[Xperia Z General] sshariff:
This is how I felt when I played with the handset myself yesterday with my XT right next to it. Reasons that I decided against upgrading from my XT to it are:

1. Screen: It is on par with the XT and its hard to notice a difference between 720p and 1080p. Viewing angles are pretty much the same and the display is no match for the competition flagships of last year. The hype was only about 1080p however the quality of the display is actually poor. One has to just go to the stores and check out themselves. It doesn't make sense for a manufacturer to send pre-production units with temporary displays out as demo units and even to the reviewers as some people out here like to point out. Unfortunately I did not chose being a fanboy in spite of sticking with Sony for all these years. Colours on the Z are actually uninspiring as GSM Arena have mentioned especially evident when you are seeing photos on the browser or even viewing the wallpaper on the desktop.

2. Camera: Again inferior to the flagships of last year. I remember the time when the K800i had the best phone camera of all and Nokia were playing catchup. Nowadays the current Sony flagship phone cameras can at most be on par in photo quality with the camera on that old K800i. One has to just check the results themselves today. My W995 takes similar quality snaps to my XT. Sony can be the top in smartphones and should be if they improve the optics and post processing as picture quality is not just about the sensor. Sammy and Apple use a previous generation Sony sensor and have better overall shots with Sony flagships. Unfortunately we can no longer compare ourselves with the likes of Nokia. I honestly believe that if Nokia had adopted the Android platform then they would have been the best overall phone out there.

3. Photo/Movies: Again in this department I could not see where the Z was superior to my XT. I believe Sony has the best Album application of all phones and both the XT and Z have the same app. In fact canm't even notice a clear difference when viewing images on both devices apart from the bigger screen size of the Z. In fact the Xperia HD wallpapers movie looked a tad bit better on the XT than the Z.

4. Walkman: Again the XT and the Z have the same app with same quality through the headphones at least. So no point considering where the Z exceeds the XT here

5. Interface: Both XT and Z have same jelly bean except that the new power saving feature is absent in the XT JB update.

6. Waterproofing: This is the only area where the Z excels. However most people won't care about it.

7. Call quality: In this case the XT exceeds the Z simply due to the presence of waterproofing in the Z.

8. Design: This is another area where the Z has a slight edge over the XT.

9. 4G: Here the Z excels. But my contract is still on 3G (at least for most of us in the UK) so don't see a need at the moment.

10. Faster processor: The XT is already pretty decent now with benchmarks similar to S3 at least after the current JB update.

I don't know on what other factors than the above to judge the phone. Is it worth that price tag - sorry I don't think so.

I think it is about time Sony should start actual delivering rather than just having the specs without actual quality. They just lost one customer yesterday in myself when I returned back disappointed after having played with the device!