At first glance there seems to be nothing remarkable about the Sony Xperia XZ. The design is pretty much what you’d find on most modern smartphones, with the front featuring a solid slab of Gorilla Glass 4. Most of the real estate at the front is of course dominated by the 5.2-inch full-HD display, which we will get to in just a bit. Above the display is the Sony logo, and an earpiece that doubles up as a speaker when you are watching videos or listening to music, teaming up with the speaker below the display to produce a stereo effect.
It’s clear that Sony won’t be competing with the Chinese players on price, but Sony has to decide whether it is serious about competing in a market like India - a country that has always had a bit of a soft-spot for the Japanese giant, but one that’s also been known to choose value-for-money above brand loyalty.