Sony Xperia X Performance hands-on: Second encounter

31 May, 2016
If you were upset that the Xperia X "only has a Snapdragon 650" and "the Xperia X isn't water resistant anymore", as many of our readers have, fear no more. The Sony Xperia X Performance is here to cover all of these bases in the same compact footprint.

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  • 04 Jun 2016

Tann Hauser, 04 Jun 2016Nobody listens to what Damir actually said, now did they: ... moreUm actually damir has stated in the comments section for this video:

"The phone wasn't used for several hours before this recording"

Maybe you are the one not paying attention.

Sadly it seems Sony are still unable to properly manage this issue.

    AnonD-442781, 04 Jun 2016You mean 3 minutes, of a plain white table, before the feat... moreAnd yeah, even that 9 min, after SoC getting heated up by gaming is almost twice than 5min restrain to overheat prevent on your sammy device ;-)

      AnonD-442781, 04 Jun 2016You mean 3 minutes, of a plain white table, before the feat... moreOf course not fella, that was a recording session after straining the SoC with over an hour of game playing on the device...
      I mean this, plain and simple
      http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-X/Quick-hands-on-updated-with-New-Style-Covers/td-p/1122372/page/3

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        • 04 Jun 2016

        Tann Hauser, 04 Jun 2016Yep, EIS stabilisation strains the SoC more, but it is soo ... moreYou mean 3 minutes, of a plain white table, before the features had to turn off. And then it only had another 6 minutes of the plain white table before it force closed.

          AnonD-442781, 04 Jun 2016Of course nobody noticed the fingerprint scanner, it doesn'... moreActually, even z5 with, as you sammy fanboys like to say "overheating SoC" is able to record over 30 min of 4K video with EIS stabilisation.
          Now, that is much better than any sammy device shutting down 4K video recording after mere 5 min, to prevent overheat message popin out ;-)

            Tann Hauser, 04 Jun 2016Nobody listens to what Damir actually said, now did they: ... moreAnd, oh, the 40 min 1080p video recording on Xperia X is just shy over 8 gb heavy record....thats h.265 quality right there ;-)

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              • 04 Jun 2016

              Anonymous, 04 Jun 2016good maybe you see other video when damir show preformace f... moreOf course nobody noticed the fingerprint scanner, it doesn't have one! Not the US one anyway
              And it has a plastic frame that doesn't feel very good in the hand. And huge bezels, have you seen how high the keyboard is from the bottom of the phone?

              Check the anandtech hands on article. They show how Sony couldn't implement an LCD screen properly and the colour calibration is really really bad, or how Sony cheaped out on storage and bought an unbranded one from Toshiba that has really bad io scores.

              https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNweHTAVUg4
              Here, because they cheaped out on the camera and don't use ois, they had to use a software implementation instead. Which seems to be too demanding for the chipset causing it to overheat and shut down camera features after just 3 minutes and force closing after 9 minutes, just like all their other phones. Same reason they don't have 4k. This is just conjecture of course, maybe they just have really bad software optimisation.

                AnonD-442781, 04 Jun 2016So much for software optimisation. I guess this is why they... moreYep, EIS stabilisation strains the SoC more, but it is soo much better with no wobble effect...
                Its amazing tho that X can actually record over 40 min of video despite EIS more SoC straining

                  Anonymous, 04 Jun 2016good maybe you see other video when damir show preformace f... moreNobody listens to what Damir actually said, now did they:
                  That he played heavy games on the device for over an hour, before his recording test....
                  Of course it needed to cool down
                  Any SoC would need ti do so

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                    • 04 Jun 2016

                    For everyone who's mentioning heating issue!!

                    If I remember the max video recording I saw on a phone was 18 or 19mins without problem, after that most phones get a message stating that it needs to cool down.

                    Xperia X got more than 40mins of recording video ;)
                    plz check below:

                    http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-X/Quick-hands-on-updated-with-New-Style-Covers/td-p/1122372/page/3

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                      • 04 Jun 2016

                      All I have to say is I love sony phones. I own xperia z2 and the phone is great. I like design very much and I hope sony will go further with xperia line.

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                        • 04 Jun 2016

                        SaltandPepper, 04 Jun 2016Cool! Xperia X, camera overheating issue!good maybe you see other video when damir show preformace for example,and that phone have s650 not 820,that feel in hand,build quality,amazingly fast fingerpront scanner and a lot of other stuf that sony have,just nobody didnt notice..

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                          • 04 Jun 2016

                          there is just so much people that care just about numbers,that problem with android fans,they look numbers,just like iphone fans buy iphones becouse ist iphone... to much d... people,that starts to be realy sad...

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                            • 04 Jun 2016

                            Avan Dr, 04 Jun 2016Qnovo techis yet to be proven. If only Sammy or other have ... moreLet's wait your fone inflate!

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                              Avan Dr, 04 Jun 2016Overheating and stuttering. So sad.So much for software optimisation. I guess this is why they can't have 4k

                              Plus they cheap out on ois, so they have software instead that has made all their phones to date really bad at recording videos, too power hungry.

                                SaltandPepper, 04 Jun 2016Cool! Xperia X, camera overheating issue!Overheating and stuttering. So sad.

                                  Dual heatpipes, 04 Jun 2016I know the Samsung S7 and HTC one aren't cheap phone, but t... moreQnovo techis yet to be proven. If only Sammy or other have that tech, I think they won't even mention it.

                                  We need to wait till 2 years, if many consumer report their battery performance still like new or not.

                                    Avan Dr, 03 Jun 2016Yes, check this out. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNw... moreCool! Xperia X, camera overheating issue!

                                      AnonD-52738, 03 Jun 2016I don't use cheap phone, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge ain't cheap... moreI know the Samsung S7 and HTC one aren't cheap phone, but these are sealed battery phone, without Qnovo battery tech. So, this is a weakness for them. If their battery inflated, they need to send it to the service centre.

                                      But Sony Xperia X Performance is the safe one, because it have Qnovo battery tech, because the Qnovo battery double up the battery lifespan.

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                                        • 03 Jun 2016

                                        Jumbo, 03 Jun 2016The Z1/Z1c design was great. Z2 was nice, not quite as good... moreI find Z design is solid beauty, Z1 is the worst in among the whole Z series.

                                        This X design is another solid beauty but... they just don't have enough wow effect to fight in current market.

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