Sony did a little teasing for an upcoming smartphone that had a good amount of focus on taking selfies. Let’s face it, that is a pretty big ‘thing’ apparently. Today Sony has officially announced the new device with its name simply being the Xperia C3.
The Xperia C3 offers plenty of the traditional specs that we have grown accustomed too in today’s mid-ranged smartphones. It packs in a Qualcomm MSM8926 1.2GHz quad-core snapdragon processor, 1GB of RAM, 8GB internal storage and a 8MP rear facing camera. The screen is a 5.5 inch IPS LCD display with a resolution of 1280 x 720.  Power wise the Sony Xperia C3 offers up a 2500 mAh battery with supposed 11 hours talk time. None of that is the real focus of the device though. The Xperia C3’s wide-angle front facing 5MP camera and flash is the key component to the selfie phone. Along with the real-time editing view and various hats/masks and other goofy things for your face.
I can’t say that I am all that surprised that a device like this has been created. While I am not much of a selfie taker, I do know that you don’t always get the best shots with the usual 2MP or so front facing cameras on most devices and any thought of a low light or night shots is pretty pointless. I bet we start to see other manufacturers start to up their front facing camera game pretty soon, even if they only start out with mid-ranged devices to test the market. It is a bit more useful than a Facebook phone.
Sony didn’t offer up any pricing details just yet though. They do mention that the selfie phone will be going global starting in China. They will have three color options at launch, the traditional black and white versions as well as a mint offering.
Source: Sony Xperia Twitter | GSMArena | 9to5Google
