Sony Xperia XZ3 renders and benchmark point to a 48MP single-lens camera

Until today, the only images we’d seen of the Sony Xperia XZ3 included a dual-lens camera, but it’s now looking like they might be wrong, as new renders of the phone show it with just a single lens.

The new renders were supplied to Compare Raja by reliable leaker @OnLeaks and are apparently based on factory CADs (computer-aided designs), so there’s a fair chance they’re accurate, though as ever we’d take them with a pinch of salt.

They show a design that’s quite similar to the Sony Xperia XZ2, complete with a likely glass back, a fingerprint scanner in the center and a camera above. The front meanwhile has a screen with a likely 18:9 aspect ratio and bezels above and below – there’s no notch here.

It also appears to have a metal frame and curved glass on both the front and back, but there’s no sign of a 3.5mm headphone jack.

One lens, lots of megapixels

It looks more convincing than the previous leaked images and we even have a good idea of what kind of camera the Sony Xperia XZ3 might use, as Sony recently revealed a 48MP smartphone camera built to offer more detail and great low light performance.

Now, the company didn’t say what phones this snapper was headed for, but a GFXbench benchmark spotted by Sumahoinfo and seemingly for the Sony Xperia XZ3 has also now emerged and it lists a 48MP lens.

The rest of the specs in the benchmark are in line with things we’ve heard before, including a 5.7-inch 1080 x 2160 screen, an octa-core Snapdragon chipset (likely the 845), 6GB of RAM, 64GB of storage and a 12MP front-facing camera.

All that said, we’ve heard claims of a dual-lens camera more than once, so we can’t completely rule out that possibility. Right now nothing is certain, but we should know the truth soon, as there’s a good chance the Sony Xperia XZ3 will be announced at IFA 2018 at the end of August.

Via GSMArena 1, 2

James is a freelance phones, tablets and wearables writer and sub-editor at TechRadar. He has a love for everything ‘smart’, from watches to lights, and can often be found arguing with AI assistants or drowning in the latest apps. James also contributes to 3G.co.uk, 4G.co.uk and 5G.co.uk and has written for T3, Digital Camera World, Clarity Media and others, with work on the web, in print and on TV.

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