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Here’s something you don’t see everyday: A smartphone unboxing underwater. British retailer Carphone Warehouse came up with the ingenious idea for the new Sony Xperia Z3 to highlight one of its biggest selling points — its IP68 rating for water-resistance — and it’s just as great as you’d expect.
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Sony announced on Wednesday that it expects its losses to quadruple over the next financial year, and it’s all thanks to its smartphone business. The Japanese company is now making efforts to turn things around, starting with a division rebuild that will see 1,000 staff out of a job.
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The Xperia Z3 Tablet Compact is water-resistant. Photo: Sony.
Samsung isn’t the only company announcing big things at IFA 2014 in Berlin today; Sony is also there to showcase its latest additions to the Xperia lineup — one of which is the Xperia Z3 Compact Tablet. It’s one of Sony’s smallest slates to date, and it comes with PlayStation 4 Remote Play, allowing you to play your latest games away from the living room.
Three months after its global availability, Sony has finally put the Xperia Z2 on sale in the United States. The handset will not be sold via any carrier and instead interested consumers would have to buy it unlocked from Sony’s US web store.
