Dubai: Sony Mobile is looking to take the lead in phone display technology following the launch of the world’s first 4K HDR (High Dynamic Range) smartphone in Dubai on Monday.
Sony is also the first to launch a 4K display technology on Z5 Premium in 2015.
Sony said that the 5.5-inch Xperia XZ Premium phone is also the first smartphone to feature a memory-stacked ExmorRS sensor usually only found on premium compact cameras, it provides five times faster image scanning and data transfer. The new phone will have download speeds of up to 1GBPs.
The 5.5-inch device (3840 x 2160 resolution) is powered by the latest octa-core Qualcomm 835 chip with 4GB of RAM and 64GB of storage capacity. Storage can be expanded up to 256GB via microSD. It will be available in two colours - Luminous Chrome and Deepsea Black – between Dh2600 and Dh2800 by end of May.
It is the first phone to have the latest Qualcomm chipset apart from Samsung S8 devices to support 1Gbps LTE download speed by tweaking the network, also known as carrier aggregation.
It combines different spectrum transmission bandwidths and is one of several features in LTE Advanced that lets mobile operators bond together disparate spectrum bands to add capacity and provide faster data rates in their networks.
While widespread uptake of this technology is still years away, chipmakers and mobile phone vendors want to stay ahead.
The XZ Premium has a new 19MP high-resolution sensor with 19 per cent larger pixels to capture more light and provides detail and sharp images even in low-light and backlit conditions. It is dust and water resistant as well as supports hi-res audio technology. It houses 13MP front-facing camera.
The device is also the first in the industry to take ultra-slow motion videos of 960 frames per second, which is four times “slower” than other smartphones. But the sad part, it takes only in 720p and not Full HD.
The Japanese smartphone manufacturer also launched two mid-ranges devices — Xperia XA1 and XA1 Ultra and L1— during the show.
