Sony launches giant waterproof Xperia Z Ultra 6.4 inch phone

[Looper]

Sony has announced a waterproof Android smartphone with a 6.4in screen (16.3cm).

The firm is pitching the Xperia Z Ultra as being the slimmest large-screened handset on the market.



It can also accept sketches or notes written using a standard pencil or metal-tipped pen in addition to an optional stylus.

The firm says it intends for the device to challenge Samsung's dominance of the jumbo-sized handset sector.

According to a study by consultants Transparency Market Research, Samsung accounted for 70% of the overall "superphone and phablet" market in 2012 thanks to the popularity of models including the Galaxy S3 and Galaxy Note 2.

Earlier this year, it added the Galaxy S4 and Galaxy Mega - a 6.3in-screened handset - to its line-up.

Sony already offers a 5in handset of its own, the original Xperia Z, which it unveiled in January.

BBC News - Sony launches giant waterproof Xperia Z Ultra phone


These phones keep getting bigger and bigger. You would be a mug to jump in until they peak so I am going to hold out for a really big one.




Hello... Hello... no, I'm in the park!!! No, THE PARK!!

[VocalNeal]

6.4in screen

Coincidentally the same length of dick as the guys that will buy them!

[Looper]

^Is 6.4 inches from bell-end to ball-bag considered large or small in your neck of the woods Neal?

I currently have a 4.65 inch Google Nexus

[VocalNeal]

I've got a 4.25" Galaxy Mini.

[Dillinger]

I have a 5 inch

[baldrick]

note 2 - 5.3 inches from corner to corner

take that micropeen

I want to hold the 6.3 and 6.4 and see if it feels good in my hand

Sony engineering and carl zeiss optics were a class above anything , once upon a time , but after the rootkit debacle I don not think I should support them.

the 2 samsungs I have owned have performed marvelously , so as long as the specs are ok , I will stick with samsung

the note 3 should be announced in August , I would like to see its specifications

[blue]

why not just just get a 7 inch tablet
i'm just looking to choose one , might go for a Samsung

fuck making phone calls , thats for old folk.

[Looper]

I want to hold the 6.3 and 6.4 and see if it feels good in my hand

Anything over 5.5 inches is really a 2 hand job, so I heard