Sony Xperia XZs review: Slow (e)motion

7 April 2017
Slap a new camera on the Xperia XZ, et voila - you have yourself a brand-new flagship. Is Sony taking advantage of a smartphone-induced decrease in human attention span? Or just doing what everyone else does?

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  • Anonymous
  • 8Kf
  • 09 Apr 2017

boohoo, 09 Apr 2017Damn they have never had explosion, but most people still a... morePlastic is only frames.. XZP has metal frame.
Sony does that to increase signal without using ugly external antenna.

Most of those cheap chinese have more than 95% of their sales in China and India. Most of population cant afford a phone that cost more than 400.

Huawei is the only chinese that has high sales out of China.

Between october and december XZ was the best seller among android smartphones released after july..

More than Pixel, Moto Z or OP3T

In 2014 Sony sold 50 million devices...

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    • Anonymous
    • IVS
    • 09 Apr 2017

    Anonymous, 09 Apr 2017Xz has 87 what's your point? Now battling over one point? I... moreWhich have the IMX400 camera sensor? The camera software updates always make difference. With the out-dated camera sensor can't even match with latest camera sensor.

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      • Anonymous
      • IVS
      • 09 Apr 2017

      Anonymous, 08 Apr 2017I hate the bezels, it looks weird. crappy phoneFirst come flexible phone from Samsung must have the giant bezel, waiting you bashing there in 2018-19..

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        • Surficial
        • mpr
        • 09 Apr 2017

        S3mm, 09 Apr 2017No, its not refresh frequency that being the problem but ra... moreMany LCDs have a response time of 1ms.
        In fact OLED tvs seem to need some work on their own response time.
        Not sure why these things aren't even looked at on phone's, vr is only going to make them more important.

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          • boohoo
          • 60E
          • 09 Apr 2017

          NokiaBeast, 09 Apr 2017Mono speakers with garbage audio Meh. And that ugly soap w... moreDamn they have never had explosion, but most people still avoid them.
          I see.. because their products are made of cheap plastic, overpriced, and with ugly ui and ugly shape.
          Meh. I've never seen them included in the top 10 smartphone manufacturers for many years.
          Do most people care about them? Meh.. no they don't.
          LOL.

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            • AnonD-632062
            • Hxc
            • 09 Apr 2017

            The XZs is a pretty fine phone. My only qualms are the 73 hours battery life (a bit low) & the unimpressive low-light shots especially in today's age. I also wish they didn't drop the FM Radio support as they were one of the very few flagship-makers who still retained it.

              The ice blue is gorgeous!!!!. Very tempting......

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                • Anonymous
                • g36
                • 09 Apr 2017

                Tann Hauser, 09 Apr 2017While actually XZs is 100$ cheaper than iphone7 and a bet... moreYou keep saying more featured but feature as in no fingerprint scanner or lack of on contract availability?

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                  • Anonymous
                  • 8Kf
                  • 09 Apr 2017

                  AnonD-56158, 09 Apr 2017This phone is too expensive and the upcoming XZ premium wil... moreOK..... If I open a Xperia C4 and insert 64gb storage, SD821 and 6gb ram the phone gets better than OP3T

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                    • AnonD-503930
                    • t0L
                    • 09 Apr 2017

                    if sony could make this device with 80% + screen to body ratio..this would be amazing device.. hope that day come soon enough..

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                      • AnonD-373654
                      • Kcw
                      • 09 Apr 2017

                      Anonymous, 08 Apr 2017Frame is plastic... Bidy is metal.. Same of LG G5.. You can... moreframe is very important

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                        • AnonD-537624
                        • g30
                        • 09 Apr 2017

                        This phone is great but should have been priced around $600 to keep it competitive since it has sd820

                          AnonD-135543, 09 Apr 2017"Slap a new camera on the Xperia XZ, et voila - you have yo... moreYup, obviously rev person is dislectic... it clearly says XZ with an "s" to it... meaning same but updated phone, just like any other "s" version phone before. I bet ya same sentiments didnt apply
                          to all the 5s, 6s-es before, they were just "updated flagships"

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                            • Anonymous
                            • g36
                            • 09 Apr 2017

                            Tann Hauser, 09 Apr 2017Its a Sony: https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WzzgT5r08Mw :-)https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ReBbBqkFbHc
                            Ok

                              AnonD-56158, 09 Apr 2017This phone is too expensive and the upcoming XZ premium wil... moreWhile actually XZs is
                              100$ cheaper than iphone7 and a better performer (see link below) and much more featured phone in all,
                              250$ cheaper than S8 and equal performer with equal and some even better set of advanced features.
                              More expensive than oneplus 3T but better featured phone with same performance level.
                              About same priced as huawei p10, but better performer and with more features.




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                                • AnonD-135543
                                • U@G
                                • 09 Apr 2017

                                "Slap a new camera on the Xperia XZ, et voila - you have yourself a brand-new flagship."
                                These words at the beginning introduction made me not to go through the review... Come on gsmarena team this is not fair

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                                  • AnonD-56158
                                  • t7X
                                  • 09 Apr 2017

                                  This phone is too expensive and the upcoming XZ premium will be even worse. Sony's biggest problem is their pricing. They want to priced their phones like apple and Samsung but they are not in the same league as the two. They are not even on par with one plus and huawei.

                                    Its a Sony:
                                    https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=WzzgT5r08Mw

                                    :-)

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                                      • AnonD-635604
                                      • KZ8
                                      • 09 Apr 2017

                                      RaghavaZ, 08 Apr 2017Unlocked S8 costs $725 in the USA and S8+ costs $825. Here ... morehttp://www.hardwarezone.com.sg/tech-news-galaxy-s8-6gb-ram-may-be-launched-more-markets
                                      S8+ 6gb ram is more expensive than you thought
                                      ...in this article they did not mention S8..but they mention for the plus bersion

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                                        • AnonD-635604
                                        • KZ8
                                        • 09 Apr 2017

                                        Everyphone has their own ablity...no need to compare it with other....if you hate this phone ..no need to post your comment with false fact and you hate the fanboy because they ignore you fact ...fyi huawei p10 has bigger bezel than huawei p9...why do you hate sony phones because of the same size bezel?So do you want Sony to create premium phone and that's why you say that sony will dead if they don't change their design ..it seem that you are taking care about Sony...AHAHAHAAHAHHA