Sony Xperia XZ3 review

13 September 2018
Few phones can claim they caused quite as big of a stir as the Xperia XZ3. After Sony dropped its first curved OLED Xperia, seemingly out of the blue at IFA 2018, reactions have ranged from overwhelming excitement, through confusion and all the way to denial and anger. That's a level of drama typically reserved for soap operas or celebrity gossip and it all spells out one thing - a massive wave of exposure for Sony.

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Estheim, 14 Sep 2018in front the phone like pixel lol Pixel has only 75 percent screen to body ratio while the xz3 passes the 80 mark.

Ther aren't more than a dozen of handsets which goes beyond the 80 percent mark without a notch.

    Shanti Dope, 14 Sep 2018A Note 9 with better primary and front camera A Note 9 wit... moreHow about that.

    There is more.

    A note9 with 4k hdr video recording
    A note9 in a more compact body
    A ten percent lower priced note9
    A note with play station support
    A note9 with hdr bt2020 standard

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      • Leo
      • P72
      • 14 Sep 2018

      If i was rich i would buy one...

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        • Lmao
        • n2U
        • 14 Sep 2018

        Shanti Dope, 14 Sep 2018A Note 9 with better primary and front camera A Note 9 wit... moreNote 9 is not user friendly and its screen will make you blind and its just crapsung.. Dont compare this device to Japan device, Note 9 is only comparable with china knives that will crapsung :)

          Hello Life, 14 Sep 2018Sony has managed to do it again... to make a piece of crapNow this is what I call as pure bs.
          Thanks for existing. If not for you, the word "useless" would not be defined without as perfect of an example as you are.

            Realistic1, 14 Sep 2018So it looks almoust like Note9... just without a pen, secon... moreA Note 9 with better primary and front camera
            A Note 9 with louder and better stereo speakers
            A Note 9 with faster update and software support
            A Note 9 with cleaner and more user-friendly interface
            A Note 9 with better durability
            A Note 9 with better battery management
            A Note 9 with better performance
            There you go, I almost completed the list for you

              Gan, 14 Sep 2018This product echoes that I want be like samsung s9 plus ...... moreIt's because their previous strategy of being unique has also failed on them.
              It was rather hated for a lot of reasons, and I feel like there's nothing that Sony could do to change that.
              I mean, what's the point of making the best smartphone in the world when it's being sold to brainwashed people by advertisements of other brands?

                Anonymous, 14 Sep 2018No s9 only hace 370 nits un manual And phone arena he has a... moreI mean the best brightness that the screen could pull out.
                The XZ3 didn't have any brightness boost in Auto mode, while S9 did, and managed at up to pass 600 nits at best.
                Still, it is very impressive for the XZ3 to have a sunlight legibility score that's as good as Samsung's latest competing flagship, considering this is a comparison of Sony's first OLED smartphone to Samsung's 9th generation Super AMOLED smartphone.
                If the XZ3 had more than 400 nits, it could've been as good as the iPhone X, since that screen was the brightest OLED screen on a smartphone at almost 800 nits.

                  Hip hop king, 14 Sep 2018Didn't you see the sentence below. "we rarely see sustain... moreAnd like the XZ3, the Pocophone F1 would not sustain the same level of benchmark scores as it managed on the first run. We haven't come to thar point of non-overheating smartphones just yet.

                    Realistic1, 14 Sep 2018Well you might be right on cooling part. But (there is a... moreNot 'might be right', it's 'am right'. Facts before misinformation. I also talked only about cooling.

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                      • msv
                      • 14 Sep 2018

                      Okey, this really bugs me. You started to loose those funny titles of these reviews this year. Why? :D

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                        • Anonymous
                        • JpI
                        • 14 Sep 2018

                        Realistic1, 14 Sep 2018So it looks almoust like Note9... just without a pen, secon... moreSamsung uses heat pipes like Sony did with Z phones..
                        Since XZ Prrmium, Sony uses graphite layer.

                        XZ Premium can record much more than 3h of 4K

                          in front the phone like pixel lol

                            Anonymous, 14 Sep 2018"Repeated runs resulted in progressively lower scores" I... moreDidn't you see the sentence below.
                            "we rarely see sustained benchmark performance on any phone."

                            Poco uses heat pipe since its back is made of plastic

                              Shui8, 14 Sep 2018Lol so much hate. Boy i'm a sony fan too but a blind one? N... moreI feel u fam, I've been accused for being a blind Sony fan even though I'm not blind as compared to most of the Sony fans out there

                                jrharbort, 14 Sep 2018They actually do put cooling solutions inside their phones,... moreWell you might be right on cooling part.

                                But (there is always that) as to accuse someone to make things up for something that over 90% of population does not know, because Sony themself does not provide enough information to their customers (like Samsung and Apple do) is a bit too much.
                                Are you trying to say that this phone has more features than Note9? Because only if it does - then I am making stuff up.

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                                  • Alien
                                  • 3RM
                                  • 14 Sep 2018

                                  Aww man, anyone wants to buy a 3 week S8+?
                                  I really like the green version of the XZ3!

                                    Anonymous, 14 Sep 2018XZ3 does not use stacking. Not even their Mirrorless have ... moreTruly prehistoric, I guess better hw won't save them from the red.

                                      Realistic1, 14 Sep 2018So it looks almoust like Note9... just without a pen, secon... moreThey actually do put cooling solutions inside their phones, they just don't advertise it as luxuriously (gotta admit advertising is not their strong point). If you don't believe that, check out the benchmarks again, there's no throttling. They were the first to add custom cooling back with the Snapdragon 810 generation (which was an overheating mess). They were one of the few makers that generation to not have major heat problems because of it, and they've continued adding custom cooling for each generation since then, primarily using the screen shield plate as a massive heatsink. Check out teardowns to see for yourself. Making stuff up is not cool.

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                                        • AbdulRehman
                                        • PGh
                                        • 14 Sep 2018

                                        Anyone about SONY EPERIA XZ3 Price i wonder if u will highlight me price

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