Speculation has surfaced that suggests the much-hyped Xperia Z4 won't make an appearance at the Mobile World Congess 2015 event in March. So when could the Xperia Z4 be released?
According to Xperiablog, the latest Sony flagship won't be hitting the floors of MWC at the start of March, like the Xperia Z2 did last year. Sony had recently been releasing devices on a bi-annual basis, but had announced that the Xperia Z4 would be the only Sony flagship released this year (Sony has been suffering from poor sales in its smartphone department and is cutting back on the number of devices it releases).
The Xperiablog doesn't name any sources, or any reasons for the delay, and appears to be based on speculation. If confirmed, this could mean that Sony would miss out on the only other major smartphone event in the first half of the year, other than CES, to show off its new handset. Missing MWC in March would suggest the Z4 won't be here in March or April, maybe even pushing the device launch into Q3 2015.
However, it is entirely possible that release dates have been shuffled around since Sony has made plans only to release a single flagship (albeit with "compact", and "ultra" variations) in 2015.
This isn't the only major flagship reported to be missing out on MWC: an executive from LG recently stated that the LG G4 wouldn't be there either. This would be great news for LG and Samsung who would likely dominate the show with the Galaxy S6, Galaxy S6 Edge, and HTC One (M9) / HTC Hima.
We recently took a look at how the Xperia Z4 would compare to the Xperia Z3 to see if the new device would make for a credible upgrade from last year's model. Traditionally, there isn't much separating successive Xperia Z series flagships.
Are you disappointed to hear that the Xperia Z4 might be more than just a couple of months away? Or would you prefer to wait a little longer for a better Sony product?
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