White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Compact Purpose of this document Sony product White papers are intended to give an overview of a product and provide details in relevant areas of technology. Document history Version January 2014 First released version Version 1 Sony Mobile Developer World For the latest technical documentation and development tools, go to www.sonymobile.com/developer.
4.3 inch TRILUMINOS™ Display for mobile, for a wider palette of rich, natural colours – just like having a broader range of colour pencils to draw from. With Sony’s exclusive X- Reality™ for mobile picture engine, everything you watch – from HD movies to web videos and photos – is analysed and selectively processed to deliver clean, clear, and lifelike pictures.
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White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Compact Both the front and back are made of durable tempered glass, reflecting the world around you while allowing you to get so immersed in content that the hardware virtually disappears. The innovative solid one-piece aluminium frame is designed without breaks, creating a completely seamless expression. Paired with the Magnetic Charging Dock DK31, charging is made smooth and comfortable, with no need to open a USB cap.
White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Compact Facts – dimensions, weight, performance and networks Operating system Google™ Android™ 4.3 (Jelly Bean MR2) Processor 2.2 GHz Qualcomm MSM8974 Quad Core Adreno 330 Size 127 x 64.9 x 9.5 mm Weight 137 grams Available colours Black White...
TrackID™ music recognition* Object tracking “WALKMAN” application Picture Effect xLoud™ Experience Quick Launch Red-eye reduction Scene recognition Self-timer Send to web Smile Shutter™ Sony Exmor RS® for mobile Image sensor Superior Auto Sweep Panorama Touch capture Touch focus White balance January 2014...
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White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Compact Design Communication Messaging Auto rotation Call list Conversations Direct touch Facebook™ application* Email Face Unlock Google+* Google Mail™* Gesture input Hangouts™* Handwriting recognition IPX5 and IPX8 (water resistant)** Noise suppression Instant messaging IP5X (Dust protected) Polyphonic ringtones Multimedia messaging (MMS) On-screen QWERTY keyboard...
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Radio (FM radio with RDS) DLNA Certified® eCompass™ Reader mode GLONASS Notes SensMe™ slideshow MHL + 5-pin support Setup guide Sony Entertainment Network* Media Go™ Stopwatch TV launcher Media Transfer Protocol support Tasks Video streaming Micro USB support Timer YouTube™*...
Technologies in detail NOTE: The information outlined below is general and levels of compliance to standards and specifications may vary between products and markets. For more information, contact Sony Mobile Developer World or your Sony contact person where applicable. Device-to-device communications (local) ANT+™...
White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Compact Wi-Fi® Supported standards IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac and Wi-Fi® Wi-Fi Direct™, Wi-Fi Protected Setup Miracast™ Connectable devices Wi-Fi® access points Wi-Fi Direct compatible devices Frequency band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz Data transfer rate Up to 325 Mbit/s Security Open Authentication Shared Authentication...
White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Compact DLNA Certified® (Digital Living Network Alliance) Supported Device Classes M-DMS – Mobile Digital Media Server Media Types: images, music and video Summary: The digital media server exposes the media files in your device to a Wi-Fi® network. The files can then be accessed from other DLNA Certified®...
White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Compact Messaging MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service) According to OMA Multimedia Messaging Service v1.0 + SMIL Email Bearer type (IP) GPRS, EGPRS, UMTS Character sets BIG5 Traditional Chinese GB18030 ISO-2022-JP Japanese ISO-8859-1 ISO-8859-2 Eastern Europe ISO-8859-5 Cyrillic ISO-8859-7 Greek ISO-8859-9 Turkish ISO 8859-11...
White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Compact Positioning – location based services Supported standards: • OMA Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) v1.0 & v2.0 • 3GPP™ Control Plane location (incl. Emergency location) • Qualcomm® GPSOneXtra™ Supported satellite systems: • GPS • GLONASS * NOTE: GPS and GLONASS are used together to calculate the position.
White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Compact Synchronisation (OMA DS, EAS, Google Sync™) OMA Data Synchronisation protocol versions 1.1.2 and 1.2 OMA Data Formats: vCard 2.1, vCalendar 1.0 Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 2.5 Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 12 Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 12.1 Microsoft®...
Paper is noted as such. Types of memory The types of memory described and numbered below are consistent with the terminology used in Sony mobile device menus and in other content relating to 2014 Xperia™ devices: 1. Dynamic Memory (also known as RAM) is used by applications that run when the device is turned on.
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Settings > Apps. In the Xperia™ Z1 Compact, about 12 GB of Internal Storage is available out of the box. Please note that in Sony Mobile 2014 products, “Internal Storage” is now the combination of what was previously known as “Device Memory” or “Phone Memory” (for applications and their data – also previously known as “/data”) and “Internal Storage”...
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4. SD Card (known as “/ext_card” from a programmer’s point of view, or by other names in other Android products) is the name for the removable SD memory card in all 2014 Sony Mobile products. As described above, this External Card memory is generally more limited in that any application can read from it, but many applications cannot save to this card.
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White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Compact Note 3: For a developer, it is important to note that from a programming point of view the location names used to refer to the different memory areas described in Note 1 are still valid, i.e., the area used for applications (“/ data”) is still present, as is the area used for content (“/sdcard”).
White paper | Xperia™ Z1 Compact Trademarks and acknowledgements All product and company names mentioned herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective owners. Any rights not expressly granted herein are reserved. All other trademarks are property of their respective owners. Visit www.sonymobile.com for more information.