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Sony Xperia Honami

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 19:30:23 GMT

On the 4th of September 2013 sony look set to announce their much hyped Xperia Honami. The spec list alone is a geeks wet dream

5 inch Full HD Reality / Triluminos Display with X-Reality
S800 @ 2.3GHz + Adreno 330,
2 GB RAM +
32gb with micro SD slot
20.2MP camera, with BIONZ mobile image chip 2/3“ exmor RS. All new image processing algorithim, G Lens, Xenon Flash and Dual Led.
S Master Walkman mobile amplifier
Dual speakers
3000 mAh battery
Glass + Metal body with Carbon Fibre
Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean
IP58 certification

Roll on September

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

version7point0 — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 20:55:17 GMT

Why Samsung is still #1 in the android market is beyond me, the last 2 flahship Sony devices have been amazing in both technical specification and feel, this has the potential to show that even more.

But for the love of god make the bezel ridiculously small so I will finally be tempted to a 5" screen device.

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 21:28:03 GMT

Samsung have had their spot at number 1 for to long now Sony are on the rise and with the launch of the Honami and PS4 this year it can only get better for them

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Rycal — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 21:42:46 GMT

@version7point0 wrote:
Why Samsung is still #1 in the android market is beyond me, the last 2 flahship Sony devices have been amazing in both technical specification and feel, this has the potential to show that even more.

But for the love of god make the bezel ridiculously small so I will finally be tempted to a 5" screen device.

Not just the last 2. The Xperia S was a fantastic device.

Also look at their mid-range phones, the Xperia P and now the SP. Both incredible phones on bargain tariffs and in comparison Samsung have the Ace 2 and their overpriced mini range.

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Anonymous — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 21:51:46 GMT

Yeah Samsung are also trying to flood the market with the same design for the last 18m boring, cheap plastic that they sell to the masses. If anyone looks beyond Samsung for an android device chances are it will be cheaper and have far superior build quality.

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Rycal — Sat, 13 Jul 2013 21:59:38 GMT

@Anonymous wrote:
Yeah Samsung are also trying to flood the market with the same design for the last 18m boring, cheap plastic that they sell to the masses. If anyone looks beyond Samsung for an android device chances are it will be cheaper and have far superior build quality.

Couldnt agree more. Take the new S4 mini for example, mid range specs but a high-end price. You can get the SP for £10 less per month on contract and it has a better camera, higher res screen and better build quality. Thats not to say the S4 mini is a bad phone but pricing it alongside the actual S4 doesnt make sense to me.

Its like saying I want a smaller less powerful phone but I want to pay the same amount.

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 08:05:19 GMT

Anyway getting back to the Honami, what Sony are basically doing is a technical exercise and giving a 2 finger salute to the competition. This smartphone will be branded as "One Sony" no other brand has so much expertise is every field from screen tech, digital camera, (still and video), audio and gaming not to mention design. All of the features in the Xperia Honami are made by the relevant in-house department at Sony's HQ. So for example the screen is developed by their t.v. engineers, the camera by the Cybershot team and so on rather than the Sony mobile team as they normally do this is simply the best way to develop and design a smartphone Samsung will be a little bit worried come the 4th of September as their precious Galaxy range is about to take one hell of a beating.

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 11:16:06 GMT

If the camera performance is good at taking pictures of sporting events in the low light this will be one phone i'd happily spend my money on.

I wonder how much it will be sim free directly from Sony?

There is also rumors of a smaller mini Homani for 2014 for those that dont like large phones.

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Anonymous — Sun, 14 Jul 2013 12:57:15 GMT

Rumour has it the Xperia Honami will be priced same as the Xperia Z, Sony don't want to overprice it so it is very competitive against its main rivals.

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Anonymous — Wed, 17 Jul 2013 18:54:49 GMT

For those that like the idea of the Sony Xperia Honami but maybe put off by its size then fear not. Sony is said to be working on a Honami mini with identical spec as its big brother minus one or two things a 4" or 4.3" 720p display instead of a 5" full HD. The camera will still be 20MP but with a smaller sensor and a dual LED flash rather than a xenon. However the rest of the phone will be identical from the Snapdragon 800 CPU to the Triluminos display with X-Reality tech to boot.

Best of all this is likely to be announced the same time as the Xperia Honami at the IFA annual tech fest in Berlin on the 4th of September.:smileytongue:

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Anonymous — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 14:10:51 GMT

Yeh great phones but my Xperia S will be my last Sony. Too many phones means the updates just don't happen quick enough and when they do they're full of bugs !! Maybe if O2 hadn't shackled the bootloader then could use Cyanogenmod on it which is awesome on my SGT10.1 Tablet !!

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Anonymous — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 18:35:08 GMT

Chances are though your Xperia S will see Jelly Bean 4.3 as Sony have announced that certain devices will miss out the 4.2.2 update and go straight to 4.3. So to go from GB 2.3.7 to Jelly Bean 4.3 shows that Sony are looking after their customers. I can't think of any other phone (android) that is almost 18m old is still being kept upto date with New firmware even if O2 are slow at releasing them to the public. Here is a link at how Sony are now managing New firmware if you care to give it a read.:smileytongue :http://developer.sonymobile.com/2013/07/25/explaining-the-software-upgrade-process-and-its-improvements-for-android-4-3

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Anonymous — Sat, 27 Jul 2013 18:43:07 GMT

Quick update on the Sony Xperia Honami. With its announcement on the 4th of September at IFA in Berlin a release date is likely to be the 30th of September putting it out there with the iPhone 5s I know which one I will be getting ha ha

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Jul 2013 11:03:33 GMT

Thanks for the update.. think I'll now wait until then to see what the Sony Honami price is on O2 Refresh. Also by then the O2 shops might have the Xperia SP available in Black as a secondary (cheaper) option.

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 13:37:36 GMT

Still no Black Sony SP version available, so going to wait until the Autumn now to see prices on the Sony Honami handset and also what 4G tarriff deals there are about.

Think O2 shops should concentrate on stocking the basic colours, as well as exclusive's !

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Anonymous — Wed, 07 Aug 2013 14:53:34 GMT

I keep hearing there isn't going to be a Xenon flash on the Honami, I really hope Sony surprises everyone & actually fit's it but if they don't ill give the Honami a miss & wait for it's replacement.

A supposed game changing camera phone without a decent flash seem's pretty pointless.

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 07:15:07 GMT

So here it is confirmation that the Sony Xperia Honami will have a 20.66MP camera as the link I will post below shows the first real camera sample taken by a Sony employee. Anyone getting excited for the unveiling I know I am. https://www.google.co.uk/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=sony%20honami%20xperia%20blog&source=web&cd=2&cad=rja&ved=0CDAQFjAB&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.xperiablog.net%2F2013%2F08%2F11%2Fsony-honami-picture-sample-appears-on-picasa-confirms-20-7mp-sensor%2F%3Futm_source%3Dfeedburner%26utm_medium%3Dfeed%26utm_campaign%3DFeed%253A%2BXperiaBlog%2B(Xperia%2BBlog)&ei=t4kIUrn7Loa0PNmvgZgO&usg=AFQjCNHU7ZbI2Di-_wL8OUasuE8Okasbbw&sig2=5Pn4J541XhUkJjhqL-iLNQ&bvm=bv.50500085,d.ZWU

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 11:11:13 GMT

Two thing's I need to know about the Honami before I think about buying one.

1) Does it have a Xenon flash?

2) Can the camera cope with low light sporting event's?

I might even wait for the Honami's replacement next year as Honami seem's a little big for a phone.

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 12:24:47 GMT

Roumor has it that it will either come with a Xenon flash or a high powered single LED (upto 80% brighter than standard LED flash). The Honami will also come with HHT which stands for handheld twighlight mode which gives fantasic low liight images by taking upto 6 images all at different ISO levels and couple this with Sony's superior auto mode for moving objects this creates one high res, low light, high quality image. here is a link to info on HHT http://cameralabs.com/reviews/Sony_Cyber-shot_DSC_HX5/Handheld_Twilight_HHT_results.shtml

Re: Sony Xperia Honami

Anonymous — Mon, 12 Aug 2013 18:22:54 GMT

Hi all, a while ago I posted the Sony will be releasing some snap-on lenses for the up and coming Honami well good news is here is a leaked promo of the Honami with a snap-on lens and yes that is the Honami being used so no Xenon flash just a high powered LED but who is to say Sony wont release a snap-on flash bulb.:smileyhappy: