When Sony did not show off the Sony Xperia Z5 successor at MWC this year, everybody just assumed that they did that because they did not want to compete with the other flagships like the Samsung Galaxy S7 but it looks like they are not just avoiding the fight but might be planning to pull out from the competition for good.
There were rumors suggesting Sony might be stopping the Sony Xperia Z series. Despite their best effort, the Sony Xperia Z5 and Z5 Premium did not perform as well as they were hoping it would.
People paid even more attention to rumor when Sony announced the new Sony Xperia X Series smartphone and consisted of three model, the Xperia X, Xperia XA as well as Xperia X Performance. Based on the specs and hardware of the samrtphone, the new X Series could easily replace the Z Series as the next flagship.
Sony did not confirm or deny the rumors so we will have to wait and see where things go from here.
