Sony has been criticized for releasing a new flagship that wasn’t really much of an upgrade from their previous one, the Xperia Z3, forcing them to release it as the Xperia Z3+ in the international market, rather than the Xperia Z4 that was announced in Japan. Now you can add another new confusing device to the mix. Verizon has just announced that they will be the sole distributor of the Sony Xperia Z4v in the US.
Claiming that it will offer “wider palette of rich, natural colors and enhanced color depth and gradation without risk of over saturation” with its 5.2-inch Full WQHD “Triluminos” display. This refers to the “X-reality” technology exclusively by Sony. It runs on a Snapdragon 810 octa-core 64 bit SoC and has a 32GB internal storage but you can expand it up to 128GB through a microSD card. It has an IP65 and IP68 protection so it has protection against dust and also against low-pressure water jet spray for 3 minutes. You can also leave your smartphone in 1 meter of water for up to 30 minutes and it won’t be damaged.
When it comes to photography features, the Xperia Z4v has a 20.7 megapixel main camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing one. The back camera has an Exmore RS image sensor that would help you take pictures even in low-lighting situations. The front-facing camera, which the kids nowadays call the selfie cam, has a 25-mm wide-angle lens and can take 4K video at 30fps and 1080 video at 60fps.
The Xperia Z4v supports Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 technology, giving more power to your 3,000 mAh battery. The device also has the Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE HX) to make the sound almost high-resolution quality. They will be offering both Black and White devices. There are no price and availability details yet, but this will probably be announced in the next few days.
