Sony unveils its Xperia X series smartphones

The thin bezeled Xperia XA has a 2,300mAh battery and runs Android 6.0 out of the box.

Sony has bumped the X and the X Performance screens up to 1080p. The display is of 5-inch with 720p resolution.

Sony said the new line-up, which includes the Xperia X and Xperia XA smartphones, will sit in between the flagship Xperia Z Series and midrange Xperia M Series. The RAM of the device is at 3GB, while internal storage is at 32GB. There's no new Xperia Z flagship to take on the newly unveiled Galaxy S7 and LG G5.

All three Xperia X series smartphones ship with Android 6.0 Marshmallow operating system right out of the box.

Sony is expanding its smartphone lineup with a new X series of phones. It comes with a five-inch full HD display with a glass front that curves at the edges, Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor, 3GB of RAM, 23-megapixel back camera, 13-megapixel front camera, 32GB of internal storage (expandable via microSD card) and a 2,700 mAh battery.

The first of these to arrive is called the Xperia Ear and lets users voice commands to do things like check your schedule, news or weather while on-the-move.

Elsewhere, Sony Mobile Germany has seemingly confirmed that there are no plans to release an Xperia Z6. Moreover, though the regions of availability of the new handsets are also not known, it is speculated that the Xperia X and Xperia X Performance handsets will be available in the USA market. Unlike the X and X Performance though, the XA doesn't have a fingerprint scanner.

The new X series comes with a redesigned Xperia logo and a vision to offer more intelligent, personalised devices, Sony said. Both these two higher-end models also have oval power buttons with built-in fingerprint sensors - identical to those seen on the most recent Z5s.

Sony announces additionally its Xperia Ear accessory. It also has expandable storage and a 13-megapixel camera on back, with an 8-megapixel camera on the front.

People will also be able to choose from four different color options for the new smartphones, with those being graphite black, lime gold, rose gold, and white. We went hands-on with all three, and they seem to be your standard smartphone offerings from Sony but with a greater focus on camera and battery performance.

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