Rumor: Sony will present first smartphone with 4k screen next week

Sony would be the first manufacturer to present a smartphone with a 4k screen next week. It would be the Xperia Z5 Premium, with a 5.5″ LCD with a resolution of 3840×2160 pixels. There are no smartphones with a 4k screen on the market yet.

Due to the resolution and diagonal, the screen has more than 800 pixels per inch, reports the unofficial Facebook account ‘Sony Georgia’, something that includes the well-known ‘smartphone-savvy’ Evleaks. noticed. It is unknown how reliable the information is, as the account has not previously released any rumours. The resolution would also be necessary for VR applications. The current smartphone screens, with between 500 and 600 ppi, are not enough for virtual reality, because users can still distinguish pixels.

The Z5 Premium would have a 23-megapixel camera in the form of a 1/2.2″ sensor from Sony itself with a lens in front that has an aperture of f/1.8. This would make the Z5 Premium different from recent previous Xperia Z releases. devices that each have 20.7MP cameras.

In addition to the Z5 Premium, Sony would also come with a Z5 with 5.2″ screen with full HD resolution and the Z5 Compact with 4.6″ screen with 1280×720 pixels. The devices would have a fingerprint scanner in the button on the side, just like the recently presented Honor 7i. The Japanese manufacturer will hold a presentation at the IFA electronics fair next Wednesday, in which, according to recent teasers, it wants to present a new Xperia device.

Teaser Sony for presentation at IFA next week