Sony has joined HTC and Samsung club with the announcement of the new Xperia Z Ultra Google Play Edition phablet. This Xperia Z Ultra Google Play Edition runs the Android 4.4 KitKat update without any customisation and is available for $650 (Rs 39,846 approx.) from the Google Play Store. The Xperia Z Ultra Google Play Edition packs top quad-core Qualcomm mobile processor to make the Android 4.4 KitKat run smoothly.
Sony’s Xperia Z Ultra is the large screen phablet with powerful hardware. Now the Xperia Z Ultra joins the Google Play Editions of the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S4 devices. The Xperia Z Ultra Google Play Edition has the same hardware as the Xperia Z Ultra. This smartphone has 6.4-inch display with 1920×1080 Pixel resolution and thereby pushing 342 pixels per inch clarity. Sony has powered the smartphone with quad-core 2.2 GHz Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 mobile processor paired with 2 GB RAM and 16 GB on-board storage.
The Xperia Z Ultra Google Play Edition weighs 212 grams and is 6.5 mm slim. Supporting several 4G LTE network Frequency bands, the Xperia Z Ultra Google Play Edition offers 3000 mAh battery to run longer.
With the arrival of the Xperia Z Ultra in the Google Play Edition of reference devices, the consumers get to enjoy the Nexus Experience on variety of screen sizes. Ranging from HTC One to the G Pad 8.3 tablet, the Google Nexus Experience offering Google Play Edition devices are the new trend that might become a norm in coming few year.
Quite possible that Google will work closely with the Android based handset makers to deliver the Google Play Edition devices alongside the flagship smartphones and tablets to push the Nexus Experience.