Sony Xperia E3 Will Also Be Announced at IFA 2014

Everyone is expecting Sony to present Z3 Compact Tablet, Z3 Compact and Xperia Z3 at IFA 2014 this week. But this year in Berlin, Sony has one more surprise for all and it wasn’t known before that the company will announce one more Smartphone in September. As reported by the 9to5Google, the Z3 line will not be alone at IFA and Xperia E3 will also be presented in the company’s press event.

Xperia E3 is expected to be an affordable handset and this phone will be the successor of two Sony’s phones: Xperia E and Xperia E1. The reported features of this upcoming smartphone are:

• 4.8-inch display with 720 x 1280 pixels

• Quad-core Snapdragon 400 processor of 1.2 GHz

• RAM could be 1.5 GB or 2 GB

• Operating System: Android 4.4 KitKat (highly expected OS for this phone)

It has been reported that the Xperia E3 will cost somewhere between $200 and $300. All the upcoming Z3 devices will be water resistant but the Xperia E3 will not have this feature.

This is not all; Sony will be presenting much more devices on IFA than these. Along with the new tablets and smartphones, Sony is expected to present SmartBand Talk and SmartWatch 3 also at IFA.

There is not much time to wait now as Sony’s IFA 2014 press event will take place today i.e. on September 3. So all the Sony fans, just wait few hours to know what the company is going to offer this year.

Sony Xperia E3 Will Also Be Announced at IFA 2014

Sony unveils Android KitKat 4.4 upgrade for Xperia devices Z, ZL, ZR and Tablet Z

Sony mobile has rolled out Android KitKat 4.4 upgrade for its four Xperia devices namely, Xperia Z, Xperia ZL, Xperia ZR and Xperia Tablet Z. All these devices have been introduced last year and were running Android 4.3 Jelly Bean till now. Sony had earlier announced that it would be offering KitKat 4.4 updates for the said devices sometime in May and finally they are here.

The upgrade roll out began in a few selective markets from May 21 so that some of you may have already got it. Sony says other markets will be covered soon “over the coming weeks.” The updates will bring these Xperia devices up to the standard of Google Android 4.4 kitKat, providing better user experience and performance.

Sony has also brought about certain other improvements in functionality including:

• New user interface for Sony Play Station 4 with an improved and customizable status bar as well as the quick settings.


• Up gradation to the latest versions of native app portfolio including messaging, email, smart social camera and battery stamina mode.


• Enhancement in Sony’s media apps including Walkman, album & movies and their integration with its network cloud service.


• Sony’s custom interface ‘Xperia Themes’.


• Compatibility with Sony’s SmartWear stuff including SmartBand SWR10 and Lifelog app.

Sony has also announced that Xperia T2 Ultra, Xperia E1 and Xperia M2 will get the Android KitKat 4.4 upgrades in the next round from July onward.

Sony unveils Android KitKat 4.4 upgrade for Xperia devices Z, ZL, ZR and Tablet Z