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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  • 15 May 2017

Anonymous, 15 May 2017Both S8 and Xperia XZ Premium are sorry excuses of flagship... moreHaha. Sony knows how to fix the bug on their phone . :) .Teribble Stock Android UI is not a bug , it just an opinion.

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    • Jumbo
    • n%q
    • 15 May 2017

    Oh hey Tann, hey Lex! :)
    So should I buy the piano black one, the mirror chrome one, or wait to see if they announce an XZ Compact soon...? :)

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      • Reaper
      • p@B
      • 15 May 2017

      I can see other brand's fans are trying desperately to bash this beauty as much as they can, because they know after this innovation they are in a bad shape.

      Few days to go to enjoy my Premium.

        ithehappy, 15 May 2017XZ Premium rivals something like OnePlus 3T maybe, or maybe... moreOh coming from A Pixel User..

        Go stuff urself with the base articles and specs of Xperia XZ Premium and also S8 and don't ever TRY to compare these flagship phones with those crappy Chinese phones

          ithehappy, 15 May 2017XZ Premium rivals something like OnePlus 3T maybe, or maybe... more"original features are lacking"??

          And what do you mean by that?

            IamD3V, 15 May 2017Well it seems..there's just two smartphone everyone's talki... moreXZ Premium rivals something like OnePlus 3T maybe, or maybe the upcoming One Plus 5 if I am too modest? In any case mid range phones where you should be looking at. Don't put other flagship phones to shame. And people are "replying" here mostly for the stupid and imaginary childish comments which are already posted by Sony fanboys, that's why so many comments. I am sure number of comments is how Sony fans need to defend this poor phone. Shame on them really and as ever, pity. This article is here for last 3-4 days is another reason why people come here and look at comment section, the moment something new comes no one will even bother obviously, as they never did with any Sony phone in past, as all of them were below average. Everyone knows Sony's history, nothing new.

            I own Pixel and I almost never bother to go there and comment something because the phone doesn't have something really poor which needs commenting, so yeah. I am sure other quiet phone sections are quiet for same reason.

            Poor phone, more defending needed with absurd childish misleading fanboyism which are further replied with facts and a pile of comment count, that's all. This is another new low for Sony, comment count as a feature of their phone as original features are lacking. ROFL.

            Disgraceful.

            I am simply commenting for the fun of it like I mentioned previously. You made fun to them weird students in school didn't you, getting the similarity?

              XtremE16, 15 May 2017Why BEZEL ? here ur answered... Top n bottom bezel http... moreYes those of us who understand stuffs normally we already did what we needed to, move on now.

              LoL

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                • Anonymous
                • swf
                • 15 May 2017

                Anonymous , 15 May 2017What does innovation mean to you?Anything that is clearly benefitting people and has never been done before.
                Gimmick is something new that either does not help or even holds back humanity.

                For example putting the capacity of handle VR on a phone is innovation.
                4k that works as a 1080p while on VR is a gimmick.

                Both the same tech, one used as sth innovative, the second used merely as inflated numbers (gimmick).

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                  • 15 May 2017

                  Anonymous, 15 May 2017It's not a lie to say that Sony hardly upgrades her phones.... moreWhat does innovation mean to you?

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                    • Anonymous
                    • swf
                    • 15 May 2017

                    Anonymous, 15 May 2017Of course Xiaomi Mi6 and OP5 will be better than their prev... morePoint is that they have acceleration on their side, they come with force. Most of western brands are kind of boring.

                    Also -BTW- LG was like that until LG G5 (each generation was better in most of everything than the last) and Apple is like that still (iPhone 7 is clearly better in everything from 6s and 6s is so from 6, etc). So it's not Chinese companies. Samsung did that until Note 4 too.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • JpI
                      • 15 May 2017

                      I use the cam button instead of touching the screen for photos and vids. I place my thumb on the lower bezel to use cam.
                      I also keep my thumbs on the bezels when I play RR3.

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 15 May 2017

                        XtremE16, 15 May 2017Why BEZEL ? here ur answered... Top n bottom bezel http... moreIf bezeless phone has advanced technology? They could use less beze andl also produce good camera ?

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                          • Anonymous
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                          • 15 May 2017

                          Anonymous, 15 May 2017Both S8 and Xperia XZ Premium are sorry excuses of flagship... moreOf course Xiaomi Mi6 and OP5 will be better than their previous versions.
                          They have nothing good to compared to S8 and XZP.

                          Simple phone + powerful cpu + 6gb ram.

                          What else? Do they bring all the tecnology like the other 2?

                          Insert a SD835 inside Moto G5 and it is the same of a Mi6 or OP5

                          Poor sound, poor cam, midrange display quality. Slow updates to new SO ( Mi phones, OP2 is still 6.0.1)

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                            • Anonymous
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                            • 15 May 2017

                            Check this camera comparison between S8 and XZS.
                            Xzs has better selfie cam, stabilization, day light shots, and night shots are not far off.

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                              • 15 May 2017

                              Ha ha s8 in dxomark 88 points= Xperia x

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                                • Anonymous
                                • swf
                                • 15 May 2017

                                [deleted post]Both S8 and Xperia XZ Premium are sorry excuses of flagships.

                                There was a time that each and every aspect of the phone was bettered in genuine way between gens. Heck it still happens look at Xiaomi or OnePlus (each gen is better than the last in everything).

                                But Sony and Samsung took a hike. First they use the same ram and the same pixel density. Secondly they use the same or smaller batteries. Thirdly photography has not really improved, according to Dx0 mark at least, most phones have pretty much hit a wall there for the last year or two (only small differences).

                                Fourthly both have bad solutions of the issue that phones have grown too big, Sony ignored the issue altogether by retaining the big and heavy design, S8 solved it but in a way that is bothersome to users (screen too tall for many apps/media, easy to touch by mistake)

                                Point is that both have failed the users. So those fights are pointless. There are better counter-examples than S8, there are better phones than Xperia XZ too...

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                                  • 15 May 2017

                                  XtremE16, 15 May 2017Why BEZEL ? here ur answered... Top n bottom bezel http... moreThey don't want to XD

                                    Why BEZEL ? here ur answered... Top n bottom bezel

                                    https://youtu.be/nSDXJ1_1N2k


                                    In this video u can see camera sensor size is big..so thts resn sony used top n bottom big bezel...sony has big sensors than others

                                    Hope u guys understand

                                      Record break here lot of comments, omg!! 560 up com...thts cool awsme

                                        Gsm arena photo compare tool is not good ...phonearena tool is great...n i show sony xzp is btterthan s8 n other also Google pixel....u can go n checked img quality... Its amzing...i don't like gsm arena tools...