Sony creates world's first "48K" 360-degree video by using 12 Xperia Z5 Compact units

07 January, 2016
4K simply isn't enough for Sony anymore. After having launched the world's first smartphone with a display that can sometimes show 4K content (the Xperia Z5 Premium), the company is now aiming even higher. Much more so.

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  • Anonymous
  • QAL
  • 11 Jan 2016

wow, 10 Jan 2016yes definitely your level of of ignorance is disturbing... ... moreWho am I? A smart person with common sense.
What sony did is no different from using a single camera and rotating it 360 degrees. You can only see one camera's view at a time.

Ofcourse they can say it is 48k. 12x4 48. But that's not how pixels and display works unfortunately.

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    • wow
    • 2Au
    • 10 Jan 2016

    Anonymous, 10 Jan 2016LOL wow... the level of ignorance. air LOL. You know jus... moreyes definitely your level of of ignorance is disturbing...
    if sony says its 48k then its the truth... they dont say nonesense..
    who the hell are you that im gonna believe you?
    just a nobody... jealous of sony

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      • AnonD-59657
      • IW1
      • 10 Jan 2016

      The weakness of most of the Android devices maker is the very short software update support. If Sony can take advantage of this by providing life time support until the hardware limit, for sure Sony will be the leader.

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        • Milo
        • tCQ
        • 10 Jan 2016

        There isn't a fixed protocol for display standards - it's rather arbitrary when it comes to new formats. They can name it whatever the heck they want. If it's 48000 pixels wide in the final format, they can say it's 48K video. 4K video is named 4K because it's 4K pixels wide (4K = 4000).

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          • Anonymous
          • 7Ch
          • 10 Jan 2016

          wew, 08 Jan 2016its format is 48K.. we just dont have the device for 48k re... moreLOL wow... the level of ignorance. air LOL.

          You know just the same as 2560x1080 is still regarded as 1080p? Same goes here it is still 4k. Pixels in the Y direction is still the same.

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            • Anonymous
            • Ibx
            • 10 Jan 2016

            ..., 09 Jan 2016Sony's phones are fine they just dont invest in marketing e... moreGibberish nonsense hehe

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              • Anonymous
              • thc
              • 09 Jan 2016

              to everyone who did not finished reading.. 48k res is jack. it said 12 z5compact @ 4k res. so 12x4.. anyway, i do hope consumers and sony compact fans will get a huge bump for the upcoming z5 compact. i love the phone and my ideal one ;)

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                • 39k
                • 09 Jan 2016

                AnonD-59657, 09 Jan 2016Sony is wasting time! Why can't they do something radical o... moreSony's phones are fine they just dont invest in marketing enough,though if they did as much as Samsung does you would likely see higher price of it. I mean look at Samsung as any other phone with same specs and you will see Samsung is overpriced,not as much as IOS device overpriced but still overpriced.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • Y24
                  • 09 Jan 2016

                  wew, 08 Jan 2016its format is 48K.. we just dont have the device for 48k re... moreJust like they combined 12 phones, you combine 12 4K displays to see the result.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • Y24
                    • 09 Jan 2016

                    AnonD-59657, 09 Jan 2016Sony is wasting time! Why can't they do something radical o... moreLike what?

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                      • wew
                      • 2Au
                      • 09 Jan 2016

                      AnonD-427462, 09 Jan 2016Alright then to clear d doubt i believe those who have seen... morenobody can check this for sure since no one here owns a device that has 48K res... so it will be rendered by the system to a resolution where it could play the video...

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                        • IW1
                        • 09 Jan 2016

                        Sony is wasting time! Why can't they do something radical on their Xperia which is struggling to compete with other Android flagship.

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                          • r3H
                          • 09 Jan 2016

                          Alright then to clear d doubt i believe those who have seen the video should tell us how much memory space d video consume and how many minutes cos it's the higher the resolution the higher memory consumption
                          For example 10gb for 5minutes 4k video
                          so this one should be higher i guess

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                            • wew
                            • 2Au
                            • 08 Jan 2016

                            Anonymous, 08 Jan 2016This is not 48k. It would only be 48k if you could view all... moreits format is 48K.. we just dont have the device for 48k resolution yet...
                            it doesnt mean its not 48k you cant see it... its like air it exist even if you dont see it.... but i doubt your brain exist...

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                              • Anonymous
                              • QAL
                              • 08 Jan 2016

                              This is not 48k. It would only be 48k if you could view all pixels at once.

                              So it is still 4k.

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                                • patil
                                • tUd
                                • 08 Jan 2016

                                is that true or not

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                                  • AnonD-50024
                                  • Y}}
                                  • 08 Jan 2016

                                  Its neither interpolated, nor 3840*12 x 2160*12.

                                  Its a proper 48K folks.
                                  Here is the calculation:

                                  1K is Full HD
                                  1920 x 1080 = 2073600 dots

                                  4K is 4 times FullHD
                                  (1920 x 2) x (1080 x 2) = 3840 x 2160 = 8294400 dots
                                  Alternatively,
                                  8294400 / 4 = 2073600

                                  12 phones in portrait gives 12 times the 'horizontal' resolution when phone is placed vertically.
                                  It means
                                  2160 x 12 = 25920

                                  Final resolution
                                  25920 x 3840 = 99532800 dots

                                  Alternatively,
                                  99532800 / 12 = 8294400 (12 times 4k)
                                  and
                                  99532800 / 48 = 2073600 (48 times K)

                                  Its basically a 27:4 ratio output

                                  Keep smiling
                                  :)

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                                    • AnonD-246723
                                    • KZJ
                                    • 08 Jan 2016

                                    Studmuffin, 08 Jan 2016so is this what they meant by saying 48K, 4k x 12 xperia? ... moreSry but thats not how current resolution being named .

                                    "4K resolution, also called 4K, refers to a display device or content having horizontal resolution on the order of 4,000 pixels."

                                    "2K resolution is a generic term for display devices or content having horizontal resolution of approximately 2,000 pixels."

                                    see that ? horizontal resolution

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • w7i
                                      • 08 Jan 2016

                                      Studmuffin, 08 Jan 2016so is this what they meant by saying 48K, 4k x 12 xperia? ... moresony is right & you are very wrong. Check your knowledge. & yeah, lol

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 0fw
                                        • 08 Jan 2016

                                        There's so many Einsteins in the comments section.