Asinakuthetha ukuba u-Sony uhamba umzuzu omkhulu xa kuziwa kwii-smartphones kwaye ngelixa liyinyani ukuba inkampani ayikutyesheli ukumiliselwa kunye nokwenziwa kwezixhobo eziphathwayo, ayisiyiyo le nto bekuyiminyaka. Ngoku ukuvuza okutsha kuza ngohlobo lwesixhobo esitsha esino-Xperia, i-Sony Xperia F8331. Ewe, esi siginali sitsha asinalo negama elisemthethweni ngoko ke igama lesidlangalala elinikwa ukusuka kumzi-mveliso lelo kwaye imifanekiso eza kuthi ivela eCroatia yesixhobo inomdla kakhulu.
Ngeli xesha kubonakala ngathi utshintsho lubalulekile kule smartphone ukuba sijonga ngasemva nangaphambili. Le Sony Xperia intsha yongeza amacala egosogoso ngaphambili kwaye iphaneli inokubonwa icaba (hayi njengakwimodeli yeSamsung) kungoko lutshintsho olusuka kuluhlu lwangoku. Kwelinye icala sinezithethi ezantsi ecaleni kwesinxibelelanisi se-USB C kwaye ngaphezulu kwe-3,5 jack yeefowuni. Ngokuqinisekileyo umva wenziwe ngentsimbi okanye uhlobo lwematt, kodwa kubonakala ngathi yintsimbi kunayo nayiphi na enye into.
Kungenzeka ukuba esi sixhobo sitsha sikaSony siphele sifika kwi-IFA eBerlin, apho bagqibela ngokusibonisa ngokusesikweni kuthathelwa ingqalelo ukuba nedatha ye-GFXBench yenani elifanayo esi sixhobo sinayo kwaye ityhila Iscreen se-5,1-intshi, i-3 GB ye-RAM kunye ne-32 GB yememori yangaphakathi. Ukongeza koku, kuya kuba neprosesa I-Snapdragon 820 kunye ne-Adreno 530 GPU kunye nekhamera ye-21 MP yeyona iphambili kunye ne-12 MP yangaphambili. Ngamafutshane, sijamelene nemodeli entsha yakwaSony efika nje kamsinya emva kokunikezelwa ngokusesikweni kweemodeli zeSony Xperia X ezasungulwa ngexesha leNkomfa yeHlabathi yeBhola e-Barcelona kulo nyaka.