Sony's Xperia Z4 goes global with the name Xperia Z3+

Sony announced the Xperia Z3+, the global variant of the Japan-only Xperia Z4. The Xperia Z3+ sports an aluminium body with reinforced polycarbonate edges and offers exactly similar specs and design as the Xperia Z4. It will be available in Single-SIM and dual-SIM variant (Sony Xperia Z3+ Dual). The company touts that the Xperia Z3+ is "slim, sleek and stylish high-performing premium smartphone".

Sony Xperia Z3+ features 5.2-inch (1920x1080 pixels) Triluminos display with Live Colour LED powered by X-Reality engine 600. Under the hood there is a 64-bit octa-core (quad-core 1.5GHz + quad-core 2GHz) Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor paired with Adreno 430 GPU and 3GB RAM. The phone comes with 32GB internal storage and microSD card slot for storage expansion (up to 128GB card supported). It runs Android 5.0 Lollipop. 

Camera features includes 20.7-megapixel rear camera with pulsed LED flash, 1/2.3-inch Exmor RS BSI sensor, Bionz image processor and 4K video recording. There is also a 5.1MP front-facing camera with Exmor R sensor, 25mm wide-angle lens. Connectivity options include 4G LTE /3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11a / b / g / n / ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz) MIMO, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS/ GLONASS, MHL 3.0 and NFC. It is fuelled by 2930mAh battery with STAMINA mode.

Xperia Z3+ comes with Sony's DSEE HX audio technology with LDAC audio compression codec that delivers high-quality audio streaming via Bluetooth. It is IPX5, IPX8 certified for dust and water resistance.It is 6.9mm thick, weighs 144 grams and comes in White, Black, Copper and Aqua Green colors.

The global roll out of the Xperia Z3+ will start from June. There is no word on pricing for the moment.