Sony's flagship Xperia Z1 to hit India soon

Sony recently unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z1 (see our specs review). The imaging-centric smartphone, in the last few months, generated quite a lot of buzz under the codename Honami. Now, Sony’s latest offering may be coming to India, possibly as soon as next week.

While sources are still unclear about the exact date, there is confirmation that a launch event in Delhi is definitely in the pipeline. Sony’s latest smartphone comes with a host of features with the latest and best featured on the list. Sticking to the same OmniBalance design seen in its predecessors, the Z1 comes with an aluminium frame and is water and dustproof.

The first thing you notice about the smartphone is the 5-inch full HD Triluminos LCD with a pixel resolution of 1920 x 1080. Sony has also packed in its OptiContrast and X-Reality Engine technology. The smartphone comes with a quad-core Snapdragon 800 SoC clocked at 2.2GHz under the hood as well as 2GB of RAM. 16GB of internal flash storage is also present, which can be expanded to 64GB via a microSD slot.

Sony Xperia Z1 should be coming to India soon

Photography-wise, the Z1 comes with a 20.7 megapixel primary camera with the company’s patent G Lens as well as a 2 megapixel front shooter. Connectivity-wise, all the usual suspects are available like Wi-Fi and NFC, with LTE cellular connectivity also thrown in. Rounding up the package is a fairly competent 3,000mAh battery.

Users in the mood for a splash of colour can opt for the Z1 in a purple avatar, apart from the standard black and white colour variants. While there is no official word about the price tag of the Xperia Z1, a look at Sony’s track record as well as the launch price of the earlier Xperia Z makes it possible that the launch price of the Xperia Z1 may fall in the Rs 45,000 bracket, give or take a couple thousand.