A new Sony Xperia device surfaces on the well-known Geekbench benchmarking platform. It is supposed to be the next Xperia XA3 since it has mid-high-end specs. The device’s model number is H4493. It will be the successor to Xperia XA2 which was released in February 2018.
According to the Geekbench, the new device features a Qualcomm 660 octa-core Snapdragon chipset. It is currently the third most powerful Qualcomm processor in the mid-range segment. However, the new competitors are Snapdragon 670 and Snapdragon 710. It operates at a maximum frequency of 2.2 GHz which joins 6 GB of RAM. As the device is Sony Xperia XA3, it will be a major upgrade over its predecessors, since the XA2 series came with the Snapdragon 630 chipset.
As expected, the new device comes with the Android 8 Oreo operating system. Coming to the scores, we find 853 points achieved by the device in the single-core tests and is influential. While in the multi-core tests this Xperia device reached 4172 points.
Prior to this, the XA3 was certified by TENAA, China with the H4413 as the model number. Despite appearing on TENAA, the community did not reveal any of the specifications. As the device which passes TENAA certification has a model number other than device appears on Geekbench. So, the Xperia device having H4493 model number might be Xperia XA3 Plus. According to a Japanese source, the Sony Xperia XA3 will have a screen with an aspect ratio of 18: 9 and a resolution of 2160 x 1080 pixels.
Another story is that IFA 2018 is to be held from 31 August in Germany. Here, SONY is holding an event to launched Xperia XZ3. Also, we might witness the announcement of the Xperia XA3.
