Hands On With The Sony Xperia Z3v for Verizon

The Sony Xperia Z3v is a new waterproof smartphone for Verizon Wireless with a 20.7-megapixel camera, which acts as a second screen for your PlayStation 4 console. It will cost $199.99 with contract at Verizon, starting October 23.

The Xperia Z3v comes with wireless charging standard, a change from the international Z3 model.

The Xperia Z3v comes with 32GB storage (but only 22.9GB available). Fortunately, there's a MicroSD memory card slot.

There's a huge amount of bloatware on this Xperai Z3v, deployed by Sony and Verizon.

The Xperia Z3v has several different ways to connect to your PlayStation. This app lets you manage your PlayStation Network identity.

Sony Select is an "app discovery app" from Sony which spotlights what the company says are good apps in Google Play.

The camera modes on the Z3v range from useful ones like manual focus and 4K video recording, to really gimmicky ones like an "AR mode," which pastes dinosaurs or flowers into your image.

The Z3v lets you multitask a few apps, most notably the Web browser, into a small window over whatever else you're doing.

The Xperia Z3v can mount onto a PlayStation controller with a $59 accessory and act as a screen for a PS4 console on the same Wi-Fi network.