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Sony Xperia Z is a new dust and water resistant smartphone with an outstanding design.Today, UK retailer Clove has finally shed light on the device pricing. It will be £440 with no value-added tax and £528 with VAT included.As we know, the release date still remains to be March 1st. Those who forgot device's specs can see a full list below:

•     5” 1080 x 1920 full HD Reality Display with Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2
•     13 MP Exmor RS rear camera, 2.

Two pretty cool smartphones from Vizio a ready to debute at CES 2012, but the devices are intended to only hit China.The 5-incher device is supposed to be a high-ender with a 1080p display, a dual-core 1.5 GHz Qualcomm CPU (probably Snapdragon S4), 2 GB of RAM and stock Android 4.1 Jelly Bean.The smaller 4.7-incher is supposed to be mid-ranged with a 1.2 GHz dual-core MediaTek CPU, 1 GB of RAM, dual SIM support and “vanilla” JB.

4.8-incher Pantech Discover will see the light this week with AT&T.The device sports 1,280 x 720 pixels resolution display, 1.5 GHz dual-core Qualcomm MSM8960 Snapdragon S4 CPU, NFC, 2,100 mAh battery, 12.6 MP rear-facing/2 MP front-facing camera, 3D surround sound, 16 GB of internal storage space, microSD support, DLNA, Wi-Fi a/b/g/n and Bluetooth 4.0.

UK retailer Phones 4U has already announced that the phone will arrive in the UK at the start of March.The device will arrive to several networks, although such carriers like Vodafone hasn't followed Phones 4U's release date.Anyway we're still waiting for official confirmation from Sony on launch dates.

The new hign-end smartphone from Nokia seems completely different with its polycarbonate ancestors.The successor to the Nokia Lumia 920 Windows Phone 8 model will be made out of aluminum, and will have codename Catwalk, that means it's lighter and thinner than its current top of the line handset.The Catwalk is said to have the same internal hardware specs as the Nokia Lumia 920.

Alcatel is reportedly readying its first quad-core One Touch Scribe HD smartphone using a MediaTek chip.Unfortunately, we know nothing about that yet, all we have at the moment regarding the device is that the CPU will be clocked at 1 GHz, there’ll be a PowerVR Series5XT GPU humming under the hood, while Jelly Bean will be flavoring the package.

HTC's mid-range One VX device will be available solely on Cricket Wireless starting January 16th, where it will cost you $349.99 off-contract.The device features a 4.3-inch WVGA display, a 1.2GHz Snapdragon S4 processor, 5 MP camera, a microSD card slot and Android 4.0 with HTC's Sense 4 interface.

Alongside the ZTE's top-drawer Nubia Z5, we have spotted yet another ZTE P945 phone that measures in at 5.7 inches.The screen resolution has apparently 720p, also the device sports a quad-core processor clocked at 1.2GHz, 3,000mAh battery, and an 8-megapixel camera.

Well, the O2's winter sale time has begun. Carrier is offering few Android smartphones with a two-year contract and 26 GBP/month plan that comes with unlimited minutes and texts, and 1GB of data:

•     Sony Xperia T for free
•     Samsung Galaxy S III for 99 GBP (previously 299 GBP)

Also, O2 has few mid-rangers, offering them for free with a two-year 10.

Samsung GT-B7810, a successor of the Galaxy M Pro, has been caught today at the FCC.The device sports HVGA screen, Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich, Bluetooth 3.0, Wi-Fi connectivity, 1200mAh battery and a microSD memory card slot.