Sony has revealed in a recent announcement that its much-raved-about Xperia XL handset will hit the German markets in April this year. According to a listing of the handset by German retailer Phone House, the handset will likely be priced at €600 (nearly $806).

The Sony Xperia ZL will be a 131.6 x 69.3 x 9.8 mm handset; and some of its key features include a 5-inch screen; a Qualcomm 1.5 GHZ quad core Snapdragon S4 Pro processor; 2GB of RAM; and 16GB onboard storage capacity, which will be expandable up to 64 GB via microSD slot.

The 151-gram Sony Xperia ZL will be a dual camera device; with a 13-megapixel back camera featuring autofocus and LED flash features and capable of 1080 P video recording, and a 2-megapixel front camera to facilitate video conferencing.

The Sony Xperia ZL will reportedly run on the Android OS version 4.1.2 `Jelly Bean,' and will also support Bluetooth, WLAN, NFC and USB.

Some of the other noteworthy features of the Xperia ZL - which will be available in two color options: black, and white - include accelerometer, barometer, proximity, and gyro sensor. The handset features a non-removable battery of 2370 mAh capacity, which can give a standby time of up to 500 hours and up to 10 hours of talk time.