included up to 1TB. Fingerprint sensor remains on the side of the phone and there is no headphone jack.
There is also a triple camera setup on the back with an ultra wide and x2 zoom lens and I believe this is the first time they are collaborating with their Sony Alpha camera division. We may just see them bring their camera software experience up to the flagship competition with an inclusion of a physical Bionz X image processor found on their cameras.
Launch, however, is typical Sony with next to no buzz being generated. None of the usual sites or Youtubers are talking about it so little information on how this actually performs in real life with 11 days until release. As of the time of this post, all "hands on" reviews are from a heavily locked down handset at MWC in February so hopefully we see something before the 30th May.
Xperia 2 leaks have already surfaced as well with rumours point towards the usual September release, as per Sony's 6 month release cycle.
The current official specs for the phone can be found on Sony's website with pièce de résistance being the 6.5" 4K (1644 x 3840) OLED screen in what they describe as "cinematic" 21:9 ratio. It also packs the latest Gorilla Glass 6, HDR BT.2020 and DCI-P3 100%, however, there are some questions over battery life as they only put a 3330mAh cell into the phone with wireless charging missing from the included features.
Rest of the phone is as expected with Snapdragon 855, 6GB RAM and 128GB storage with expandable storage included up to 1TB. Fingerprint sensor remains on the side of the phone and there is no headphone jack.
There is also a triple camera setup on the back with an ultra wide and x2 zoom lens and I believe this is the first time they are collaborating with their Sony Alpha camera division. We may just see them bring their camera software experience up to the flagship competition with an inclusion of a physical Bionz X image processor found on their cameras.
Launch, however, is typical Sony with next to no buzz being generated. None of the usual sites or Youtubers are talking about it so little information on how this actually performs in real life with 11 days until release. As of the time of this post, all "hands on" reviews are from a heavily locked down handset at MWC in February so hopefully we see something before the 30th May.
Xperia 2 leaks have already surfaced as well with rumours point towards the usual September release, as per Sony's 6 month release cycle.
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