Sony has Nougat upgrades planned for a bunch of Xperia devices, but not the Z3 or Z3 Compact

While Android enthusiasts understandably celebrated the highly anticipated public rollout of a final, fully polished 7.0 Nougat build a couple of days ago, it’s important to remember this also marks the beginning of another major struggle.OEMs will now start over-promising and under-delivering, missing their own self-imposed deadlines, snubbing popular, relatively new devices, or worse yet, they’ll stay completely mum ...

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Sony Xperia C5 Ultra with 13MP rear and front cameras is on sale for $190 unlocked

Remember when the mid-range, jumbo-sized Sony Xperia C5 Ultra finally arrived stateside in GSM unlocked form, official warranty and 4G LTE speeds included, priced at $330, which almost felt like a reasonable ask?Time to ditch the “almost”, overlook the phablet’s now advanced age, as well as the fact it still hasn’t received a follow-up ...

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Unreleased Sony Xperia C6 Ultra stars in new renders, 3D concept video

Just five short months after the formal introduction of the massive Xperia C5 Ultra selfie powerhouse, Sony was already speculated to be working on a slightly smaller sequel. Renders ensued, showing an oddly asymmetrical design with a huge chin and virtually no vertical screen bezels in tow, but then a

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Sony Xperia C6 gets rendered with virtually no vertical bezels, huge “chin”

Are screen borders a thing device manufacturers should really be looking to eliminate altogether or a necessary evil, given without them, it’d be pretty hard to handle a smartphone or tablet, and keep the risk of accidental touch interaction at a minimum?Tricky question to answer right away, but perhaps we can reach an all-satisfying compromise. What if OEMs shave off the lateral bezels, and retain the top and bottom ones to guarantee decent grip? Sounds like a good idea in theory, though in reality, the execution greatly depends on the thickness of the two horizontal “edges.”Sony ...

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Sony Xperia C5 Ultra brings its dual 13MP cams to the US via Amazon

Although not a Black Friday deal per se, the unofficial launch of the upper mid-range Xperia C5 Ultra stateside is definitely worth the attention of Android-loving bargain hunters. Unavailable from Sony or American mobile carriers, the 6-incher is up for grabs through a third-party Amazon merchant called DeltaMobiles at just $330.Massive yet surprisingly stylish, the C5 Ultra is so much more than a selfie-centric phone, even if it sports an ...

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Sony plans to skip Android 5.1, bring Marshmallow directly to a bunch of 5.0 Xperias

Following Sony’s first official statement concerning imminent Android 6.0 updates for more than a dozen old and new Xperia devices, many expected the list to grow, given notable absences included the Z1, Z1 Compact, Z1s, C3 or T3.Alas, that hasn’t happened just yet, although refreshed support pages on the company’s mobile-centric website confirm some folks stuck on 5.0 Lollipop will not need to wait nearly as long as feared for

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Sony caught using different LCD panels (with varying image quality) on Xperia C5 Ultra

Not all smartphones are created equal, and it’s only understandable that you might feel a little jealous when your friend walks in with the latest and greatest model, sporting a killer camera, blazing fast processor, and beautiful screen, only for you to be stuck using last year’s phone. That’s just the tide of progress, though, and it’s inevitable that newer models will arrive with bigger and better features. What we don’t expect, on the other hand, is to see our friend walk in with the very same smartphone model we have, only for their phone to be noticeably ...

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Sony launches “super mid-range” Xperia M5, Xperia C5 Ultra with high-performance cameras

News of plans for Sony’s latest smartphone launch only arrived late last week, giving us the heads-up that an announcement was on its way. And while we didn’t have much to go on initially, short of hints that we were looking at some high-speed camera hardware, it didn’t take long for rumors to zero-in on a pair of handsets likely to take the spotlight: the Xperia C5 Ultra and the Xperia M5. On Friday we got an early look at what to expect,

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Massive leak reveals Sony Xperia C5 Ultra, Xperia M5

Sony’s next Xperia launch event looks like it’s just days away, with the company preparing for a Monday announcement. The official teasers we’ve seen haven’t helped a lot in identifying the hardware likely to be on the menu, but recent leaks have at least given us some clue as to what we can expect – like that Xperia C5 Ultra that’s been pretty extensively revealed with the help of ...

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Bezel-free Sony Xperia C5 Ultra just got leaked by the Brazilian police

Even though Sony has been rather sluggish at product announcements this year, the company has managed to launch a few flagships that we’ve already reviewed. That said, we recently came across some documents that reveal a Sony Xperia C5 Ultra in the works, and super-slim bezels were just part of the news. If you thought it was too hard to believe for Sony to take this approach on a future smartphone, we’ve now got photos to prove ...

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Sony Xperia C5 Ultra manual leaks, shows off those super-slim bezels

Sony’s finding its smartphones at the center of a surprising number of rumors of leaks recently, detailing everything from a couple of high-end summer flagships, to maybe even some early evidence for the Xperia Z5 landing later this year. But before we find ourselves getting too caught up in those, we’re revisiting a device that first came to our attention a few months back, as

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