VAIO Debuts Windows 10 Phone
The VAIO Phone Biz, VAIO's second smartpone after the NuAns Neo Windows Phone, has been released in Japan.
The device has a slim aluminum body, a 5,5-inch full HD display, and is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 (MSM8952) SOC (Cortex-A53 1.5GHz+1.2GHz and Adreno 405).
It is also equipped with 3GB (LPDDR3) RAM and accepts SDXC microSD with capacity of up to 64GB.
Priced at over $400, SIM-free, the Windows 10 phone will be available in Japan, and there is no indication as to whetherit will come to the US like some of the company's laptops.

| VAIO Phone Biz | ||
|---|---|---|
| SoC | SKU | Qualcomm Snapdragon 617 (MSM8952) |
| CPU | Cortex-A53 (1.5GHz quad-core + 1.2GHz quad-core) | |
| GPU | Adreno 405 | |
| Main memory (RAM) | 3GB (LPDDR3) | |
| Storage | Built-in | 16GB |
| Extension | microSD (SDXC support, up to 64GB) | |
| Display | Size | 5.5-inch |
| Resolution | 1,920 x 1,080 pixels | |
| Continuum | Supported (wireless only) | |
| Cellular | 3G | W-CDMA (band 1/6/8/11/19) |
| 4G / LTE | LTE (band 1/3/8/19/21) | |
| LTE-A | 225Mbps | |
| LTE | 150Mbps | |
| 3G | 42.2Mbps | |
| Wireless | Wifi | IEEE 802.11a / b / g / n / ac (2.4 / 5GHz) |
| Bluetooth | 4.0 | |
| I / O | SIM card | microSIM / Nano SIM |
| USB | Micro USB x 1 (2.0, OTG support) / charge (* unofficial QC2.0 support) | |
| Headphone jack | Yes | |
| SD card slot | microSD x 1 (Nano SIM slot) | |
| speaker | Built-in mono | |
| Sensors | NFC | No |
| GPS | Yes | |
| Geomagnetic sensor | Yes | |
| Acceleration sensor | Yes | |
| Cameras | Front | 5 mpx |
| Rear | 13 mpx | |
| Battery | Built-in (2,800mAh) | |
| Dimensions | About 77 x 156.1 x 8.3mm (width x depth x height) | |
| Weight | About 167g | |