[Xperia Z5 Premium General] _delice_doluca_:
Even though Sony makes exceptional devices, I do not think they are good enough at marketing them.

That's a phone that I had to pick from a limited range of phones which I could buy with a contract from my carier as installment is forbidden for phones in Turkey. And actually I was there for either a Huawei P9 or Xperia Z3+. I didn't even know a Z5 Premium existed as the shelves are full of Xperia "X" derivatives and I wasn't following the market since I had my hard times with my Xperia Z2, even though it was my best phone at the same time.

Still, looked at it's photo scores, laying one point under the Pixel phone with an 88 and bought it.

+ 1080/4K conversion is the cleverest thing ever! Do not be afraid of 1080p this much. You don't race your devices technology, instead focus on the screen quality and it is awesome. Also, being a device of Snapdragon 810 in a S820 era, 1080p gives it the necessary GPU advantage as the S820 rivals have fixed 2556*1440 screen.

+it also saves battery

+the material quality is superb. I jumped from Sony to LG G4, then Nexus 5 and now back again to Sony. It is great. Not a fan of glass back though, Z5 was better at that with a full aluminum body. I picked Premium just for a bigger screen for only 70$ more.

+so far the best music experience from my Android phones always came with Sony. This one is no exception.

+battery life is the best amongst my phones.

+I like Sony's Android implementation. They are slow on updates but stable, also the Woodward is light. That's the opposite on LG G4.

+The bootloader is unlockable and device is easily rootable.

+good headphones in the box

+I listen to music ever day, and never had any problems with the jack.

+camera has greater field of view than the other one on the market, that allows you to capture more area into the frame. With a Samsung, you would be taking the same photo from 10 steps further :)

+it is good that Sony got rid of flaps from USB ports.

-of your hands are wet or sweaty, fingerprint sensor probably won't work. That's bad for a water proof phone.

-Glass back is so 2012 :) matter of preference though..

-DRM backup thing requires a bit reading before jumping into the custom software world. Or there is no going back.

-Sonys are a little bit expensive in my country. This costed me nearly 1000$. For comparison; a brand new iPhone 6S 64gb is like 1350-1400$.

-the touch screen is extremely sensitive, so much that I can NOT write at full speed since it reads my two thumbs as one :) seriously! G4 was on a bit a heavy side when it came to touch sensitivity, thus one recognizes my finger almost before I make contact with the screen..

-never had a chance to try another one but the with-came headphones are low on volume, even though the sound clearness is %100

-it may get hot on the glass panel.

-in a regular room temperature, after 55 min of full HD video it gave me an error saying the device was too hot and needed to get cool for a little time.

-not that I see it a con, but the front camera is a low mp for today's standards..

-I just can't seem to get used to the Album app, I prefer Google's Photos instead.

-back in the days, there was this team called Free Xperia. They were always one step ahead when it came to custom ROMs and kernels on Sony devices, also worked side by side with Cyanogen Team. However, nowadays Xperia Z devices lag behind other devices on especially Custom ROMs. I didn't know that when I was buying the device but was sure I would be able to unlock the bootloader. So it kind of was disappointing for me.. I have to make do with the original ROM for now I guess.. That's a big negative for me.

-the accessory side of Sony is so weak. At least here, don't about the rest of the world.

These are my observations. Hope helps. Which devices I would trade my Z5 Premium?

1)Nexus 6P (not officially in Turkey's market, slightly cheaper).I believe Pixel is something in the history we all will try to forget.. So best Nexus is the best phone on the world.

2) Oneplus 3. That one is great, and the price is great too. But couldn't find it on Turkey. (found it in one store, without a certain origin and the guy tried to sell me at 800$)

3) HTC 10. Noo, not me. Some may like it but I can't trust HTC after One X fiasco..

4) Xperia X seems nicer and thinner. If only I could accept a smaller screen..

That's all.