Sony Officially Unveiled the Xperia Z and Xperia ZL at CES Last Night

[dgstorm]

The Xperia Z is on the left, and the Xperia ZL is on the right. The picture is from Pocket-lint.​

Here's another story from last night at CES that we are excited to share with you guys this morning. Sony just launched their newest Android flagship devices, the Xperia Z and the Xperia ZL. Both are 5-inch phablet-style devices. We have a spec round-up for each device and we also found a couple of hands-on videos to share with you guys. Both devices have essentially the same innards, but the Z is designed to be water and dust resistant, while the ZL loses this feature, but has a slightly smaller footprint.

[video=youtube;4iqChcBYOvM]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=4iqChcBYOvM[/video]
This video is from Phandroid.​

Sony Xperia Z:

• 5-inch Full HD 1080 x 1920 Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2
• 13MP fast capture camera with Exmor RS for mobile & HDR video
• Dust & water resistant (IP55 & IP57)
• 1.5 GHz asynchronous quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor with 2GB
• Battery STAMINA mode improves standby time by at least four times
• One-touch mirroring
• 4G LTE for superfast entertainment
• Glass-back
• Dust and Water Resistant
• Slightly Larger Design Footprint
• Slightly Thinner than the ZL at 7.9mm
• 2,400mAh battery non-removable battery
• A microSD Card slot

[video=youtube;UAqOIV9V3fQ]http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=UAqOIV9V3fQ[/video]
This video is from TalkAndroid.​

Sony Xperia ZL:

• 5-inch Full HD 1920 x 1080 Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2
• 13MP fast capture camera with Exmor RS for mobile & HDR video
• 1.5GHz quad-core Snapdragon S4 processor with 2GB RAM
• Maximized display with the highest ratio of screen to phone size
• Battery STAMINA mode improves Standby time by at least four times
• One-touch mirroring
• 4G LTE for superfast entertainment
• Slightly smaller footprint
• Slightly thicker
• Soft-Rubberized Backing
• 2,400mAh battery non-removable battery
• A microSD Card slot

 

[tjk629]

wouldn't it be nice if one of these came to vzw.

 

[dezymond]

wouldn't it be nice if one of these came to vzw.

We can still hope

 

[sNuFfYStiGLiTZ]

Glass back? 5 inch phone with 2,400 mAh battery? Pass.....

 

[bluefire7002]

Glass back? 5 inch phone with 2,400 mAh battery? Pass.....

Quad-core which are more battery efficient = still a better battery life than my nexus.

I really hope it comes to verizon

 

[sNuFfYStiGLiTZ]

Quad-core which are more battery efficient = still a better battery life than my nexus.

I really hope it comes to verizon

The DNA does have pretty good battery life from what I hear. That one has a quad core processor as well right? Still I don't understand what the whole deal is with glass backs. I hear the Nexus 4 is cracking due to temperature changes from being in your warm pocket, and then being placed on cool surfaces....

 

[wicked]

Yes! Hope it comes to big red.

 

[xeene]

glass back = pass, unless it's gorilla glass 3.

 

[MissionImprobable]

It's a possibility if it shows up on VZ. Could be a keeper, maybe one-up the DNA.