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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  • AnonD-50641
  • uCk
  • 10 Apr 2017

many phones out there got no lag (except that Samsung)
my Zenfone 2 had been 2 yrs with me got no lag or sudden auto restart.

why suddenly talks about the lag? Which brand phones do lag? Pls let me know, I had been isolated 2 yrs from those lag phones ... i guess perhaps those Samsung phones again....

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    • Anonymous
    • n41
    • 10 Apr 2017

    Anonymous, 10 Apr 2017Come on Lex, Nice to see you gave some good comment about d... moreAre you the guy who love lenovo?

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      • Anonymous
      • pWQ
      • 10 Apr 2017

      Tann Hauser, 10 Apr 2017Best quality loud sound coming from those. All other not s... moreWell, my Mate 9 surely has better and very loud speakers - it's included in the loud speaker comparison in this review. But that doesn't matter, all built-in phone speakers are horrible for actual sound quality comparison, as the physical size of the speakers limit the sound too much. They are pretty much meant for emergency-like usage (except for phone calls and notification sounds), music listening on those will make yours and those around you ears bleed - no matter which phone speakers you're listening to.

      Funny thing is, some people still listen to music on these tiny speakers and fool themselves into thinking the sound quality is "good" in any way.

        AnonD-290818, 10 Apr 2017Beautiful phone, but shitty speakers disappoints... Best quality loud sound coming from those. All other not so good, even tho some louder but with lousier sound.

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          • Lex79
          • nw}
          • 10 Apr 2017

          Anonymous, 10 Apr 2017Come on Lex, Nice to see you gave some good comment about d... moreNot really sure about the point you are trying make here sorry

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            • Lex79
            • nw}
            • 10 Apr 2017

            AnonD-373654, 09 Apr 2017then why sony fans bashed sammy boy, when they used quantom... moreMe, a fanboy? Biased?....Hahahahahaha......Jog on!

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              • Anonymous
              • 6XU
              • 10 Apr 2017

              Als, 10 Apr 2017Sony makes great phones. Classy and we'll built. Don't get ... moreYes even my Z3 works smooth and never lag.

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                • Anonymous
                • tZk
                • 10 Apr 2017

                AnonD-234961, 10 Apr 2017So basically Sony makes the best camera sensors but their p... moreSony make great camera sensor and their phone also have better image quality. You can see the Dxomark rating, all the Xperia flagships get good results. How could you said it is worst? You are bias to accept the facts.

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                  • AnonD-290818
                  • P72
                  • 10 Apr 2017

                  Beautiful phone, but shitty speakers disappoints...

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                    • AnonD-151883
                    • tAT
                    • 10 Apr 2017

                    AnonD-481725, 10 Apr 2017Not true, only Samsung, and you can find whatever you want ... moreIts all true, 100% absolutely true. There are hundreds of sites to prove this.
                    Previous listed sites are very respected and trusted sites. Nokia, Samsung and Apple have had cases of exploding batterys also, but Sony has the most exploding batterys cases by far. Here are some more trusted and respected sites...cnet, the inquirer, Consumerist...I realize that you don't like the truth as it upsets you, but the truth is the truth.

                    https://www.cnet.com/au/news/dell-to-recall-4-million-batteries/
                    Dell recalled 4 mllion Defective Sony Batterys.

                    https://consumerist.com/2016/06/27/hp-and-sony-recall-laptop-batteries-due-to-possible-overheating-and-fires/
                    Sony and HP recall batterys in 2013.

                    http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer/news/1020346/sony-batteries-explode
                    Hewlett-Packard, Dell and Toshiba are recalling 100,000 battery packs made by Sony

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                      • Als
                      • IxY
                      • 10 Apr 2017

                      Sony makes great phones. Classy and we'll built. Don't get caught up by small details and comparisons. The overall experience is top notch.

                        With such big bezels it looks like a handheld console, but without the dual analogue controllers...

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                          • AnonD-234961
                          • p$u
                          • 10 Apr 2017

                          AnonD-585282, 10 Apr 2017Worst? Wooow... Ok we're listening, tell us which ones are ... morePretty much every top-tier manufacturer: Apple, Samsung, LG, Google (Pixel), even Huawei.

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                            • AnonD-585282
                            • GXp
                            • 10 Apr 2017

                            AnonD-234961, 10 Apr 2017So basically Sony makes the best camera sensors but their p... moreWorst? Wooow... Ok we're listening, tell us which ones are better :|

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                              • AnonD-234961
                              • p$u
                              • 10 Apr 2017

                              So basically Sony makes the best camera sensors but their phones have the worst image quality. Talk about incompetence.

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                                • AnonD-481725
                                • X1E
                                • 10 Apr 2017

                                AnonD-151883, 09 Apr 2017Many Mobile Phone companies have had exploding phone batter... moreNot true, only Samsung, and you can find whatever you want on the Internet, anything you want, but it is not necessarily to be right, for example, find for me where did GSMarena talked about these rumors, you won't find it, why? Because it is not true.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 9AM
                                  • 10 Apr 2017

                                  Lex79, 08 Apr 2017Modern amoled panels are certainly a lot less susceptible t... moreCome on Lex, Nice to see you gave some good comment about display and Sony Tec. BTW if u remember the guy talked about haters will come and go stuff, Though I am not online now due to difficulty in China to go online use google or FB usernames often without VPN. Actually XZ got far better sharp colors than the rest of LCD panels.

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                                    • AnonD-660633
                                    • saI
                                    • 10 Apr 2017

                                    XZ Premium lets gogogo! SO HYPE!

                                      AnonD-151883, 09 Apr 2017Many Mobile Phone companies have had exploding phone batter... moreMust've taken you 7 days to search all of those

                                        AnonD-373654, 09 Apr 2017then why sony fans bashed sammy boy, when they used quantom... moreCause Sony does the best of optimizing every single type of display technology. If Sony used OLED on Xperia (happening in 2018), Samsung will be in a big trouble differentiating itself from the competition with its display, and no, Sony will not, and will never use Samsung's sAMOLED panels because JDI, a joint collaboration of Japanese screen makers like Sharp, Fujitsu, etc. are working together to develop a different OLEDD technology (don't know how they call it) that is better than Samsung's sAMOLEDs in peak brightness, color accuracy, and viewing angles. But IPS LCD would've never been so good if it wasn't for Sony, hence why LG decided to use Sony's Quantum Dot technology in the LG G4 and V10.
                                        Apple moving to OLED is an advantage and disadvantage at the same time. Advantage because they will finally catch up to Androids' competition in display resolution and their displays will be better than ever, and the same time, when Sony's OLED Xperia phones come out, the OLED screens that they just ordered from Samsung will easily be trashed because of those OLED screens being way better