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i'm michael fisher and because i'm pocket now's de-facto windows mobile guy at MWC 2016 i really wanted to go hands-on with the most metal of all windows phones the vo biz well it turns out the only way i could do that was to put up with a big honkin security device so i guess you will too but this is the only chance we're gonna get for a sneak peek outside of japan so let's take a look and a quick hands-on I ran into the VAIO biz at the Qualcomm booth where I learned that it's packin a Snapdragon 617 processor now that's not the highest end SOC there is but given how well it ran Android on HTC One a9 and the fact that Windows 10 mobile just doesn't need that much power to run well I'm not too worried about performance on the biz the display is full HD at 5.5 inches and I thought it looked contrast II and saturated enough to be an OLED panel but the specs I'm seeing here say it's IPs no other details will be a surprise three gigs of ram microsd 13 megapixel camera you get the picture the real story here that's with all windows mobile devices since the 950 series launched is that it's not plastic but metal a nice bead blasted aluminum casing and 167 gram mass makes for a very solid feel in hand it compared to most modern Lumias still I can almost live with the fact that this phone isn't destined for any non-japanese markets for one thing the power buttons and are really out-of-the-way spot up in the corner above the volume rocker also the speaker is rear firing which is something I'd hoped we'd left behind in 2015 and while the industrial design of the biz is fantastic I'm still bewitched by yesterday's encounter with the far more respect out HP Elite x3 I'm going to say further impressions until I can import one of these suckers and use it on the go and on continuum for a few days in the meantime I think the takeaway here is that it's just cool to see the VAIO name on a smart phone and it's cool to see a Windows powered smartphone with a modicum of style again for more on the BIOS Windows cousins including the Lumia 650 and that beefy elite x3 check out our other MWC 2016 videos here on youtube and follow the latest from the news team at pocketnow.com till next time there's been michael fisher captain two phones on twitter thanks for watching see you next time