There is little doubt that the Xperia XZ Premium is Sony’s true flagship phone this year and features all the bells and whistles like increased battery, faster processor, and a glorious 5.5-inch 4K HDR display. There is also little doubt that it’s going to cost you an arm and a leg when it launches later this Spring. For some, that phone is overkill but that doesn’t mean they don’t want something new and that’s where the Xperia XZs comes in. If you’ve known last year’s model, the Xperia XZ, then you pretty much know this phone.

Instead of reengineering the phone from the ground up, Sony did something simple: they took everything good about the Xperia XZ and improved it in subtle ways like incorporating the 1/2.3-inch 19-megapixel Exmor RS camera which Sony refers to as ‘Motion Eye’ with its 960 frames per second super slow-mo video and predictive capture capabilities which are found on the Xperia XZ Premium as well.

From there, the only other notable improvement is the increased of RAM which has gone up 1GB to 4GB total. Otherwise, other specs like processor (Qualcomm Snapdragon 820) and internal storage which is either 32GB for single SIM or 64GB for dual SIM remain the same. Other noteworthy specs include:

• Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 chipset
• 4GB RAM
• Flash memory 32GB eMMC / 64GB Dual SIM
• Corning Gorilla Glass 5
• 2,900mAh battery
• Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0
• IP65/IP68 dust and water resistance
• USB Type-C port
• 3.5mm headphone jack
• Stereo speaker with S-Force Front Surround

As for your choice of colors, you’ll get to decide between Ice Blue, Black, and Warm Silver when it launches in the US on April 5th with a $699.99 price tag. Seeing how things have improved only ever so slightly, I’m frankly shocked Sony is keeping last year’s pricing with it which means the Xperia XZ Premium is short to cost $899 or $999 when it launches. What do you guys think about the price and features?