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huiyi
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Z3 frame metal! ! 
http://www.digi-wo.com/thread-17631-1-1.html |
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amirprog
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First/third pic (same pic): right frame? camera button or exposed waterproof mini usb.
second pic: left frame? holes for volume button? docking magnet? flaps?
anyway, the frame looks suspiciously too clean: where is the hole for the rounded power button? 1 flap hole only?
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Vipera ammodytes
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^ Don't be sceptical, be sure Sony won't make a mistake with design.
I like the frame. 
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amirprog
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Fellow, i am not skeptical, i'm just trying to guess the placement of the usual components. i highly trust info coming from digi-wo. they prove to be a good source. i'm sure sony will bring A design. but more questions arise from the pics then answers so i can't have an opinion about the design. metal is a good start but i didn't expect plastic from sony so... 
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miromiromi
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i've been here for quite some time but i'm still amazed by how you are able to make some sensible discussion on those photos
guess i'm still too young here |
Ricky D
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The middle picture quite clearly has a camera icon next to one of the cut-outs.
Also, notice that the edges are parallel, meaning not arc-ed on one side, meaning an end to the arc return.
...or so it seems
[ This Message was edited by: Ricky D on 2014-05-16 15:22 ] I have a dig bick
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randomuser
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Yes, no arc design.  |
amirprog
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@Ricky D
nice notice.
So...
first pic: what seems to be the UPPER part of the left frame - exposed waterproof usb - it has the shape. sony ditched the magnetic dock(?) it is missing from the middle of the frame.
second: the LOWER part of the right frame - camera button, followed by volume button followed by the rounded power button that the pic doesn't reveal.
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Ricky D
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One thing I notice is that the cut-outs are not in the middle of the side strips like in previous omnibalance designs.
To me this says that the cross-section of the device is unlikely symmetrical more likely the back has a smaller footprint and the sides taper in (kind of like the Nexus 4) OR the back is curved outwards like some of the cheaper Z series variants.
It would be a terrible mistake of the newest flagship looks like a cheap variant of a two ear old flagship.
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-XYZ
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I'm wondering about that frame.....it looks too thin. The Z1 and Z1 frames were all made from precision machined from a single block of aluminium. This "frame" looks barely a millimetre thick. How will it provide structural rigidity and thermal dissipation?
This looks more like a band that would be wrapped around an existing frame or something along those lines. Far too thin and flimsy to be the principle frame of the phone. What is the actual body of the phone constructed from? What will it look like? The fact that Sony phones are made from metal and glass, mean that they dissipate heat more effectively than plastics or polycarbonate. While this means that the phone will get warm under intensive use, it means that the SoC inside won't be broiling in its own heat.
Also, relying on the Arc design for a third time, would be disappointing to me. I'd much prefer them to do something new. I'm interested in finding out more.
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Ricky D
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@-XYZ - I thought it was obvious by their appearance these 'frame' parts was the inlays for the sides rather than the actual skeleton of the housing. I think Huiyi's English has never been perfect but his shared info has usually been spot on.
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nodarsixar
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What is the approximate dimensions of the building (z3)? And these photos are real?
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-XYZ
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On 2014-05-16 18:38:38, nodarsixar wrote:
What is the approximate dimensions of the building (z3)? And these photos are real?
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They're more real than anything you've ever posted so far.
@RickyD
Ahh, fair enough. That makes sense.
Hope it looks as beautiful and classy as the Z series. |
vivftp
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So.. odds of them fitting a Bionz-X processor in the Z3?
I mean, they're putting it on all their cameras anyways, so might as well! |
Ricky D
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I wouldn't bet on flapless microUSB 3.0, but I would guess that this is the start of the next gen docking connector mentioned previously which ought to be waterproof (obv) and carry data and with any luck be magnetic and smaller.
I'm sightly concerned that if it is the docking connector then it isn't in the centre. This only leads is mismatched accessories that aren't cross compatible with other Sony devices.
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