Sony Xperia XZ Premium Wins 'Best New Smartphone' At MWC 2017

Out of all new smartphones launched at the Mobile World Congress 2017, one smartphone was declared as the best. The Sony Xperia XZ Premium wins "Best New Smartphone" award, a huge achievement of Sony in the event.

The Phone Arena has reported that second 4K smartphone released by Sony, the Sony Xperia XZ Premium is notably the only flagship introduced at Mobile World Congress that sports a Qualcomm Snapdragon 835. This win comes a surprise for some people who attended the event.

They have noted that the Sony Xperia XZ has not really changed too much in terms of design. The phone even forced to disable some of its features in some markets.

In addition, Tech 2 has noted that the considered powerful CPU was noted for its downsides. An example of it is that the Sony Xperia XZ Premium is not going to be released to the public until late spring.

What may be the reason for it? Samsung has already dibbed the Snapdragon 835 over Sony. It would be used to power the Galaxy S8. Which would be expected to go on sale on April 21.

There are other Sony products launched at the Mobile World Congress 2017. Besides Sony Xperia XZ, there is also the Sony Xperia XA1 and the Xperia XA1 Ultra.

The Sony Xperia XZ is the current flagship of the company. Besides its powerful Snapdragon 835 CPU, it also has 5.46" display with 4K display, and an updated 19 MP camera with ½.3" sensor size and Motion Eye technology for slow-mo videos in 960 fps.

GSM Arena has reported that the biggest winner of the event Is Samsung for winning "Best Smartphone 2016" award for the Galaxy S7 Edge. Other winners are Amazon with "Disruptive Device Innovation" award for Amazon Echo, Niantic for winning "Judge's Choice Mobile App" for Pokemon, and the partnership between Samsung and Reliance Jio for "Best Mobile Innovation for Emerging Market" award.