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LATEST SMARTPHONE, TABLET AND APP REVIEWS
ISSUE
12
ANDROID
ADVISOR
HANDS-ON WITH THE BEST NEW PHONES,
TABLETS & WEARABLES FOR 2015
Welcome...
I
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n March at MWC 2015 we got to try out some of
the best new phones, tablets and wearables of
2015. In this issue we present our MWC special,
with hands-on reviews of everything from the
Samsung Galaxy S6 (page 8) and S6 Edge (page 15)
to the HTC One M9 (page 23) and Sony Xperia Z4...
Tablet (page 44). We’ll be waiting a while yet for the
Z4 phone, as we explain overleaf.
Despite Apple’s recent smartwatch event, in
which it revealed it pricing and release date for the
Apple Watch, the talk of MWC was the gorgeous
Huawei Watch. Why pay up to £13,500 for an Apple
smartwatch when you can grab this luxurious piece
of arm bling from £349? We take a closer look at the
Huawei Watch on page 62.
One of the cheapest new phones is the new
Moto E (page 35). Now with 4G support, you get a
decent Android phone for a tiny £109. But there are
other means of buying cheap phones, as we detail
in our article on the pros, cons and risks associated
with buying grey-market tech (page 77). We’ve
reviewed a trio of smartphones obtained in this
manner, and have found you can get a great deal
more for your money. Plus, these phones are often
dual-SIM. We explain what that means on page 116.
As always, we hope you’ve enjoyed this issue of
Android Advisor. Feel free to send us your feedback
via
facebook.com/AndroidAdvisorUK
or email
marie_brewis@idg.co.uk.
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NO SHOW:
Sony Xperia Z4 delayed
With HTC and Samsung showing off their flagships at
MWC Sony was notably absent, but the Z4 is coming
N
ow with just the one smartphone launch per
year, Sony was expected to launch its Xperia
Z4 in the summer, but the latest rumours
suggest we will be waiting until September’s IFA
2015 tradeshow.
Sony announced a slew of new products for its
MWC 2015 announcement. Critically, although it has
launched a Sony Xperia Z4 Tablet, there was no
Xperia Z4 smartphone, one year after it launched the
Xperia Z2 and at the point in its release cycle when
the Xperia Z4 would be expected. This adds weight
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to rumours that there will be no Xperia Z4, and that
Sony is looking to exit the smartphone market.
Can it be true – the Sony Xperia Z4 scrapped in
light of hard times at the company? With every sign
pointing to Sony exiting the smartphone market,
we investigate not just when is the Sony Xperia Z4
coming out, but if the Z4 is ever coming out.
Is the Sony Xperia Z4 coming out?
Sony has always preferred to update its
smartphones biannually, but rumours prior to MWC
suggested this was about to change. It makes
sense, too – as was the case with the Z2 and Z3,
technology doesn’t advance so fast as to make the
latest Xperia a must-have upgrade. 
At September’s IFA tradeshow we got the Sony
Xperia Z3; six months previously we saw the Xperia
Z2’s unveiling at March’s MWC. We were convinced
we would see Sony unveil the Z4 at MWC 2015.
But among the chaos of the recent hacked
accounts at Sony Pictures, details were unearthed
suggesting the Z4 would be a product placement in
the upcoming James Bond movie, which won’t be
released until later in the year.
Then an article popped up on Forbes suggesting
Sony was looking to exit the smartphone market in
2015 following significant job losses at the company.
Take that news with a pinch of salt. We’ve since
seen new leaked images of the Xperia Z4’s metal
frame and, on 10 March, Android Advisor was told by
a trusted source that the Sony Xperia Z4 would be
released in September 2015. It says the news was
passed on by an accessories supplier. If this is true,
we’ll see the Xperia Z4 at September’s IFA 2015.
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COMING SOON:
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 2
New 8- and 9.7in versions of Samsung’s high-end Galaxy
Tab S tablet are rumoured for summer 2015
S
uccessors to the Samsung Galaxy Tab S 8.4
and 10.5 tablets have leaked as the Samsung
Galaxy Tab S 2 8in and 9.7in.
Samsung Galaxy Tab S 2: UK release date
According to Sammobile the Samsung Galaxy Tab S
2 8in and 9.7in will likely be released in the UK in
the mid-summer.
With the original Tab S 8.4 and Tab S 10.5 unveiled
at a Samsung event at the end of June 2014, and on
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