Sony's next flagship may finally embrace the bezel-less design

Sony smartphones are great; at least for the most part. When it comes to design though, the phones look a tad plain (read boring). The Japanese manufacturer has retained the same design on its smartphones for years now. While it may not bother loyal users, Sony's lineup does look quite outdated in the age of tall displays with 18:9 aspect ratio and minimal bezels.

What's more, there is no way to tell apart a flagship Sony phone from a budget one. All of the phones from the company look the same; block-like shape, large bezels, and side-mounted fingerprint scanner. Goes without saying, it is high time that Sony introduces a fresh design on its smartphones. Guess what, the company might just agree to this opinion as well.

Folks at Xperia Blog has found a set of documents that suggest one of Sony's upcoming flagships may arrive with a completely new design. Sony Mobile has asked FCC to dismiss all grants for a device in a letter. The letter mentions the reason for dismissal as design change. Carrying an FCC ID of PY7-00718V, it is believed to be the next flagship from Sony.

At the moment, we are not sure what changes would be made. We could either expect radical redesign or just some minor changes.

Sony is speculated to unveil its next flagship at MWC 2018, which is slated to take place in less than two weeks time. And the letter was sent recently, on February. So the company is unlikely to make major changers. That said, we would be more than delighted if the company finally embraces the bezel-less design.

Sony Xperia XZ1 First Impression

Earlier this week, the Sony H8266 was spotted on AnTuTu with an 18:9 display. Speculated to launch as the flagship Xperia XZ2, the smartphone was also listed on the benchmarking site with Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 processor, 4GB of RAM and 64GB of native storage space. Finally, the AnTuTu listing showed the device running on Android 8.0 Oreo.

The Xperia XZ2 is also rumored to feature a dual rear camera setup with two 12MP image sensors. Do note, it could be the first Sony smartphone to come with dual cameras.