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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  • 03 Jun 2016

Dual heatpipes, 03 Jun 2016You are so unreasonable, the Sony catching up all the compe... moreI don't use cheap phone, Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge ain't cheap and it is my current phone. HTC One ain't cheap as well, LG G5 ain't cheap also.

You can continue said how good how great Sony are, reality it is not. :)

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    • 03 Jun 2016

    The Best or Nothing is Sony cells. Hehe

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      • 03 Jun 2016

      Anonymous, 03 Jun 2016I have never liked the square-themed Sony-design and I thin... moreThe Z1/Z1c design was great. Z2 was nice, not quite as good, Z3 was in between the two. Z5 was a bit disappointing I have to admit, X is nice for an upper-midrange but I do feel it's time for a bit of a reshuffle. On the other hand I can't stand the slightly oval shapes of most Galaxies and even the HTC Ones (all of them). Would still much rather have Sony's boxes than the monotonous identical repetitions coming out of almost every other manufacturer.

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        • 03 Jun 2016

        Dual heatpipes, 03 Jun 2016As I say when Sony invent the first 4K video recording, tho... morebecause z5 premium is a failure:
        - sd810. It is actually overheat. But sony prevent that by making 810 throttle TOO often.
        - Blurry edge in pictures taken by the camera
        - slippery glass back cover.
        - Ugly booring design and overprice with no special features

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          • 03 Jun 2016

          Dual heatpipes, 03 Jun 2016As I say when Sony invent the first 4K video recording, tho... moreNot having 4k doesn't make the 1080p better. It just means they don't have 4k.

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            • 03 Jun 2016

            Anonymous, 03 Jun 2016I hate the Nexus design, I think most of the people same wi... moreI have never liked the square-themed Sony-design and I think that the Nexus 6P is also fugly.

              Actually X performance has:

              Best sound system:
              Hi res sound with inbuilt noise cancelation, stereo front speakers with excellent volume to quality ratio, Ldac BT streaming

              Best game performing system:
              SD 820 SoC coupled with 3 gb ddram4 and FHD screen, PS4 controller support, RemotePlay feature, coupled with stereosound speakers.

              One, if not The Best camera system:
              Duo of 23 mpx and 13 mpx modules, excellent camera photo and video quality, one.of fastest hybrid autofocus systems, h.265 video coding for half the memory consumption.

              One of, if not The best LCD FHD screens:
              Triluminous with 441p, very high nit power, pixeleye tech, over 10000 hr life endurance.

              One of, if not Best design language:
              Aluminium back more durable than glass designs, polymer covered steel frame for better drop resistance, 2.5d front glass, fingerprint/power button ergonomicaly best placed on a phone, ip67 certification coupled with waterproof usb charger, physical twostep shutter button if prefered.

              And best battery solution on a phone:
              Qnovo enpowered battery for double the standard li ion lifecycle battery endurance( no drop in ampH) which promises same batterylife endurance even after 2 years usage.

              With, in my own opinion, the best set of multimedia apps:
              most feature rich gallery, music and video native apps.

              Overall, it is quite the best smartphone package from a user point of view, no matter how much some try to dispute it with its starting price point.



                AnonD-442781, 03 Jun 2016They do everything? Are you referring to how they cut ou... moreAs I say when Sony invent the first 4K video recording, those trolls trolling........, and now Sony concentrate to build up a even more better 1080p recording experience, you all just simply trolling why don't have 4K recording , I personally found these people maybe live in Mars, here we living in earth.
                I think a strengthened 1080p recording is reasonable and use-able in a smartphone, just trolls want to get 4K recording, but why they don't consider to buy a Xperia Z5 Premium?!

                  abc, 03 Jun 2016you again, stubborn sony fan. It is you who always try to ... moreI don't know why you want to reply my comment, maybe you admit what I said, and please don't always start your reply by "You again Sony stubborn fans", it couldn't do anything, but people would found that the trolls trolling Sony and even their users. I am not the stubborb Sony fans, and I giving my opinions about Sony, I am a user of Sony phone, please don't don't trolling me! I know the competitors trolling everything include the user.

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                    • 03 Jun 2016

                    US pricing for Sony seems confusing. Here in Sweden Sony Xperia Performance will be priced basicly in same price as Samsung Galaxy s7. So I guess it have a better chance in Europe.

                      AnonD-122669, 03 Jun 2016Battery performance & speed of X is as good as S7. go c... moreYes, check this out.

                      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QNweHTAVUg4

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 03 Jun 2016

                        Anonymous, 03 Jun 2016"The only thing"? In my country, there is payment plans for... moreI hate the Nexus design, I think most of the people same with me. The Japan design also praise by Steve Jobs, so I really don't know what are you want to trolling about.

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                          • 03 Jun 2016

                          AnonD-122669, 03 Jun 2016Battery performance & speed of X is as good as S7. go c... moreAnother one of those "make me believe what I want to believe videos".

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                            • 03 Jun 2016

                            AnonD-122669, 03 Jun 2016Battery performance & speed of X is as good as S7. go c... moreBattery performance isn't as good as the s7. That noob said it was but the only numbers he showed was the display. And they both consumed 1000mah in 6 hours, despite the fact that the s7 edge has a bigger display, twice the pixels. And it has a larger battery so that means the battery consumes 40% less in terms of percentages.

                            Despite this, that noob thought the xperia x was better than the s7 because of the display when as I've just shown it was clearly far worse.

                            There's more to a chipset than how fast it opens apps, the SD 650 has a crappy GPU for example. And the galaxy a9 has a midrange chip and its just as fast at opening apps as the xperia x, so its hardly software optimisation, its the fact that it has a72 cores. But that doesn't change that it wouldn't be as good at long run performance because the chipset is 28nm, and the GPU is crap.

                            Nonetheless, none of that has anything to do with my post which highlighted the flaws of the x performance. Don't understand? Didn't think you would.

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                              • 03 Jun 2016

                              AnonD-442781, 03 Jun 2016They do everything? Are you referring to how they cut ou... moreBattery performance & speed of X is as good as S7. go check videos on youtube by XEETECHCARE. X is faster than even htc 10 & lg g5 while dealing with apps. X performance will be even faster & will give better battery performance.
                              Not everything depends on specs numbers. Some phones are better optimized to use their hardware. Otherwise apple woud not be killing performance charts with their 512 mb/1 gb RAM. Grow up before comparing phones purely based on specs numbers.

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                                • 03 Jun 2016

                                Tom_XD, 02 Jun 2016Admit it. The only thing why people hate Sony is there Pricing"The only thing"? In my country, there is payment plans for phones and those doesn't even have any extra costs at all - so you can get a expensive phone and pay it back in 36 months. My problem with Sony is the design, which I don't like enough to buy their phones and then my doubts that the build quality isn't worth the price. So no thanks, I'll just buy Nexus-phones.

                                  AnonD-52738, 03 Jun 2016Lol. You make my day. your point is that there is no unique features within sony phones

                                  but as you proven wrong there are unique features within a sony phone which has not be fully replicated or exceed sony standard

                                  as i said before, every phone has advantages or disadvantages, non has reached the holy grail of perfection

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                                    • 03 Jun 2016

                                    Dual heatpipes, 03 Jun 2016You are so unreasonable, the Sony catching up all the compe... moreyou again, stubborn sony fan.
                                    It is you who always try to promote sony to all of us here.
                                    Some of us are already know about sony's tricks. But you call us trolls.
                                    See Greys's comment below. i agree with him.

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                                      • 03 Jun 2016

                                      Dual heatpipes, 03 Jun 2016Those trolls are very unreasonable!! I found they are compl... moreThey do everything?

                                      Are you referring to how they cut out flagship features like 4k recording, reduce the battery size, provide half the number of pixels as their competitors in the display, reduce the ram from 4 to 3gb, remove the fingerprint sensor, release the phone 4-5 months late, and then still price it over the price of competitors?

                                      Well I guess they do do everything, everything they can do to rip of unsuspecting customers like you.

                                        How embarrassing, I can't find it in my Mi4c and my friends c4U, i thought it bcz xiaomi and sony doesn't provide it. While it's there in my m1 tablet, and all my ex phones. I am so sorry.