Ever since the Japanese tech conglomerate leaked to ditch the OmniBalance design for their smartphones, there have been multiple anticipations amidst swirling rumors. The forthcoming 2018 Sony Xperia flagship phones have now been teased to bring a newer and stylish design. If this is what we think this is, one may rely upon the report that has surfaced a while ago. The Gregorian website has shared renders of two smartphones that closely indicate Sony to implement a similar aesthetics in their upcoming 2018 Xperia smartphones.
The design of the upcoming phones are said to be based on designed drafts by Sony, reports GizmoChina. From the aesthetics, the appearance look quite dissimilar to existing Xperia branded smartphones. From the render aforementioned, the device features less rounded corners with a two-tone design on the rear panel. The matte portion at the upper portion has two large-sized camera sensors which are oddly separated with the LED flash right in between. However, the remaining portion of the device appears glossy and is surrounded by ultra-thin bezels. The device also features dual facing speakers situated on the front panel.
One may expect the handset to be the 2018 Sony Xperia flagship phone which is anticipated to launch next year. As per speculations, it is expected to sport a 5.5-inch display which carries 4K resolution support and houses the Snapdragon 845 SoC paired with 6GB 0f RAM. The default storage may be occupied with 128 GB storage capacity. On the software front, the device might run the Android 8.0 Oreo operating system out of the box. On the front panel, one may expect the fingerprint reader embedded under the display.
Talking about the other rendered device, this handset comes with pronounced rounded corners and features a combination of metal and glass design with an inclusion of fingerprint sensor embedded on the rear panel.
As of now, Sony has reportedly been employing the Mobile World Congress (MWC) platform in order to unveil its new smartphones. Hence, we predict that the next 2018 Sony Xperia flagship phones will be announced at the upcoming MWC event in February 2018. For more news and rumors of the upcoming event, share this space and keep an eye on our site.
