Xperia Z4v News: Gaming-Focused Smartphone Coming From Sony, Through Verizon

By Liezl Dunuan, Christian Post Contributor Thursday, June 18, 2015

After Sony's press conference at the E3 2015, the company came out with news linking gaming with their other area of business, smartphones. It will offer a new flagship phone under the Xperia Z4 series, called the Xperia Z4v.

The new phone will be offered exclusively through Verizon and thus will only be available in Verizon service areas. What is unique about the phone is its focus on gaming -- not on mobile gaming, but on PlayStation 4 gaming. It will allow users of the smartphone to remotely stream and play PS4 games.

The new smartphone allows those who already have PS4 consoles to "break away from their TV and continue their PS4 gaming anywhere in their home via PS4 Remote Play," as Verizon stated in their official statement. All they need to do is to connect the smartphone to their home Wi-Fi and their DualShock 4 Wireless Controller "to play full versions of their favorite PS4 games directly on the phone" when the TV is otherwise occupied or is in use.

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The new phone is currently on display at Sony's booth at the E3, given its gaming focus and also fuel excitement about the new phone in conjunction with its new game offerings.

Under the hood, the phone has pretty powerful specs, with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 octa-core processor, 3 GB of RAM and offers between 32 GB to 128 GB of internal storage. Its rear-facing camera is a powerful 20.7 mega-pixel one and its front-facing camera is 5 mega-pixel, both with a 25 mm wide-angle lens. Both cameras are capable of 4K video recording. The phone is also said to be waterproof.

Its 5.2 inch display is already at 2K, while the standard display of the Z4 is only 1080p.With its processing power and display, the phone is equipped with a 3,000mAh battery. It also has Quick Charge 2.0 compatibility, which gives users 8 hours of use for a 15-minute charging.

This is Sony's second gaming-focused smartphone. The first one was the Z3v, which was also announced in conjunction with the E3 2014.