Sony Xperia Z3X Specs Revealed In Benchmark – Packs Snapdragon 810 - Could Be The Xperia You’ve Been Waiting For

Sony's prepping an Xperia Z Ultra successor as the Xperia Z3X - rocking a Snapdragon 810 chip

Sony has received a bit of flak for its six-month development cycle for the Xperia Z flagship line, with some critics arguing the new models update too incrementally in terms of specs and features. But all of this could be about to change AGAIN with the discovery of further details surrounding the Sony Xperia Z3X.

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The new phone was spotted in benchmark results, and it’s believed this model will be a successor to the Xperia Z Ultra, making it a phablet-sized handset. Word of the new device first broke cover back in July 2014, but details were few and we’ve heard very little about it since then. Until now that is.

The benchmark results appeared via AnTuTu, showing a 6.2in display (oh dear) with a qHD resolution at 2560x1440 pixels. The processor is Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 chip with 4GB of RAM, an Adreno 430 GPU and 64-bit architecture. The 810 chip is octa-core with four ARM Cortex-A57 cores and four Cortex-A53.

This test model runs Android 4.4.2 KitKat but logically it should be using Android L by the time it arrives. Rumours suggest the Snapdragon 810 chip will appear in devices during the first half of 2015, implying we won’t see the Xperia Z3X until sometime after Christmas.

Word from the rumour mill also suggests the Z3X will see enhanced imaging capabilities over Sony’s current flagship crop. This will include a curved photo sensor already announced by Sony – it’ll reportedly be a 2/3” sensor at 22.1MP with high dynamic range and high signal-to-noise capabilities. One really interesting titbit is the aperture rating at f/1.2.

While this is all very exciting and compelling, do please be wary of the information. Benchmark results often appear showing unannounced device specs and while plenty are genuine they’re not the hardest things in the world to fake, so we could well be looking at a hoax here. Still, many of the specs don’t seem particularly outrageous, and we have heard talk that Sony is thinking of abandoning its six-month development cycle to start kicking out much higher spec devices.

So far our only gripe is the fact that it’s a massive phablet, phablets are ok of course, but we’ve never used a 6in+ handset we’ve actually liked as they’re just too damn awkward.

Paul Briden 12:58, 2 Oct 2014

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