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
  • xCD
  • 10 Apr 2017

People are so riled up about a freaking camera... in a phone. This is so dumb.

Breaking news: it does the job well enough for most people.

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    • Anonymous
    • 7ke
    • 10 Apr 2017

    Anonymous, 09 Apr 2017X Performance and X have 88 of score too on dxomark. 88 for... moreAgain the same thing... A point is of little relevance. Like you said different phones with same sensor can get different scores . All that matters that the final result looks pleasing to the eye maybe 300$ or 800$ phone. And what makes you think that those guys are gonna put flagship cam with same processing in phone that costs less than 1/2 the price I suppose they still would like to sell you their costlier devices

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      • Anonymous
      • vV5
      • 10 Apr 2017

      Anonymous, 09 Apr 2017IMX400 was released February 2017. Xperia XZs and Xperia XZ... moreShall I waiting the IMX222 or IMX111 from those OEM in future, oh maybe I must wait until IMX000 lol, maybe I was wrong I must waiting the IMX"-"333.

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        • AnonD-331984
        • GXp
        • 10 Apr 2017

        Anonymous, 09 Apr 2017X Performance and X have 88 of score too on dxomark. 88 for... morePoint: Sony

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          • Anonymous
          • 7ke
          • 10 Apr 2017

          Anonymous, 09 Apr 2017X Performance and X have 88 of score too on dxomark. 88 for... moreIs the same processing used? Afaik the image processing of qcom and mtk are vastly different. Also you can get different results with same sensor too.

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            • 3Hf
            • 10 Apr 2017

            Another Sony 'Square' phone. It seems like they simply do not have a design department, or one at the very least is oblivious to what is trending in popularity. I am surprised people still buy from them.

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              • Anonymous
              • LQv
              • 09 Apr 2017

              Anonymous, 09 Apr 2017Xz has 87 what's your point? Now battling over one point? I... moreX Performance and X have 88 of score too on dxomark. 88 for videos and photos.

              Z5 has 88 photos, 87 videos

              XZ has 87 photos and 88 videos. The lower photo score is due to artifacts. It can be managed by update if Sony wants to.

              Lets not forget that this same imx300 is now used on XA1 and XA1 Ultra..

              A 280 dollars phone will be able to do better than G6 and iphone 7

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                • Anonymous
                • LQv
                • 09 Apr 2017

                kakouille, 09 Apr 2017In 2014 Sony sold 40.0m smartphone. Sony is not in the bes... moreYou are right... My mistake..
                It is 40 million devices..

                What I do not undestand is if Sony sells any device for 340 USD, people say it is expensive.
                If others release same phone for 400 USD it is okay.

                If in my country S8 shows up for 1300USD it will be okay. If Sony charges 1200USD for XZ Premium it will be a crime according people who comment on technology websites.

                I do not think G6 is better than XZs, similar price. XZs dual has 64gb, front stereo speaker.
                And honestly, G6 display does not look QHD. It is kinda dark, colors are lil bit dead..

                Video from Phone Battle on youtube, colors on XZs seem better than on G6.


                  XtremE16, 09 Apr 2017IPhone 7 plus Vs Xperia Xzs speed test https://youtu.be/... moreAnd all that from emmc5 memory inside...
                  XZs trashes s7 edge with ufs too...

                  Now imagine Xperia Premium with UFS memory :O

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 4S2
                    • 09 Apr 2017

                    AnonD-373654, 09 Apr 2017then why sony fans bashed sammy boy, when they used quantom... moreYou don't make any sense at all? You said that why sony fb bashed sammy fb when sony used quantum dot lcd, instead of using oled like sony?

                      Worlds Coslty Over price +Big Bezel phone is iPhone !!!!...But lot of People Buy it...so too many comment is here they say Sony is over price , Costly etc , all about price n bezel !!! Right ? Why R u here ? Goto iPhone shop n buy it ..n enjoy...

                        Anonymous, 09 Apr 2017Plastic is only frames.. XZP has metal frame. Sony does t... moreIn 2014 Sony sold 40.0m smartphone.
                        Sony is not in the best of places. They were committed to selling in 50 million smartphones for FY2014-15 but after looking at the first 3 quarters they have revised the number down to 39m The Z series smartphones have been very popular for Sony but not popular enough to increase sales significantly YOY due to lack of interest in North America and China. In fact sales have barely increased YOY. Sony will focus on their mid and high end handsets and hope to extend the lifecycle between their flagship devices.

                          Anonymous, 09 Apr 2017https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=ReBbBqkFbHc OkIPhone 7 plus Vs Xperia Xzs speed test

                          https://youtu.be/WzzgT5r08Mw

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                            • AnonD-373654
                            • Kcw
                            • 09 Apr 2017

                            Lex79, 08 Apr 2017Modern amoled panels are certainly a lot less susceptible t... morethen why sony fans bashed sammy boy, when they used quantom dot lcd instead of oled like sony?? Just because you are a fan boy, dont be bias

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                              • Anonymous
                              • uSW
                              • 09 Apr 2017

                              Anonymous, 09 Apr 2017You probably don't read this Xperia XZs reviews for m Gsmar... moreIMX400 was released February 2017. Xperia XZs and Xperia XZ Premium was announced to sport such model.

                              IMX333 has an undisclosed release date. Galaxy S8 sports such model and IMX333 only appeared on the Exmor RS list of models barely a day after Galaxy S8's unveiling.

                              How'd I know? I was already in constant review of the Exmor RS list ever since the S8 was rumored to shoot 1000 fps videos and I was more so in constant reference to the list since the S8 was rumored to use Sony's IMX333. (Since I was so curious I was already adamant and eager to speculate which image sensor Samsung would utilize for the S8 duo days before the S8 duo's unveiling.) I even thought the latter rumor could have been bogus because IMX333 was not showing up on the Exmor RS list until after the S8 duo's announcement.

                              In other words, with the recent surfacing of the IMX333, IMX400 couldn't be the latest released sensor now, could it? Like I said before, I'd want to reiterate that the higher the Exmor sensor model number does not necessarily equate to the product being the latest

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                                • AnonD-151883
                                • tAT
                                • 09 Apr 2017

                                NokiaBeast, 09 Apr 2017Mono speakers with garbage audio Meh. And that ugly soap w... moreMany Mobile Phone companies have had exploding phone batterys over the years. e.g., Iphone, Sony and Nokia. Sony mobile has had several explosions in recent years.

                                http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3390266/Sony-smartphone-explodes-man-s-melted-bedroom-carpet.html

                                https://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z-ZL-ZR/XperiaZ-Overheated-and-exploded-in-my-ear-Screen-cracked-from/td-p/317879

                                Sony had 4 complete series recalls of exploding batterys in its laptops from 2006 - 2014.

                                In 2006, alone, Sony recalled 9.6 million laptops after problems with exploding batteries.

                                Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba and Dell products have recalled over 4.1 million Sony batterys.

                                Hewlett-Packard, Toshiba and Dell are all suing Sony for Sony's exploding batterys.

                                https://www.engadget.com/2006/10/19/sony-battery¬-recall-approaches-10-million-costs-mounting/

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • IVS
                                  • 09 Apr 2017

                                  Anonymous, 09 Apr 2017IMX333 is the latest sensor. It was not on the Exmor RS lis... moreYou probably don't read this Xperia XZs reviews for m Gsmarena, source:

                                  http://m.gsmarena.com/sony_xperia_xzs-review-1600.php

                                  XZs using the 19MP Sony IMX400 camera, f/2.0 lens, predictive hybrid laser/phase detection/contrast AF, IR sensor for white balance selection, SteadyShot, LED flash, dedicated hardware shutter key; 4K video recording

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • uSW
                                    • 09 Apr 2017

                                    Anonymous, 09 Apr 2017Which have the IMX400 camera sensor? The camera software up... moreIMX333 is the latest sensor. It was not on the Exmor RS list until Galaxy S8 was made official and until Samsung disclosed such detail and it has NOT been a month since the Exmor RS model reveal nor the Galaxy S8's unveiling. If anything, from that time forward, it had just proven Sony now (if it has not done so before) is allowing other OEMs to utilize their latest camera sensors such as IMX333. If anything, it just exemplified their "exclusivity code" for their imaging sensors being broken and disproved

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • 7ke
                                      • 09 Apr 2017

                                      Anonymous, 09 Apr 2017Plastic is only frames.. XZP has metal frame. Sony does t... moreIn 2016 it was 15 so...

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • 7ke
                                        • 09 Apr 2017

                                        Anonymous, 09 Apr 2017Which have the IMX400 camera sensor? The camera software up... moreAll that great sensor still same scores.... The argument throughout has been that they have inferior cameras which is no longer true nowadays and DXO has been cited since eternity