Sony Xperia C3, the World’s Best Selfie Smartphone, Is Now Official

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Leaked yesterday, Xperia C3 has now been officially confirmed by Sony, who claims without any doubts that this is the world’s best smartphone for selfies.

It does not matter if you’re late in the game, as long as you show up with the best player. At least that’s what the Japanese tech giant thinks. Its latest smartphone, the self-titled best mobile device for selfies, is by no means flagship material, but still manages to bring together some decent specs in what turns out to be a budget-friendly entry to mid-range smartphone.

The 5MP front camera is definitely the main selling point of Sony Xperia C3, and the addition of an LED flash turns shooting self-portraits into a breeze, even in low-light conditions. I don’t know why would anyone ever want to hold an LED flash right in front of their eyes, but sometimes, art calls for sacrifices. Still, Sony claims that the front-facing LED flash is soft, meaning that it won’t traumatize your eyes that much while taking selfies.

Among the features that make the front-facing wide-lens camera so special are the Smile Shutter and Superior Auto mode, along with the AR Effect. None of these made their first appearance on the Xperia C3 selfie-snapper, but the features will undoubtedly be appreciated by the ones who enjoy this type of photography so much.

On its back, the smartphone features an 8MP camera with an Exmor RS sensor that will capture vividly colored pictures in various conditions. After shooting whomever tickles you fancy, you can look at the photos on the 5.5 inch display, whose 1280 x 720 resolution should be more than enough for such tasks.

Other than that, Xperia C3 is equipped with 1GB of RAM, 8GB of internal storage that can be furthermore expanded with a microSD card, and a quad-core 1.2Ghz CPU. Considering that the smartphone features aa Adreno 305 GPU, it should fare nicely in modern games. Software-wise, Sony’s selfie-snapper runs Android 4.4 KitKat, but will definitely be updated to Android L, if Google will launch that version in the near future.

Now there’s even a Romanian movie called #selfie (now that’s a title that brings together a pop-culture phenomenon and hashtags), so I’m not surprised that this particular type of photography turned popular that easily.

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Mystery 13-inch Sony Ultrabook slider pops up in horribly grainy YouTube video

Mystery 13-inch Sony Ultrabook slider pops up in horribly grainy YouTube video

We've already seen Sony take a stab at a Windows 8 hybrid in the form of the VAIO Duo 11, and now a clip has appeared on YouTube apparently showing an unannounced 13-inch Ultrabook slider with a 1080p Triluminos touchscreen display. Allegedly, the video is being used for training at UK retail chain Dixons, and in addition to repeatedly collapsing and opening the slim white and silver unit, the demonstrator plays around with a stylus in Microsoft's Fresh Paint. There are a couple of text overlays near the end of clip, highlighting the "SurfSlider design," backlit keyboard, ClearAudio+ and ActiveSleep tech, as well as its 10 hours of battery life. NFC is also said to be on board, along with an 8-megapixel camera with Exmor RS sensor, Intel Core i5 processor, 4GB RAM and 128GB SSD. The incredibly grainy video is embedded after the break, and although we can't verify its authenticity, we also can't ally it to any known product.

Update: There's also a handful of press images -- we've included one after the break too.

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Sony’s stacked Exmor RS phone camera sensors detuned over quality worries

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Sony would still like you to get excited about its upcoming Exmor RS stacked CMOS image sensors -- just not too excited. Both the 8-megapixel IMX134 and 13-megapixel IMX135 are scaling back from their original RGBW (red, green, blue, white) coding to an ordinary RGB over concerns that they aren't meeting Sony's "image quality standards" as originally designed. Consequently, either sensor will be less sensitive to light and diminish some of that high dynamic range magic. The company also doesn't want to get our hopes up for a quick arrival on shelves and clarifies that there's a phased launch starting in January. Mobile shutterbugs may be crestfallen knowing that Sony won't have the best possible camera sensor in future Xperia phones, but the honesty at least guarantees that the company gets a timely return on its $994 million investment.

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Sony announces new Exmor RS cameraphone sensor: upgraded signal processing, HDR video recording

Sony announces new Exmor RS sensor, wants it small enough for smartphones and tablet

That camera sensor in your smartphone is very likely to be a Sony-made module which means it's worth keeping an eye on the company's latest sensor developments. Your next phone could be packing one of its latest Exmor RS camera modules, a stacked CMOS image sensor that's currently being readied for future smartphones and tablets. At the moment, three components fall under the new RS label, with two eight-megapixel sensors (one with new camera signal processing tech) and a top-drawer 13-megapixel module. Alongside the new sensors, Sony's crafted new f/2.2 lenses alongside a refreshed auto-focus module and all of them will be capable of HDR video recording. The company's now working on improving sensor behavior, image quality and keeping it all tiny enough for that next pricey phone contract. The first products are expected to arrive in October, so we may not see it in Sony's very next tablet, but development could be done in time for next year's effort -- and help validate the manufacturer's imaging investment.

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