Looks like it's just a cooling attachment for the Xperia 1 IV.
https://www.notebookcheck.net/Sony-...ia-Play-or-PlayStation-portable.647326.0.html
I guess all those dozens of people with the new Xperia can now play Genshin Impact with a steady framerate.
These guys are making an odd assumption based on something shown in a short trailer, ignoring it's going to be an event Sony said would have multiple things in it, and not a 5 minute add for an accessory lol.
There going to have things to show at the event on the 12th, we won't know what they are until then unless the leakers come through.
Xperia z was so ahead of everyone , first 1080 P display, first ip certified, first 13MP camera…. Design was stunning. Unfortunately Sony didn’t have the foothold Samsung did in that world and suckled at marketing.
Not first 1080p or 13 MP camera, not first ip certified, although the ip number it had I believe that was the first time a phone had that.
The problem with Sony is they had carriers, than started fighting with them, and then tried to bully them, and Sony now has to put more effort than other companies to get on them. They haven't been on a carrier since 2015 with the Z3 on T-mobile, and they discontinued it in less than half a year iirc. The 2016 Verizon Z4v was delayed so long Verizon cancelled it before it was released, so it's been almost 8 years since Sony has had a phone with a US carrier.
They did try to push Best Buy, Amazon, and Walmart with direct sales but they didn't have the right strategy or good marketing to pull off a moderate base of consumers, so they have been flailing around since, and they haven't been doing much better in Europe, Africa, or Asia either, people assume Japan is buying the phones but it's been fighting other niche carrier there for awhile.
Another thing is Sony for some reason thinks they have the right to charge premiums and take forever to lower prices on their older phones, when they are in no position in the phone industry to do so. It's gotten so bad, that now they have to keep the prices high as long as possible too make money on the phone division, they were supposed to build new models for price tiers, but the Xperia 5. 10, and 1 are all overpriced.
Supposedly they are going to bring the L series back to have a phone in the $500-$600 rage but with specs of a $250-$300 phone which only solves a third of the problem.
It is, but the Xperia phones don't offer any major meaningful advantages over similarly priced competitors.
4K Screens with HDR, QuadHD screens with some of the best HDR, the best audio and DAC since LG left the market, no notches or punches on the screen, great build quality, some of the best camera and video features, best debris water protection of the flagships, least likely to need a case, better optimization for apps than Samsung and Apple, less system stuff taking up storage space, less saturated colors (Samsung), better built in apps and features, now 21:9 screens giving you the movie experience, batteries usually last longer despite using the same Lion tech, phone is likely to last 5 years without major performance or memory issues, and audio/video editing software is better.
The issues I mentioned above are some of the primary reasons the phones aren't doing better along with Sony's bad decision making that has barely changed despite 3 leadership changes in the phone division. Apple will eventually copy and rename some of these advantages and willt ake credit for the innovations, just like they did when Windows Phone and Blackberry died.
Samsung is an unoptimized mess since the S5, when they destroyed their phones longevity, battery life, and hardware reliability, then with the S6 they kept the same problems but gave a surface level glass design to pretend their phones were premium and that's been going on until today. It's brand name and Apple and Samsung bullying everyone out the market and off the shelves, it's one of the reasons Apple switched to Samsung strategy of having multiple flagship tiers at different price points and prepaid phones so they can take up more space with their phones and accessories, it's one of the reasons HTC doesn't even bother anymore, and just sells their phones online. Apple and Samsung are not that good in phones, especially Samsung. It's forced choice and years of mindshare and most buyers not knowing other things are out there.
However, none of that takes away from the fact Sony and Microsoft screwed up the momentum they had and just let everything fall part, at least when MS came back into phones with the Duo, they had a plan, knew who they were targeting, and have been building things up. Sony is in the exact same position they were in during 2016.
But maybe this event will showcase their new roadmap. Doubt it but we'll see.
Being a good phone with premium price just doesn't cut it. For that people would just go for iPhones.
Don't think being near stock Android helps either.
This is a thing people, mostly techies, phone press journalists and Youtube reviewers, or people who would buy an LG Wing or a One Plus phone often get wrong here.
You often see people in these categories act like being stock or close to stock android is the golden standard, other than brand specific features, and they act as if that if you want the best phone out there, stock android or coming close is a must, but most consumers don't freaking want stock android and that's been true for almost 15 years.
They dislike stock android, that's why the Pixels generally haven't bee doing well, the best selling phones are either not android, or a heavy coat of paint with android in the background. It's what sells people the phones in the first place and makes the difference obvious. Having a bunch of brands trying to make their phones as close to stock as possible is why people don't buy them. Apple doesn't have stock android, Samsung Doesn't have stock android, Microsoft didn't have stock android and still doesn't now using android, Blackberry didn't, and when they moved to android still didn't, LG before they quit didn't use stock android either, and these were the biggest brands at some point. Huawei didn't use stock android, Zte didn't use stock android, HTC didn't use stock android.
The people putting stock android on a pedestal seem to be in a bubble.
