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Supposedly Sony is considering such an option, but are running into engineering difficulties with the implementation of S-master audio chips in a smartphone.
Source:
http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/12/02/sonys-s-master-audio-chip-not-heading-to-an-xperia-any-time-soon/
Chinese Source:
http://www.evolife.cn/html/2013/74051.html
The main reasons cited are to do with complications around heat dissipation and power consumption. However, he (Wang Guoxiong, deputy director of Sony China's audio marketing department) offered hope, by suggesting that Sony is studying the feasibility of introducing the chip in an Xperia smartphone at some point down the road.
Source:
http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/12/02/sonys-s-master-audio-chip-not-heading-to-an-xperia-any-time-soon/
Chinese Source:
http://www.evolife.cn/html/2013/74051.html