Sony Xperia Z @ Rs 39,990 and its rivals

Sony made its aggressive sales pitch at the launch of its flagship Xperia Z smartphone, priced at Rs. 38,990. Xperia Z has a 5'' screen supporting full high definition visual display, 13 megapixel camera and is built on Android 4.1 platform. The phone has quad core processors and 2GB RAM. Xperia Z would compete with Samsung's Galaxy series, Apple's iPhones and Nokia's Lumia series. Here's a look at its rivals:

Priced at Rs 38,990, the Xperia Z has a 5'' screen supporting full high definition visual display, 13 megapixel camera and is built on Android 4.1 platform. The phone has quad core processors and 2GB RAM. Here's a look at its rivals:

Priced at Rs 21,500, the Samsung Galaxy Grand runs on Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean. It sport a 5-inch display which provides users with an expansive viewing experience, presenting messaging, multimedia and Web content in brilliant color and clarity.

Priced at Rs 26,500, Apple released the iPhone 4S in October 2011, accompanied by a key new feature: Siri, a voice-activated personal assistant that lets you talk to your phone to send messages, schedule meetings, place phone calls, and find nearby restaurants, among other tasks.

 

Priced at Rs 25,900 - the Galaxy S II's features are a dual-core 1.2 GHz processor, 1 GB of RAM and a Super AMOLED Plus screens, which are stunningly bright and make for an extremely sharp, colorful display. The Samsung Galaxy S II is photo-ready with a built-in 8 megapixel rear-facing camera, with a 2 megapixel cam up front for video chat. All three devices can record video in 1080p HD.

 

Price at Rs 29,500, the Galaxy S3 has a 4.8 inch AMOLED screen, 8 megapixel camera and will use the latest version of Google's Android software, Ice Cream Sandwich version 4.0. The smartphone features 'S Voice', a voice command option to listen and respond to users' words. The option can be used to go off users' phone alarm, turn volume up, send text messages, organize schedules, and automatically launch the camera and capture a photo. 

 

Priced at Rs 32,999, one of the first great features that you're bound to notice about the BlackBerry Bold 9900 is its slim and sleek design. The BlackBerry Bold 9900 features a QC 8655 1.2GHz processor, 768MB of RAM, 8 GB of default storage space with room for up to 32GBs of expansion via a microSD card

 

Priced at Rs 35,500, the Samsung Galaxy Note 2 features a thinner and slightly bigger 5.5-inch screen, 1.6 GHz quad-core processor, the latest version of the Android operating system called Jellybean, and improved stylus function. It has 2GB of internal RAM; and comes with 16 GB of onboard file storage and supports up to 64GB of additional memory.

 

Priced at Rs 35,000 - the Nokia Lumia 920 has 4.5- inch PureMotion HD+ touch-screen with a resolution of 1280 x 768 pixels. With a dimension of 130.3mm x 70.8mm x 10.7mm, it weighs 185 grams. It has a pixel density of 332 ppi and a super-sensitive touch screen protected by Gorilla Glass 2.

 

Priced at Rs 36,499, the 4S looked exactly like the iPhone 4, but comes with an A5 dual-core processor and an upgraded 8-megapixel camera.

 

Priced at Rs 34,700 - the HTC One X Plus has a 4.7 inches display with 720 x 1280 pixels resolution and runs on Android's Jelly Bean. The phone is packed with a 8 megapixels camera, Quad core 1700 MHz processor.

 

The much-awaited BlackBerry Z10 smartphone was launched at a price of Rs 43,490. The BlackBerry Z10 will compete against Samsung Galaxy SIII, priced at around Rs 29,500, and Nokia Lumia 920, at Rs 35,000. The Z10 features a 1.5GHz dual core processor with 2GB of RAM, 16GB of internal 

 

Priced at Rs 45,500 - the iPhone 5 has been completely redesigned to feature a stunning new 4-inch Retina display; an Apple-designed A6 chip for blazing fast performance; and ultrafast wireless technology—all while delivering even better battery life. iPhone 5 comes with iOS 6.

 

Priced at Rs 45,900 - the new 'Butterfly' has a 5-inch screen with a pixel density of 440 ppi (pixels per inch) and full 1080P HD resolution, while iPhone 5 has 4-inch screen at 326 ppi at a lower resolution. Power and performance of the phone is faster with its latest generation 1.5 GHz Quad-Core S4 processor.