It's been already a couple of weeks since the launch of both the Sony Xperia Z and Xperia ZL at CES in Las Vegas, and still no US carriers have confirmed their adoption of either. Kind of ironic if you consider the fact that Sony chose the US to launch their new handsets and not MWC in Barcelona as everybody else does. Other than on AT&T, it's always hard to see a Sony handset reach US shores, but leaked photos could prove a complete change in the way Sony does business in the US. These photos are of a Sony Xperia Z with T-Mobile branding at the bottom, which could mean that you might ...

With so many questions day by day about viewers still considering a Galaxy S 4 or an HTC One, we know the ropes are complicated this spring if you're close to being eligible for a phone-swap. 2013 has shown just how great technology can evolve in mobile, and there's a lot to chose from. Watch today's Top 5 as we talk about our top picks for your next smartphone during Spring 2013. It's been a very innovative year for some companies, but a very slow one for others. This list was crafted as a consensus between all of our Pocketnow Staff, so hopefully you'll get a perspective as to what ...

The idea of comparing Sony's new Xperia ZL against Samsung's phablet is crazy in its own way. The Xperia ZL on one side is the perfect incarnation of a device that gives you big features on a footprint you can actually manipulate with one hand. The Note II by contrast is focused on showing the world that bigger is better. One of these products is designed to cater to every customer out there, and the other is clearly out to continue pushing the niche they created with the first Galaxy Note. Who will win in this battle of the large displays? Watch our comparison and find out.

Watch today's Pocketnow Daily as we go through some new iOS 6.1.3 bugs that have been detected. Then we talk about the Samsung Galaxy S 4 and some new things discovered after a ROM dump. Later it's more Galaxy S 4 talk as we have some results on battery tests against the HTC One and iPhone 5. Later we talk about some new Xperia models leaked, the Xperia A and Xperia UL, and please don't laugh at the names before we do. We end today's show talking about Amazon and their probable 4.7-inch smartphone. All this and more after the break. Stories: - Latest iOS 6.1.3 Update Seems Pretty Bug-Prone ...

With devices like the HTC One and Samsung Galaxy S 4 – successors to last year's most notable devices, the One X and Galaxy S III, respectively – just over the horizon, it's easy to dismiss other flagship models either currently available or approaching release. Sony's pair of flagships, for example, turned a lot of heads at CES this year. And the timely launch kept helped keep most potential users interested. But now that HTC's and Samsung's flagship devices are officially official and nearing retail shelves, it's becoming easier and easier for those very consumer to dismiss Sony and ...

The Pocketnow Weekly podcast is a labor of love for those of us who routinely grace its silvery sound waves. It takes a lot of effort and time to put the Weekly on the feeds every seven days, and we're pretty proud of the listenership we've accrued since re-launching our podcast presence lo those many months ago. Since that reboot, the podcast has grown in scope and in refinement: we've added such luxuries as topic lists, time codes with jump points, and a rotating cast of co-hosts - but we've never tweaked the YouTube presence of the Weekly. For eight months, listeners taking in our ...

First there was CES, which brought us the Xperia Z and ZL from Sony -- one which we recently reviewed, another one which we'll very soon review -- then there was MWC with nothing notable and now, post or in-between major shows, Sony has officially announced two new Xperia phones joining the 2013 line-up: the Xperia L and Xperia SP. The Xperia L is a low-end phone featuring  a 4.3-inch FWVGA screen; it is powered by a dual-core Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 processor clocking at 1GHz, and has, 8GB of internal storage (expandable via microSD card), NFC, eight-megapixel camera -- with HDR ...

At CES in January, Sony announced two new flagships, the Xperia Z and Xperia ZL. So close in nature, a comparison between the two – their closely related specifications, yet contrasting appearance and standout features – was inevitable. On the outside, the two devices look very similar … at least on the front. Their backsides are completely different, as if two designers at Sony had an argument and decided to incorporate both designs, separately. On the inside, however, the devices are virtually identical, only differing in battery capacity. The Xperia Z comes with dust- and ...