[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
My early mini Review:

So I'm not used to a 2012 Android phone my last Android phone was an Arc S and before that HTC Desire and Hero. I have only limited experience with a One X but never owned one my self

There for to me it is insanely fast I can open dozens of apps and instantly switch between them really nice.

The Screen:

I think everything is already been said about the quality, so of center angles are not the best, but far better than my arc s.

On center is looks beautiful and to my eyes I like it better than the One X because it is more laid back and I don't experience any eye strain something I did with the One X with n minutes.

Color reproduction seems to be excellent when viewing my own photos created with an RX100 / Ricoh GRD / Sigma DP1. I know these photos pretty well and view those normally on my calibrated laptop screen.I viewed these photos without BE. As noted before it tents to have a bit of blue but not something that destroys the photos or give a totally different look. For instance the one X makes skin tone quit yellowish and actually changes the look of the photo's where as the Z just make them seem a bit cooler.

Audio:

My old livesound headset from SE doesn't work on the Z, my Shure in ears are on my desk at my work so I can't use those, but will test those tomorrow. Luckily I still have a sennheiser HD 580. I didn't expect the Z to drive them but they sound actually very good and I don't have to turn up to volume to 11. I used Spotify for this test with quality on

extreme. It all sounds really well balanced but could perhaps a bit more punchy, but this could also be because of the HD 580s. I'm curious how the Shures will perform.

tracks listened to:

Changing Opinions: Philip Glass

Backseat Freestyle: Kendrick Lamar

Apartment Story: The National

I personally like clean clean well defined sound and the Z does a very good job considering that it's a phone, best phone I have listed to but not as good as an iaudio X5 which in my memory has more punch but maybe slightly less balanced.

Audio/Speaker

Sounds good to me it's clear it's load unless you put your hand over the speaker.

Audio/Call quality

Mediocre/good

Apps:

Well just read all other reviews out there

Skin:

I like it very much really clean, well done far better that the one on the Arc s

Camera:

I like the camera app it is well organized and once it is started it will open instantly. Here the same thing is true lots of samples are posted, to me it's a camera phone I just use it for whats'app photos and stuff like that. it seems to handle all kinds of light very well at least far better than the Arc S.

Size/build quality:

I think I have average hand clove size US: L EU:9.5.

one handed typing is comfortable and one handed operation is easy as long as you don't have to be in the upper left corner (halfway of the SD port).

Built quality is excellent, really premium device, the only problem I can see with it is that there seems to be a tiny space between the glass and the rim I can Imagine that dust may settle there. But I guess if that happens you just put it under the tab.

Overall the best phone I have ever used and I'm very happy with it.

Update 2013-03-01:

I tested a bit with the MDR-1R headphones and they really go well together. It is for me loud enough and the hand bones have a bit more bases and lows compared to the HD 580s but not in a boomy kind of way. It is especially nice for Jazz and Rap. While they are not of the same quality as the HD 580s since these are near monitor quality it is more relaxed to listen to. I would certainly shoos these over the 580s for jazz/rap but for classical and rock type music I prefer the 580s simply because the MDR-1R just misses the detail in the highs and overall clarity/balance of the sound.