Following the recently leaked live images of the Sony Xperia Z1s, the much-talked about international variant of the Xperia Z1 f, a new image of the smartphone has now popped on the Internet.
The new leaked image shows the yet-to-be-announced Xperia Z1s pictured alongside the flagship smartphone, the Xperia Z1. Unfortunately, the new leaked image does not reveal a lot of details related to the Xperia Z1s except some indications about its expected size. In the picture, the Xperia Z1s looks smaller but exactly a copy of the bigger sibling Xperia Z1, which measures 144x74x8.5mm. The image was leaked on the Chinese forum, Digi-wo and was first spotted by Xperia Guide. The leaked image shows the front panel of both the Xperia Z1s and Xperia Z1 with the displays turned-on. As per the leaked image, the Xperia Z1s appears to have an identical interface to the Xperia Z1.
The Sony Xperia Z1s is rumoured to come with a 4.3-inch TRILUMINOS HD (720x1280) display with X-Reality for Mobiles; a 2.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm MSM8974 processor; 2GB of RAM; 16GB of inbuilt storage that's further expandable up to 64GB via microSD card, and a 2300mAh battery with STAMINA mode. Further, the Xperia Z1s believed to be much like the Xperia Z1 f and Xperia Z1 in terms of optics, sporting the 20.7-megapixel Exmor RS sensor alongside the BIONZ image processor engine and pulsed LED flash. In addition, like other Xperia Z smartphones, the Xperia Z1s is said to be waterproof and dust-proof.
Earlier, the Xperia Z1s was briefly listed on Sony's global site that confirmed the existence of the smartphone.
An Amazon case listing has also already suggested that the Sony Xperia Z1s will be released on November 26.
The yet to be announced HTC Butterfly S smartphone has been listed on company's official website. However, there is no word when HTC may launch the device.
Earlier, HTC unveiled Butterfly S in Taiwan and it was speculated that the company would launch the device in developing markets soon that includes India.
HTC Butterfly S sports a 5.0-inch Super LCD 3 display with a pixel density of 440PPIs and the display also features Corning Gorilla Glass 3. On the hardware front, the device is powered by a 1.9GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 600 quad-core processor with 2GB RAM. It would run the Android 4.2 Jelly Bean with HTC Sense 5.0 UI on top. The HTC Butterfly S much like the HTC One, comes with a 4.0-megapixel UltraPixel camera with the Zoe camera software feature and the rear camera supports full-HD video recording. It also has a 2.1-megapixel front camera with an 88 degree wide-angle lens.
The device supports single SIM and would use a micro-SIM rather than the regular sized SIM. On music front, the device boasts off the HTC BoomSound feature with dual front stereo speakers with built-in amplifiers and Beats Audio.
Connectivity options include NFC support, Bluetooth 4.0 and Wi-Fi. The company has included a 3,200mAh battery that the company claims would deliver 29 hours of talk time and 544 hours of standby time. HTC has added the tagline, "Impressive style meets long-lasting stamina" to its HTC Butterfly S smartphone on the official site, highlighting the battery strength of the device.
Earlier we reported about HTC allegedly working on a 6.0-inch device, the One Max. The company is said to be working to expand its One series of smartphone globally. If the rumours are true, this would be the smartphone with biggest display from HTC and would be up against Samsung's Galaxy Mega series and Sony's Xperia Z Ultra smartphone.