Sony is making a name for itself in the smartphone scene with its cutting edge, high resolution displays. After the successful release of Xperia Z5 Premium, the world's first 4K touting phone in 2015, fans are now buzzing about Sony's next flagship, the Xperia X Premium, which is rumored to sport an HDR display.
The new Xperia X Premium is set to become the world's first smartphone with an HDR screen. Its 5.5-inch, 1080p display will reportedly rock an incredible color depth of 1.07 billion colors, knocking down all its current smartphone competition, which only offers 16.8 million colors or less.
As Phone Radar reports, the Xperia X Premium is also expected to feature a 2,000:1 contrast ratio with refresh rates reaching up to 120HZ. The smartphone's maximum brightness is predicted to reach between 1,000 and 1,300 nits, which will put it ahead of Galaxy S7's 855 nits offering.
The Xperia X Premium could be the successor of the Xperia Z5 Premium which Sony released in September 2015. The Xperia Z5 Premium sports a large 5.5-inch screen with 4K resolution and a pixel density of 806 pixels per inch, which is double the pixel density of regular smartphones.
The Xperia X Premium will be powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon 820 processor, paired with Adreno 530 GPU and 3 GB of RAM. The device will also come with a USB Type-C port that might assist users in quickly transferring HDR content to another device.
Sony, however, is being relatively quiet and is releasing very limited information about the device. It is too early to tell what the exact device configuration is going to look like, or when Xperia X Premium might make its official debut.
High-dynamic-range (HDR) is becoming a hot new trend in display technology and Sony is jumping on the bandwagon. Screens that support HDR imaging are capable of offering better pixel quality, incredibly high contrast, and very realistic imagery that offers users the best viewing experience.
More and more companies have been exploring the HDR capabilities. Online streaming giant, Netflix has recently announced adding more than 100 hours of HDR programs on its library. Amazon's Instant Video service has also started releasing a few of its original programs in HDR, and YouTube also plans to support HDR streaming sometime this year.
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