The Sony Xperia 5 IV is certainly one of this 12 months’s smartphone mysteries, as whereas we had anticipated such a telephone to exist, it didn’t launch alongside the Sony Xperia 1 IV, and leaks about it have been slim. However the very best proof but for this telephone has now emerged – and means that it would land quickly.

GSMArena (opens in new tab) has noticed an FCC (Federal Communications Fee) itemizing (opens in new tab) for a telephone that seems to be the Sony Xperia 5 IV. The gadget isn’t talked about by identify, however it’s a Sony smartphone with the type of dimensions we’d count on.

Particularly, this telephone is alleged to be 155.74 x 67.1mm, which might make it marginally smaller than the 157 x 68mm Sony Xperia 5 III.

The telephone listed right here additionally has a display screen diagonal of 153.5mm, which ought to translate to a 6.04-inch show, making the display screen marginally smaller than the 6.1-inch display screen on its predecessor too.

Broadly although, this appears like a really equally proportioned telephone. The FCC itemizing additionally mentions wi-fi charging – which isn’t one thing the Mark Three mannequin presents, together with NFC, a 3.5mm headphone port, and a USB-C port.

So if that is correct then the addition of wi-fi charging is perhaps one of many Sony Xperia 5 IV’s principal upgrades, although after all quite a lot of specs aren’t included right here. We’d take all of this with a pinch of salt anyway, however data held by the FCC is normally correct.

Evaluation: an FCC itemizing suggests an imminent launch

Past the included specs, the very existence of an FCC itemizing means that the Sony Xperia 5 IV may launch quickly, as these listings are likely to emerge fairly quickly earlier than launch – although the precise timing can range.

Nonetheless, we wouldn’t be stunned if we due to this fact formally see the Xperia 5 IV inside the subsequent month or so, and that timeframe would additionally make sense, because the Sony Xperia 5 III solely went on sale within the UK in September 2021, regardless of an April announcement. Another areas bought it even later, with the US for instance not seeing it till January 2022.

So Sony may effectively announce the Xperia 5 IV in September after which ship it quickly after – not less than in some areas. We will’t make certain of that, however in case you’ve been on the lookout for probably the greatest small telephones, you may quickly have a brand new possibility.