Sony Xperia XZ3 camera fails to impress DxO Mark reviewers, barely beats XA2 Ultra

21 March 2019
The camera mostly does okay in good light, but it runs into trouble in low light and high contrast scenes. Corner softness is a constant issue too.

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  • 22 Mar 2019

Anonymous, 22 Mar 2019There are primarily 2 reasons for that: 1)The additional l... moreThey are not the best night photos. It's just a longer shutter and boosted e posture and iso automated mode that people went gaga over.
Just like everyone deemed the pixel the best before just because it had better dynamic range and boosted colors and sharpening.
They just had a social media ready auto night mode. Not the best night results or only night mode option now.

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    • 22 Mar 2019

    VectorR, 22 Mar 2019Sony didn't pat for review. Hence the poor result.Then go pay for them. Problem solved.

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      • 22 Mar 2019

      Nzi97, 22 Mar 2019Nope, not bias, just mere fact every phone release after th... moreMere fact lmfao. Good one

        One word, they are not good at being biased "Sarcasm" they need to learn a lot of other biased sites, the first method in bias is the not look extreme, look at this score! i am a simple man i see these scores and this site i say no credibility absolutely.
        Now hold my beer
        https://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=5&idPhone1=9232&idPhone2=9535

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          • 22 Mar 2019

          Marko97sx, 22 Mar 2019DxO, baised as ever. When a company pays them enough *ahem*... moreDon't forget xiaomi as well. Bought a xiaomi 9 for the wife and she asked me to return it the next day! What a load of cr@p the camera was. I never read reviews now. Never again! I go in store to experience the real thing myself. Cheers!

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            • 22 Mar 2019

            Again SONY FAIL.. Leave SONY, there are much better phones with better camera.
            Sony Engineers.. they trick custumers with " Camera good or Camera amazing or Camera awsome, LIARS !!! LIARS !!
            I was on Xperia Ray, Xperia T, Xperia X, Xperia XZ Premium, I'v sold everything from sony, AWFULL camera and with XZ PREMIUM, worst camera with TRICKY Advertising !
            THE OPPO RX, MEIZU PRO 5, LUMIA 1020, NOKIA 808, all of these beats Sony in every way on camera, there are more phones with very good camera, even those are unknow names,

              Marko97sx, 22 Mar 2019My problem isn't that companies are paying DxOmark to be bi... more...only stupid people who relies on others for something they'll own.. and certainly those dxoghdbe gibberish named reviewers are so biased!

                ...my XZ3 takes stunning stills and videos... who's that dxZer0 ?
                with or without their reviews nothing will change! only stupid people will get influence on what they say even if it's positive.... you gotta try it out your self and not let the people judge on your behalf.. because it's you who will buy and use the phone , not them!

                  Anonymous, 22 Mar 2019Yeah. I've seen plenty comparisons. You either don't have t... moreDoes he even have the XPERIA XZ3 or is he just bringing the results up from YouTube video comparisons lmao

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                    • 22 Mar 2019

                    Mr. Anonymous, 22 Mar 2019She is also good at editing the photos. With enough skills,... moreThat's what I mean. The device is not the most important thing; the person behind it is. Let alone the DxOMark score. If you have good skills in photography and photo editing, you can produce excellent pictures.

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                      • 22 Mar 2019

                      Anonymous, 22 Mar 2019Jokes on you. The results clearly speak for themselves. I ... moreJokes on me. Sorry but now i see that i have commented on the wrong comment:) and yes i agree that sony is falling behind the major players

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                        • 22 Mar 2019

                        Anonymous, 22 Mar 2019There are primarily 2 reasons for that: 1)The additional l... moreOh, I forgot that companies usually give phones to dxo in advance, if they're confident enough, like how gsma got mi9 review ready within couple of days of launch

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                          • 22 Mar 2019

                          Nzi97, 22 Mar 2019Nope, not bias, just mere fact every phone release after th... moreThere are primarily 2 reasons for that:
                          1)The additional lens for proper bokeh/telephoto for good zoom
                          2) improvement in software
                          Notice that Google has 2nd part covered well thanks to it's immense machine learning prowess. You can go to most of the reviews, they'll say same things about camera of all flagships, that they are similar, but Google generallyvknows how to take best night photos, which gives them edge
                          Look I'm not saying that dxo scores are absolute and be all for phone photography, but when some device is so much behind the competition, then dxo might not be the only problem they have....

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                            • 22 Mar 2019

                            Nikjosh, 22 Mar 2019I know what you feel dude. The XZ3 has Camera system: Ex... moreThere is no mainstream smartphone with sapphire lens cover. It is just marcetinc gimmick, still scratches like conventional glass.

                              Anonymous, 22 Mar 2019Apple has 105 score xiaomi 107 samsung 109 huawei 109 googl... moreMy problem isn't that companies are paying DxOmark to be biased. My problem is that DxOmark may potentially change some minds when it comes to buying a smartphone. But little do these people know that these reviews are fake and set up.

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                                • 22 Mar 2019

                                Marko97sx, 22 Mar 2019DxO, baised as ever. When a company pays them enough *ahem*... moreApple has 105 score xiaomi 107 samsung 109 huawei 109 google 103(I'm not sure about this one)
                                So all these companies have paid dxomark to get them a good score
                                So what is the benefit of paying them to give you a good score if every company is paying then it's useless than they are just wasting their money?

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                                  • 22 Mar 2019

                                  Anonymous, 22 Mar 2019So, it was all good till Sony was near the top of the chart... moreNope, not bias, just mere fact every phone release after the new format just seem suddenly better than ghe previous top ranker(i mean apple and Samsung race aside but the like of Pixel suddenly being passed? Or the major jump in Pixel and Pixel 2( even to 3) in score eventhough review here in GSMArena state it just incremental different and more of processing speed uplift? So yeah.... And Xioami suddenly get top rank(not doubting but came on, the score released at exact timing the phone launch

                                    DxO, baised as ever. When a company pays them enough *ahem* Google and Huawei *ahem* boom, 110 score

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                                      • 22 Mar 2019

                                      Anonymous, 22 Mar 2019Sony isn't for camera. Sony is for unbeatable performance.Yeah. Let me tell how huge of a difference in performance there is...

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                                        • 22 Mar 2019

                                        VectorR, 22 Mar 2019Sony didn't pat for review. Hence the poor result.If that's how it works then go pay them