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 M4 Aqua and Xperia M5 finally begin receiving sweet Marshmallow

In order to reduce expenses and hope to return to mobile profitability, Sony has a number of strategy revisions in the pipeline, including further contracting its US business (what US business?), as well as streamlining its overall Xperia portfolio, and focusing on “high-value” models like the X and

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Five months in, and the Sony Xperia M5 is finally headed for ‘key’ European markets

In case anyone still cares, the “super mid-range” Sony Xperia M5 should at long last spread across the old continent in the next few weeks. Unveiled way back in August, the Full HD 5-incher rapidly launched in a handful of emerging European and Asian countries, then… nothing.Granted, a US expansion always felt improbable, considering even the Xperia Z5 is yet to debut on American shores, but it’s hard to explain exactly what took Sony so long to ...

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Sony Xperia M4 Aqua now available with US warranty for $200 on Amazon

What’s the best unlocked phone two Benjamins can buy nowadays stateside? The third-generation Motorola Moto G? Probably. The Asus ZenFone 2 Laser? It might be. The recently discounted Huawei P8 lite? Unlikely, but that’s also a solid contender.Speaking of budget champion title challengers, the Sony Xperia M4 Aqua costs $199.99 on Amazon with a valid US warranty, ...

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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 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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