After a slew of releases from carriers from The Great White North, Sony's waterproof mid-range smartphone is headed to the Southern Hemisphere. The Sony Xperia M4 Aqua NZ price is at $499 and is being exclusively brought to New Zealand by Spark Mobile.
Sony Mobile announced the launch of the Xperia M4 Aqua last week, according to a report by Yahoo New Zealand.
"Xperia M4 Aqua represents our renewed mid-range focus - with no compromises," said John Featherstone, the company's Head of Business Development for APAC and Market Head of Oceania. "Offering the most popular standout features made famous by our Xperia Z Series; camera capability, up to two-day battery life and waterproofing - Xperia M4 Aqua brings a proposition and price, products in this section of the market simply cannot match."
Spark Mobile will bring the Japanese mid-range device to its home market exclusively. The carrier welcomed its Kiwi launch and revealed the Sony Xperia M4 Aqua NZ price.
"We're excited to have the Sony Xperia M4 Aqua in our range and on our network as an operator exclusive," Spark Home, Mobile and Business general manager Jason Paris said.
"It will be right at home on Spark's fast 4G network, available in more places than ever before."
As per Sony Mobile, the Xperia M4 Aqua specs include a Qualcomm Snapdragon 615 quad-core processor, Adreno 405 GPU and 2GB of RAM. There's 8GB of internal storage which can be expanded with microSD cards up to 128GB. The handset boasts a five-inch HD display and a pair of 13MP and 5MP cameras. The M4 Aqua has IP68 dust and waterproof certification and runs on Android 5.0 Lollipop.
The Sony Xperia M4 Aqua NZ price is at RRP $499, according to the Spark Mobile website. Yahoo New Zealand said the black model is available online and at retail stores while the white one will be available online soon. Both models can be bought from Sony stores and online this month.
