Sony unveils mid-range Xperia X Compact

PanARMENIAN.Net - The new Xperia XZ might be the flagship phone Sony loyalists have been waiting for, but Sony's still hasn't given up on making small smartphones. That's where the Xperia X Compact comes in and it's set to land the United States on September 25, Engadget reports.

The X Compact packs a 4.6-inch 720p display, has a 2,700mAh battery tucked away inside. The rest of the hardware tour will sound familiar: this pint-sized device has 32GB of storage, a microSD card slot, a USB Type-C port and a water-resistant chassis, just like the XZ.

The display is bright and vivid without seeming oversaturated. The X Compact runs with one of Qualcomm's hexa-core Snapdragon 650 chipsets, 3GB of RAM and an Adreno 510 GPU.

Around the back, you'll find the same 23-megapixel, "triple-sensing" camera Sony built into the high-end XZ. Basically, in addition to the predictive autofocus that came as part of each Xperia X series smartphone, the XZ and Compact also have laser autofocus modules and an RGB/IR sensor for more accurate white balance.