I am pretty sure my heart just skipped a beat. Maybe it was a mild heart attack from all the coffee I have put down today trying to keep up with all this news. Either way, it would appear that T-Mobile and Sony might have done something right together for once.
Earlier this morning Sony made a flury of announcements about new devices. They unveiled the Xperia Z3, Xperia Z3 Compact, Xperia Z3 Tablet compact and Xperia E3. That is a lot to take in. Honestly, I glanced at them and shuffled them back for later in the day. Mainly because it is very rare, or extremely late in the game, before any of the flagships make it stateside. With that all being said, there is now word from T-Mobile that they will be offering the new Sony Xperia Z3 this fall for consumers.
Now, T-Mobile didn’t offer a specific date or price, but I’ll gladly take one this fall over some time next year after it is irrelevant to carry. This means the earlier news of the PS4 Remote Play will mean a little more here in the states than it did just a bit ago.
Spec wise, on a generic level, you are looking at:
- 5.2-inch 1080 x 1920 display with a 424ppi
- Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core processor at 2.5GHz
- 3GB of RAM
- 16 and 32 GB internal storage options
- Micro SD card slot
- IP58 water-resistant rated
- 20.7 MP rear camera
- 2.2MP front shooter
- Android 4.4.4
- 3,100 mAh battery with a 16 hour talk time rating
I am not counting Sprint out of the equation just yet. Previous reports did peg a flagship Sony device headed that direction in time for the holidays as well. The T-Mobile page that makes this small, but important, announcement doesn’t make mention that it is an exclusive. We might see the Xperia Z3 hit more than T-Mobile before the year ends.
Source: T-Mobile Via Droid-Life
