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Enable fingerprint sensor on Sony’s Xperia X Compact, Xperia XZ smartphones (US variants)

by Brad Linder Comments Off on Enable fingerprint sensor on Sony’s Xperia X Compact, Xperia XZ smartphones (US variants)

Sony’s latest flagship smartphones are available globally… but if you buy the Xperia X Compact or Xperia XZ in the United States, you’ll get a phone with a non-functioning fingerprint sensor. But it turns out that’s a limitation of the phone’s software, not it’s hardware. Want to use the fingerprint reader in the United States? […]

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Sony adds Xperia X Compact to its Open Device Program (with support for Android Open Source Project builds)

by Brad Linder Comments Off on Sony adds Xperia X Compact to its Open Device Program (with support for Android Open Source Project builds)

Developers have been building custom firmware for Android phones for almost as long as there have been Android phones. But it’s easier to do that for some phones than others. Google Nexus phones, for instance, just about always have unlockable bootloaders. Many other phones… do not. For the past few years Sony has been offering tools […]

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Sony introduces Xperia X Compact, Xperia XZ smartphones

by Brad Linder Comments Off on Sony introduces Xperia X Compact, Xperia XZ smartphones

There are two new members of Sony’s Xperia X line of smartphones. The new Xperia XZ is a 5.2 inch phone that could be the company’s new flagship, thanks to slightly beefier specs than you get from the Sony Xperia X Performance. Meanwhile, the Sony Xperia X Compact is a 4.6 inch phone for folks […]

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LG V20, Sony Xperia X Compact photos shared by @evleaks

by Brad Linder Comments Off on LG V20, Sony Xperia X Compact photos shared by @evleaks

Evan Blass may have “retired” from leaking details about upcoming phones and other gadgets two years ago, but he’s still got great sources, and he still keeps sharing information about products before they’re officially launched. Two of the latest? The LG V20 and the Sony Xperia X Compact. One will be the first phone to […]