Sony Xperia XZ Premium review: The showstopper

12 May 2017
The Sony Xperia XZ Premium has a gorgeous 4K display. Better yet, a 4K HDR display! The latest Snapdragon 835 chipset is pulling the strings and delivering lightning-fast LTE while the Adreno 540 is firing up millions of pixels in a heartbeat. With or without the mirror finish, this is one of the classiest designs around and waterproof, too.

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  • 21 May 2017

AnonD-72356, 21 May 2017I highly doubt you'll buy any flagship phone, you are just ... moreDear Jesse Clark, it is just about sharing opinions, there are no need to go offensive in speech and being stressful.

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    • 21 May 2017

    AnonD-667568, 21 May 2017Getting my XZ PREMIUM tomorrow! Best phone in my world and... moreDon't tell me it is a prototype, don't, wait until june when the smartphone releases.

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      • 21 May 2017

      Jumbo, 21 May 2017Soo after watching the 2nd video.. it's as I feared from pr... moreYou can notice a bit of distinguish between the screen and the body in deepsea black, but not by that much. At night or in dark places it won't be noticeable, even though it looks nice.

      The only reason I am getting the luminous chrome because it reminds me of the Nokia 8800. It's like the new nokia in mobile's world in this age ;)

      Check this video you can see how XZP looks different along other phones, and you can check the camera performance at 6:15. The real colors and how shadows looked reflected on that trees.

      youtube.com/watch?v=6alNwU4v0Go

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        • 21 May 2017

        AnonD-670333, 21 May 2017ok ok you won , S8 is perfect :) but still in my mind righ... moreI highly doubt you'll buy any flagship phone, you are just a Samsung hater who will comment crap about it whenever a phone will launch, you did the same when G6 came but it lost, then with XZP, U11, you'll continue it when cheap Chinese brands like one plus one will come out and same when iPhone will come. You don't love any brand and can't buy any of them, you just hate Samsung for some very sick reasons just like some people hate every successful thing and feel racism from it. But S8 will keep the proving itself better than everything else and it'll increase your hate for no reason. It's one vs all.

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          • 21 May 2017

          Getting my XZ PREMIUM tomorrow!
          Best phone in my world and if only I lived in Austria where you get a ps4 as a gift when u pre order

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            • 21 May 2017

            [deleted post]On Xperia XZ Premium the Xperia Album app will render in 4K resolution (2160x3840). This is not the case for other album apps such as Google Photos.
            If you play a video in full-screen mode it also uses 4K. This is true regardless if you use Xperia Album or YouTube and true for many 3rd party video players as well.
            For other use cases, full HD resolution is used.

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              • 21 May 2017

              [deleted post]LOL. aaaahaaahaaaaaa. sony fanboy cant admit the failure, then blaming gsmarena. even apple fanboys never did this before.
              even if you blame gsmarena forever, it wont change people opinions about sony. bezelicious, ugly, and average camera.

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                • 21 May 2017

                AnonD-458731, 21 May 2017Why sunlight legibility isn't great as xz and xzs? Don't ge... moreIt is the 4k screen, higher pixel density equal lower brightness levels, sony can do nothing for it, but it is not that worse.

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                  • 21 May 2017

                  AnonD-669639, 21 May 2017agreed. that bezels this bezels in almost reaching 900 comm... moreyeah because sony is too stubborn. never give what customers want. bezel bezel and bezel, ugly ugly and ugly, that is most people opinions about sony. but sony never listen to the people. and the image processing softwares always have probems too. average cemera quality. thats why sony always fail selling their phones.
                  if sony cannot fix those problems, then they better quit from smartphone market. no one buy their phones other than their delusional fanboys.

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                    • 21 May 2017

                    Why sunlight legibility isn't great as xz and xzs? Don't get it! it's all about the 4k screen on this phone but once again dissapoints...Come on Sony!

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                      • 21 May 2017

                      ok ok you won , S8 is perfect :)
                      but still in my mind right now just 3 phone , HTC U11 , XZP or wait for Iphone8 :)
                      for XZP i love that 960fps :D
                      oooh btw S8 must have that 960fps too bcoz it PERFECT :)

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                        • 21 May 2017

                        Anonymous, 21 May 2017I'm not even the same guy who bash Sony just to promote Sam... moreRegarding to the camera, the xz premium here is a prototype unit not a retail, all prototype units users are reporting not good camera performance "so it is sonys mistake all the way" , but i don't understand why the rush with that camera test, the HTC new smartphone should not be excluded.

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                          • 21 May 2017

                          AnonD-670333, 21 May 2017Fist time i read fan say they brand is Perfect OmaiGod funn... moreExactly, especially for a Samsung smartphone, Samsung from 2 years until now Samsung topped all the companies with their worst and weirdest issues.

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                            • 21 May 2017

                            AnonD-72356, 21 May 2017S8 is a huge improvement over S7 edge, the new aspect ratio... moreI read only the first sentence, then i didn't complete reading, s8 is not a good improvement from the s7 especially when considering s7 is selling for half the price now, the edge bezelless is not optional with the 8 series, knowing that half s7 series buyers last year chose the regular s7 over the edge, so yes s8 series is a mess.

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                              • 21 May 2017

                              [deleted post]Nice name there.

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                                • 21 May 2017

                                Anonymous, 21 May 2017If want to be the king, please defeat g6 first:youtube.com/... moreEnjoy your vector!.

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                                  • 21 May 2017

                                  If want to be the king, please defeat g6 first:youtube.com/watch?v=pRQ7tWyA5NQ

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                                    • 21 May 2017

                                    Anonymous, 21 May 2017No thanks I pick Sony XZ premium Me too.

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                                      • 21 May 2017

                                      AnonD-668972, 21 May 2017Hey, it's getting boring now! I know I don't have a point f... moreagreed. that bezels this bezels in almost reaching 900 comments it is really boring. yaawn ...

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                                        • 21 May 2017

                                        AnonD-72356, 21 May 2017S8 is a huge improvement over S7 edge, the new aspect ratio... moreNo thanks I pick Sony XZ premium