Sony F3216 & F3311 Model Numbers Point to New Low Mid-range Phones

by Sohrab Osati | Apr 29, 2016 | 6 comments
Sohrab Osati

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With the Xperia X and Xperia XA priced (at least by Amazon, anyway) and their launch nears, Sony might be slowly turning its attention towards more volume-driven devices as the Xperia X represents the company’s flagship line.

Sony may have some new handsets on the horizon targeting the lower mid-range. Two new model numbers have been revealed by the GFXBench benchmark, outing the Sony F3216 and F3311. Both devices are armed with MediaTek chipsets and one of them has a 16MP front-facing camera, which probably means this is the Xperia C series successor.

Sony hasn’t made it a secret that their primary goal is to turn their mobile division profitable before scaling for volume again. With a new factory dedicated to their own smartphones, Sony may finally be getting ready to add a bit more volume to its lineup as its units shipped have slipped quarter after quarter.

Earlier this month, pictures leaked (as can be seen above) which appeared to depict the successor to the Xperia C. With the F3216 & F3311 specs (which can be found after the jump), we might finally be able to put the two together to form a better picture of what’s to come.

Sony F3216 on GFXBench

  • 4.6-inch 1080p (1080 x 1920) display
  • MediaTek Helio P10 MT6755 chipset with 1.9Ghz octa-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor and ARM Mali-T860 GPU
  • 2GB RAM
  • 16GB internal storage
  • 21MP rear camera
  • 16MP front camera
  • Android 6.0 Marshmallow

Sony F3311 on GFXBench

  • 4.6-inch 720p (720 x 1280) display
  • MediaTek MT6735 chipset with 1.3GHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A53 processor and ARM Mali-T720 GPU
  • 1.5GB RAM
  • 16GB internal storage
  • 13MP rear camera
  • 5MP front camera
  • Android 6.0 Marshmallow

As always for Sony, the key to their success will be tied to marketing and price. Even if the company does have those two figured out, I hope that there is a decent profit margin on the supposed C-series as increased volume is pointless if there is no profit to be made as is evident by LG and HTC which have long sought marketshare over profits – a strategy that will eventually come back to bite you – and it’s doing just that to those companies.

Discuss:

If true, what do you think of the above specs for a more low-end mid-range smartphone?

[Via XperiaBlog]