According to two people who know the plan, as quoted by Bloomberg, the latest handset to be unveiled on September 4, before the start of the IFA consumer electronics fair in Berlin, Germany.
Xperia smartphones are part of the plan Chief Executive Officer Kazuo Hirai to revive the phone, TV, and gaming console Sony is connected to entertainment content company.
To distract consumers from Apple Inc. and Samsung Electronics Co., the Tokyo-based company using the add image chip X-Reality which is used on Bravia TV and sensor developed for the Cyber-shot camera.
Rumors say that the new phone is equipped with a 20 megapixel camera, aperture f/2.0, focal length of 5mm, Xenon flash, and image processing Bionz with Cybershot camera applications .
In addition, the smartphone brings 2.2 GHz Snapdragon CPU with 2GB of RAM, full HD screen and Google's Android operating system 4.2.2 Jelly Bean.
Tominaga Yu, a spokesman for Sony in Tokyo, declined to comment on whether the new Xperia models will be launched before the IFA, which will take place on September 6 to 11.
Apple is reportedly ready to introduce a new iPhone on Sept. 10. That is, the Xperia launch schedule about a week before Apple mat.
Sony's new flagship product developed by a code name Honami, a place of hot springs in Japan. Sony never use names such as the development of some of its handsets, including the Xperia Z.