Rumors: Sony Likely To Unveil Xperia Z5 Ultra On Jan 5

Sony is sending out invitations for CES 2016, one the world’s biggest consumer electronics conferences. The company’s press conference is scheduled on 5th January 2016 at 17.00 PST (01.00 GMT) in Las Vegas.

The teaser for the event features a VR headset, a gadget, earphone, camera, what appears to be a smart TV and a smartphone. This has sparked rumors the company might unveil a premium smartphone with top-notch specifications or powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 820 SoC, as reported by Gizbot.

IBTimes says that chances are quite less for the mystery smartphone to be Xperia Z6, as the company launched Xperia Z5 series only in October this year, although the series hasn’t been officially released yet.

Phone Arena expects Sony to unveil Xperia Z5 Ultra. The handset is already rumored to ship next March, and expected to include top of the line specifications such as 6.44-inch display with 2160x3840 (4K) resolution, 4GB of LPDDR4 RAM, a 23MP primary camera, a powerful 4,000 mAh  battery and the aforementioned chipset. Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset is believed to use comparatively less power while giving exceptional performance.

“We expect Sony to at least tease the Z5 Ultra (or whatever it has in store) at its CES press conference, leaving the Xperia Z6 flagship for the second half of 2016”, Phone Area added.