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[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] RJASSI21:
Oh wow the 3rd an 4th ones look great. I dont see how people can complain about the camera on any mobile device honestly. I came from an Xperia Z2 which had a phenomenal camera I was really impressed with it. The fact I could flash cyberian camera mod just made it even better. That gave me the ISO sensitivity equivalent to our XZP. The mod allowd for the Z3 to support 25600 ISO which I believe is higher than out XZP.

Just check out some of the photos I took on my Z2 here on my G+ page: https://plus.google.com/116272109758114321506

Completely satisfied with just that and I know the XZP will snap photos better. Lets just face it though, the XZP and ever other phone are just phones so youll never get anything like a DSLR but maybe something close. I think alot of people need to appreciate what phones are capeable of now. Especially those at dxomark. They also need to realise that they are just phones once only able to call.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] LukeyWolf:
Furthermore proof that dxomark was paid by Apple and Samsung, giving it an 83 and then you look at this? I would think that was taken on an expensive DSLR!
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] itsmohsink:
Amazing mate, the colors the blur the contrast, thumbs up!
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] taphius:
Oreo update helps immensely in low light, my xzp seems to be using 2000iso now instead of cranking it to 3200 or 6400. More grain but less smearing. Burst looks to do a good job as well, although you cant use it in low light for shutter speed reasons.

Pictures arent perfect or anywhere near note 8 level, but they are more than useable now in low light.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] lu99ke:
Hey - I know that seagull! I say hello every morning as I run past there!

Hope you enjoyed our fine city!
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] Arup ZR:
Simply superb

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As an ex owner of Nokia 1020 I am quite happy with the new SONY IMX400 sensor performance as I am with my older IMX300 sensor in Xperia Z5. The later still does superb pics in daytime with 23MP manual mode.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] ceftriaxone:
Here are some samples from my XZs (I'm putting here, as XZs thread is almost dead. Hope it's not a problem, after all, they have the same hardware and software):

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[url=https://flic.kr/p/219X6Bq]DSC_0299-01 by

[url=https://flic.kr/p/21eRhJc]Pantheon by night by

[url=https://flic.kr/p/BXvkj1]Beautiful Siena by

[url=https://flic.kr/p/Xst9nA]Untitled by

Click on the links to see them full sized. There are also some other samples taken with XZs.

I like night photography, don't know why :)

Was making comparisons with S7e, it's a tough battle, without a clear winner I'd say. Too bad we have no possibility to shot in RAW.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] Dragoore:
really cool photos - thx :)
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] 3mozz:
Camera apk

can anyone please extract stock camera app. i want to try and see if it works on XZs.

so that i can finally get rid of 4K app
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] utsav911:
Can anyone confirm if you can shoot in RAW with third party apps like lightroom?
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] MCM4u:
It looks like Abu Dhabi / Dubai?
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] shehzadprince17:
Abu dhabi
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] Bidiminished:
Personally I think the DxOMark score of 83 is a bit generous. No OIS means that pictures are blurry more often than other phones. Despite the RGBC-IR sensor the colours aren't that impressive: the colour tone is usually off and the camera software tries to go for added "punch" rather than accurate colours. Sometimes this looks okay but other times it looks absolutely ridiculous. Pictures are often overblown. The main issue I have with the camera is the post-processing. Whether you're taking a picture in good or bad lighting, with tripod and manual mode or just Superior Auto, the post-processing is so strong that it absolutely obliterates any detail. Pictures look pretty great until you zoom in. Then they look blurry with a watercolour effect and any textures are completely gone.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] Slade Wilson:
Can you give me the settings of your cam? because in automatic mode I am not pleased with the quality of such a high cost phone :(
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] saved-j:
most of the times it just takes to swipe into the manual mode.

You might want to set ISO (sensitivity) to 200 or lower to achieve some better quality. But the exposure time will grow as you lower the sensitivity, to get the same amount of light. So be sure to stand still while shooting in low light conditions.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] Ellio74:
Of course the lack of OIS is a bit disappointing BUT only in low light. In other conditions this camera is great. Colors are natural (as always from Sony). And I don't know if it's thanks to an update but that superior auto picture quality seems to have improved. Now I sometimes take pictures in superior auto and I'm quite impressed with the picture that comes out.

In low light, I tried some tripod shots, both in manual and superior auto, and both are superb, though I'd still shoot in manual in this case since superior auto, though it detects that the phone doesn't move, doesn't want to go as low as possible in terms of shutter speed.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] Atrax2010:
XZ2 vs XZP

I'd love to see the comparison between XZ2 and Premium.

Looking at the comparisons on the GSM Arena, the XZ2 produces much more detail with less noise and in many cases more natural colors.

Specially noticable in low light.

Although, the samples on the GSM Arena were done on Nougat, some improvements were made since then for the XZP in the camera department, which I've noticed myself.

Are the sensors really exactly the same on both XZP and XZ2 lineup? If so, then they've done some great work with the processing and algorithms, which, I'm 99% sure, we won't see get updated on the XZP/XZ1 lineup because Sony needs to sell new phones.

Unless, there is an actuall difference in the sensor, which by looking at the specs doesn't seem to be the case.

If someone can get their hand on a XZ2/Compact, it would be great to compare on the current XZP firmware.

Everybody and their dog at this point is aware that these Sony's sensors are capable of much much more, I'm just wondering if they will be willing to update the sensor firmwares on older devices using the same sensors.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] lu99ke:
Don't forget that the XZ2 has an SD845 in it... which has a vastly improved ISP... so whilst the sensor may be the same, Sony does have different hardware to be utilising and my guess is that they may be leaning on the 845's ISP more and that is the underlying reason of the big jump in quality.

Look at One + .... yes different sensors between the One + 5 and the One + 6....which contribute to the better camera performance... but overwhelmingly, they have benefited from leaning on the ISP in the SD845 and not trying to mess with it too much.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] kw0n2k:
During daylight with plenty of sun, exceptional photos.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] DJ_Axcess:
[IMG="XZ Premium Automatic"]https://i.imgur.com/4CYHBUX.jpg[/IMG]
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] TylerGrey:
That is damn good. I've not been able to get anything like that with mine, I can only imagine how much time I'd have to spend cleaning the lens to get close. My only real fault with it is that it seems to focus softly if the lens isn't absolutely pristine.

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I've found the XZ Premium to be more than competent if you really hold steady, it feels like one of the old Kodak Digital pocket cameras in that regard. The one thing that irks me is how soft it focusses. Other things that may get to you are the occasional oil painting like artefacts and the wishy-washy colours at times, especially in more awkward light.

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Looking out over the River Medway in good lighting. The wide angle of the single lens really comes into its own here

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Looking down a regional railway line near the River Medway, here any distortion in the lens should be very clear as the line is arrow straight and dead level. Also note the detail that the 19MP sensor captured in the ballast stones.

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Here, looking down at Clapham Junction, the wide angle of the lens suddenly becomes a detriment as the train in the centre of the frame is taking up less space within the image, and detail is lost in its front end, note how difficult it's number is to read without punching in drastically.

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In this underground train station with artificial lighting and confined space with small details, note the oil painting effect in the brickwork of the archway I'm standing in.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] wanimuto:
Here are some photo i took directly with XZP without editing. I really love the camera on daylight. It has a beautiful lens glare. The panoram features also smooth and great
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
Your friends are never going to believe what you did. The only way to prove it to them is with that video you took. Rate this thread to express how videos shot on the Sony Xperia XZ Premium come out. A higher rating indicates that videos are smooth (and not choppy) and that auto-focus works very well, and that the camera adjusts quickly to different lighting conditions while recording.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
You're beautiful and everyone knows it. That's why you take selfies. Rate this thread to express how the front-facing camera of the Sony Xperia XZ Premium performs. A higher rating indicates that the front camera produces fantastic results consistently.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
There! Something just happened! Did you take a picture of it? Rate this thread to express how fast the Sony Xperia XZ Premium can go from "zero to picture". A higher rating indicates that launching the camera app and taking a photo is extremely fast such that you never miss an important moment, like when your cat attacks the couch again.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
When you hand your phone to granny to take a photo of you, can she get the job done? Rate this thread to express how you deem the Sony Xperia XZ Premium's camera software. A higher rating indicates that the software is easy to use, fast, uncluttered, and inclusive of advanced features for when you need them.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] javiwz:
I think it's one of the best android software, the software experience is just as good as a smartphone from Google's own hand with a bit of SONY touch-up
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
To power up, you consume Red Bull. But your phone just needs its adaptive fast charger. Rate this thread to express how quickly the Sony Xperia XZ Premium can charge. A higher rating indicates that it charges extremely fast.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] burakkcbyk:
Qnovo Adaptive Chargen very useless. This phone charge 3 hours 30 minutes.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] Artyomska:
Before saying such things, do you even have any idea why this happens? Don't post something like this like is a con when you don't know why this happens. Also you can disable it easily if you don't like it.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] burakkcbyk:
Yes i know "Battery Care" function. I Turned off.

I tried a lot cable and charger but i give always 3 hours 30 minutes.

Because this phone has got QNOVO Adapdive Charge technology for battery life.

But, that's why:

%1 percent to %51 charged with 2380mA

%51 percent to %60 charged with 1990mA

%60 percent to %70 charged with 1510mA

%70 percent to %75 charged with 1220mA

%75 percent to %80 charged with 1020mA

%80 percent to %83 charged with 920mA

%83 percent to %85 charged with 720mA

%85 percent to %87 charged with 620mA

%87 percent to %100 charged with 530mA

Totally full charge 3 hours 30 minutes.

You can enter this link and you can see.

http://www-support-downloads.sonymobile.com/g8141/environmental_G8141-G8142_2017.pdf

Year: 2017

One phone and this support Quick Charge 3.0

But!!

3 hours 30 minutes charging time :eek::eek::eek: (Oneplus: 1 hours 28 minutes, Galaxy S8 1 hours 41 minutes, HTC U11 1 hours 44 minutes)

We dont need QNOVO for 2/3 months extra battery life.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] lesmil:
If you charge it to 100% (and discharge it to 0%) every day then you will not extend your battery life for sure... If the charging time is the most important to you, get OP5 or S8 and stop moaning. And 3 hours and 30 minutes? LOL...
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] burakkcbyk:
I have got a this phone. And i like it. I dont like it op5 or s8. Ok? Can you understand.

Before buy i look qc3 function and i bought XZ Premium.

But, again 3 hours 30 minutes.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] denkem:
3:30? :) I got it with UCH12 and it was charged from 1% to 100% in 2:38. I only tested it once as I don't let it go under 30% and I charge it max 87-90% :)
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] burakkcbyk:
Battery Care open 3.30

Closed 2.40
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] Sensination:
To be honest I'd rather wait longer for the phone to charge than damaged the battery over time. I rarely go below 50% and charge above 80%. This way the wear to the battery is minimal
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] Katsigaros:
I had the same results when i made a full charge with the uch 12 charger. Most people say that the 40% to 80% rule is the best for the longlivety of the battery, but i perform the 30% to 90% rule as well because it lasts me almost 2 days with a normal use.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] phazed:
This phone lasts me forever, so I don't care that it doesn't charge 80% in 15 minutes. I just wish it had the time to full charge listed like my old SGS6 or that it would at least have a notification somewhere that you were in fact rapidly charging (again, like Sammy phones).
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] Tonyevol:
Less than 3 hours to charge from 5% to 100% as you can see in the attached image

I use a aukey power charger with quick charge 3.0 and an Anker USB 3 cable
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] kemufi:
with battery care on, I also got approx. 2:45 with UC12 and also charged from 1%, I often charge from 15% and got approx. 2:35 fully charged. :)
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] sToRm//:
Hahahaha... I bought a 3A "fast charging kit" yesterday, because I was by friends and forgot my charger. Manufacturer is "hama". It looks really nice and like it's good quality. But... Hell... 2% in 19 minutes? WTF?! Hahaha... I think this is ultra fast charging gone wrong.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] tomo100brt:
You all are stupid. Turn off battery care and you will charge it for 1:15 to 1:30 h with Sony UCH12W.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] sToRm//:
Battery care is disabled since I bought my XZP ? I think it's a compatibility problem with my hama charger. The Sony charger does it's job really fast ?
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] tomo100brt:
I think that Sony UCH12W is the best charger for Sony XPERIA XZ Premium
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] kamalaggi:
My XZ premium went from 4% to 100% in 1hr30 using the standard UCH12W and UCB20 cable.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] Charmwah:
Xperia XZ Premium charging query?

Hi burakkcbyk

Are the figures you stated below specifically for the Xperia XZ Premium? I ask as I had an online chat with Sony today and they were next to useless. The advisor told me the phone actually draws 2.8a @ 5w, but this doesn't make sense when the mains charger supplied can only provide 2.7a @ 5w. Furthermore, the official Sony in-car charger can only push 2.4a @ 5w. So, with your figures below it seems to me as if the phone actually only draws 2.4a maximum anyway?

Kind regards

Dave
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] burakkcbyk:
Yes bro. This values for XZP
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] XDA_RealLifeReview:
It's amazing how much we actually use our phones in a given day, especially when we watch "videos"! Rate this thread to express how many hours of screen-on time you can get on the Sony Xperia XZ Premium before depleting the battery.

Then, drop a comment if you have anything to add!
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] karrouma:
Got 6hrs @ 50%
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] ashkan.t:
that is amazing !!!

how did you reached this time?

please answer these

-screen brightness

-stamina use or not

-airplane mode

-how was your usage ( heavy or medium or ....)

-do you charge your phone with fast charge or not ?

...
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] karrouma:
Screen brightness @40%

No stamina

Wifi and mobile data are on

Using heavy some time and medium usage

I used original charger in the box

Rooted with storm fix
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] ashkan.t:
(Rooted with storm fix)

so that is the reason for your high screen time :)

what is your charger model ? UCH12 ?

if it is uch12 so you are using fast charge
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] karrouma:
yep
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] Saadkhalid786:
im getting 8-9 hours with 3-3.5 hours of asphalt 8 gameplay on high graphics, one or two movies on youtube, full low brightness (35% on movies in YT), heavy facebook usage. and a lot of other things like video editing, whats, HG,G+ etc etc.

uninstalled all useless system and user apps. added play services in doze mode. reduced background activity and background data on all user and system apps.

using 1890x3360 resolution (to fix touch issues).
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] Beetle84:
Im on oreo (.51) with storms DRM Fix/kernel, I used serajrs debloat script to get rid of all the useless apps, 8.45 hours with 13% left, this phone is a beast! Mobile data all day, stamina on performance, some YouTube, lots of browsing, telegram msg's, couldnt ask for better.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] dieselhazza:
So are you guys getting these insane screen on times due to root? If so what are you doing to achieve this?

If not rooted what are you doing to get these kind of screen on times
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] SNOOPLAYAN:
Hi,

My device isn't rooted and this is what I do to get the most out of the battery...

1. I try to never allow the battery to get hot in order to prolong its excellent performance. If you're charging your phone, don't run heavy draining apps as this will greatly increase the battery's temperature. When charging my phone, I usually set stamina mode to always on and if I'm not expecting important phone calls I sometimes activate airplane mode. If you want to make and receive calls just turn off Bluetooth, wife, data and GPS while the phone is plugged in to keep the battery temperature down.

2. I used to love the Juice Defender app which was able to automatically turn off Wife/Data whenever the screen is off but sadly it hasn't been updated in so many years. Now I just manually turn off WiFi and Data whenever the phone is not in use.

3. If you're watching an offline film or reading a book, turn off your WiFi and Data. Again, if you're not looking to make calls activate Airplane Mode as this tends to lessen the battery drain especially when watching 4k movies.

4. Delete any apps that you don't use. Especially the power hungry apps!

5. I only tend to set brightness to the lowest setting when I'm in a very dark room. There's no point in always having it so low in broad daylight like a disorientated cave-dweller.

6. When you go to bed, activate stamina mode (if you want to save more juice then also activate Airplane Mode) and just make sure that it won't affect your alarm in the morning. ?

That's pretty much it for me I guess. Rooting voids the warranty and that's not something I want to do so I'm happy with my current usage and performance.

Hope this helps!
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] alexs784:
You can also try to turn off the phone, this will bring excellent battery life :cyclops:

Just kidding :silly:

By the way, root seems to improve a lot the phone, but I have Amazon warranty and would be a shame to lose it for rooting the phone :(
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] SNOOPLAYAN:
Hahahahaahahhaha

Yes that's one of the reasons why I'm not too keen on rooting. Rooting the device will also cause some issues that currently have no fix available so I'm good for now.

I can capture excellent stills and beautiful 4k footage. I get around 9-10 hours of screen on time with moderate to heavy use. Everything works as it should so I'm very happy with that. :D
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] karrouma:
3.5 hrs loosing 40%

I think for normal daily usage xzp got between 7-8 hrs

The seco d day reached 9hrs+@4% of battery
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] ssj4maiko:
Well, by my own experience, going out to work at 7:00, getting home at about 18:30 (plus commuting, as I was doing it in the bus too), I was reading an EPUB the whole day (Moon Reader+), black background with white text, the app prevents the screen from turning off, and I hardly had any reason besides lunch break to turn it off, I noticed I had forgotten the cable at the end of lunch break and took out brightness to about 35%, enough to be readable for me, it was on auto until them, no stamina mode either.

I got home with about 40% of battery left. I was quite surprised with my results.
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] karrouma:
Can get more than 20 hrs of SOT now

Look [MENTION=2884042]The s[/MENTION]creenshoti taked after long day

5.5 hrs of SOT and 47% battery remaning
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] kanej2006:
I get an average of 6 1/2 hours SOT with heavy gaming and brightness set to around 30%

Otherwise 2-3 days standby with medium to little use. I am impressed.

Ps. When gaming, is the screen running in 1080P or 4k?? How can we tell?
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] SPeaky:
It is 1080p
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] kanej2006:
Thanks for clearing that. This means that we only get 4k when viewing 4k movies? However, by default we are getting 1080p which includes gaming.

It would be nice if we could run games in 4k. Why have a 4k screen which is only running 1080P?

Same as buying a 4k TV/Monitor and gaming at 1080P. :crying:

At least we should have an option to change resolution like a PC when gaming, would make sense.Even gaming at 1440P would look amazing. Some games have visible jagged edges which would be eliminated if running at resolutions higher than 1080P...
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] saved-j:
hey could you please us all how much you paid for the PC that lets enjoy 4k gaming? and how much room it takes.

I'm not trying to underestimate the power of Snapdragon 835, but you surely don't understand that even GTX 1080 doesn't play all the games flawlessly in 4K
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] kanej2006:
Then you must not heard of GTX 1080 TI?? 30% better performance than the standard GTX 1080. I am able to play any game fully maxed, ultra settings at 4k with an average of 80-100 fps thank you very much...
[Sony Xperia XZ Premium Real Life Review] dieselhazza:
With a heavy graphics intensive game you won't be able to achieve 80 to 100 fps running 4K. Please be more realistic