Latest Concept build for Sony Xperia X includes new audio engine

01 April 2017
The position of the battery percentage indicator has also been changed.

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  • AnonD-10768
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  • 02 Apr 2017

You all just google sony and android "O".
Sony has been contributing a lot of audio enhancements to android according to google. This is to benefit all android phone manufacturers not just Sony's phones. That next audio codec or enhancement you have on you Samsung, LG, Motorola etc. . . Might just came from Sony. It's not copying, Sony gave their audio expertise to the android code.

Search for an article on "the verge" about this if you want some sources and proof. Not just fanboys bable.

    AnonD-566980, 02 Apr 2017sony audio engine: -sound effects-eq with clear bass and s... moreLOL you're liar listening music on Z3 is muffled and no details at all, Galaxy S6 is far far better than Z3 or Z5 or even Xperia X series.

      Anonymous, 02 Apr 2017Adapt Sound=ClearAudio+ UHQ Upscaler=DSEE HX Tube Amp Pro... moreLOL if you use the ClearAudio+ you can't tweak the adjustment and Adapt Sound is different.
      DSEE HX makes sound muffle (experience with my Z3C (i had it) and Xperia XZ (try them on phone store) while UHQ Upscaler makes treble cleaner.
      Tube Amp Pro makes louder and great instrumental separation and xLoud? It's enhancement for loudspeaker.

      I don't believe Sony fanboys because all of them are liars. My Note 4 is better than Xperia Z3 and Z5 and my S7 edge is even more :-)

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        • Anonymous
        • t7}
        • 02 Apr 2017

        Cassy O, 02 Apr 2017Sony's audio engine sucks. Samsung and HTC's are better! W... moreAdapt Sound=ClearAudio+
        UHQ Upscaler=DSEE HX
        Tube Amp Pro=xLoud
        Concert Hall=S-Force Front Surround
        __________=LDAC
        __________=Dynamic Normalizer
        Just fill in the blanks for me please, thanks :)

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          • AnonD-402029
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          • 02 Apr 2017

          just implement something like Viper4Android pls..in these few years I avoided warranty of my phone just to root and install Viper4Android, I just cant live with it. It would be good if some oem implement it without without having to root..

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            • AnonD-566980
            • 3q5
            • 02 Apr 2017

            Anonymous, 01 Apr 2017Dear sweet little baby, touchwiz and graceui is the most ad... morein wich way they did copy samsung?

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              • AnonD-566980
              • 3q5
              • 02 Apr 2017

              Cassy O, 02 Apr 2017Sony's audio engine sucks. Samsung and HTC's are better! W... moresony audio engine:
              -sound effects-eq with clear bass and s-force front surround and surround sound vpt studio,club and concert hall
              -clear audio+
              -dynamic normaliser
              -auto optimization
              -dsee hx
              -noise cancelling
              LDAC playback
              thats the sony audio engine on xperia xz
              and i did listen music on s6,and s6 didnt have better sound then z3, z3 is older phone,it was just louder,while z3 have more clear sound
              and yes we dont care about you irrelavant opinion,you dont even know anything about sony audio engine,sony audio engine dosent suck,samsung is just chatching up it not better just like with build quality etc... lets remind are self of s5,well the dishwasher is made batter then that
              and yes google if you dont know what are some of audio features


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                • Harold
                • teX
                • 02 Apr 2017

                Cassy O, 02 Apr 2017Sony's audio engine sucks. Samsung and HTC's are better! W... moreHahaha atheist Sony uses its own technology and doesn't borrow AKG or beats or whatever..your comment is a fail!

                  Sony's audio engine sucks. Samsung and HTC's are better!
                  With Samsung i love the Adapt Sound ( HTC already copied this feature), UHQ Upscaler, Tube Amp Pro and when i'm listening live music recording i turn on the Concert Hall enhancement and really makes alive.

                  I don't care if Sony fanboys don't care about my opinions but Sony's audio engine sucks!

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                    • Anonymous
                    • DxG
                    • 01 Apr 2017

                    Anonymous, 01 Apr 2017Don't fill this page with annoying comments. Samsung sucks ... moreWe are allowed to put any comments here

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                      • Anonymous
                      • DxG
                      • 01 Apr 2017

                      Sony The Innovator, 01 Apr 20171. It's my choice to change my nickname as the GSMArena rul... moreDear sweet little baby, touchwiz and graceui is the most advanced android user interface. Sony know it, that's why they start copying touchwiz

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                        • AnonD-655832
                        • J%g
                        • 01 Apr 2017

                        Really, Sony, can't you just get us a proper camera module? You have squeezed a full frame 42MP sensor in a tiny rangefinder body, bet you could stuff something APS-C in a smartphone body with no design compromises.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 6XU
                          • 01 Apr 2017

                          Don't fill this page with annoying comments. Samsung sucks with its laggy TouchWiz. TouchWiz is nothing but laggy UI with childish icons and useless features. Samsung engineers don't know what is optimization. Their phones will lag even with 8GB ram. Sony is other story. The most stable and smooth UI that never lag.

                            AnonD-558092, 01 Apr 2017Changing your name from JordanBaby from Sony The Innovator ... more1. It's my choice to change my nickname as the GSMArena rules' freedom allows me to do so. I have overused that useless nickname and decided to change it, and it has nothing to do with what we're talking about here, kindly forget about that.

                            2. Why do I need to be constructive? I am not attacking, I am trying to correct the false statements you're talking about here, though it gets boring to explain to non-listeners like you. I can stop this anytime, but I don't have something to waste my time with, so until right now it's fine for me.

                            3. Can't get over? Or you simply can't admit that Samsung made a mistake? I used it because first, it's related to Samsung engineers that I was referrring to when you referred to Sony engineers, and second, you act like Samsung is a flawless company and Sony is a company of shame. Not true at all, hence why I'm doing this. I ain't claiming Sony is also flawless, but based on facts that they have done, Sony did better than Samsung in mobile. Not in sales nor track records, but the phones themselves.

                            4. Oh, so I bought a fake Galaxy S which has a green battery colored icon! Cause as I know, even the S8 series has white icon colored battery icon.

                            When talking about audio, your so-called "SoundAlive" is nowhere near close to Sony's propietary audio settings such as DSEE HX. I have used it on the Xperia Z3 and tried that SoundAlive on the S5. Playing the same exact audio file using the same headset and same exact volume and the Z3 managed to play it better. Louder, clearer, punchier, better quality overall. Samsung was never known for great audio, and their AKG earphone-bundled S8 series is just their marketing trick to advertise that their phones have great audio when they simply don't. We'll have to see though.

                            5. So asking me to use a theme basically means you're also admitting that I was right. That's what I need, thanks that you're not really that bad of a Samsung fan after all. And yeah, I know that we can customize it, because it's Android.

                            6. They're selling billions of units yet they can't make hundreds of the sensors for each of them? Then why bother make your own ones? Why not harvest them first and sell when they're enough to be supplied already? But Sony sensors are still better than Samsung sensors anyway so I don't really care.

                            7. Did you understand what I have just said? I'm trying to say that you must make sure that every feature that you'll implement will be useful in people's everyday lives. For instance, Samsung had the feature called "Air View" on their Galaxy S4. Where is that now on the S8 series? Only useful feature from Samsung was the split screen multitasking, and eventually Google did it better. If you should sell different features every year at the proper flagship price, then it might be the reason of Apple removing the headphone jack at a price notch higher than typical flagships

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                              • AnonD-331984
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                              • 01 Apr 2017

                              AnonD-658113, 01 Apr 2017Sony experia z4 aqua.......No cover on charging port.BIG DE... moreRiiiiiiiight... Z4 aqua. Greeeeeaaaattt, I had that too.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • IVS
                                • 01 Apr 2017

                                Anonymous, 01 Apr 2017What are they doing? Trying to copy miui? Miui is China UI, I had try it but it inconvenience. I think Xiaomi must learn how to make simple and elegance UI, not just design like a childish likes UI.

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                                  • AnonD-658113
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                                  • 01 Apr 2017

                                  Sony experia z4 aqua.......No cover on charging port.BIG DESIGN FAULT., Gets clogged up with fluff and dust making recharging the battery bloody near impossible. I will NOT buy another Sony unless future phones have a port cover.

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                                    • 01 Apr 2017

                                    boohoo, 01 Apr 2017wth? "New" Audio Engine and battery percentage ? LOL. Sams... moreThis is "concept software" and I myself found some features in the stable firmware of my Xperia X not found in the "Concept software". This is more of a testing ground for Sony to add more features and get user response. The concept software doesn't even have the theme engine yet! X-Reality, a staple of Sony smartphones since the Z1 only arrived to the concept firmware just this month! So you can't really criticize beta software, it's not yet final. And to those who say that the UI has never changed and etc., let me ask a question, does Sony's UI really need refinement? TouchWiz changes over time because of the consumer response that "This one is lagging.....this one has too many features....this one has cartoony icons...." and all sorts of things. I cannot say that the Xperia UI is the most refined, but it just has Stock Android with an icon pack and a theme engine. If it ain't broke, why fix it?

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • mJw
                                      • 01 Apr 2017

                                      Anonymous, 01 Apr 2017What are they doing? Trying to copy miui? Sony never copies.

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                                        • Greywall
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                                        • 01 Apr 2017

                                        Anonymous, 01 Apr 2017So much better than samwhen it comes to gimmick yeah you nailed it.