The US market has been a tough cookie for Sony. The last few years they have found their way to T-Mobile with the Xperia Z and the Xperia Z1s. The Xperia Z2 never made its way over unfortunately. Yesterday Sony announced  slew of new Xperia devices that tickled a lot of fancies. We know that T-Mobile will be bringing the new Xperia Z3 to the magenta carrier this fall. That news wasn’t extremely surprising considering the past relationship with Sony. Even though the past devices came a bit late to the game to the carrier.
Some peculiar information was sent to PCMag yesterday that seemingly confirms a variant of the Xperia Z3 will be coming to the big red carrier known as Verizon. They received a document from one of their sources that showed them a Verizon branded Xperia Z3 that carried a slight name change to a Xperia Z3v. The Xperia Z3v carried the Verizon logo on the rear. The document also offered references to NFC and wireless charging along with 32GB of storage and 3GB of RAM. All of which the Xperia Z3 offers.
Like anything else out there, PCMag reached out to Verizon for a comment and were met with the silent treatment. PCMag didn’t share any images from the documents they received, but it does seem plausible.
Verizon hasn’t stocked a Sony device since 2011 when the Xperia Play was a thing. Personally I think it would be a great move for Sony and Verizon to bring the Xperia Z3 to their customers. It will offer end users a bit more variety beyond the 50 million Samsung and Motorola offerings they have in stock. Not to mention the news of the PS4 Remote Play ability that will be available for the Xperia Z3. Without official word from Sony or Verizon, we are going to file this as a rumor. While documents help, it could still just be part of the potential negotiations that never were cemented.
Source: PCMag via Droid-Life
