Sony Xperia XZ1 review: XZibit one

11 September 2017
Sony was never a company to blindly follow trends, having its own approach to the mobile market. A fact perfectly illustrated by the company's latest flagship duo - the XZ1 and XZ1 Compact, which you only need to look at once to recognize the Xperia pedigree. The 2017 Sony flagships proper combine the best elements across the lineup to try and cut themselves a solid piece of the holiday sales pie.

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AnonD-696124, 12 Sep 2017beating the oneplus 5 in low light? Good luck xDShould be though, since both have about the same results

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    • Anonymous
    • KhD
    • 12 Sep 2017

    Well, we have to agree this Phone looks not bad before G2 was born.

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      • AnonD-696124
      • ix9
      • 12 Sep 2017

      xXENDER FREAKXx, 12 Sep 2017And that answer should go to u, because this smartphone is ... morebeating the oneplus 5 in low light? Good luck xD

        Tee, 12 Sep 2017It's a shame Sony is still stuck in 2013. Same bland design... moreDid you even read the review? The battery life is far better than many flagship despite the capacity

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          • ix9
          • 12 Sep 2017

          bezellllllllls

            Anonymous, 12 Sep 2017You said it, not me. Photo quality has absolutely NOTHING t... moreAnd that answer should go to u, because this smartphone is a good performer, it may be bad in low-light, but if u know how to use the Manual Mode like me, I wouldn't see any problem beating OnePlus 5 in low-light

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              • Tee
              • fk9
              • 12 Sep 2017

              It's a shame Sony is still stuck in 2013. Same bland design, mediocre battery capacity and battery life, the SoC is great for sure but overall the phone doesn't really compete with today's devices.

                Anonymous, 12 Sep 2017You said it, not me. Photo quality has absolutely NOTHING t... moreFinally u said something much more logical, don't get #Triggered dude

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                  • Anonymous
                  • NHr
                  • 12 Sep 2017

                  xXENDER FREAKXx, 12 Sep 2017I said it is slightly better than OnePlus 5 for the camera ... moreYou said it, not me. Photo quality has absolutely NOTHING to do with whether it's a single or dual camera setup. Zero, nada, nothing. Photo quality has everything to do with the camera sensor, the lens quality and the necessary firmware, regardless of whether it's a single or dual cam. Makes sense?

                    Sony Fanboy Bitches, 12 Sep 2017I just wanna laugh at the V30's so-called "P-OLED" display ... moreWell, i agree with you.
                    OLED is supposed to give 0 black levels and infinite contrast ratio like Samsung's Super AMOLED, but OLED by LG isn't impressive, the Xiaomi Mi Note 2 has 0.005 and 1:68200 contrast ratio. (I wonder if Samsung starts on OLED TV market, hmmm).

                    And yeah, LG's display technology is behind Samsung's and JDI's.

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                      • AnonD-100211
                      • XLI
                      • 12 Sep 2017

                      If I am not mistaken Sony was the first with the slim almost bezel less design with the xperia zl

                        Anonymous, 12 Sep 2017Oh dear...do you really think that because a single cam bea... moreI said it is slightly better than OnePlus 5 for the camera and never say it is "some kind of an achievement" IN MY OWN OPINION. Read before u comment down. How it works? Look, sometimes dual camera smartphones can (not) beat single camera smartphones. Two very good examples are GALAXY S8 and HTC U11. What's wrong? Does it always follow the "dual cameras perform better than single camera" logic? No! I guess u have little understanding of technology and not me

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                          • Atrax
                          • SXm
                          • 12 Sep 2017

                          So, basically, when Oreo hits XZ and XZs, they will have better battery life than XZ1. I don't care how "efficient" the new chip is, it's still a smaller battery. Same story they told us moving from Z3 to Z5 and Z5 to XZ. My old Z3 still outperforms the XZ in battery life, with same usage, on stock 6.0.1.
                          Sony used the same marketing trick here as Samsung did with Note 8. Hey, we put a smaller battery in there, but look, it lasts longer than the last years model (which uses a two years old OS). Buy it quickly before the new OS comes to those older devices with bigger batteries, before you realize those will outperform your brand new device in terms of battery.
                          Make the phone a bit thicker to cover that horrid camera bump, and voila, there's your extra space for at least 300mAh more, probably even more than that.
                          I'd be more than fine with an 8mm thick Xperia, it would free up so much space for battery and make more room for speakers, they would be able to shrink the top and bottom bezels. If you ever disassembled a modern Xperia device, you know how tight it is in there and how much space is sacrifised only to make the device thinner. It's amazing engineering and layout, unlike HTC for example, but a lot of effort for no usefull purpose. Specially the speakers, the speaker itself isn't really that big, but the speaker housing and assebly are huge in footprint, but very thin. Hence the huge top and bottom bezels, which I don't mind at all, but still.

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                            • HIL
                            • 12 Sep 2017

                            Anonymous, 12 Sep 2017Poor Sony, light years behind of LG.Well I'm afraid you're dreaming, common man wake up, the part that lg is really weak at is screen

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                              • AnonD-659305
                              • fqX
                              • 12 Sep 2017

                              Sony, Sony, Sony, why, oh why. a little bit more screen, less bezel - 5.5 would be good with the same specs and get your tv app working worldwide so we can stream...I like your buttons on the right. My wife loves you, but hates you too.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • wgK
                                • 12 Sep 2017

                                Florin, 12 Sep 2017Hello, Thanks for the review GSM Arena but if you could be... moreLook at their camera sample. The distortion is very obvious.

                                Shame the reviewer did not mention it. Are they oblivious to the distortion issue with the XZP and, now, the XZ1?

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • xCC
                                  • 12 Sep 2017

                                  AnonD-537624, 12 Sep 2017They only test samsung and apple phones poor site lol Asi... morePoor Sony, light years behind of LG.

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                                    • fJC
                                    • 12 Sep 2017

                                    Anonymous, 12 Sep 2017and display mate said samsung's screen is the best. poor s... moreThey only test samsung and apple phones poor site lol
                                    Aside from joking compared directly it's hard for me to pick th winner between sony and samsung on display and camera only reason i choose sony is because of stereo speakers but if someone says apple has a better display then samsung well they are probably from stoneage

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • n41
                                      • 12 Sep 2017

                                      Sony Fanboy Bitches, 12 Sep 20171 - Apple uses displays from LG, not Sony. Their panels com... moreand display mate said samsung's screen is the best.
                                      poor sony. LOL

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • n41
                                        • 12 Sep 2017

                                        AnonD-660652, 12 Sep 2017I wanted to buy Sony's smartphones for years. But they just... moregood decision. dont buy it

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