Sony‘s recent Xperia 1 flagship model represents the change from the traditional design style that the Japanese company is well known for a bigger, bezel-less 21:9 cinematic display design. This is in its bid to appeal to more fans and rake in some more revenue from the mobile division. Sony had always stuck with a design having wide bezels at the top and bottom edges of the display on the Xperia series. While that has started changing, the company surprised us with the release of a compact phone with the good old bezels. The new model dubbed Sony Xperia Ace has been launched in Japan exclusively to local telecom carrier Docomo.

Sony never released the much-anticipated Xperia XZ4 Compact but this could be the design we never saw. The new device features a 5-inch LCD screen with FHD+ resolution and 18:9 aspect ratio. It comes powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 630 chipset. The processor is backed by 4GB of RAM while there is 64GB of storage which can be expanded using a microSD card.

On the camera department, the Xperia Ace features an 8MP selfie shooter while at the back, there is a single 12MP shooter as well as an LED flash. The Ace packs a side fingerprint design with the button doubling as the power button. The right-hand side also has the volume rockers just above the fingerprint sensor/power button. For electricity, the device packs a disappointing 2700mAh battery that can be charged by a USB-C port. The phone runs on Android 9.0 Pie with a custom overlay. Another interesting thing, the Xperia Ace is water and dust proof. There is also NFC and a 3.5mm headphone jack.

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The device comes in Black, White and Purple colors and is priced at JPY 48,600 ($444). The official sale is expected to begin on June but the device is already up for reservation.

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