Sony teases product launch for August 6 in China, could be the Xperia 1 II

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Sony has just teased the launch of a smartphone for 6th August 2020, earlier today (30th July 2020). The teaser was shared on the company’s official Weibo account (a Chinese microblogging website) and might be for the flagship Xperia 1 II or even its WH-1000XM4 wireless noise canceling headphones.

Sony Xperia 1 II
Sony Xperia 1 II

For those unaware, Sony had unveiled its 2020 flagship, the Xperia 1 II, back in February. It features a 6.5 inch OLED HDR display with 3,840 x 1,644 resolution, 643ppi, a 90Hz refresh rate and even a 21:9 aspect ratio. The device was powered by Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 865 SoC along with 8GB of RAM and 256GB of storage. The device had a 3.5mm headphone jack and supported wired fast charging and wireless charging as well.

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Similarly, the other possible launch candidate is the WH-1000XM4 series wireless headphones from Sony. These headphones featured a 40mm audio driver with a frequency response of up to 30kHz. On a single full charge, the device can last for up o 30 hours and could also be paired with two Bluetooth devices at the same time, with a quick switch with just a single button.

Sony WH-1000XM4 Noise cancelling Headphone

Unfortunately, apart from the teaser of an upcoming launch of a product and the date, we have no confirmation as to what the company is planning on unveiling. Thus, we will have to wait for August 6 to know for sure, so stay tuned as we will be covering the launch.