The Sony Xperia Z1S surely must be drawing closer to a release, right. It just showed up on Postel (the Indonesian equivalent of the FCC), which coincides with a brand new rumor of a Shanghai event. The Xperia Z1S has the model number D5503 and is sometimes called Z1 mini. A couple of spy shots next to its bigger sibling reveal the reason for the "mini" moniker  it has a 4.3x720p screen instead of 5x1080p, but keeps the Snapdragon 800 chipset and 20MP camera of the big Z1.
Anyway, the first time we heard of a launch at a Shanghai event, the planned date was November 12.
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