Hasta La Gadget!

You know that a particular smartphone is about to roll out when more and more rumors surrounding it start to make its way to the online news channels and blogs. Case in point, the next flagship smartphone from the folks over at Sony, where the Sony D6503, also known as the Sony Sirius, or in some other circles, it has been called the Sony Xperia Z2, has been spotted resting side by side with its soon-to-be predecessor, the Sony Xperia Z1, as you can see in the photo above.

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Sony Sirius Compared With Xperia Z1 Side By Side original content from Ubergizmo.

We did read about how the Sony Xperia Z1 has already been on the receiving end of the Android 4.3 Jelly Bean update recently, and for those who happen to live in China, the Xperia Z1 too, has made its way to that part of the world, although it has been launched with a different model number this time around – where it is better known as the L39t. China Mobile, the world’s largest carrier, has been making the rumor rounds recently of offering the iPhone 5s and iPhone 5c from Apple this coming December 18th, and to be able to pick up the flagship Sony Xperia Z1 is another feather in their cap.

This high end model from Sony would come with a 5” display at 1080 x 1920 resolution, a quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor, 2GB RAM and a 20.7-megapixel shooter at the back. The Sony L39t from China Mobile will be slightly different in terms of its hardware specifications, where instead of carrying 16GB of internal memory, it will have double the amount of space at 32GB. One major drawback would be the lack of a microSD memory card slot, which would be a bummer for any. Anyone of you living in China would pick this over Apple’s shiny new offerings?

Xperia Z1 Launched In China As The L39t original content from Ubergizmo.

Sony launched the Xperia Z1 smartphone earlier this year and since then it has been rumored that T-Mobile is going to carry it. The carrier itself is yet to confirm if it has any intentions to carry the latest from Sony, but we have already seen a render of the device with its branding on it. Another render of the T-Mobile Xperia Z1 has surfaced, this time showing the front of the device as well. Magenta hasn’t made an official announcement as yet and it is not known when it intends to do so.

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T-Mobile Xperia Z1 Render Surfaces Once Again original content from Ubergizmo.

The word on the street is that Sony has a new smartphone in the works known as the Xperia Z1s, which is apparently the international version of the Xperia Z1 f which was launched in Japan back in October. While it remains unknown as to when Sony will announce the new Xperia Z1s for the rest of the world, thanks to newly leaked photos, we now have additional photos of the handset, as pictured above where it can be seen being measured by a ruler and placed beside a coin for size comparison. The design of the device is not too surprising and to be honest there’s really nothing new here as it seems to be more or less the Xperia Z, just shrunken down in size.

As far as its specs are concerned, assuming the device is indeed the international variant of the Xperia Z1 f, we can look forward to a 4.3” 720p HD display, a 2.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset with 2GB of RAM, 16GB of onboard storage, a 20.7MP rear-facing camera, with Android 4.3 Jelly Bean running the show. We would have preferred if it came with Android 4.4 KitKat on board, but hopefully Sony will release an update soon.  Still no word on when the handset will be announced, but given the leaks we’ve seen so far, hopefully it won’t be too long before we hear the official news.

New Sony Xperia Z1s Photo Leaked original content from Ubergizmo.

If there is one major advantage underneath the hood of modern day smartphones, I would like to say that it is this – the fact that one is able to introduce firmware updates into the mix to, in essence, enhance or prolong the lifespan of the handset in the market is a good thing. The recently reviewed Sony Xperia Z1 as well as the larger sized Xperia Z Ultra have been said to be on the receiving end of the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean update, where this update would introduce some improvements in the display as well as helping make the battery last a whole lot longer.

In the Sony Xperia Z1, the camera algorithm has already been tweaked to deliver better all-round performance. Not only that, it has refined Sony’s Smart Social Camera platform in order for Xperia Camera apps to run in a whole lot more smoothly (in particular Burst Mode, Superior Auto, AR Effect and Sweep Panorama), while the Xperia Z Ultra features optimized touchscreen sensitivity that would cater for both finger gestures and writing, “sketching” with pencils, metal pens and selected styluses.

In terms of improvements made to both devices, their respective displays have been re-calibrated so that the viewing experience remains bright and bold, in addition to a better battery economy for a superior battery life. There is also a streamlined Exchange connection for faster email synchronization, display and download. So far, we have not heard reports of any of the smartphones crashing after installing the firmware update, so it should be all systems go if you own either one of them! [Press Release]

Sony Xperia Z1 And Xperia Z Ultra Receives Android 4.2 Jelly Bean Firmware Update original content from Ubergizmo.