<div>Sony India on Thursday (08 May) launched its much awaited smartphone, Xperia Z2, in India. The phone comes with a premium built and a design whose architecture is based on its predecessor - Xperia Z1. The phone will be available in the Indian market from May 12, 2014 onwards and will cost the end user Rs 49,990. <br /><br />Mr Kenichiro Hibi, Managing Director, Sony India, said, "We are very excited to launch Xperia Z2, the flagship phone from Sony for 2014. Our focus on smartphones segment was renewed last year with the launch of Xperia range of smartphones in India which received a tremendous response from our customers, helping us achieve a 10 per cent share in the smartphone business. We will continue to make an aggressive pitch in this category in India, and are targeting sales of Rs 5,500 crore in FY14."<br /><br />Xperia Z2 offers good value to the consumers, as it comes bundled with the Sony SmartBand SWR10 and a premium Sony case, in a limited period offer. Available in white, black and purple colour options, Xperia Z2 is powered by the latest Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad core processor clocked at 2.3 GHz, supported by 3GB RAM and a decent 3,200 mAh battery in an 8.2mm slim chassis. Not only this, Sony Xperia customers can stream and download XSCAPE, an album by the internationally acclaimed music icon and King of Pop - Michael Jackson for free through the Sony Music Jive application.<br /><br /><img width="200" height="200" align="right" src="/image/image_gallery?uuid=4f18d837-d60a-42fd-b8a1-e657b44d37d5&groupId=222861&t=1399553813141" alt="" />The SmartBand SWR10 is a wearable device that talks to Lifelog app and your Android smartphone via Bluetooth and NFC connection. The Lifelog app keeps a close track of body movements, from counting steps to calculating speed and calories. It monitors sleep patterns including details of deep sleep and light sleep and automatically wakes you up once you’ve slept enough according to sleep cycle. <br /><br />The Lifelog app perfectly manages your entertainment as it collects all the camera and music activities and compiles all the data in an animated infographic to let you see photos you took, music you have listened and games you have played. It also allows tracking the information on how much you communicated with friends. By pressing the Life Bookmark key, one can capture everything going around on that very moment and all the details will be stored in the SmartBand forever.<br /><br />Sony SmartBand SWR10 is priced at Rs 5,990 and would hit the market in third week of May. Not to forget, Sony will give it to you for free if you purchase their Xperia Z2 phone!</div>
