Sony reveals its latest high-end smartphone, Xperia Z4

Sony hasn't had a good week with the leaking of over 200,000 documents and e-mails. But one e-mail revealed mockup images of the upcoming Xperia Z4, which may have forced Sony to announce its latest smartphone despite also signaling that it may exit the smartphone market completely.

The Xperia Z4 will be available in Japan around the middle of the year and will feature a 5.2-inch 1080p screen, a wide-angle 20.7MP camera, Android 5.0, and a water-resistant metal-and-glass body. Sony didn't confirm a price, but said it will be in the high-end market to challenge Apple and Samsung.

Product name	Xperia Z4
Dimensions (h × w × t)	About 146mm × about 72mm × about 6.9mm
Mass	About 144g
Battery capacity	2930mAh
Display	Liquid crystal		Birds Luminous display for mobile
	Size		About 5.2 inches
	Resolution (number of pixels)		1920 × 1080
OS	Android ™ 5.0
Built-in memory (ROM / RAM)	32GB / 3GB
SD memory card slot	Yes (microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (maximum 128GB))
Processor	2.0GHz / 1.5GHz Okutakoa
External connection	Bluetooth®		Bluetooth® 4.1
	External device		microUSB / MHL / headset connection terminal
DLNA	Yes
The main software	Sony Mobile original software		Music applications, such as album application
	Google provides pre-installed software		Google PLAY ™, Google Maps ™, Gmail ™, Google Search ™, such as YouTube ™
Camera function	Main camera		About 20.7 million pixel back-illuminated stacked CMOS sensor Exmor RS for mobile
	Front camera		About 5.1 million pixel back-illuminated CMOS sensor Exmor R for mobile
	Camera shake correction		Yes, electronic (video / still image)	Auto focus	Yes (video / still image)
	Self-timer		Yes
	Motion picture	Image size (Pixels)	<main camera> 4K (2160p), full HD 60fps (1080p) / Full HD 30fps (1080p) / HD (720p) / VGA (480p) / MMS <front camera> Full HD (1080p) / HD (720p) / VGA (480p) / MMS
		Photo Light	Yes, main camera only
	Still image	Image size (Pixels)	<main camera> 20.7MP (4: 3) / 15.5MP (16: 9) / 8MP (4: 3) / 8MP (16: 9) / 3MP (4: 3) / 2MP (16: 9) <front camera> 5MP (4: 3) / 3.7MP (16: 9) / 2MP (4: 3) / 2M (16: 9)
		Flash	Yes, main camera only	Smile Shutter	Yes
Waterproof / dustproof	Yes / Yes (IPX5 / 8, IP6X)
NFC	Yes
Wi-Fi	IEEE802.11a / b / g / n (2.4GHz / 5GHz) / ac compliant, MIMO support
Major Languages	Japanese, Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Czech, Dutch, English (UK), English (US), French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Polish, Russian, Spanish, Swedish , Turkish, etc.
Color variations	White, Black, Copper, Aqua Green

The announcement comes as a surprise after Sony signaled it will scale down its underperforming operations such as smartphones to focus on its more successful products. The company said it would no longer pursue sales growth and has not ruled out an exit from the smartphone market completely.

As yet there is no word on any release outside of Japan.