Sony Announces Xperia T3 : New member of the Xperia Family

ony Mobile has announced the Xperia T3 (D5102, D5103, D5106). This device is no successor to the Xperia Z Ultra. The very thin body (7mm in thickness) uses a stainless steel frame, which also acts as the phones antenna. The body has a matte back cover.

Key features include a 5.3-inch (720 x 1280) IPS display with 277 PPI (Pixels Per Inch), Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8X28 chipset with 1.4GHz quad-core processor and Adreno 305 graphics, 1GB RAM and 8GB internal storage with micro SD memory card. 
8MP Exmor RS rear camera, 1.1MP 720p Exmor R front-facing camera, a 2500mAh sealed battery, Bluetooth 4.0, Wi-Fi 2.4 GHz/5 GHz (802.11a/b/g/n), ANT+ and NFC.

Sony says this is the thinnest 5.3-inch smartphone in the world with dimensions of 150.7 x 77 x 7 mm and weight of 148 grams. This gives the phone a screen to phone ratio of 66.7%. The phone will launch globally with Android 4.4.2 KitKat from the end of July 2014. It will be available in three colours: black, purple and white.

Nexus devices receiving KitKat 4.4.3

The first wave of Android 4.4.3 KitKat over the air updates have been rolling out to Nexus and Google Play Edition devices.
This includes (so far confirmed) the Nexus 7 (2013 edition), Nexus 5, and the Google Play editions of theSamsung Galaxy S4, the HTC One M7, and the HTC One M8. Although the update has only been confirmed for the aforementioned devices, it should roll out to all Nexus and Google Play Edition phones and tablets over the air which also includes Sony Xperia Z Ultra GPE.

If you haven't received an OTA notification to update yet, then you can still install the update manually, just click the source links below and get to work.
Lets see when the same is available for OEM devices.

Source

Meet The New Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0

Less Time Charging, More Time Doing as the Qualcomm says in official announcement of the new Quick Charge 2.0.

You can’t go mobile if you’re stuck plugged into an outlet waiting for your smartphone or tablet to charge. Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0 resides in both the device (offered as a standalone IC solution or as part of the PMIC power management integrated circuit of Snapdragon™ 800 processors) and in the AC/DC wall charger. It’s even faster and more flexible than Quick Charge 1.0, and will be inside smartphones and tablets powered by Snapdragon 800 processors.

Products with Quick Charge 2.0 can charge up to 75% faster than products without Quick Charge technology. In our labs we found tablets that normally take over 7 hours to charge were able to reach full charge in less than 3 hours with the Quick Charge 2.0 solution.
Qualcomm announce to release Quick Charge 2.0 to customers in Japan thanks to NTT DOCOMO. The carrier is expected to provide Qucik Charge 2.0-supported AC adapters to users later this year while every Snapdragon 800-powered device supports the technology at the hardware level.

Sony Xperia Z2 Drop Test

The latest flagship of Sony was subjected to the drop test by Android Authority. And surprisingly the glass phone did better than the rivals with metal and plastic as build material. The predecessor of Z2 was not so lucky to the drop test although same materials were used to build the Z1.
Here is the video of Z2 drop test.
Thanks to android authority.

Sony Announced the wireless charging cover for Z2

Well maybe Sony is never known for bringing the latest techs to their smartphones but they are not far behind others in implementing them.

The Google Nexus Line produced by LG  and Lumia Series by Nokia Microsoft is well known for their wireless charging feature and now even Samsung are using it just by swapping a back cover as in case of Samsung Galaxy S5(Their 2014 flagship product),
which is available to buy now.

But as far as my opinion goes i say Sony needs it more for their water proof line up...Xperia Z, Xperia Z1, Xperia Z2 (Also includes tablets).
The charging is pain in a** in case of a waterproof phone, opening a flap evry single time!!!!
Although Sony has an alternate magnetic charging option but that doesnot come up to wireless charging with no hassle(Me , using a magnetic cable for my Z2, surely try the wireless option)

The Cover works with a separately bought plate from Sony or any Qi certified charging plate.

The Cover is SCR12 for Xperia Z2 and the plate mentioned is WCH10.

I am hoping they dont price it so stiff..will get my hands on once they are available.