The recently announced Sony Xperia 1 III and Xperia 5 III smartphones will not go on sale until late summer, August 31st.
This information is provided by the B&H Photo Video online store, which has not yet started taking pre-orders. Store customers can leave their email to be notified when pre-order is available.
It is worth recalling that the Xperia 1 II smartphone, presented in February 2020, went on sale in the United States in the B&H Photo Video store in July of the same year. Sony Xperia 1 went on sale in July 2019.
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If sales do start at the end of August, then the smartphones will hit the market at about the same time as the Samsung Galaxy S21 FE, Galaxy Z Fold 3, and Galaxy Z Flip 3.
The reason why Sony smartphones come out in the US with such a long delay after the announcement is before still unknown. In China, for example, the Sony Xperia 1 III will be available on May 20.
The Sony Xperia 1 III is expected to cost no less than the $ 1,200 that was asked for its predecessor at launch. At the same time, the Sony Xperia 5 III should not exceed the $ 1000 mark.
Today it became known that the Sony Xperia 10 III can already be ordered in the European region, having received as a gift Sony WH-CH710N large on-ear headphones.
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