The smartphone is set to arrive on October 2

Sep 25, 2016 10:41 GMT  ·  By

Sony unveiled its latest flagship smartphone, the Xperia XZ, earlier this month during IFA 2016, and it launched pre-orders in Europe just a few days later. Now it seems that the Xperia XZ is also available for pre-order in the US on Amazon and will arrive after October 2.

Sony’s Xperia XZ is definitely one of the most attractive smartphones on the market at the moment, and Amazon is offering the device in three color variants, black for the price of $717.59, blue and silver for $699.99 each. Additionally, the electronic commerce company offers free shipping for the smartphone, which is expected to arrive on October 2. The handset will also be made available at other retailers, like Best Buy.

The Xperia XZ comes with a 5.2-inch FHD display with Gorilla Glass 4 and runs a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset, coupled with Adreno 530 graphics processing unit. It also features 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory, which can be expanded to 256GB using a microSD card.

The smartphone has a very powerful rear camera of 23MP with F/2.3 aperture and 24mm wide Sony G lens. It can record 4k video and has a 13MP front camera with f/2.0 aperture and 22mm wide-angle lens.

Battery capacity reaches 2,900mAh and Android 6.0 Marshmallow is the operating system that runs on the device out of the box. However, Xperia XZ will be among the first Sony smartphones to receive updates to Android 7.0 Nougat, sometime in October.

Xperia X Compact is available for purchase for $499.99

The Xperia X Compact was announced at the same time as the Xperia XZ and the company stated that it would be made available in the US sooner than the company’s flagship. The phone is available for purchase on Amazon as well.

The smartphone carries a price tag of $499.99 and comes in three color variants, black, blue and silver. It boasts a 4.6-inch HD display with Gorilla Glass 4, a 23MP rear camera, and a 5MP selfie snapper.

A Snapdragon 650 SoC is at the core of this device, which also features 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal memory. It runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow and will receive Android 7.0 update in November.