Sony Xperia Z3+ dual E6533 Quick reference guide

White paper
June 2015
E6533
Xperia™ Z3+ dual

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Table of contents
Product overview ........................................................................................................2
Highlights ...............................................................................................................2
Facts – dimensions, weight, performance and networks ......................................3
Categorised feature list ..........................................................................................6
Technologies in detail .................................................................................................9
Accessibility and Usability ....................................................................................9
Device-to-device communications (local) ...........................................................10
ANT+™ wireless technology.............................................................................10
Bluetooth® wireless technology .......................................................................11
Wi-Fi® ...............................................................................................................12
DLNA Certified® (Digital Living Network Alliance) ............................................13
Messaging ...........................................................................................................14
MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)..............................................................14
Email .................................................................................................................14
Positioning – location based services .................................................................15
Provisioning (OMA CP) ........................................................................................15
Multimedia (audio, image and video) ...................................................................16
Synchronisation (OMA DS, EAS, Google Sync™) ...............................................18
Web browser .......................................................................................................18
Memory in Android™ devices .............................................................................19
Trademarks and acknowledgements ..................................................................23

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Product overview
Highlights
• 20.7 MP main camera and a 5.1 MP wide-angle front camera
•Connectivity: Wi-Fi MIMO (up to 867 Mbit/s) and 4G LTE Cat 4 (up to 150 Mbps)
• Audio: Hi-Res audio, Digital Sound Enhancement Engine (DSEE HX) technology.
•Gaming: PS4™ Remote Play, Snapdragon 810 Octa-core 64 bit processor for speed, Wi-Fi MIMO for
PS4® connectivity.
•Design: Capless charging connector
Great pictures
The Xperia™ Z3+ dual combines a 20.7 MP smartphone camera, a 25 mm wide angle lens and Sony
Cyber-shot™ and Handycam™ technologies all in one device. Superior Auto mode senses the visual
atmosphere, recognises up to 52 scenes and optimises the settings on your camera to best capture your
surroundings. Gourmet mode is the latest addition to Superior Auto. It recognises when you’re taking
pictures of food and sets the camera accordingly. Even in low light conditions, the Xperia™ Z3+ dual
impresses you with its F 2.0 aperture and ISO12800 value. With its Exmor RS™ for mobile sensor and
HDR technology, the Xperia™ Z3+ dual helps you capture great pictures even when there is strong
backlight.
Faster connections. High-speed browsing
When you’re multi-tasking over Wi-Fi or a 4G network, the Xperia™ Z3+ dual delivers the speed you need.
4G LTE Cat 4 gives you a data transfer speed of up to 150 Mbps when you're on the move. A Snapdragon
810 Octa-core 64-bit processor lets you browse faster and get the optimal graphic experience.
Better sound
The Xperia™ Z3+ dual’s High-Res Audio delivers crystal clarity and the full range of frequencies with a
sound quality that does justice to the artist who recorded it.
Move with your game
With PS4™ Remote Play and a DUALSHOCK4® game controller connected to your Xperia™ Z3+ dual,
you can play your favourite PlayStationR4 games wherever you want in your own home.
Daring design
The Xperia™ Z3+ dual continues the Sony design story with improvements. Weighing in at 144 grams, this
6.9 mm ultra thin and lightweight smartphone makes carrying and holding easy and comfortable. The
micro USB charging connector is capless, so you can plug in your charging cable without having to open
a protective cover.

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Facts – dimensions, weight, performance and
networks
Operating system Google™ Android™ 5.0 (Lollipop)
Processor 2 GHz / 1.5 GHz Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810 Octa
Core 64-bit CPU
GPU Adreno 430
Size 146 x 72 x 7 mm
Weight 144 grams
Available colours Black, White, Copper and Aqua Green
SIM card Nano SIM
Main screen
Colours 16,777,216 colour TFT
Resolution Full HD 1920x1080 pixels
Size (diagonal) 5.2 inches
Scratch-resistant Chemical tempered glass + Anti-fingerprint coating
Input mechanisms
Text input On-screen QWERTY keyboard
Touch screen Capacitive
Touch gesture Yes – multi-touch, up to 10 fingers supported
Memory
RAM 3 GB
Flash memory Up to 32 GB*
Expansion slot microSD™ card, up to 128 GB (SDXC supported)
Memory card speed class Class 10**
Memory card UHS speed
class
Class 1**
Camera
Camera resolution 20.7 MP
Digital zoom 8x
Clear image zoom 3x
Photo light Yes – Pulsed LED
Video recording Yes – 4K

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Front Camera Yes – Full HD 1080p for video chat and 5.1 MP for camera
capture
ISO ISO 3200 maximum in manual mode
ISO 12800 maximum in Low Light mode for photos
ISO 4000 maximum in Night scene mode for video
Minimum focus distance 120 mm
Sensors
Accelerometer Yes
Ambient light sensor Yes
Barometer sensor Yes
eCompass™ Yes
Game rotation vector Yes
Geomagnetic rotation vector Yes
Gyroscope Yes
Magnetometer Yes
Step counter Yes
Step detector Yes
Significant motion detector Yes
Proximity sensor Yes
Networks***
E6533 GSM GPRS/EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
UMTS HSPA+ 850 (Band V), 900 (Band VIII), 1700 (Band IV),
1900 (Band II), 2100 (Band I) MHz
TD-LTE (Band 38, 39, 40, 41)
FDD-LTE (Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 17, 20)
Data transfer speeds
GSM GPRS Up to 107 kbps
GSM EDGE Up to 296 kbps
HSUPA (upload) Cat 6, up to 5.8 Mbps
HSDPA (download) Cat 24, up to 42 Mbps
LTE Cat 4 Up to 50 Mbps (upload), up to 150 Mbps (download)
HAC/TTY
HAC M4/T3
TTY Yes
Battery performance

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* Memory comprises approximately 10.1 GB of firmware, plus 21.9 GB of “Internal storage” for music, pic-
tures and movies, and downloaded applications and their data. For more details about memory, see
“Memory in Android™ devices” on page 19.
** This device meets the minimum hardware requirements to support Class 10 / UHS Speed Class 1 Flash
memory. Flash memory performance is dependent on the application and task being performed on the
device. If you would like to know about your memory card, refer to the technical specifications that came
with the card.
*** Some frequency bands might be turned off in certain markets or by certain operators.
**** Values are according to GSM Association Battery Life Measurement Technique as performed in con-
trolled laboratory conditions. Actual time may vary. The standby times given are for the E6533 model with
two SIM cards inserted and tested in different network modes/combinations.
NOTE: The battery performance may vary depending on network conditions and configurations, and
device usage.
NOTE: The performance metrics are all measured under laboratory conditions.
Talk time (GSM) Up to 12 hours****
Standby time (GSM) Up to 530 hours****
Standby time (GSM+GSM) Up to 390 hours****
Standby time
(GSM+WCDMA)
Up to 380 hours****
Standby time (GSM+LTE) Up to 390 hours****
Talk time (UMTS) Up to 21 hours****
Standby time (UMTS) Up to 510 hours****
Standby time (LTE) Up to 500 hours****
Standby time (Wi-Fi) Up to 400 hours****
Music listening time Up to 81 hours****
Video playback time Up to 10 hours****
Battery (Embedded) 2930 mAh minimum

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Categorised feature list
Call
Answering machine*
Noise suppression
Slow talk
Smart call handling
Talk equaliser
Voice enhancement
Messaging
Email
Multimedia messaging (MMS)
Text messaging (SMS)
Applications
Small Apps
Album art
What's new*
Xperia™ Lounge*
Facebook™ application*
Hangouts™*
Xperia™ Socialife*
Lifelog*
PC Companion
Media Go™*
Entertainment
3D games
Movie creator
PlayMemories*
PS4™ Remote Play*
Radio (FM radio with RDS)*
Reader mode*
Sony Entertainment Network*
Organiser
ActiveSync®
Airplane mode
Alarm clock
aGPS*
Battery STAMINA mode
Calculator
Calendar
Contacts
Document readers/editors
GLONASS*
Queue background data
Setup guide
Sketch*
Stopwatch
Timer
Google
Gmail™*
Google+*
Google Chrome™*
Google Play™*
Google™ search*
Google Voice™ Search*
Google voice typing*
Google Maps™ for Mobile with
Street view*
Google Wallet™*
Smart lock*
YouTube™*

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Camera
- Photo
20.7 MP camera with Sony Exmor
RS™ for mobile image sensor*****
25 mm wide-angle*****
Quick Launch*****
Flash/Pulsed LED*****
Flash/Photo light*****
Red-eye reduction*****
Touch capture
Touch focus*****
Superior Auto
Image stabiliser
Burst mode
Face detection
Geotagging
Self-timer
8x digital zoom*****
Smile Shutter™
Object tracking*****
HDR
Scene recognition
White balance
5.1 MP Front-facing camera with
Sony Exmor R™ for mobile image
sensor****
- Video
SteadyShot™
Video recording (4K)*****
Front-facing camera (1080p)****
Geotagging
8x digital zoom*****
Smile Shutter™
Object tracking*****
HDR*****
Self-timer
Scene recognition*****
White balance*****
- Add-on applications
AR Effect
AR Fun
AR mask
Creative effects
Multi-camera
Sound Photo
Timeshift video*
Face in picture
Sweep Panorama
Style portrait
Style editor
Music
3D Surround Sound (VPT)
ClearAudio+
DSEE HX***
Dynamic normalizer
Low power audio playback***
S-Force Front Surround
Bluetooth® stereo (aptX®, A2DP)
High-Res Audio (LPCM, FLAC,
ALAC, DSD)
High-Res Audio via 3.5 mm audio
jack and USB
Stereo speakers
TrackID™ music recognition*
Music application
Connectivity
ANT+™ sport, fitness, health sup-
port
Bluetooth® 4.1 wireless technol-
ogy
Cast screen
DLNA Certified®
HDCP
Media Transfer Protocol support
MHL 3.0 support + 5-pin support
Micro USB support
MirrorLink
Native USB tethering
NFC
One Touch Setup
Screen mirroring
Smart Connect
Throw
USB charging
USB High speed 2.0 support
USB Host
Wi-Fi®
Wi-Fi® Hotspot functionality
Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast™

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* This service is not available in all markets.
** The Xperia™ Z3+ dual is waterproof and protected against dust, so don’t worry if you get caught in the
rain or want to wash off dirt under a tap, but remember: all ports and attached covers should be firmly
closed. You should not: put the device completely underwater; or expose it to seawater, salt water,
chlorinated water or liquids such as drinks. Abuse and improper use of device will invalidate warranty. The
device has Ingress Protection rating IP65/IP68. For more info, see www.sonymobile.com/waterproof. Note
the Xperia™ Z3+ dual has a capless USB port to connect and charge. The USB port needs to be
completely dry before charging.
*** This feature is only available when you play music using the Music application.
**** Only for front camera
***** This feature is not supported by the front camera.
Text Input
Gesture input*
Handwriting recognition
On-screen QWERTY keyboard
Predictive text input
Voice input*
Display
Auto rotation
Glove mode
Screenshot capturing
Screen video recording
Smart backlight control
Smart screen rotation
Super-vivid mode
X-Reality™ for mobile
TRILUMINOS™ Display for mobile
HW
3.5 mm audio jack Digital Noise
Cancelling (DNC)
IPX5 and IPX8 (waterproof)**
IP6X (Dust tight)
Live Color LED

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Technologies in detail
The information presented in this section is a general overview of the technology incorporated into the
product. However, hardware and software levels of compliance to standards and specifications vary
between products and markets. For more information, contact Sony Mobile Developer World or the
relevant Sony representative.
Accessibility and Usability
* Android Lollipop feature. Subject to possible change in future releases of Google™ Android™.
** The TTY feature is for deaf or hearing-impaired users.
Accessibility and Usability
Talkback* Yes
Captions* Yes
Magnifications gestures* Yes
Large Text* Yes
High Contrast Text* Yes
Power button ends call* Yes
Auto-rotation* Yes
Speak Passwords* Yes
Accessibility Shortcuts* Yes
Text – to – Speech* Yes
Touch and hold delay* Yes
Color Inversion* Yes
Color correction* Yes
Hearing Aid Compatibility (HAC) Yes
Teletypewriter (TTY)** Yes

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Device-to-device communications (local)
ANT+™ wireless technology
Connectable devices ANT+™ devices require the download of a supporting application
Frequency band 2.4 GHz
Data transfer rate Up to 60 Kbps
Encryption AES-128
Topologies One to Many, Many to One, Peer to Peer, Star, Practical Mesh

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Bluetooth® wireless technology
More information:
www.sonymobile.com/developer
www.bluetooth.com
Bluetooth® profiles supported Advanced Audio Distribution Profile v1.2
Audio/Video Remote Control Profile v1.3
Device Identification Profile v1.3
Generic Access Profile
Generic Attribute Profile Client/Server over LE
Handsfree Profile v1.6 (Wide band speech)
Headset Profile v1.2
HID over GATT Profile v1.0
Human Interface Device Profile, Host role v1.0
Messaging Access Profile v1.1
Object Push Profile v1.2
Personal Area Networking Profile v1.0
Phonebook Access Profile v1.1
Serial Port Profile v1.2
Core version and supported
core features
Version 4.1
Bluetooth Low Energy
Other supported features aptX® CD quality audio streaming over Bluetooth®
LDAC High sound quality audio streaming over Blue-
tooth®
Connectable devices Products that support at least one of the Bluetooth® pro-
files listed above.
Bluetooth® 4.1 accessories generally require the installa-
tion of a supporting application.

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Wi-Fi®
Supported standards IEEE 802.11a/b/g/n/ac MIMO and Wi-Fi®
Wi-Fi Direct™, Wi-Fi Protected Setup, Wi-Fi CERTIFIED
Passpoint™, Wi-Fi CERTIFIED Miracast™
Connectable devices Wi-Fi® access points
Wi-Fi Direct™ compatible devices
Frequency band 2.4 GHz/5 GHz
Data transfer rate Up to 867 Mbit/s
Security Open Authentication
Shared Authentication
EAP-SIM
EAP-AKA
EAP-TLS
EAP-TTLS/MSCHAPv2
PEAPv0/EAP-MSCHAPv2
PEAPv1/EAP-GTC
WPA Personal and WPA2 Personal
WPA Enterprise and WPA2 Enterprise
Encryption WEP 64 bit, WEP 128 bit, TKIP and CCMP (AES)
Power save WMM-UAPSD
QoS WMM

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DLNA Certified® (Digital Living Network Alliance)
Supported Device Classes M-DMS – Mobile Digital Media Server
Media Types: image, video and music
Summary: The digital media server exposes the media
files in your device to a Wi-Fi® network. The files can
then be accessed from other DLNA Certified clients or
Sony devices which support home networks.
M-DMP – Mobile Digital Media Player
Media Types: image, video and music
Summary: Play content stored on another device, for
example, a server or a PC, directly on your device.
M-DMC – Mobile Digital Media Controller
Media Types: image, video and music
Summary: A remote controller that locates media files and
plays them on your device.
+PU+
Media Types: image, video and music
Summary: Play media in your device on another device,
such as a TV or a PC using 2 box push technology. +PU+
is integrated in the Album, Videos and Music applications.
+DN+
Media Types: image, video and music
Summary: Download content stored on another device,
for example, a server or a PC, and play the downloaded
content directly on your device.
+UDO+
Media Types: image, video and music
Summary: The digital media server also has the capability
to get uploaded files from other DLNA Certified® clients.
Supported Bearers Wi-Fi®
Wi-Fi Direct™
DRM Support The DLNA Certified® implementation does not support
DRM-protected content.

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Messaging
MMS (Multimedia Messaging Service)
According to OMA Multimedia Messaging Service v1.0 + SMIL
Email
More information:
www.sonymobile.com/developer
www.openmobilealliance.org
Bearer type (IP) GPRS, EGPRS, UMTS, LTE, Wi-Fi®
Character sets BIG5 Traditional Chinese
GB18030
ISO-2022-JP Japanese
ISO-8859-1
ISO-8859-2 Eastern Europe
ISO-8859-5 Cyrillic
ISO-8859-7 Greek
ISO-8859-9 Turkish
ISO 8859-11
KOI8-R Cyrillic
Shift_JIS Japanese
US-ASCII
UTF-16
UTF-8
Windows® 874
Windows® 1251 Cyrillic
Windows® 1252
Windows® 1254 Turkish
Windows® 1258 Vietnamese
Protocols POP3 and IMAP4
Push email Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® (EAS)
IMAP4 IDLE (RFC2177)
Secure email SSL/TLS, both port methods (POPS/IMAPS) and
STARTTLS
HTML mail Yes (read only)

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Positioning – location based services
Supported standards:
• OMA Secure User Plane Location (SUPL) v1.0 and v2.0
• 3GPP™ Control Plane location (incl. Emergency location)
• Qualcomm® GPSOneXtra™
Supported satellite systems:
•GPS
• GLONASS
NOTE: When needed, a combination of all the available satellite systems are automatically used to
achieve a robust and accurate location fix.
Provisioning (OMA CP)
OMA CP version 1.1

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Multimedia (audio, image and video)
Audio Playback Decoder format Supported in file format
AAC (AAC-LC, AAC+, eAAC+,
AAC-ELD)
3GPP (.3gp, 3gpp), MP4 (.mp4,
.m4a), ADTS (.aac)
ALAC MP4 (.m4a)
AMR-NB, AMR-WB 3GPP (.3gp, .3gpp), MP4 (.mp4,
.m4a), AMR (.amr, .awb)
DSD DSF (.dsf), DSDIFF (.dff)
FLAC FLAC (.flac), Matroska (.mka)
MIDI SMF (.mid), XMF (.xmf), Mobile
XMF (.mxmf), OTA (.ota), RTTTL
(.rtttl), RTX (.rtx), iMelody (imy)
MP3 MP3 (.mp3)
PCM WAV (.wav), AIFF (.aiff)
Opus Opus (.opus), Matroska (.mkv)
Vorbis OGG (.ogg), Matroska (.mkv)
WMA ASF (.wma)
Audio Recording Encoder format Supported in file format
AAC (AAC-LC, AAC+, AAC-ELD) 3GPP (.3gp, .3gpp), MP4 (.mp4,
.m4a)
AMR (AMR-NB, AMR-WB) 3GPP (.3gp, .3gpp), MP4 (.mp4,
.m4a), AMR (.amr)
Image Playback Decoder format Supported in file format
BMP BMP (.bmp)
GIF GIF (.gif)
JPEG JPEG (.jpg, .jpeg)
PNG PNG (.png)
WebP WebP (.webp)
Image Capture Encoder format Supported in file format
JPEG JPEG (.jpg)

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Video Playback Decoder format Supported in file format
MPEG-4 3GPP (.3gp, .3gpp), MP4 (.mp4,
.m4v), Matroska (.mkv), AVI
(.avi), Xvid (.xvid)
H.263 3GPP (.3gp, .3gpp), MP4 (.mp4,
.m4v)
H.264 3GPP (.3gp, .3gpp), MP4 (.mp4,
.m4v), Matroska (.mkv)
H.265 3GPP (.3gp, .3gpp), MP4 (.mp4,
.m4v)
VP8 WebM (.webm), Matroska (.mkv)
VP9 WebM (.webm)
Video Recording Encoder format Supported in file format
MPEG-4 3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4)
H.263 3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4)
H.264 3GPP (.3gp), MP4 (.mp4)
VP8 WebM (.webm)
Audio/Video Streaming Streaming transport HLS
HTTP progressive streaming
RTSP
DRM DRM (Digital Rights Management) –
features the rights and copy
protection of downloaded content
AC-DRM
OMA
OMA DRM v1.0
Marlin DRM
Widevine Level 1
PlayReady DRM (available in
specific regions)

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Synchronisation (OMA DS, EAS, Google Sync™)
OMA Data Synchronisation protocol versions 1.1.2 and 1.2
OMA Data Formats: vCard 2.1, vCalendar 1.0
Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 2.5
Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 12
Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 12.1
Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 14
Microsoft® Exchange ActiveSync® protocol version 14.1
Google Sync™
Related information:
www.sonymobile.com/developer
Web browser
Google Chrome™ for Android™ is pre-installed in markets/regions where no restrictions apply.
Related information:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.android.chrome