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[Xperia Z General] omersak:
Honestly, all camera phones are equally crap - save for the 808 pureview.

The best way to go about it is to NOT shoot at full resolution - shoot at 3 or 4 megapixels. Check out the following downsized Xperia Z pics and see how nice they look, even at full zoom (when downsized):

https://plus.google.com/photos/110267829736715997848/albums/5843542135386591041?banner=pwa

Select 'download album' and view the images full sized and be amazed. I believe these are downsized to 3 to 5 megapixels.

And here are a couple i saw at esato:

http://i.imgur.com/hsZBVog.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/sx75cLb.jpg
[Xperia Z General] TheFirstFishy:
Sv: Xperia z reviews

As with your XS, a new camera app might improve the quality of the pictures on XZ.

Especially in low light, stock camera app blows and better apps can be found, and that might be the same with XZ.
[Xperia Z General] omersak:
Exactly. The key here is to not expect any miracles - the battery life seems slightly above average - at the end of the day it is a 1080p screen running on a screaming fast chipset.

In the german review above, the XZ lasts 6:43 in their run down test. Here are how some others fare:

- One X - 5:21

- One X+ - 6:39

- Nexus 4 - 6:19 (!)

- Xperia T - 6:18

- iPhone 5 - 5:37

- Galaxy S3 - 7:01

- Note 2 - 9:43

So yeah, it's above average and good for a phone of it's screen and processor but you shouldn't be expecting miracles. If battery life is your first and foremost concern, there are phones with lesser resolution screens, slower chipsets and bigger batteries that will outlast all other phones.
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
http://www.expertreviews.co.uk/smartphones/1298053/sony-xperia-z
[Xperia Z General] hndr_haryanto:
Firmware update for Xperia Z was prepared by Sony!

Android 4.2.2 Jelly Bean screenshot for Xperia Z leaked
[Xperia Z General] Shasarak:
I think the techradar test somewhat emphasised battery drain while in stand-by; the reviews that have complained about battery life are more focused on battery life when the phone is in continuous use. That may account for some of the disagreement.
[Xperia Z General] Al Gore:
http://www.mobilechoiceuk.com/phone_review/Sony/Xperia_Z/895
[Xperia Z General] :
Haha, the One X+ does not do over 6 hours, they must make these things up on the spot.
[Xperia Z General] Fasty12:
Darn It!!! Micro lag!!! Where did you experienced this and is it like a stuttering or frame drop?
[Xperia Z General] XDA mark:
Hmmm, I don't know. It was during using the homescreen. Though those 5 minutes went so fast, I can't EXACTLY remember if it was a stuttering or frame drop. Anyway, it was really really as good as nothing. And in 5 minutes it happened like one or two times max.

My friend that has owned only iPhone's till now didn't say anything about the performance when using it. It was smooth and fast. And iOS is smooth as hell, so he would have said something about it if it really was a problem.

I used to be so crazy about performance but these once in a while "micro-lags" didn't bother me at all. And when I buy a phone, I know I will always improve the performance/battery life with custom ROMs/kernels.
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
The only case of slight stutter happens when you scroll to a homescreen with two or three heavy widgets (weather/calendar/Walkman/...) when they aren't loaded. Doesn't occur much since once you've scrolled to them they stay in memory for ages. This problem doesn't seem to occur with other launchers so it might just be a tiny bug.

Aside that I haven't been able to spot a single bit of delay or lag in any app. I'm very, very impressed.
[Xperia Z General] Fasty12:
Good to hear man! One small favor though. Could you try opening gmaps and tell me if it drop frame? On the nexus 10 it did this 100% of the time.
[Xperia Z General] Shasarak:
Pre-loaded videos on phones can be extremely misleading. They're always very carefully designed to make the display look good, and will be specially customised to compensate for the display's deficiencies. So, for example, if the display's colour temperature is shifted towards blue, then normal videos will appear blue-ish when played; but the pre-loaded video will have had every pixel in every frame deliberately shifted towards the red, so that when it plays back it looks perfect. If the display has poor contrast then the video will deliberately be tweaked towards extremes of brightness and darkness to conceal that. And so on.
[Xperia Z General] XDA mark:
True. But even when using the homescreen the screen looked good. I think the HTC One's screen is better (though smaller), but the Z's screen was a real looker as well. I haven't used it for more then a few minutes but really when I saw it all my worries went away: it's not that "horrible" as the internet seems to say. It's a really fine screen, I mean it's still 5" of 1080p res.. how have we come to complaint about such an achievement on a mobile phone? :p
[Xperia Z General] busterdev:
2 microlags on 5 minutes usage is not a good average.

probably just laucher issue. apex/nova can fix that

worse is the camera app start up time. timing can be everything in photo shooting

hope that will be better
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
Veeeery slightly and only if you open Google Maps from a cold start, probably because it already starts loading before the animation is finished. If you don't exit it with back and later return it's 100% butter.

The camera is indeed slow to open (which is very weird considering it was really fast on last years devices). Sometimes takes 4 seconds.
[Xperia Z General] cooltranier13px:
Can you tell me if the stock Albums app syncs with Google+ photos and ablums?
[Xperia Z General] Fasty12:
Hmm Xfil mentioned about a new firmware version that is supposed to be on all the soon to be launched that improves performance quite a bit

Heres what he said

"As i have 3 devices i am working with. One pre production unit, One final production unit and One developer production unit. The developer production unit has special firmware that the final production does not get, the firmware on the pre production unit (which is the one in the video) is on firmware 550, the one on the developer unit is on 580, you can tell by looking at both the developer edition is smoother with the newer firmware. Also when the developer edition had the 550 firmware it lagged a bit, but after the update it is much more smoother!"

Do you have the latest firmware ambroos?
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
I'm on 350, which is the retail release (retail device here).

---------- Post added at 10:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:56 PM ----------

Yep, just takes one tap on the Picasa icon in the Album app (My albums view) to enable.
[Xperia Z General] JPWOA:
A French guy received their XZ today and he said once he plugged the device to the pc he received a software update!

Did you plug yours today? There’s a new version?
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
That new update he got was .350, I asked :)
[Xperia Z General] dibdin:
Ambroos,

How have you found browsing with chrome on the Z, assuming you use chrome of course.
[Xperia Z General] Ambroos:
Very good! It's speedy and everything renders correctly, no complaints.
[Xperia Z General] hndr_haryanto:
Glad to hear it

Dragontrail and Gorilla Glass is used by Xperia Z
[Xperia Z General] lyycat:
"Recently, Sony launches Xperia Z, which is the flagship device of this year. It is an upgrade version of the Xperia T from last year. The Sony Xperia Z was launched in January at the annual Consumer Electronics Show (CES) event in Las Vegas. Sony stole the show as it was the only company to make handset announcements at the show other than from ZTE and Huawei. Most of the manufacturers save their releases for the coming Mobile World Congress. Sony’s president of North Western Europe, Pierre Perron was in confident that Sony can gain the third place in the end of this year. "(from DSstyles News)

It seems Sony is very confident of Xperia Z.
[Xperia Z General] XDA mark:
And they should be.
[Xperia Z General] Akiainavas:
I don't know about your countries, but it's nearly impossible to buy XZ in Poland right now, even though it's already been launched - first batch has been sold out the same day it arrived, and that doesn't include pre-orders. You have to register and wait in lines for another delivery, demand is surprisingly high.
[Xperia Z General] androidindian:
Wonderful review by Engadget : http://www.engadget.com/2013/02/20/sony-xperia-z-review/
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
http://www.brighthand.com/default.asp?newsID=19801&news=Sony+Xperia+Z+Review
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
Xperia Z is baby proof

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKY2fn6IIuY
[Xperia Z General] maverick1103:
Thanks for that share, what a wicked advert, so different but awesome!
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
never mind (posted a rubbish link)
[Xperia Z General] XDA mark:
In the Netherlands it's pretty popular as well, all providers got their stocks these days, though they still "say it will take 2-3 weeks if you want one".

I pre-ordered mine at the provider that's also the first with 4G in the Netherlands. Since I have been a good client for them, they gave me the free headset (even though officialy I didn't have the right for it, long story). They are sending it on Monday and it will probably arrive Tuesday.
[Xperia Z General] omersak:
http://www.dialaphone.co.uk/blog/20...review-waterproof-watershed-for-xperia-range/
[Xperia Z General] omersak:
Excellent video camera comparison with the iPhone 5 by a real photographer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z0cN_NPSNu0
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
http://tweakers.net/reviews/2915/sony-xperia-z-de-eerste-full-hd-smartphone-voor-nederland.html (dutch)
[Xperia Z General] Shasarak:
This is only the second review I've seen that subjects the XZ screen to proper colorimeter analysis.

Summary of conclusions:

- Black level poor.

- Maximum brightness unexciting.

- Contrast ratio the worst on test - barely a third of what the Nexus 4 achieves.

- Colour temperature pushed way into the blue; the GS3 is (marginally) worse, everything else better.

- Overall colour accuracy with Bravia Processing switched off is decidedly unexciting; with Bravia on it's the worst in the test by a large margin, far worse than even the S3.

Google Translate link:

here

Note that "Xperia Z" is intermittently mistyped in the slides as "Xperia S" - check the screen resolution or chipset (or just look for the green bar) to make sure you're looking at the right model!
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
the third if you count :

http://hi-tech.mail.ru/review/misc/Sony_Xperia_Z-rev.html

funny thing is that most reviewers seem to be impressed by the screen when looking at it strait on, on the dutch site they say this as well.
[Xperia Z General] maverick1103:
Excellent video comparison! I'm no photographer and my laptop I watched it on doesn't reach 1080p so watched it in 720p....my opinions are:

iPhone 5 video seemed to capture more detail, showed nice colours and good contrast in areas....the XZ seemed to have a wider lens (or is it me) did better in low light, the stabilising issue was pretty funny, let's hope they fix that soon! Also unless it's my speakers but at the end when he switched the audio from iP5 to XZ it seemed some what louder and clearer, I suppose that is the stereo mics working, but I thought the iP5 recorded audio in stereo too?

Overall I'm impressed with the XZ there are some plus points over the iP5 and some negative points but it's put my worries away about the video capabilities! :good:
[Xperia Z General] doministry:
Xperia Z records OUTSTANDING sound!!!
[Xperia Z General] maverick1103:
So it wasn't my speakers it is true.....nice! :good:
[Xperia Z General] Akiainavas:
It's probably due to HDR, but it's nice how Xperia changes light's colour from warm-white ( yellowish ) to cold-white ( blueish ). I like it.
[Xperia Z General] maverick1103:
I thought the guy said he had everything on default...maybe I'm wrong.
[Xperia Z General] Shasarak:
I was counting that Russian one (hi-tech.mail.ru) as the first and the Dutch one as the second. What others are you aware of? There are a couple of othersI've seen that measure contrast ratio, but I've not seen any others mention colour accuracy. (There's an article at PhoneArena but that uses the same slides as the Russian review).
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
sorry my bad, I was thinking of the gsmarena but they don't look at color accuracy.
[Xperia Z General] omersak:
I'd love for them to repeat these tests on 50% brightness as it's well known that the XZ handles full brightness much worse than the others.
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
Actually Apple copied the notifications from android and in 4.1 and 4.2 the notifications are ahead of what ios 6 is capable off.

That being said the iPhone 5 is a very nice phone indeed, I like the looks of the iPhone 4 better dough. I personally find iOS to restricted although I never used it after iOS 4 or so (original iPad) I couldn't stand the fact that it didn't allow me to download an epub from safari because it said it didn't support the file format although I downloaded an app that did. Maybe that is resolved now I don't know. Any way the iPhone is very nice and you get regular updates so either way a good choice.
[Xperia Z General] :
Thanks and I didn't know that about the notifications. I too hate the locked down experience but that was from the Iphone 3g days when I bought and then returned it! I must say it is not as bad as before in my opinion. Also Itunes seem to have changed a little for the better. Shame no USB on the go. To be honest I'm enjoying it and the App store has come a very long way-nearly an App for everything! If only it had a slightly larger screen. Never mind, you can't have everything!
[Xperia Z General] m00moo:
Lol you complain the XZ is expensive but you went to buy a iphone 5 the most over priced bit of tech.... yawn
[Xperia Z General] Shasarak:
When you say "well known", I presume you mean "entirely untrue"?
[Xperia Z General] Akiainavas:
Sounds about right. Most of the common myths about XZ faults prove to be false as soon as you actually use the device for at least one day.
[Xperia Z General] :
Yes mad isn't it! They even charge more for the 32Gb version. I agree with you, definitely over priced but I am enjoying it and would rather pay this money for this phone as it meets my needs and requirements better. All this reminds me a bit of the Palm/Handspring vs pocket PC. You could do much more with pocket pc but the user experience in my opinion was much better on the Palm.

I remember once regretting my Ipaq purchase, selling it at a loss then buying another Palm. Since then i vowed to never rush into a purchase and take the time to know what suits

me

better.. Gadgets come and go, plus, they should be appreciated and used to their maximum potential. I used my Palm for 4 years as my PDA along with an Ericsson phone for 3 years. Nowadays though components are cheaper and supply chain structures more complex and sophisticated; creating more R&D opportunities and more consumer choice. Off course this has an immediate negative impact on the environment...sorry to ramble on! :cowboy:
[Xperia Z General] Shasarak:
Of course, just in case life isn't complicated enough already, there is a possible wildcard, here: we've seen photos that suggest the XZ may get some kind of screen callibration software that can tweak colour temperature, saturation and hue. If it can do that, then it's possible the screen's colour accuracy could be significantly improved by using it.

But of course the current firmware doesn't include this - it's rumoured that it may be in the upgrade to Android 4.2 at the end of March. But we've no way to be sure it really will be available then, and also no firm knowledge of what it actually does - is it (for example) something that only works when Bravia processing is turned on? No way to tell.

:eek::silly::(
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
another screen comparison vs iphone Black/White background and luminance high/low

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_UaZPFzoQt4
[Xperia Z General] omersak:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mgjNRBSNuHs

Here's a new one with the HTC One. I don't know what he' saying.
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
I don't speak German very well but I think he is saying:

The XZ is thinner but not by much

the H1 feels better in the hand, more ergonomic.

Better positioning of the power button for the H1

H1 screen looks much better, better contrast etc.

H1 looks better in his opinion and said that is of course a personal opinion.

XZ has SD

technical differences are not that big

If hey where able to take one home it would be the H1
[Xperia Z General] i9100g user:
Delete
[Xperia Z General] randomuseresato:
Woah. Love how both screens fade to pitch black on 50% brightness when showing black background :cowboy:
[Xperia Z General] Shasarak:
Meaning the exposure setting on the camera that's filming them is too low.
[Xperia Z General] :
He will soon learn that power button on top is just as stupid on H1 as on Xperia S, the p.b on XZ is perfectly placed
[Xperia Z General] reudyfam:
http://www.knowyourmobile.com/blog/1819952/sony_xperia_z_review.html
[Xperia Z General] djnino4style:
I look forward to March 4th! Finally, it's official output in Italy! *-*
[Xperia Z General] gogetakarenz:
I guess Sony device has more beautiful design than other android manufacture ...

Sent from my {nokia lumia 710 wp 7.8} using Board Express
[Xperia Z General] TheKingOfPain:
Actually you can preorder the device on Unieuro.it, they're dispatching it from February 26th on. Plus, it's available in purple too.
[Xperia Z General] mrmad23:
Sony Xperia Z German Review

Unboxing Video (really straight out of the box...)

[YOUTUBE]vMMZEhMSORs[/YOUTUBE]
[Xperia Z General] omersak:
And now for some comic relief:

http://theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/2249733/sony-xperia-z-vs-samsung-galaxy-s3-battle-royale-video

Almost pissed myself laughing at that 'comparison test'. Sods don't have a clue!
[Xperia Z General] RCJ89:
biggest load of b.s I have seen. Where did you find this garbage. The xperia Z is the better phone.
[Xperia Z General] :
Problem is Samsung fans have turned it to what once they said about Apple fans.. sheep. Its a cycle, Samsung are the new biased and deluded fans. I like Samsung and Apple, this will be my first Sony phone but even I can tell that video is biased, unfair and a joke.
[Xperia Z General] djnino4style:
I'm sorry, but they say "available from early March"
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
Genius, I love the browser speed test especially.

loose quote: "Although I didn't have to type in the address on the S3 as I loaded this website before, it comes as no surprise that the s3 wins, because I have used it for a while and it is fast"
[Xperia Z General] TheKingOfPain:
http://www.unieuro.it/sony-xperia-z/cat61MKCggGiZgAAAE8V_xbN9z3
[Xperia Z General] djnino4style:
Ah, colour black... i want the white version xD

However thanks :D
[Xperia Z General] androidindian:
great indepth review!

[YOUTUBE]xigKO8Q3SQY[/YOUTUBE]
[Xperia Z General] omersak:
http://www.slashgear.com/sony-xperia-z-review-24270827/

Slashgear review up - more dislike for the screen and battery.
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
text version:

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/blog/1819952/sony_xperia_z_review.html
[Xperia Z General] zodiac100:
Why are people going on about the display being washed out. That's nothing new with Sony devices. They all wash out when you tilt the phone owing to narrow bowling viewing angles.

Head on the display is fine in every respect. Most of the reviews say it's an amazing display with poor viewing angles. What's new, it we the the same for the S, ion and just about every SE and Sony device.

They say themes have a grayish tint which makes it look worse. I'm sure that'll be changed with 4.2.

There is no need for conspiracies here, the phones got poor viewing angles. Disappointing that Sony haven't moved to ips panels but it doesn't make the display poor in general because head on, it's absolutely fine, as good as the very best.

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Forget about that review, they lost me the minute they said the Z benchmarks at the same level as the nexus 4 and butterfly.
[Xperia Z General] LordManhattan:
I think i found the longest Xperia Z review out there clocking in at 1 hour 28 minutes :p It's in French, but it's video so it's not that hard to understand what they're talking about.

[YOUTUBE]tYcBG168gUs[/YOUTUBE]
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
http://ausdroid.net/2013/02/25/xperia-z-review/
[Xperia Z General] omersak:
When are you receiving your Xperia Z? Looking forward to your impressions!
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
Hopefully coming Wednesday, my brother just received a new One X and has an XS so I can compare the XZ to those. I don't think it is really useful to compare it to my Arc s :)

When do you receive yours? We can make this a user review thread :)
[Xperia Z General] omersak:
Hopefully when it launches here some time in March :(

I had cancelled my pre-order because it's launching quite cheap here - £390. Plus, it gives me a chance to test it out in person as well.

Absolutely psyched, the damn thing's become somewhat of an obsession for me!
[Xperia Z General] stefanve:
http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/sony-xperia-z-review/
[Xperia Z General] omersak:
"Price excepting, though, it’s the best Android phone we’ve reviewed so far."

Love reading that.
[Xperia Z General] omersak:
Following on from the excellent video camera comparison, he's made another great video comparing still camera performance with the iPhone 5:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udzbOc5BROo

The camera - in the right hands - seems quite good indeed
[Xperia Z General] hndr_haryanto:
Xperia Z now available in 60 countries :)
[Xperia Z General] Trollololol:
[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tS-0xkTVmL8[/YOUTUBE]
[Xperia Z General] omersak:
The screen looks fantastic in that review
[Xperia Z General] omersak:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EKRzwrIYZFU
[Xperia Z General] dibdin:
Yet another review giving the thumbs up to the stonking display.
[Xperia Z General] djnino4style:
tomorrow will be my <3 XPERIA Z <3

http://shop.sonymobile.com/it/buy/xperia-z-black/1270-6070/

IS AVAILABLE :D
[Xperia Z General] LordManhattan:
FTFY

[YOUTUBE]tS-0xkTVmL8[/YOUTUBE]

FTFY

[YOUTUBE]EKRzwrIYZFU[/YOUTUBE]
[Xperia Z General] JoeMBlair:
That first review really wasn't much of a review at all more like an advertisement really. Plus it also gave some wrong information such as saying it had wireless charging which isn't the case.
[Xperia Z General] jameslfc5:
Thanks for the comprehensive list although after seeing this on the Gizmodo review I am really worried! ...

Will this happen straight away :( I was planning on taking mine in the pool once or twice whilst on holiday
[Xperia Z General] antipesto93:
Looks like that was taken into the sea or some really dirty water? (judging by where it was photographed?)
[Xperia Z General] LordManhattan:
Worried about what? That a bear attacks you in the middle of nowhere and you drop your phone in a pool of piss and bear excrement? It is also stated that the Xperia Z doesn't like salt water and water with chlorine (every single swimmingpool out there). The Xperia Z is also a mobile phone, so treat it like a phone and not a tank.

I think that should cover most things, cheers from your insurance company.
[Xperia Z General] DiscipleOfKane:
They also said they dropped it in Beer among other things which is probably not recommended :p

Other than the water indicator being activated it still worked fine.
[Xperia Z General] jameslfc5:
I was just worried that the water indicator actually activated in the first place , I can't see what difference the type of 'water' would make, would it really make a difference whether it was salt water, freshwater or chlorine water?

Maybe he didn't close the ports correctly?