[Q] US Xperia Z Release Date

matto2525

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Hey, I'm currently waiting for the Z. I love the design and the hardware. What service providers are going to support the phone?, what will the price be?, and when should it be available?
 

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The pricing will around be a steep $800-850 for the unlocked version. Supposed to release in feb end-march first week if the rumors are to be believed!
 

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Does anyone know which US carrier is going sell the Xperia Z? Verizon? AT&T? T-Mobile?
None of them. You might be able to buy em unlocked, but I'm not sure. The C6603 will work on AT&T HSPA+ but not on LTE. The C6602 will work on AT&T and T-Mobile HSPA+ but doesn't have LTE either.

Verizon and Sprint (and other CDMA networks) won't have any Sony phones any times soon.
 

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None of them. You might be able to buy em unlocked, but I'm not sure. The C6603 will work on AT&T HSPA+ but not on LTE. The C6602 will work on AT&T and T-Mobile HSPA+ but doesn't have LTE either.

Verizon and Sprint (and other CDMA networks) won't have any Sony phones any times soon.
Bumper! Thats disappointing!
 
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No problem. Don't know if it means anything or not though unfortunately

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The Z and ZL will be available in the US definitely. It will be available in Sony Style stores. They don't post coming-soon items on Sony Style website. You have to check Sony Mobile's website to see what devices are coming. The date for the states might be about a month at latest after other regions (So hopefully by end of April, we'll see it in the States). This is from how the past has been for US market. Don't worry, I'm waiting along with you :fingers-crossed:

Why do I know that the device will come to the US? Sony will get sued if they post something that won't come to the region as false advertisement. It happened to some other regions a while back when they were SE. ;)
 

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Sv: [Q] US Xperia Z Release Date

Sony should bring it with bands for ATT and TMo... like the Nexus phones. They would sell more full price phones. TMo has a lot of people with unlocked phones... many are non US models...

I have a Z on ore order from the UK. Did the same with the Galaxy Nexus... and the Nexus 4. Got my N4 way before most people in the US.

Skickat från min Nexus 4
 

Spectre51

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I am almost for sure it will be out on at&t... Sony is trying to become a dominate world force again in consumer electronics and the US loves there cell phones

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Don't expect to see it through AT&T.

who says the Z doesn't have LTE when it has its own LTE modem built into it. The xperia s is Hspa+ and that's without an LTE modem
The Z has LTE and HPSA+ variants. Not all LTE models will work with LTE from various carriers. AT&T LTE isn't supported on the Z according to the whitepapers.

Sony should bring it with bands for ATT and TMo... like the Nexus phones. They would sell more full price phones. TMo has a lot of people with unlocked phones... many are non US models...

I have a Z on ore order from the UK. Did the same with the Galaxy Nexus... and the Nexus 4. Got my N4 way before most people in the US.

Skickat från min Nexus 4
They will have it with bands for T-Mobile and AT&T as shown by the whitepapers. Which model comes out in the US is another story.
 

cooltranier13px

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Sony should bring it with bands for ATT and TMo... like the Nexus phones. They would sell more full price phones. TMo has a lot of people with unlocked phones... many are non US models...

I have a Z on ore order from the UK. Did the same with the Galaxy Nexus... and the Nexus 4. Got my N4 way before most people in the US.

Skickat från min Nexus 4
Where did you pre order it from?

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