Although these days the protagonist of today is undoubtedly the future iPad 2018, This weekend a news has begun to circulate that has caught us quite a surprise and that will be of great interest to fans of Android and more specifically of Sonyas it points to the possibility of the Japanese returning to the realm of tablets.
References to two new Sony tablets appear
Speculation regarding the return of Sony the market for tablets have originated in records that have appeared in its camera app. How they tell us in Gizmochina, reviewing the app code, several lines have been found that contain references to two tablets, mentioned only for their size (8 and 10 inches), without names or codes.
The news has come from a Japanese medium and is accompanied by a confirmation that, indeed, Sony would be working on two new tablets and an estimate regarding when their launch could occur, daring to predict what would be presented this summer. The logical thing is to think in this case (although nothing more specific is said) that we were talking about a debut at the IFA in Berlin,
This is all that is said about them, unfortunately, without adding any details regarding their possible characteristics beyond their size. It is assumed, however, that we would be facing two tablets that would be part of the XZ range and this, obviously, should mean that they are models of high end. That is, in fact, the niche he has always been focused on. Sony on tablets and actually the X It would only need a few improvements to be able to compete in this field today without too much trouble.
Reasons for optimism?
We have already commented on several occasions that we would like to see more high-end models on Android and that there are undoubtedly a few manufacturers whose return to the tablet market it would be welcome. When we were reviewing now-defunct tablets that have not found a replacement and that we would like to see renewed, we specifically mentioned tablets from Sony.
This is to say that we would certainly be delighted if there was some truth to these rumors. We have to say, however, that there has been no other news so far pointing in this direction and it is probably not advisable to put too much hope in this information, although it does not hurt to take note and wait to see if in the coming months we have some kind of confirmation.
The truth is that it would be surprising if Sony decided now to bet on the high-end Android tablets, especially at a time when his future is so complicated. It is true that Huawei has done it with the MediaPad M5 and that Samsung It seems that it will continue to do so with the Galaxy Tab S4, but they are two of the most established manufacturers in this market. Of course, if someone who can stand up to them, in any case it would be the Japanese.