{"id":31888,"date":"2013-09-05T17:11:13","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T16:11:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/?p=31888"},"modified":"2013-09-05T17:13:10","modified_gmt":"2013-09-05T16:13:10","slug":"sony-xperia-z1-announced","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mobilefun.co.uk\/blog\/2013\/09\/sony-xperia-z1-announced\/","title":{"rendered":"Sony Xperia Z1 announced"},"content":{"rendered":"
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It wasn’t just about Samsung yesterday. Sony also had a pre-IFA press conference, with a number of pretty cool announcements including new TVs, a radical set of wireless camera lenses and – best of all – their new flagship Android phone, the Xperia Z1.<\/p>\n

Like Nokia, Sony’s big feature this time is the new camera, which includes a 20.7 megapixel sensor. That’s the biggest we’ve seen apart from the 41 megapixel unit on the Lumia 1020, and the biggest so far on Android. The benefit is 3x lossless zoom, as well as much sharper images. The sensor is even physically larger than most smartphone sensors, more akin to a point-and-shoot. This, in concert with the Exmor RS lens and imaging chip, should make the Z1 one of the best cameraphones on the market.<\/p>\n

Probably the biggest most obvious change in hand between the Z1 and the Z that came out earlier this year is the chassis, which includes a new rigid aluminium frame. Water resistance has been improved, with the same waterproof headphone jack that we first saw on the Xperia Z Ultra. The phone looks gorgeous, and comes in three colours – black, white and purple.<\/p>\n