Xperia X looks cool in lime gold. Photo: Sony
If you thought Sony’s habit of launching new Xperia Z smartphones every six months was confusing, try keeping up with the Xperia X series at the same time.
Unveiled today at Mobile World Congress, the Xperia X lineup consists of three devices that promise to “redefine communications.” They borrow trademark Sony features from other Xperia devices and offer some nice new features, but we don’t know why they exist.
Marshmallow is coming soon to your Xperia Z5. Photo: Sony
Sony has confirmed that it will bring Android 6.0 Marshmallow to its latest Xperia Z5 series handsets next month. Its rollout will begin on March 7, and customers in the U.K. will be the first to see it.
The Xperia Z4 Tablet and Xperia Z3+ are also on the company’s update list for March.
Apple and Samsung both say they have a zero tolerance policy toward underage labor. Photo: iFixit
Amnesty International has accused Apple, Samsung, Sony and other smartphone makers of not making basic checks which would have prevented their using batteries made with minerals mined by children.
In a report focused on cobalt mined in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, children as young as seven were found working in unsafe conditions. Cobalt is an essential part of the manufacture of lithium-ion batteries.
The Xperia Z5’s fingerprint scanner is being removed for the U.S. Photo: PC Advisor
Sony’s new Xperia Z5 lineup is its first to include fingerprint scanners, but the Japanese company has decided to remove them before bringing the Xperia Z5 and Xperia Z5 Compact to the U.S.
Sony’s coming to Barcelona again. Photo: Killian Bell/Cult of Android
Sony has invited Mobile World Congress attendees to a press event on Monday, February 22. The announcement all but confirms the Japanese company has something up its sleeve for the giant mobile technology convention, but what?
