We loved what we saw when Sony unveiled the waterproof Xperia Z earlier at CES earlier this year, but the company had different plans in store for the Canadian market. The Xperia ZL was the same phone on the inside but lacked the polished and more attractive glass body and ingress protection.
With the announcement that T-Mobile will be getting the more svelte Xperia Z as an exclusive later this summer, it became apparent that this would be a great addition to WIND’s lineup. The Canadian carrier, which runs on the same AWS 3G network as T-Mobile, only sells the Xperia ion from last year, but its rival Mobilcility and Quebec-based Videotron do, most recently with the Xperia ZL, so it would seem natural for WIND to snatch up the other model as a differentiator.
We’ve heard inklings over the past few months that another Canadian carrier, maybe Bell, would launch the Xperia Z. While it would make more sense for WIND, who doesn’t have any exposure to Sony hardware, we wouldn’t be surprised to see the Xperia Z show up in one form or another in our face country.
To review, the Xperia Z comes with a 5-inch 1080p screen, a 1.5Ghz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro SoC, 2GB RAM, 16GB internal storage, a 13MP Exmor RS camera and Android 4.1.2.
Via: T-Mobile
