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Recent weeks have brought an early glimpse at the device that most likely will end up as the Sony Xperia Z3, and the timing has led to plenty of speculation as to when we can expect the handset to officially launch. A new document allegedly sourced from Vodafone’s German arm adds to the intrigue, suggesting we could see the Z3 (as well as the Z3 Compact) on shelves before the end of this quarter.
The document in question references an internal rewards program that assigns point values to specific device models. These points are awarded to an employee upon completing the sale of one or more of these associated devices. Listed among the 1.5 point category? You guessed it — the Xperia Z3 and Xperia Z3 compact.
With the contest ending on September 30th, this makes that month’s IFA 2014 a strong contender for the location of Sony’s next big smartphone reveal. It makes sense, too. Sony launched the Xperia Z at CES in early 2013 only to be followed shortly after by the Xperia Z1 at IFA later that year. Early 2014 saw the launch of the Xperia Z2, this time at the yearly MWC exhibition. The biannual pattern sets up perfectly for the launch of the Sony Xperia Z3 during this year’s IFA show.
Of course, we must consider that this bit of carrier documentation could be inaccurate or at worst faked. If the latter were true, this would be one subtly executed hoax.
We don’t know many details about the Xperiz Z3, but leaked specs for the Z3 Compact suggest the pair could be quite the contenders when they arrive. The Compact is said to carry a 4.5-inch display, Snapdragon 801 processor, 2GB of RAM, and a whopping 20.7MP rear camera.
they better not have a film over the screen, when i had the xperia z it was ruined just by putting it in and out of my pocket
The Z2 didn’t have the screen protector so hopefully the Z3 phones won’t either.
@disqus_CQb2gGkMuP:disqus Wait- you guys actually DON’T like the phones coming pre-screen protected? That’s like the coolest feature ever.
It’s not your typical screen protector, it’s like a permanent film that is not supposed to removed and it scratches easily. The Sony text was on this film and not on the actual phone which was pretty cool if you managed to remove it and wanted a nonbranded front face. Enough people bitched in the past so Sony removed it on the Z2.
I would assume the z3 to have the snapdragon 805, otherwise how would it be any different from the z2
get rid of them bezels and i’m in!
Happy to see the final release date , same was being shown in following link with an UPdate 09/07/2014
http://www.edutechs.in/sony-xperia-z3/