Sony Xperia Z1

Competition in the upper reaches of the smartphone market has never been steeper, with Apple having unveiled new iPhone hardware and the Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One maintaining a stranglehold on the Android sector.

Sony has always lagged behind the pacesetters in the arms race, but that could be about to change with the release of its latest flagship handset, the Sony Xperia Z1.

With a 5-inch HD display, a 2.2GHz quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, and a 20.7-megapixel camera on board, the device ticks all of the right boxes on the specs sheet, but are state-of-the-art internals enough to dethrone the market leaders?

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Sony Xperia Z1