Sony wants to kill the Xperia
Z flagship line and replace it with the newly introduced Xperia X family of handsets.
Not exact matches
As it was historically the case, the update will be initially rolling out to their
flagship line, which includes the Moto
Z and the Moto
Z2 Force.
Now, the Moto
Z line is the company's premiere
flagship series and the Moto X series has been relegated to the mid-range market.
The Sony Xperia XZ1 comes with a 5.2 - inch display, making it slightly smaller than its XZ Premium brother, though in
line with previous Xperia
Z flagship models.
After taking a year off to focus on its new Moto
Z line of
flagship handsets, Lenovo subsidiary Motorola is poised to return the original Moto device.
Just recently, Tech Times reported that Sony was gearing up to fold all of its Xperia
lines (Xperia
Z, Xperia C, Xperia M) into one single umbrella - the Xperia X. HTC also launched its latest
flagship as the HTC 10 instead of the One M10, as initially thought.
Moto
Z is the first Moto - branded
flagship since Lenovo began phasing out the Motorola brand name, and the successor to the popular Moto X
line.
The Moto
Z line is now the
flagship, and the newly - revived Moto X4 serves as the premium mid-tier.