This year Sony’s MWC conference was really short and to the point, perhaps even too much so. Besides the new Xperia X handset family, the Japanese giant also introduced us briefly to a slew of accessories and other intriguing tech, sadly, without going into too much detail. Here is what we managed to gather.

Xperia Ear

As the name suggests, the small device is essentially an earpiece, but Sony has intended it to be more than a slick handsfree. It also doubles as your own personal assistant, equipped with voice prompts for relaying most useful information from your phone. This includes incoming calls, messages, calendar events, weather, traffic and news reports. And the communication works both ways, you can easily ask for any of the aforementioned information streams to be narrated and also initiate calls and even dictate quick messages or navigate to a logation.

The device is said to communicate with your handset through NFC or Bluetooth, and it is built for continuous operation with the promise of an all-day battery and IPX2 water protection.

Xperia Eye

Again, the name tells most of the story. The Xperia Eye is a tiny camera that is intended to easily clip on to clothes. It appears to have the right shape and form for an action cam, but its exterior suggests that Sony might not market it as such, but instead focus on its use as a daily life-vlogging or journal device. It is equipped with a 360-degree spherical lens for a natural field of view.

The camera itself is also said to be smart enough to accept voice commands for hands-free operation and even detect faces and automatically snap stills. Specs on the actual camera and sensor are still pending.

Xperia Projector

Information gets even scarcer at this point, but we think we got the gist of it. The projector is housed in a rather compact tower-shaped enclosure, obviously intended to stand close to the projection surface, be it a wall or a table.

Judging from the quick video demo, it is not particularly bright or powerful (our best guess would be around 500 lumens or so, but official specs are still pending). It is, however, equipped with touch input technology, so you can create a quick interactable experience, albeit not on a very large scale.

Xperia Agent

Last, we have a rather odd-looking vase-shaped device. It is equipped with a rotating camera, touch display and also voice interactions. Its main purpose seems to be a hub for home automation. The demo clip shows it automatically turning on the lights and greeting its owner upon return, but its IoT implications might actually extend further than…

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Sony just pulled a joker out of its sleeve and announced a whole new series of smartphones the company successfully kept under wraps until now. Totaling three 5-inchers at this point in time, the X series spans the midrange to high-end segments and bears a newly-refined design language.

The new range needs proper introduction and the PR team has kicked off with a series of promo videos highlighting key features. The Xperia XA sits lowest in the lineup and gets the most light-hearted presentation, also flaunting its edge-to-edge display.

The Xperia X (a model in itself) gets the 23MP camera of the flagship and and the video addresses that. The video of the Xperia X Performance focuses on, you guessed it, power. You can watch the videos below and get acquainted with the new range in wait of actual release this…

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Sony kept it short and sweet – it launched a new phone line, the Xperia X, and the first three phones in it. Meet the Xperia X, XA and X Performance.

Sony Xperia X

All three phones have 5″ screens, Sony didn’t announce phablets nor minis. Sony’s traditional sleek design has been changed up a bit with a metal back. The phone has been painted with a “tone-on-tone approach,” so the front and back are a single, continuous color. Color options include Graphite black, White, Lime Gold or Rose Gold.

The “future-focused” Smart Capture camera features Sony’s Predictive Hybrid Autofocus, which lets you pick a target and tracks it. The 23MP main camera can launch and snap a photo all in 0.6 seconds. The Xperia X has a 13MP selfie camera.

The phone promises to bring Sony’s awesome battery life – two days of use between charges (the battery is 2,620mAh). The other Sony trademark, great sound – stereo speakers outside, Hi-Res Audio and DNC inside.

Sony Xperia X

The Sony Xperia X is powered by a Snapdragon 650 chipset with 3GB of RAM and runs Android 6.0 Marshmallow. It comes with 32GB of storage, expandable of course.

Sony Xperia X Performance

If you need more power, the Sony Xperia X Performance gets you a Snapdragon 820 chipset (3GB RAM, 32GB storage). This one is waterproof too, IP68, while the other two are not.

Other than that it has a 5″ 1080p display as before and a seamless metal back painted in a continuous color. The Graphite Black and White options feature an exclusive hairline finish.

You get the same 23MP camera with Hybrid AF and a 13MP selfie cam. The main camera can record 4K video and can boost ISO up to 12,800.

Sony Xperia X Performance

Like on the X, the power button on the Xperia X Performance is a fingerprint reader.

Sony Xperia XA

The Sony Xperia XA is a more affordable version of the X. It has a 5″ 720p screen and a 13MP main camera (8MP selfie). It’s powered by a MediaTek MT6755 chipset (2GB RAM, 16GB storage). It will launch with Marshmallow.

This one does not have a fingerprint reader, no stereo speakers either. The battery is smaller too, 2,300mAh.

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