Our 960fps slow-mo shootout video is up: Xperia XZ2 goes against the Galaxy S9

30 March 2018
We played with fire and we popped champagne bottles, all in the name of finding the best phone to shoot slow motion video with.

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Ellio74, 30 Mar 2018What are those usfeul features the camera app is missing? ... moreChill friend, he is referring to older Sony smartphones. Since I have those flagships, I know what it is like. For the XPERIA XZ and older high-end flagships, they only could only change the ISO and shutter speed individually in Manual Mode. But starting from the XPERIA XZs and newer high-end flagships, they can change the ISO and shutter speed at the same time. Actually, one good idea is to release the new Manual Mode to the older generation high-end flagships, and probably also tune the Superior Auto meant for them, it would be great if they release that at least minimum for my XPERIA Z5 and XPERIA Z5 PREMIUM though...

    Anonymous, 30 Mar 2018Alright. 1080p minimum is the future. The difference really... moreslow-mo 1080p on sony is a joke, it can capture half the time (0.09s) of what it can capture in 720p (0.18 seconds).

    I still think it's mostly a gimmick on both, but kudos to samsung for better implementation.

      In fact 0.2 seconds is enough to be very useful to motor mechanics, mechanical engineers, and other people who want to examine fast repetitive events.

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        Shui8, 30 Mar 2018Dont sony have a video editor features as well? Past Xperia... moreThats what i wanna know to 🤔

          AnonD-665723, 30 Mar 2018Well.. Sony's camera app is bad. It lacks a lot of useful f... moreNothing difficult to capture... Its very easy to use and manual options is best way to go....

          https://youtu.be/mLkCwzRnB98

          Check out my slow motion video

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            Anonymous, 30 Mar 2018It actually is a gimmick. Most people are going to play wit... moreEdge screen is useless.
            Notch is useless.

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              AnonD-665723, 30 Mar 2018Well.. Sony's camera app is bad. It lacks a lot of useful f... moreOn android 8 you can set SS and ISO they way you want.
              Not like before that you set one, the other went auto.

              It has EV, WB, manual focus, ISO, SS and many effects ( fish eye, black white, vintage, etc). And sub-apps like AR and others to download.

                AnonD-665723, 30 Mar 2018Well.. Sony's camera app is bad. It lacks a lot of useful f... moreWhat are those usfeul features the camera app is missing?
                What do you mean by "you can't even change the iso and shutter speed together"?

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                  Anonymous, 30 Mar 2018It actually is a gimmick. Most people are going to play wit... moreWait and see. Many things that were considered gimmicks or even worse turned out to be things that we do take for granted, but because they have become a part of our lives.

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                    Anonymous, 30 Mar 2018Never seen any site to say it is gimmick now that samsung has. It actually is a gimmick. Most people are going to play with this feature for a bit and then completely forget about it.

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                      • 30 Mar 2018

                      Just like Animoji, this is another marketing gimmick, 0.2 seconds cap to record in slow-mo is a joke.

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                        Anonymous, 30 Mar 2018I laugh when Phone Arena and Android Authority complain abo... moreWell.. Sony's camera app is bad. It lacks a lot of useful features, on some Sony phones you can't even change the iso and shutter speed together and not to mention the maximum shutter speed on Xperias is 1 second.. If you've ever used super slowmo on Sony you'll know how difficult it is to get the timing right because of no automatic capture mode.

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                          Love the Community, 30 Mar 2018It's a gimmick when the only one does it. When someone othe... moreI laugh when Phone Arena and Android Authority complain about the camera UI.
                          But they dont say anything about iphone cam app, they must forget the you swipe on iphone too.
                          Now s9 cam app is a copy of iphone's. With the names of modes and you swipe to acess.

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                            samsung slow-mo is a little bit fast compared to sony. sony slow-moving has an impact.

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                              Anonymous, 30 Mar 2018Never seen any site to say it is gimmick now that samsung has. It's a gimmick when the only one does it. When someone other than Sony has that gimmick, it's becoming a standard.

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                                Never seen any site to say it is gimmick now that samsung has.

                                  XZS was first phone with 960 also Xzp had it

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                                    • 30 Mar 2018

                                    Sony for me.

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                                      Dont sony have a video editor features as well? Past Xperia slo-mo have a video editor, open the video in Album app, touch, a video editor icon can be selected beside sharing option.

                                        Super ...!