[Xperia Z General] Shan89:
Hey to OP And everyone , i hope my post wont turn into bashing me lol, anyway heres few things i love about Z and things that decided for me to go for the One.

1st of all i'd like to mention my cousin has XZ and i've been using it for 5 days , i also have HTC One so this would be what i think about these 2.

XZ Pros over One from my experience:

Watter proof , bravia , camera interface IS UBER FAST but taking pics is rather slow for my taste since i'm coming from HTC One X which is one of fastest shooters out there, i guess i can say also screen sinze even tho that's more of a personal preference.

One Pros over XZ from my experience :

- Screen is simply out of this world it's the best looking screen i ever saw , i choose this screen mainly because it shows great collors EVERYWHERE not only in gallery like what XZ does ..

- Battery life is much better for me on One , getting average 6hrs screen time with overall 24hrs on battery while with Z i couldn't pass 12/13 hrs on battery with MAX 4hrs screen time with EVERYTHING disabled literally.

- System speed is much much snappier and faster then on XZ , XZ is full of some mini stutters that are just annoying.

- Camera is more functional for me then XZ , i love scene recognition of XZ but most of it doesn't even work ... for example HDR literally takes no effect ... tho i admit XZ has better details then One , anyway i chose One cuz overall camera is simply better, and takes shots literally instantly ( hdr takes around 0.30 sec to make it ) + Theres ZOE and all the crazy stuff from the gallery ( for example sequent shot )

- Front camera is also much better with that crazy wide angle lens and colors overall are better then on XZ

- Speakers are outstanding , i'm usualy alot in the city @ public areas and i couldn't hear XZ at all there while one is easily noticed , aside from that watching movies / youtube is just beautiful , headphones sound is also much better , XZ on headphones sounds like HTC One on 30-40% of the volume and bass is very weak on XZ ( even tested headphones from my HoX and One , bass is simply too weak tho overall loudness did increase with One's and HoX's headphones )

- Gallery and it's effects are just amazing while on XZ gallery looks outdated imho ..

- Sunlight visibility SUX on XZ i could barely see anything on XZ while One does much better job in this area. ( Between overall brightness is higher on XZ then on One ... but seams like SLCD3 has additional boost @ Brightness when on auto and MAX , around 15-20% extra more light )

- Gaming is so much better on HTC One , 1st sound is superiour , 2nd colors and everything overall looks much better since we can't use Bravia in games or anywhere else except in gallery which sux for me .. and the main thing NFS MW Full details kinda laggs / lose fps on XZ while one is 90% of the time locked onto 60FPS

- Stock HTC browswer is much much faster then any browser i've saw also much smarter , especially when doublle tapping then text gets wrapped , it's literally instant while on XZ with chrome i had stutters overall in browswer ..

- Video recording is much better on One especially the sound it has HDR mic which blows me away when i record something,and video stabilization is much better ... i guess that's because of OIS and perhaps cuz of HDR video recording is much better.

- Flash is more powerfull on the One, blazing fast and has 5 modes to flash ( i guess it chooses the power of flash when mesuring the distance )

- One of the main things that decided for me to go for the One was development , imho development sux on XZ , too low for the flagship device. Cm support also sux vs One.

- feel in the hand , i have impression like one is thinner then the XZ even tho on paper it's 9.3 vs 7.9 on XZ ... luckily it has those curved angles while i feel unconfortable with XZ shape.

- S600 is simply better chip then s4pro , s4pro is much better handling 720p then full HD , take for instance nexus 4 , it's much faster in gaming then XZ with the same chip.

AS for design i'm undecided here , both phones are absolutelly beautiful so i'd leave this one as personal preference as well.

Anyway this would be my 2cents , if i forgot something please someone add it , thx !