[Xperia Z General] katamari201:
I complained on eSato so now I have to complain on xda as well! I'm still waiting for the Honami, but in the meantime...

Xperia Z Ultra - the dumbest product ever.

Screen: 6.44". Too big to be a phablet. The Galaxy Note is already the upper limit for most people, even with baggy pockets. It's basically not pocketable without walking like you have a cast on your thigh. And god forbid you try to SIT DOWN. Too small to be a good tablet. If you wanted a good tablet, there's a million to choose from, from 7"-10" and up. If you need a murse or a giant coat pocket, you might as well go bigger and CHEAPER and have a separate smartphone instead. The screen also looks really GARISH. The oversaturated AMOLED on the Note 2 looks downright monochrome in comparison. Go look at the youtube videos comparing them.

Stylus: Not included. There's no slot to hold one. CNET says THERE IS NO PRESSURE SENSITIVITY. That is the dumbest thing ever. It defeats the whole purpose of a phabet. Why do you think the LG copycat Note failed? No stylus! You always have to FIND your stylus, constantly have to change stroke sizes manually, and of course there's none of that airview hovering that the Galaxy Note does. There is a market for big phones with no need for drawing capabilities, but that tops off at Note size. The ZU size is ridiculous without one, unless it wants to play in a niche market like the Mega 6.3. That phone is very niche, with low specs. (Almost) no one is gonna pay for something even bigger that is way more expensive.

3 Piece Ensemble: Apparently even Sony thinks its ridiculous to use this as a phone, so they are trying to sell you a separate bluetooth headset. That plus a stylus means three separate items to keep track of, and lose. The headset needs to be charged too. You can probably bring a flashlight too! Because there is no flash.

8MP Camera: This is most likely even smaller than your typical 1/3" sensor, because Sony wanted THIN. It's gonna take terrible pictures in anything below perfect lighting. And of course, no flash. It's also 8MP...

3000mah battery: My Note 2 has a bigger one, and it's almost a whole inch smaller. It also doesn't have a snapdragon 800 with 2.2Ghz quad-core processor and Adreno 330, which will kill the battery.

Cost: This thing is gonna be majorly expensive. More than an iPhone even. More than any other smartphone flagship. It's more practical to just get a good normal sized smartphone and bring along a separate tablet with a much bigger battery, included stylus, and far far cheaper pricetag.

Sony's obsession with making this thin compromised on everything. The screen size is impractical, and since it's too big to fit in a pocket to begin with, the thickness shouldn't have been such a priority. This thing will look like a complete joke once the Note 3 comes out around the same time and they are sitting side by side. Note 3 will have the better specs, be actually pocketable, be cheaper, have a bigger and removable battery, an actual built in stylus with pressure sensitivity, and a far better stylus driven software suite than the trifling stuff Sony showed off. And a FLASH. If you believe the rumors, it might even have Optical Stabilization or a bigger sensor, but those are iffies right now. The concrete stuff however, really blow the Z Ultra in almost all aspects.