Sony Unveils Smartphone With 4K Screen

Posted by Soulskill on Wednesday September 2, 2015 @05:30AM from the go-big-or-go-home dept.

An anonymous reader writes: Sony has taken the wraps off its new Xperia Z5 Premium smartphone, which has a 5.5" display that operates at 4k resolution. "The company acknowledged that there was still a limited amount of professional content available in 4K — which provides about four times the number of pixels as 1080p high definition video. But it said the Z5 Premium would upscale videos streamed from YouTube and Netflix to take advantage of the display." Sony's answer to the obvious battery concerns raised by such a pixel-dense (808 ppi) screen was to use a 3,430 mAh battery and memory-on-display technology. The video upscaling can also be turned off to decrease battery drain.

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Does Sony also provide... by xenog · 2015-09-02 05:34 · Score: 5, Funny

...high-definition bionic eye implants to be able to see the difference?
Re:Not impressive by Anonymous Coward · 2015-09-02 06:30 · Score: 0, Funny

640k should be enough for everyone.