At a press conference held at the ongoing IFA electronics trade show in Berlin, Sony announced a bunch of new products across multiple categories. One of them was its new Xperia XZ3 smartphone, which succeeds the Xperia XZ2 that launched earlier this year. The company hasn’t announced any pricing details yet, but says its latest flagship phone will be available towards the end of September in select regions. We managed to snag some hands-on time with the Sony Xperia XZ3 and here’s what we think.
The first thing that caught our attention was the new design of the front of this phone. The screen’s sides are prominently rounded, making this phone feel a lot like the Google Pixel 2 XL (Review) and even the Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Review). Sony has also ditched its long-standing love of IPS panels in favour of a vibrant OLED panel. The 6-inch screen has an 18:9 aspect ratio and QHD+ resolution with HDR. We found the colours and brightness levels to be quite good, although we couldn’t test this phone outdoors under sunlight.
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