Sony Xperia XZ review: X to the Z

28 September 2016
Sony's latest flagship, the Xperia Z6 comes with refined design, improved camera, and a due update in specs. Wait, back up a little there - it's actually called the Xperia XZ this time around but, yeah, the rest of that is true.

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  • 01 Oct 2016

Anonymous, 01 Oct 2016Most unbiased reviewers do claim XZ has one of the best ima... moreThank you for clarifying. And yes, I do recall reading somewhere (slips my mind where) that Sony's native stabilisation - forgot what it's called, sorry, Image Steady perhaps? - is better than OIS.

Need to read-up again on these stabilisation techniques.

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    • Anonymous
    • nC2
    • 01 Oct 2016

    [deleted post]Most unbiased reviewers do claim XZ has one of the best image stabilization in a phone camera. Even though it's not OIS, it still has hardware assisted stabilization.

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      • 01 Oct 2016

      [deleted post]Which site exactly? None I've seen say that. And Sony's own website doesn't say they have ois.

      They have image stabilisation on the software side, but they don't have a physical ois mechanism.

        Anonymous, 01 Oct 2016Wow wow wow awesome phone is there any way to enable finge... moreYup, flash any european firmware on it.
        Or buy international version from amazon.

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          • Anonymous
          • JbF
          • 01 Oct 2016

          Wow wow wow awesome phone is there any way to enable fingerprint in US ?! i think it is the best phone in world for this time but with enabled fingerprint!!

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            • Anonymous
            • nC2
            • 01 Oct 2016

            oushi, 01 Oct 2016Sony i am a big fan of your Xperia since the ZL i had one ... moreThere is no device with a design specifically made for men or women.
            If the rumored XZ in pink edition comes true, what you said is incorrect.

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              • Anonymous
              • nC2
              • 01 Oct 2016

              AnonD-122669, 30 Sep 2016Well I was expecting it to match S7 in everything. But it d... moreIt matches the S7 in everything except RAM.

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                • D7M
                • 01 Oct 2016

                Sony
                i am a big fan of your Xperia since the ZL i had one and was one of the best android i ever had, however your design which is very appealing to me i have to say it target a specific kind of people "specially men" i can't see kim kardashian type of girls holding the your great ZX !
                i don't know maybe it's the rectangle shape of your design there is a lot of people don't like the symmetry in shapes overall , the Xperia X was a step toward a wider market in the design language , anyway it's my own opinion. i which you best of luck and please some
                smaller blazes will be great no need for dual speaker.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • fjU
                  • 01 Oct 2016

                  Market share shrinking even more after this. Shame man. What a blunder.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • gxZ
                    • 01 Oct 2016

                    Something for best photography with sony fones from my experience:


                    1.Superiour auto is good for taking fast pictures if there is time use manual mode.
                    2.for night and low light use 8mp instead full resolution.
                    3.If there is time use manual mode . in manual mode there is not necessary to toggle all settings just play with iso. Use lowest iso as you can. with lowest iso there isn't any noise. for daylight 50//100 for night 200//400 .
                    4.Don't worry about use lowest resolutions like 8mp because in this resolution camera use its 20/23 megapixel complietly but with downscaling with pixel-blending method(not delete 2 of three pixel on the matrix) .

                    5.A bad thing about superiour auto is that use the high iso values that not needed in many cases and cause noise . Even in manual mode if you set iso on auto then auto mode use high values for iso that just make some noise.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • gxZ
                      • 01 Oct 2016

                      excellent phone .. there is no any cons about this phone all parts are good but just one thing .. lack of ois .. it is not very important because on phones with this they don't get great results but it would be better if sony use this option.

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 30 Sep 2016

                        Tann Hauser, 30 Sep 2016What should I answer here? Were debating external speakers... moreLmfao!!! Wow the only overwhelming thing here is your dramatic fantasy claims

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                          • 30 Sep 2016

                          AnonD-404798, 28 Sep 2016''In sony phones you have to toggle many settings to get th... moreMaybe it is an issue for Z3 series specifically. but I observed that on my Z3Compact in auto mode, colors in pics come out dull. I have read that this is the case everywhere with Z3 series phones.

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                            • 30 Sep 2016

                            AnonD-404798, 28 Sep 2016what's wrong with performance numbers ? those are excellent... moreWell I was expecting it to match S7 in everything. But it did not. That's why I said that it is not very impressive on paper. But we will see what happens in real world use.

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                              • 30 Sep 2016

                              Tann Hauser, 30 Sep 2016No I dont. Look up the antenna tech and engineering soluti... morei understand now.
                              i've just imagined how the water and air flows.
                              it never passes trough my body, but it still can reach anything in front of me, even if it's coming from my back.

                              does those signals act like that?

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                                • Anonymous
                                • thv
                                • 30 Sep 2016

                                Anonymous, 30 Sep 2016You made a comment with the username "meh". That's alright,... morei do admit my mistake for not putting my previous name. i support abc and meh now. am i faking again? lol.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • pWQ
                                  • 30 Sep 2016

                                  Tann Hauser, 30 Sep 2016A what? Arenas test shows speaker volumes, and quality of ... moreUm, I'm pretty sure I mentioned headphones like a million times earlier... But whatever, at least now you know for sure.

                                    meh, 30 Sep 2016im not asus fanboy. i'm just high-lighting it is possible ... moreYou...do realise, you cant put anteena behind metal and get even slightly good signal.
                                    You do know that, dont you?
                                    You did elementary school I hope trolly?

                                      Anonymous, 30 Sep 2016Oh, I thought we were talking about the phone's audio quali... moreA what?
                                      Arenas test shows speaker volumes, and quality of sound through speakers, and through headphones separately
                                      No I shouldn be more precise.
                                      You shoud read and follow discussion more carefully.

                                        AnonD-442781, 30 Sep 2016You're the one derailing here. You started this particular ... moreMan you fanboys are attrocious....
                                        The whole debate started with a link to recombu.
                                        Why are you deliberately thin?
                                        Oh, we all know, you came to troll.