SONY XPERIA XZ1 PREMIUM

Sony is thought to be unveiling the Premium version of its Sony Xperia XZ1 at February’s MWC 2018 trade show, which would place its launch date on 25 February 2018.

There is also talk of a Sony Xperia XZ Pro and, as ever with Sony, we cannot be 100 percent sure of its naming scheme. Either way, a flagship phablet is incoming.

The phone will likely launch alongside the Sony Xperia XZ1S and another Sony phablet, the latter with a 5.7in 4K display and an 18:9 ‘bezel-less’ design. Less is known on the core hardware, with contradictory sources claiming it will feature the Snapdragon 835 or 845, 4- or 6GB of RAM and 64- or 128GB of storage. Our money is on the former, since Samsung may well be again holding the exclusive on the new Qualcomm chip.