ΜJust six months after the announcement of the Xperia XZ2, Sony announced the new Xperia XZ3, with the new model being the first to incorporate Sony's OLED panel. Until now, all OLED panels used in smartphones came from either Samsung or LG, as they were the only companies that could produce OLED panels in significant quantities. With the announcement of the XZ3 we now have Sony entering this market.
The Xperia XZ3 does not differ much in its technical characteristics, compared to the Xperia XZ2, as shown in the table below, with the main difference being in the panel technology. As mentioned earlier, the screen is now OLED, while in addition it is slightly larger and higher resolution, but maintaining the same proportions. The screen is curved on both sides, with Sony having added edge-swipe function, as found in Samsung products.
| Sony Xperia XZ3 & XZ2 | ||
| XZ2 | XZ3 | |
| SoC | Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 4x Kryo 385 Performance @ 2.8GHz 4x Kryo 385 Efficiency @ 1.77GHz Adreno 630 |
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| Display | 5.7″ 2160×1080 (18:9) IPS LCD |
6.0″ 2880×1440 (18:9) Sony OLED |
| Length | 153 x 72 x 11.1 mm 198 grams |
158 x 73 x 9.9 mm 193 grams |
| RAM | 4GB LPDDR4 | 4GB LPDDR4 |
| NAND | 64GB UFS + microSD |
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| Battery | 3180 mAh non-replaceable |
3330 mAh non-replaceable |
| Front Camera | 5MP 1/5 ″ Exmor RS, f / 2.2, 23mm wide angle |
13MP 1 / 3.06 ″ Exmor RS f / 2.2, 23mm wide angle |
| Primary Rear Camera | 19MP 1 / 2.3 ″ Exmor RS Tri-stack sensor 1.22µm pixels f / 2.0 25mm 1080p960 Super-slow mo OIS |
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| Modem | Snapdragon X20 LTE (Snapdragon Integrated) 2G / 3G / 4G LTE (Category 15/13) DL 1200 Mbps (5x20MHz CA, 256-QAM), UL 150 Mbps (2x20MHz CA, 64-QAM) |
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| SIM Size | nanosim dual SIM |
nanosim dual SIM |
| wireless | 802.11a / b / g / n / ac 2 × 2 MU-MIMO, BT 5.0 LE, NFC, GPS / Glonass / Galileo / BDS |
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| Connectivity | USB Type-C 3.1, no 3.5mm jack | |
| Fingerprint sensor, fast charging (Adaptive Fast Charge, USB-PD), wireless charging (WPC & PMA), IP65-IP68 water resistance |
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| Launch OS | Android 8.0 | Android 9.0 |
In other technical features, we again have a Snapdragon 845 processor, 4GB of memory and 64GB of UFS2.1 storage. The rear camera remains the same, but Sony is upgrading the front camera, which now has a 13MP sensor. The battery capacity is slightly higher, at 3330mAH, while we have an upgrade in the software sector. The Xperia XZ3 comes with Android 9.0.
The Xperia XZ3 will be available in three colors, starting in October, for 699 XNUMX.
