The Sony Xperia XZs, the new premium smartphone from the company, will go on sale from today in India. The smartphone is priced at Rs. 49,990 and will be available via Flipkart and other offline retailers. The phone will be available in three colours – Black, Warm Silver and Ice Blue. The design and build quality of the phone is pretty similar to the last Sony flagship – the Xperia XZ.
The Xperia XZs was announced earlier this year at MWC, alongside the XZ Premium, XA1 and XA1 Ultra. While the XZ Premium is going to be the main flagship for the year featuring a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835 SoC, the Xperia XZs replaces the Xperia XZ for the time being. The new phone has almost the same specifications as the old flagship, but with a new camera.
Looking back, it is powered by the very reliable Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 SoC, has 4GB of RAM and will be available with 64GB of internal storage. The display is a 5.2-inch IPS LCD panel with 1080p resolution. The phone is also IP68 certified and can withstand dust and 1.5m of water for 30 minutes.
The major upgrade comes in the form of the rear 19MP camera. Sony calls it the Motion Eye camera and uses a stacked CMOS sensor. The sensor includes large buffer and can produce better continuous shooting for stills. The sensor is further aided by a 5-axis image stabilization offering smooth slow-mo shots at 960fps in HD. Sony has also included laser-assisted autofocus, its hybrid autofocus system and its proprietary BIONZ X image processor.
There is a 13MP front facing camera and the XZs runs on Android Nougat with Sony’s Xperia UI on top. The 2900mAh battery supports Quick Charge 3.0 and Sony's Qnovo adaptive charging.