Sony Mobile together with Takealot bring you the Xperia Ear
South Africa, Johannesburg, 26thJanuary 2017: Sony Mobile Communications today announced that Xperia Ear is available exclusively at takealot.com Xperia Ear is a smart product from Sony Mobile, an in-ear personal assistant to help communicate and get things done via conversational voice interaction and simple head gestures.
The Xperia Ear is designed to bring a new way of communicating, without compromising on enjoying the world around you. It provides useful information such as your schedule, weather and the latest news to keep you up-to-date on the go. Powered by Sony Agent Technology; an adaptive platform, Xperia Ear responds to verbal commands, so you can ask it to make a call, perform an internet search, dictate a message or navigate to a certain location.
“We are proud to be SONY’s exclusive South African retail partner for the launch of the Xperia Ear,” says Julie-Anne Walsh, Chief Marketing Officer at Takealot. “We’ll always back cutting-edge technology that enriches the lives of our customers and it’s just the kind of exciting innovation we’re looking to offer on takealot.com. Living increasingly interconnected lives, here’s a product that enables us to stay in touch, keep organised and plan our time, hands-free. By making the Xperia Ear available to buy online at Takealot, we’re giving customers all over South Africa a fast, simple and direct way to shop this technology first.”
Xperia Ear reads out incoming texts, WhatsApp or Facebook messages and allows you to initiate a response with a simple nod and then reply instantly with your voice. Xperia Ear has a full-day of battery life and, most importantly, doesn’t feel uncomfortable when it’s placed in your ear.
Christian Haghofer, Sony Mobile South Africa Country Manager said: “Xperia Ear enables you to be aware of and be in touch with the world around you. It gives you a liberating feeling of not being tied to a smartphone. We are delighted to be teaming up with Takealot to bring this innovative product to the South African market and look forward to the response.”
The Recommended Retail Price is R2499, 00.
