14 DAY TRIAL // Sony isn't going to release another flagship smartphone this year, so we should probably expect the Xperia Z5 to arrive in early 2016 at CES (Consumer Electronics Show) or MWC (Mobile World Congress).
There's a chance that we might see new Xperia devices this fall at IFA 2015, but we doubt Sony will announce a new flagship smartphone since the company stated that it would now launch a single top-of-the-line device per year.
That being said, a Sony fan thought that, in order to appeal to consumers, the Japanese company needs to take advantage of what it does best. The Xperia Z5 concept made by Chris Chen focuses on gaming features, as the smartphone comes with joystick controls.
For those who remember, this new Xperia Z5 concept brings back the gaming controls that Xperia Play, a smartphone launched by Sony on March 2011, was famed for.
Alternate between a full QWERTY keyboard and joystick controls
However, that's not the only thing making this Xperia Z5 concept interesting. As the tagline hints, “why have one when two is better,” the concept phone can alternate between those gaming controls and a full QWERTY keyboard.
The QWERTY keyboard reminds us of the Xperia X1, a discontinued smartphone that was released by the Japanese company way back in October 2008.
Unfortunately, the concept is not very clear on how the Xperia Z5 alternates between the joystick controls and the full QWERTY keyboard. Also, from what we can see, the concept is pretty bulky.
Specs-wise, the Xperia Z5 is based on Xperia Z3+, which means it comes with a 5.2-inch IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen display that supports full HD (1080p) resolution, and a powerful 64-bit octa-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor clocked at 2GHz.
Other highlights of the concept include 20.7-megapixel camera in the back, 32GB of internal memory, 3GB of RAM and 5.1-megapixel front-facing camera.
