Posted by maloqs
Don't worry,next year JOLED display is available and we will see which side has better oled.
Posted by ascariss
On 2014-10-05 14:28:04, maloqs wrote:
Don't worry,next year JOLED display is available and we will see which side has better oled.
Nope, they are not coming next year, 2-3 years at least, and besides the JOLED partnership is not for mobile phones, but medium sized panels, so laptops, and tablets.
Posted by amirprog
The reason sony don't include 32gb for international variants is again to differentiate tmobile usa and japan carriers variants. sony, it's time to move forward and stop this differentiation habit. put in all the flags 32gb+micro sd and give usa consumers fast and wide carrier availability instead. also, 32gb is not that special anymore. newer phones are getting built it 64gb+micro sd.
Posted by Ricky D
So what's happening on the 9th?
Z3 Ultra a possibility?
Posted by xperiazultra
On 2014-10-07 15:18:20, Ricky D wrote:
So what's happening on the 9th?
Z3 Ultra a possibility?
Nope. US variants nothing more
Posted by JohnnyNr.5
Don't expect any major events/announcements till CES/MWC 2015. Maybe one or two mid-range phones for xmas season.
Few days back there was the news that Sony will focus on high-end devices in the future. Do we know when they'll "terminate" the development of entry and mid-rangers?
Posted by itsjustJOH
They should not terminate it, but limit it. Like 1 or 2 mid-range and low-end, that's it. And that they should really stand out, like the past ones (x10 mini/mini pro, mini and mini pro, Neo, Play, Ray, Active, P, U, go, sola, SP). Their mid-range and low-end phones now really look sh*t.
Posted by goldenface
I think the M2 Aqua is as low as they should go. Sony will always be undercut on price in the mid and lower tiers.
Posted by Xajel
Being travelling these days I didn't had a chance to read the last pages...
Any updates regarding Z4 ?
Posted by amirprog
@Xajel
Nothing new.
on a side note, even motorola now is reading their own phablet (nexus 6) for this month announcement. more pressure on sony.
Posted by ascariss
On 2014-10-07 19:26:20, amirprog wrote:
@Xajel
Nothing new.
on a side note, even motorola now is reading their own phablet (nexus 6) for this month announcement. more pressure on sony.
Ya but that will run the 805 and not 810 and will not be 64bit, which would be a better choice I feel. If sony does feel the pressure to bring out a phablet, perhaps CES will be more likely than MWC but then I doubt the 810 will be ready for CES.
Posted by bronxdude
I really want a new design. enough with the omnibalance
Posted by Hilmawan
I really do not know where should I put this link, but I guess this review can give useful information for anyone who interested in QX1 and QX30.
Original link.
http://www.mobile01.com/newsdetail.php?id=15745
Translated.
http://translate.googleuserco[....]rhgIjRsRt2iylh9JVT81CicHpo5bwA
[ This Message was edited by: hihihans on 2014-10-07 22:32 ]
Posted by amirprog
@ascariss
You misunderstand what i wrote.
i meant that motorola is just another manufacturer that make phablets more and more relevant and mainstream and puts pressure more on sony to work on a new phablet with high end flagship spec. i didn't mean the next sony phablet should have similar specs to motorola and/or announced at ces. i sure agree that anything announced from sony in 2015 should have 810, 4 gb ram, etc. best event to announce is mwc... there is no need to hurry, better spend time on perfecting it then rehash it to ces (!) or before that and anyway it would be dumb to announce it at ces (electronics event) and a month later announce z4 and z4 tablet which the "wow" effect will be stolen from them, wouldn't make much sense. sony's ifa trio announcements was great imo and should be carried to mwc.[ This Message was edited by: amirprog on 2014-10-07 21:07 ]
Posted by itsjustJOH
PS4 Remote Play by a gamer (Blunty) + GURLS!
He was very impressed by the remote play in the Z3. It seems latency isn't a problem, as there was very, very minute lag between the display on the TV and on the Z3. Frame rate was also very good. Really impressive work from Sony!
Hopefully they really push marketing on the Z4. Xperia + PS4 is love!
PS. He did mention that the Remote Play capability inside the Xperia devices have proprietary hardware tweaks, I believe to achieve good frame rate and reduce latency. So even if the XDA guys can port it to other Android devices, it shouldn't be as good.
[ This Message was edited by: itsjustJOH on 2014-10-08 09:34 ]
Posted by qqqw
So, not a rumor anymore. Xperia Z3 coming to Verizon on Oct 23. It has built-in wireless charging! But I am not sure if it is really based on Z3.
http://www.cnet.com/products/sony-xperia-z3v/
[ This Message was edited by: qqqw on 2014-10-09 19:51 ]
Posted by itsjustJOH
BUT THAT'S JUST THE Z2!
-3200 mAh, "over a day" battery which could mean it doesn't have the display cache battery saving tech
-ISO lower than 12800
-27 mm lens (Z3 has 25 mm)
-and the body is A LOT MORE like the Z2
[ This Message was edited by: itsjustJOH on 2014-10-09 19:58 ]
Posted by qqqw
Yeah, it really looks like Z2 with Remote Play and Wireless Charging added. Name is misleading.
Posted by -XYZ
On 2014-10-09 20:56:07, qqqw wrote:
Yeah, it really looks like Z2 with Remote Play and Wireless Charging added. Name is misleading.
They very well can't sell it as the Z2v now can they?
Verizon are simply retarded not to just have the regular Z3 on their, instead of wasting everyone's time and taking 6 months to get Sony to slightly redesign the Z2 to accommodate Wireless charging and add their asinine Carrier logo's everywhere.
Posted by itsjustJOH
Hopefully the T-Mobile version would really be a Z3 variant.
Posted by motvikt
Sigh, some things never change. Z2 is getting released now in the US. Sony won't win the north american market with this pathetic effort
Posted by ascariss
Hahaha wtf.
Awesome move Verizon. Wonder how this actually came to be, did Verizon choose the Z2 and ask Sony to add things to it or did Sony offer this to Verizon? While the Z2>Z3 is not a big jump really, wouldn't it be an easier move by verizon to just go for a normal Z3? which would probably receive faster OS updates than this Z3v thing.
Curious if T-mobile will actually receive the real Z3 and with the different colour options or will america get screwed again.
Posted by itsjustJOH
What a dick move.
Posted by supercoolman
quite a few VZ phones already have wireless charging package. it's not surprised that VZ version of XPERIA will have wireless charging
Posted by rss_ndrsn
Quit complaining guys! It's the same as Z3 but with Z2 design and wireless charging. Here's the official webpage link: http://www.sonymobile.com/us/[....]eria-z3v/specifications/#black
Posted by itsjustJOH
On 2014-10-10 08:08:17, rss_ndrsn wrote:
Quit complaining guys! It's the same as Z3 but with Z2 design and wireless charging. Here's the official webpage link: http://www.sonymobile.com/us/[....]eria-z3v/specifications/#black
I guess those guys who manages the Sony Mobile website just copied the Z3 specs and put it there. Don't be fooled, it's just the Z2 with the Qi wireless charging and PS4 Remote Play, and probably the IP65/68 rating. The whitepaper is the same as Z2's.
Posted by amirprog
^^
Hands on (android authority, etc.) say that the only difference is that verizon gets 32gb and wireless charging so the z3v is a modified global z3 and just look like z2.
anyway, the design is going backward as far as i'm concerned. global z3 design is superior but overall, i wouldn't complain if i was us consumer. they took the design but gave 32gb and wc. even.
the most substantial thing here is that FINALLY sony start selling the flags in more then 1 carrier AND they also improved the availability time in usa after the global announcement.
i think that next time they should drop the bomb at the global announcement event (probably mwc) and announce usa release date no longer then a month later and try to enter to 3 us carriers.
Posted by nikos_se
I think Xperia Z3v is more like a combination of xperia z2 and xperia z3.It has the design,camera and battery of xperia z2,the SoC,ip certification,ps4 remote play of xperia z3 and qi wireless charging of its own.Btw,at 148.5x73.4x8.9 the device is huge!!!!Well,at least kudos to Sony for working more with US carriers.Sprint should get xperia z3 in november too(Softbank in Japan is getting one ).The more carriers the better.
Posted by qqqw
I doubt Z3v is based on Z3, because they don't market their two-day battery with Z3v. Which makes me think that it does not have the screen technology of Z3. But all in all it is a very good move for Sony. So, congrats!
Posted by Ricky D
I prefer the Z2 design..
Posted by -XYZ
In order to get a foothold in the US, Sony need to deal with Carrier bullshit at first. The Z2 wasn't exactly a poor device to begin with, but now its been augmented, and is good enough to get decent recognition in the states.
I personally can't understand why Verizon do what they do; ruining a beautiful device by slapping their ugly, gauche logo all over it, but its a necessary evil.
Its a start. Sony's hardware should do the talking.
I hope T-Mo get the regular Z3. Its a much better looking device IMO.
Posted by ascariss
Now that softbank owns sprint, perhaps they will be the ones with the Z3?
Posted by qqqw
^ Or Z3C.
Posted by DACHA
Or Z4. Sprint will be getting Xperia devices starting Q1 next year.
[ This Message was edited by: DACHA on 2014-10-10 22:25 ]
Posted by ascariss
On 2014-10-10 22:00:14, DACHA wrote:
Or Z4. Sprint will be getting Xperia devices starting Q1 next year.
[ This Message was edited by: DACHA on 2014-10-10 22:25 ]
Probably best it is the Z4.
btw guys, I ordered the A-series walkman and it arrived today and it sounds amazing, no more Z1 for walkman duty anymore, back to a stand alone walkman finally
Posted by DentyCracker
This thread will be one year old on monday. Time for the 2015 rumours thread. Getting my Z3 for Christmas. Not sure if I'll get 6653 or 6603. 6633 might be the one to get as I have both a LIME and a Digicel SIM
Posted by goldenface
It might be a bit early for a new thread. Do we have enough decent 2015 rumours to make a start?
Posted by itsjustJOH
I nominate nodarsixar for the 2015 rumors thread.
Posted by randomuser
I think itsjustJOH should host the 2015 thread
Posted by XperiaCute
Well he is more than capable and well active, nodarsixar will spam the thread
[ This Message was edited by: XperiaCute on 2014-10-11 12:30 ]
Posted by JohnnyNr.5
On 2014-10-11 12:00:25, goldenface wrote:
It might be a bit early for a new thread. Do we have enough decent 2015 rumours to make a start?
No, not really, but we can create some rumors and wait till some blogs/ tech-sites post them in the hope of eliciting some Insiders
Posted by goldenface
Yeah, I've used that trick before. Post some crap as a rumour and then wait to be corrected by an insider.
Posted by itsjustJOH
On 2014-10-11 13:20:47, randomuser wrote:
I think itsjustJOH should host the 2015 thread
On 2014-10-11 13:28:50, XperiaCute wrote:
Well he is more than capable and well active, nodarsixar will spam the thread
[ This Message was edited by: XperiaCute on 2014-10-11 12:30 ]
Nah, not me guys, I haven't even started any thread and there are a lot more guys here that are better candidates. I'm just a bit more than 2 years old here.
But thanks for considering me.
Posted by Xajel
Finally back,
It's a good move by Sony, at least they started with other carrier, not the best start we might thought of it but like what has been already said before, Sony must deal with carriers crap first before they will be able to put their own rules.
For the 2015 thread, I too see it too early for it now, maybe mid-november or at least when we have some solid new rumours about Sony's 2015 plans, I think what we know about Z4 is not enough for a good 2015 thread start.
Posted by nodarsixar
CES 2015=Z3X, Z3S
MWC 2015=Z4,Z4 Tablet, Z4 Ultra, M4, T4
IFA 2015=Z5,Z5 Compact, E5, C5
All= 64bit processor
Posted by hihihans
On 2014-10-11 19:59:10, Xajel wrote:
For the 2015 thread, I too see it too early for it now, maybe mid-november or at least when we have some solid new rumours about Sony's 2015 plans, I think what we know about Z4 is not enough for a good 2015 thread start.
I agree, not before November it's about 2015.
Posted by supercoolman
can't start 2015 thread too early as Sony's no-leak policy is doing its job
Posted by amirprog
^^^
1+
It would be better to wait a bit for founded and more believable rumors of next z devices or for some info by insiders here before opening 2015 thread. sony is great at keeping secrets but i guess maybe we will have early rumors sometime next month and if not then, in december for sure. current rumors are too fishy.
Posted by goldenface
It's rumoured that the Z4 will be a bigger leap away from the Z3 than say, from the Z3 and Z2. If this is true then no wonder there is so little info flying about right now. The Z4 must be something special.
Posted by supercoolman
On 2014-10-11 23:19:07, goldenface wrote:
It's rumoured that the Z4 will be a bigger leap away from the Z3 than say, from the Z3 and Z2. If this is true then no wonder there is so little info flying about right now. The Z4 must be something special.
same thing was rumoured from Z1 to Z2, but we all know how it turned out to be. let's just wait and see