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In the latest round of high-end smartphone wars, Sony was first to fire with its waterproof, powerful, and stylish Xperia Z. Boasting a beautiful 1080p display, a 1.5GHz quad-core processor, and the ...

“Sony’s Xperia Z Ultra has a powerful processor and jaw-dropping 6.4-inch screen, but its camera, battery life, single speaker, camera, and sheer size make it just too big and boxy to use comfortably.

10 years ago was, arguably, the beginning of the smartphone golden era. 2013 played host to the Samsung Galaxy S4, one of the best-selling Android phones of all time, the HTC One M7, the LG G2, and ...

Ever since Sony completed the buyout of Ericsson's half of the Sony Ericsson mobile handset joint venture in 2011, the Japanese firm has been trying to create a smartphone that really gives Apple's ...

Editors' Note: Our partner site CNET UK has recently reviewed the global version of the Sony Xperia Z. Read their full review here. LAS VEGAS--Sony has just stepped up its smartphone game with the new ...

The screen size war has begun and smartphone manufacturers are engaged in a ever escalating war of larger and larger phones every few months, but do consumers really want them? It’s a hard question to ...

Sony recently announced their flagship Android smartphone, the Sony Xperia Z, and now it would appear that Sony has a new tablet in the works, which will be called the Sony Xperia Tablet Z. The Sony ...

Sony bills its new Xperia Tablet Z as the world’s thinnest tablet. And it’s beautiful. You can even get it wet. Unveiled at Mobile World Congress 2013, the Xperia Tablet Z is a slate you can use with ...

Sony Xperia Z Ultra, Xperia Z1, Xperia Z1 Compact and Xperia Z3 Dual users will now get a taste of the much-awaited Android 5.0 Lollipop update. On Monday, April 13, Sony Mobile announced the software ...

Sony just posted its latest quarterly results for 2015. The company’s net profit rose to ¥82.4 billion (roughly $664 USD), way above what any analysts expected. Sadly for Xperia fans however, this was ...

Sony's mantle as one of the major smartphone manufacturers has slipped a little in recent years, but it still produces some outstanding handsets. The Xperia Z is just such a creature, with a powerful ...