Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium review
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- 29 Aug 2018
Like Mike, 29 Aug 2018When I scale down to 8MP (which is only fair option since y... moreScaling down to 8 megapixels actually result to the same conclusion: That the older pixel 2 XL phone despite being at 2 stops higher ISO setting performs significantly better in low light. And it costs less. It only cements the conclusion that the XZ2 Premium has nothing 'premium' to offer in the claimed 'low light photography prowess'. As the GSMArena team has said, there's no sense in buying it at its current high price because one can get better low light camera performance for much less. And if as you said, photos captured by XZ2 premium are for mobile viewing only, then you might as well buy the Pocophone from Xiaomi and use the savings to buy a Sony Playstation. At least, you're still supporting Sony.
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Anonymous, 29 Aug 2018The Pixel 2XL for sure. And ironically, it's an older phon... moreWhen I scale down to 8MP (which is only fair option since you can't upscale P20 Pro 10MP) the only thing I see is how XZ2P preserves the details and has the least amount of blur compared to the two. You can clearly see preserved texture everywhere especially on rods of wooden counting toy. What XZ2P does dramatically worse than the other two is amateurish sharpening to the point of ghosting effect and cranking up the color contrast into oblivion. When it comes to noise you can always remove it but you can't never add it if the image doesn't have enough data to replicate details properly.
In my opinion low light photography is about preserving the detail in general, exposing details in dark areas, preserving the ambient color (light wash), containing the highlights and not exhibiting blur or smearing. So far XZ2P does the most except containing the highlights along side what I've already mentioned by cranking up the contrast/saturation and over sharpening to amateurish levels.
In all honesty neither three of them are any good in that benchmark low light situation. Post processing and lack of quality is evident on all three and all three exhibit it in different way.
Once you are ok that mobile camera's purpose is to take images and videos that are to be viewed on mobile screens only then there is no need for a debate which crap smells the least.
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- Primark
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Anonymous, 29 Aug 2018If you can't clearly understand how then you don't know wha... moreAgain you are just generalizing and not being specific, so again you have nothing to backup your claim, I am merely trying to point out the flaws in your statement. Just because two phones have nearly Identical specification on paper, doesn't mean that they are of the same quality and should be priced near each other.
I'll give you a very simple example,
You can find similarly speced motherboards with stiff difference in prices simply because the more expensive one have better fail safe capabilities than the cheaper one. Thanks for trying to engage in a civilized discussion by the way.
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Shui8, 29 Aug 2018U get the answer by watching this: https://youtu.be/eX_n49... moreI saw the video and noticed that the reviewer really tried his best to get the best possible ouput for the p20 pro, so...
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nothing-, 29 Aug 2018I have a ate 10 pro a di haven't used the light painting op... moreEveryone claims the xz2p wins but not one example has backed that up
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Primark, 29 Aug 2018How can you claim that nothing in it is worth the price? Do... moreIf you can't clearly understand how then you don't know what you are talking about to imply it's wrong.
Nothing in it compared others in hardware or software makers or anywhere near or worth that price. Including r&d and customer service costs too. It's simple logic and facts.
It dethroned pixel 2xl as most over priced of droids
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Foundation, 29 Aug 2018If you use tripod and manual mode P20 Pro(or any other high... moreI have a ate 10 pro a di haven't used the light painting option. Yeah it may be a cool feature but we are talking about stills not light painting. Have you read the reviews of P20 Pro? The 40 MP manual mode is useless compared to the default 10MP resolution.
While the XZ2 (standard) wins in a tripod picture (night s en compared with pixel, iPhone and note 8 comparison if I am not mistaken
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Sergi, 29 Aug 2018Color accuracy? See for yourself (1:28 colors at the bott... moreOne tiny way you think it's better that it's not means its all superior
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xXENDER FREAKXx, 29 Aug 2018I really hope they can change their design. It looks modern... moreI am not a fan with the current design either, I prefer the old design, regarding the note 9, I really like its stylus, here's hoping that sony comes with its own implementation.
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Anonymous, 29 Aug 2018Mainly reviews clearly showed it's not the best. And regard... moreHow can you claim that nothing in it is worth the price? Do you have a detailed list of whatever is in it to even support that? Anyways please enlighten us and don't just generalize, I would like a good discussion.
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I really hope they can change their design. It looks modern, but there's more bulk and more inconvenience to the design. Have been anticipating for the Mirai design they have talked about before and I hope that Sony isn't referring to this design. The XPERIA XZ2 I have may not look as thick as it is in photos, but u can definitely feel the bulk to it. It feels comfortable, but with the compromise of not staying stationary on the table, I'd rather stick with my XPERIA XZ as my daily driver (Which is what I did), and put my XPERIA XZ2 as another smartphone of my collection that has yet to convince me. Same can be said to this XPERIA XZ2 PREMIUM, with more bulk which I don't know why and more inconvenience, because of the addition of one more camera on the rear. At least there's some aspects of it that I'm impressed at, the 4K display (Which isn't a big deal for me, I'm already satisfied with FHD), Dynamic Vibration System (Which I don't give a damn about but it's still a decent feature), and the camera (Especially the Ultra-High Sensitivity). And of course, all of these comes with a price that I think it's too overpriced, given the fact that smartphones at this price like the GALAXY NOTE 9 gives more features, but I'm not saying it's a bad phone, it's just that the price makes it not as competitive as others...
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Anonymous, 29 Aug 2018Lol, that guy takes 3 different shots using P20, and only o... moreWell, all the downvotes have been done by Sony fanboys who actually thought 1/2.3 inch sensor with mediocre image processing would beat 1/1.7 inch one with one-shot HDR mechanism built into the sensor itself... Physics will always win.
And even if he had compared P20 Pro's 10MP photos and XZ2 Premium's 17MP photos ONLY, it would've made no difference at all: P20 Pro would crush XZ2 Premium. You can change the white balance of a photo afterwards, but you definitely can't recover crushed shadows, blown up highlights and overly noise-reduced details.
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nothing-, 29 Aug 2018In stills probably yes there are times P20 Pro is better bu... moreIf you use tripod and manual mode P20 Pro(or any other high end smartphones with decent manual control, really) will be far ahead of Xperia. Try shooting 40MP unprocessed RAW image with light trails in a city with your XZ2 Premium.
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Sergi, 29 Aug 2018Color accuracy? See for yourself (1:28 colors at the bott... moreSo Youtube video is now the standard way to compare the display quality? Great! I'd rather have GSM's objective and unbiased display analysis any day, tho.
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Primark, 29 Aug 2018Do you know of any phone right now that can trump its lowli... moreThe Pixel 2XL for sure. And ironically, it's an older phone.
Pay particular attention to sponge Bob, the London bus route map and the dollar bill.
https://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=5&idPhone2=9166&idPhone3=8720&idCamera1=300511
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Hailan, 29 Aug 2018P20 Pro In stills probably yes there are times P20 Pro is better but if you use tripod Sony is better, but when it comes to video, the XZ2 premium is miles ahead.
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Anonymous, 29 Aug 2018See hope it clearly doesn't.
You fanatics are ridiculous. ... moreColor accuracy? See for yourself
(1:28 colors at the bottom, on note9 it turns completely white. 3:48 color splash, note9 turns red color shade into orange)
https://youtu.be/tY8qBhMRDGk
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Yann, 29 Aug 2018As a XZ Premium user I can say the fact the this phone is b... moreThese phones are phablets "designed" for two hands usage even if you have to answer the phone call which is ridiculous. Anything over 72mm (for my hand 70mm) wide is a two hand device, reason why I can't even hold the XZ1 in one hand either so I would rather have the XZ Premium then if I have to use both hands anyway. I guess it's good if you are big guy with big hands but an average user can't even pick up a phone call with these phones.
In my opinion in order for a phone to maximize it's screen estate it needs to have proper ration between width and height. Width is very important because of text and characters that can slot in single line and take less screen. That's why same diagonal size 16:9 or 16:10 is a lot more comfortable for reading text than 2:1(18:9) screen which either cuts the text line or it scales down the text in order to keep the fit. There is no way around the width unfortunately. What 2:1 screen do well is they give you psychological advantage that you have more screen estate cause your phone is taller but that extra height is not fully supported by Android UI, as a matter of fact you can see on tall 2:1 phablets a lot of empty space because Android would not shuffle the content over it, it does not scale right with 2:1 screens. Tall screens on phablets also introduce lots of hand travel as Android UI consists of headers and footers in every single app so your hand is always hunting that hamburger menu on very top and back button on very bottom.
2:1 screens are good for one hand usage (up to 70mm of width) as they give you enough height to space out ugly Android app UI headers and footers on small screens but 16:9 is a lot better aspect ratio for anything that's 73mm and above for two handed use.
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- Anonymous
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Anon, 29 Aug 2018Actually GSMA battery test is indeed buggy. Technically Sam... moreTypical response in a Sony page. Ors doubtful you use either brand....or at least anything relevant