The Sony Xperia Z4 has already been launched in its home market in Japan early this year but the latest flagship smartphone from the Japanese tech company has yet to hit other retail markets in the world as of this time.
There have been previous reports that the handset or its big brother the Xperia Z4 Ultra, or its small brother the Xperia Z4 Compact, or all three of them, would be hitting other retail markets outside of Japan in May but that did not materialize at all.
It was an opportune time for Sony to launch its latest flagship in May since both Samsung and HTC already rolled up their respective flagship smartphones in the retail markets in April, and so were some of the small players too.
Everyone in the tech community was wondering what has been keeping the Sony Xperia Z4 and its sister phones from finally rolling out to the retail markets as they are already long overdue.
Summer arrival
Now it looks like there’s something definite as regards the release date of the Sony Xperia Z4 in the US as latest reports now say that the new flagship smartphone of the Japanese tech company will be making it to the American retail markets this coming summer.
The announcement actually came from US carrier Verizon who shall be exclusively making the Sony Xperia Z4 available to the US market this summer but with a more unique name to be called as the Sony Xperia Z4v. Apparently, the small letter ‘v’ at the end of the name of the handset stands for Verizon and to sort of drumbeat its exclusivity over the device, details Christian Today.
Verizon will make the Sony Xperia Z4v in two colors – black and white. The handset is dust and water-resistant too. Given that it’s from Sony, the smartphone can also be use by video gamers to stream PlayStation 4 games.
The new Sony flagship however shall be powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, the same chip that is powering the HTC One M9 and is under a lot of fire as of late for overheating issues. Sony is reportedly now working to fix the problem, which may be the reason why the release of the phone has been delayed anew.
While there is still no official price for the Sony Xperia Z4v, there are speculations that when it comes out of the US market, it will have a price of $859, more or less.
Features and specifications
Several reports indicate that Sony Xperia Z4 shall make use of a metal unibody for its latest handset and will do away with its traditional glass case. It shall also come along with a fingerprint sensor.
The latest Sony flagship smartphone shall also redesign the power button that has become the hallmark of its Xperia Z devices.
But the last month’s leaked images of the supposed new smartphone from the company showed that the power button remains the same lending credence to the other rumors that Sony may indeed be rolling out the Xperia Z3 Neo and not its vaunted Xperia Z4.