Sony to unveil new smartphone on 3 August; rumours hint at Xperia Ultra C5

tech2 News StaffJul 31, 2015 08:15:56 IST

Sony Xperia mobile's Twitter account has sent out a tweet teasing the launch of a new phone on 3 August. According to rumours doing the rounds online, the said phone is most likely expected to be the Sony Xperia C5 Ultra.

Focus closely now, a new way to capture split-second photos is coming. 03.08.15 #Xperia pic.twitter.com/VVE21DKLyk

— Sony Xperia (@sonyxperia) July 30, 2015

As seen in the tweet above, the use of words clearly hints at a smartphone with an impressive camera. 'Focus closely now,' 'split-second photos,' most likely hints at a brand new auto-focus system on the upcoming Sony smartphone. Sony hasn't revealed any details or even a teaser of the image of the said phone.

Yesterday, French website Nowhereelse posted an image of the front-face of a Sony smartphone which according to it is the Xperia Ultra C5. An earlier leak suggests that the phone will sport a 5.5-inch full HD display and will be powered by a 64-bit MediaTek MT6752 SoC sporting an octa-core processor paired with 2GB of RAM. The phone is expected to come with two 13MP cameras and will employ Sony IMX230 sensor which is also seen on the Moto X Style and Moto X Pure edition smartphones.

Xperia Blog also has some leaked images along with the user manual of the alleged Xperia Ultra C5 smartphone. We will find out on Monday what the new Sony smartphone will be called.