The smartphone can be purchased for $799.99 (€593) SIM-free

Nov 19, 2013 17:56 GMT  ·  By

Xperia Z1, the latest Android-based flagship smartphone from Japanese mobile phone maker Sony, is now available for purchase in the United States via regional carrier Cincinnati Bell.

The company has added the phone to its website with a price tag of $299.99 (€222) attached to it, with the signing of a two-year contract agreement. Users interested in getting the device contract-free will have to pay $799.99 (€593) for it.

Xperia Z1 was made official in September at the IFA 2013 show in Berlin. It features a 5-inch full HD touchscreen display, along with a 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor inside and 2GB of RAM.

Furthermore, the phone sports a 20.7-megapixel camera on the back, with Exmor RS for mobile image sensor and full HD video recording, as well as a front camera.

Its specs also include 16GB of internal memory, MicroSD memory card slot, a 3000 mAh battery, 4G LTE support, and the usual set of sensors.