THE soon-to-be-released Xperia Z2 is an important device for Sony. The Xperia Z did great business for the venerable old Japanese electronics firm when it was released in early 2013, but it was soon overtaken by Samsung's hugely popular Galaxy S4.
Most people agreed that the Z1 update, released just five months ago, was a stop-gap rather than a significant update, so the Z2 arrives as Sony's first real tilt at taking back some of the high-end smartphone market share it has lost over the past year.
Will it be successful? Reviews and hands-on reports have begun to emerge and so far they have been very positive.