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this coverage of CES is brought to you by Toyota thanks in part to a partnership that is now formed with tmobile the best of the Sony Xperia line is finally coming to the United States a stressful guard from Android thought it what's going on everybody and this is the Sony Xperia z1s now for most intents and purposes the Xperia z1s is very very similar to the original Xperia z1 the S moniker just denotes that this is the version made for the US carriers and the one in particular is t-mobile as you can see down here but there are a couple changes in here mostly in aesthetics but also in a little bit of the build quality now that's not to say that this phone has a lower build quality than the original aluminium built Xperia z1 it's just that the frame here is now of a nice hard plastic now the reason why that came about is because t-mobile was hoping to alleviate some of the connection problems that the aluminum might cause or the metal my cause rather so having plastic here will probably make this phone a very very good one to have when it comes to getting good reception and getting calls and texts or just fine earlier we were actually at a teardown that was conducted right in front of our eyes but it was actually the phone was already torn apart and then a gentleman was able to put it back together in about 20 minutes showing us all of the different components that go in I'll tell you this much when looking at the Sony Xperia z1s taken apart like that and seeing all of the little bits and pieces that really create the great user experience this little bad boy right here definitely packs a lot of power and is seriously one of the nicest built devices that I've ever seen obviously we still have the great 5-inch screen up front that uses the triluminos display with x-reality engine software that provides a very good experience with a very nice color gamut that allows for some very very very lovely user experiences on the screen whether it's media or gaming or whatnot and around the back we still have the same G lens with 20.7 performer that provides a lot of great pictures and is one of the best performers out there with especially that high megapixel count the sony experience the one comes with all the same bits and pieces on the inside what we have here is the Snapdragon 800 that powers out very very nice Timescape ey or the Xperia U I as it some time is called and what you have inside is basically the same exact experience except some t mobile applications have been added in as far as aesthetics go aside from the plastic that I told you about the headphone jack at the top has been moved / just slightly over a little bit but we still have all of the covers on the device that pertain to protecting the different ports when it comes to the IP certification and that means that this phone is able to be underwater and is dustproof and still be able to bounce right back so the Sony Xperia z1s is coming to t-mobile so you'll be able to take advantage of the no contracts and whatnot and be able to get your hands on one of the best phones of 2013 now updated for a 2014 audience in the United States so this is josh of a guard from android authority once again coming to you live from the sony booth here at CES 2014 make sure you stay tuned because we have all of the best coverage for you your source for all things android and once again thank you to toyota for sponsoring our CES coverage