White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Purpose of this document Sony product White papers are intended to give an overview of a product and provide details in relevant areas of technology. Document history Version September 2013 First released version Version 1...
White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Product overview Xperia™ Z1 highlights • Sony G Lens, 1/2.3” 20.7 MP Exmor RS™ for mobile image sensor and BIONZ™ for mobile image processing engine • 5” Full HD TRILUMINOS™ Display for mobile with X-Reality™ for mobile picture engine •...
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White paper | Xperia™ Z1 get so immersed in content that the hardware virtually disappears. The innovative solid one-piece aluminium frame is designed without breaks, creating a completely seamless expression. Paired with the Magnetic Charging Dock DK31, charging is made smooth and comfortable, with no need to open a USB cap.
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White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Info-eye™ – an innovative way to gain information How tall is the Eiffel Tower? What meat should you eat with that bottle of red? And what does that QR code tell you? Photograph the object and Info-eye™ is designed to instantly give you all the relevant information you need.
White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Facts – dimensions, weight, performance and networks Operating system Google™ Android™ 4.2 (Jelly Bean) Processor 2.2 GHz Qualcomm MSM8974 Quad Core Adreno 330 Size 144 x 74 x 8.5 mm Weight 170 grams Available colours Black White Purple...
TrackID™ music recognition* Object tracking “WALKMAN” application Picture Effect xLoud™ Experience Quick Launch Red-eye reduction Scene recognition Self-timer Send to web Smile Shutter™ Sony Exmor RS® for mobile Image sensor Superior Auto Sweep Panorama Touch capture Touch focus White balance September 2013...
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Radio (FM radio with RDS) MHL support Notes Reader mode Media Go™ Setup guide SensMe™ slideshow Media Transfer Protocol support Stopwatch Sony Entertainment Network* Micro USB support Tasks TV launcher Native USB tethering Timer Video streaming YouTube™* PC Companion Screen mirroring Smart Connect Microsoft®...
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White paper | Xperia™ Z1 * This service is not available in all markets. ** In compliance with IP55 and IP58 standards, Xperia™ Z1 is protected against the ingress of dust and water. Provided that all ports and covers are firmly closed, the phone is (i) protected against low pressure jets of water from all practicable directions in compliance with IP55;...
Technologies in detail NOTE: The information outlined below is general and levels of compliance to standards and specifications may vary between products and markets. For more information, contact Sony Mobile Developer World or your Sony contact person where applicable. Device-to-device communications (local) Bluetooth®...
White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Wi-Fi® Supported standards IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac and Wi-Fi® Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Protected Setup Connectable devices Wi-Fi® access points Wi-Fi Direct compatible devices Frequency band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Data transfer rate Up to 325 Mbit/s Security Open Authentication Shared Authentication EAP-SIM EAP-AKA...
White paper | Xperia™ Z1 DLNA Certified® (Digital Living Network Alliance) Supported Device Classes M-DMS – Mobile Digital Media Server Media Types: images, music and video Summary: The digital media server exposes the media files in your device to a Wi-Fi® network. The files can then be accessed from other DLNA Certified®...
White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Messaging MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) According to OMA Multimedia Messaging Service v1.0 + SMIL Email Bearer type (IP) GPRS, EGPRS, UMTS Character sets BIG5 Traditional Chinese GB18030 ISO-2022-JP Japanese ISO-8859-1 ISO-8859-2 Eastern Europe ISO-8859-5 Cyrillic ISO-8859-7 Greek ISO-8859-9 Turkish ISO 8859-11...
White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Positioning – location based services Supported standards: • OMA Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) v1.0 & v2.0 • 3GPP™ Control Plane location (incl. Emergency location) • Qualcomm® GPSOneXtra™ Supported satellite systems: • GPS • GLONASS* * NOTE: GPS and GLONASS are used together to calculate the position.
White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Synchronisation (OMA DS, EAS, Google Sync™) OMA Data Synchronisation protocol versions 1.1.2 and 1.2 OMA Data Formats: vCard 2.1, vCalendar 1.0 Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 2.5 Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 12 Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 12.1 Microsoft®...
Paper is noted as such. Types of memory The types of memory described and numbered below are consistent with the terminology used in Sony mobile device menus and in other content relating to 2013 Xperia™ devices: 1. Dynamic Memory (also known as RAM) is used by applications that run when the device is turned on.
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Settings > Apps. In the Xperia™ Z1, about 12 GB of Internal Storage is available out of the box. Please note that in Sony Mobile 2013 products, “Internal Storage” is now the combination of what was previously known as “Device Memory” or “Phone Memory” (for applications and their data – also previously known as “/data”) and “Internal Storage”...
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4. SD Card (known as “/ext_card” from a programmer’s point of view, or by other names in other Android products) is the name for the removable SD memory card in all 2013 Sony Mobile products. As described above, this External Card memory is generally more limited in that any application can read from it, but many applications cannot save to this card.
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White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Note 3: For a developer, it is important to note that from a programming point of view the location names used to refer to the different memory areas described in Note 1 are still valid, i.e., the area used for applications (“/ data”) is still present, as is the area used for content (“/sdcard”).
White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Trademarks and acknowledgements All product and company names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Visit www.sonymobile.com for more information.
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