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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  • Jason Melling
  • vmJ
  • 13 May 2017

Don't care about the fingerprint scanner as nobody uses it anyway. Sony's UI is simply boring, they need to fix it up. Even the available themes are boring, same ol thing from Sony.

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    • Anonymous
    • swf
    • 13 May 2017

    AnonD-72356, 13 May 2017So if you aren't watching 4k videos, your phone is just ful... moreYou do know that in those small screens there is no difference between 1080p and QHD, right? I mean you have to get close than 20cm to see any difference but at that distance you get cross eyed anyway so it's not practical and nobody does it.

    Also S8 is not a real QHD+. Due to the subpixel rendering you actually get the sharpness of a ~1300p screen.

    Lastly this phone's screen is 4k in fact so you don't actually lose any smoothness in the image due to the lower resolution.

    But I agree with you. 4k for movies is I'll adviced. It should have been 1080p there too, the difference is too small to matter. They should had enabled 4k during VR and VR alone ... Nowhere else does it make any sense. As always Sony messed that part once again...

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      • AnonD-472839
      • uv9
      • 13 May 2017

      The only thing which resist me for buying this phone is screen
      Even i can't able to use it as a qhd for MY normal uses i have to be with 1080p only
      If this is done that i can use whd res. In it for normal use then i am one step closer in getting this phone.

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        • AnonD-668349
        • PTG
        • 13 May 2017

        AnonD-77443, 13 May 2017Screens can be a personal choice. Personally AMOLEDS are a ... moreSamsung bot. The low light isn't that bad to begin with. The pictures looks accurate than the galaxy s shit. The s8 camera took fake colours so your argument is not valid. You just mad because Sony did better than samdung. Even GSM arena praises th screen and camera haha. BTW amoled has radioactive colours while the xz premium has natural colours

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          • AnonD-664474
          • UD%
          • 13 May 2017

          AnonD-507364, 13 May 2017No one cares about Sony anymore. What a joke! No fingerpr... moreWhat about 68% STB Ratio?
          Is the phone becoming unusable with that?

          No fingerprint reader because of a contract - did you research before saying that?

          Quit business. Just because they don't sell well doesn't mean they must quit it. Besides they are just starting to play better and better

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            • AnonD-664474
            • UD%
            • 13 May 2017

            AnonD-72356, 13 May 2017So if you aren't watching 4k videos, your phone is just ful... more2K?
            Are there any content made in that resolution?
            It's the 807ppi that makes your screen sharper. S8/S8+'s 2K screen would look inferior to the XZ Premium in 1080p because the 807 pixels are still lighted up and makes the screen super sharp

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              • AnonD-600084
              • PQV
              • 13 May 2017

              ,this is the best phone in 2017,the most innovative phone ever create to date,so hater just admit it,and dont make silly excuse

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                • AnonD-77443
                • v6J
                • 13 May 2017

                Screens can be a personal choice. Personally AMOLEDS are a lot nicer than LCD screens. I hate blacks that look show light at night.

                In relation to low light camera performance. The S8 kicks the XZP... you can't argue against these GSMa photos.

                http://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=5&idPhone1=8593&idPhone2=8523&idPhone3=8065

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                  • Tix
                  • puD
                  • 13 May 2017

                  no finger print on these models in usa! r u kidding me? those bezels? common...!

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                    • Anonymous
                    • 4S2
                    • 13 May 2017

                    VoloKin Project, 13 May 2017Delivered what? Sub-par screen, bad battery life, quiet spe... moreTake engineering major, and then come back to complain.

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                      • Krotoror786
                      • mxF
                      • 13 May 2017

                      The phone gonna be soo gooooood
                      Pre orfereddd and waiting

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                        • AnonD-663385
                        • t@g
                        • 13 May 2017

                        Cassy O, 13 May 2017Pathetic display! Galaxy S8 is the clear winner here, th... moreSuch hypocrisy! Knowing your Samsung also runs in 1080p by defaults

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 4S2
                          • 13 May 2017

                          Cassy O, 13 May 2017Pathetic display! Galaxy S8 is the clear winner here, th... moreYou mean that Red tint display? Lol, Samsung paid Displaymate to claim that their display is the best. How can the best display have a washed out red that look like orange. What a joke.

                            Delivered what? Sub-par screen, bad battery life, quiet speakers and Premium price tag.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 4S2
                              • 13 May 2017

                              AnonD-258333, 13 May 2017Very disappointing photos in low light. They even had to us... moreAre you blind, fanboy? These low light shots from Xz premium is gorgeous.

                                Pathetic display!

                                Galaxy S8 is the clear winner here, the best smartphone display!

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                                  • AnonD-258333
                                  • tAK
                                  • 13 May 2017

                                  AnonD-77443, 13 May 2017Sorry Sony but that low light camera performance is just te... moreVery disappointing photos in low light. They even had to use a tripod to make the shots look better.
                                  I bet they don't use tripods in other phone reviews. Other than the 960 per second slow Mo. The galaxy s8 camera is way better.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • 7k6
                                    • 13 May 2017

                                    AnonD-251354, 13 May 2017scared this thing will kill S8 sales hahahaGood joke. I actually laughed at it

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                                      • AnonD-667624
                                      • PA7
                                      • 13 May 2017

                                      AnonD-507364, 13 May 2017No one cares about Sony anymore. What a joke! No fingerpr... moreBezel-less = feature-less

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                                        • AnonD-667624
                                        • PA7
                                        • 13 May 2017

                                        AnonD-507364, 13 May 2017No one cares about Sony anymore. What a joke! No fingerpr... moreHaha, it just you.. Not people