CES 2013: Sony Xperia Z and Xperia ZL hands-on
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- 08 Jan 2013
Xerox, 08 Jan 2013Don't know exactly I saw the video performance on YouTube n... moreCompared to iPhone 5 and Galaxy SIII this has to deal with an 1080p screen and plus that it's not the retail version. Could those have an impact on speed too.
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- 08 Jan 2013
Shure ... dreaming is legal.
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- 08 Jan 2013
femzyprof, 08 Jan 2013This reminds me of last year's announcement of the Xperia S... moreyes you are right,,
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- 08 Jan 2013
femzyprof, 08 Jan 2013This reminds me of last year's announcement of the Xperia S... moreXperia Tx and xperia V already beaten s3 .
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- 08 Jan 2013
Dear GSMArena,
Nokia showed the wireless speaker pairing using NFC with the N9 & Play 360 speaker, long before Lumias came with NFC...
http://blog.gsmarena.com/nokia-launches-new-music-accessories-for-n9-uses-nfc-sorcery-to-make-life-easier/
"NFC is cleverly used for what Sony calls, One-Touch features. You can touch the phone to a wireless speaker to start playing music on it (similar to what Nokia showed with their high-end Lumias)"
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- Xerox
- 3Yb
- 08 Jan 2013
DC, 08 Jan 2013Very handsome handset! Could be an iPhone and Samsung killer!Don't know exactly I saw the video performance on YouTube not that great! They compare it with iPhone 5 iPhone 5 is faster so for sure S3 is faster:/
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- 08 Jan 2013
AnonD-89351, 08 Jan 2013hi...gsm arena and followers viewing angle is only impo... moreexactly my thought. i dont see how "small" viewing angle is a bad thing. people use it by looking at it directly!! even if there are several people who are looking at the screen, they will do as much as possible to be watching as direct to it as possible.
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- 08 Jan 2013
AnonD-15085, 08 Jan 2013how long before the Z & ZL go the way of the S & SL... moreLol! The s and sl were designed for gingerbread so ics with its hardware acceleration was not good! Jellybean is very similar to ics so things should be smooth on the z! Sony are still trying to sort the ics bugs out - even on 2011 xperia range as a new version is imminent as its already been certified - just waiting for the rollout! That said SONY OWES ALL XPERIA PLAY OWNERS AN APOLOGY! 18months of updates? Not even one update! Bad show Sony! All sony promises ARE make believe!
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- 08 Jan 2013
hi...gsm arena and followers
viewing angle is only important to whoever beside us to see what we are seeing...
it is about privacy...
do you use your samsung, nokia and apple phones to make others know what you are typing / watching / surfing ?????? only kids do this !!!!!
it is the direct sunlight legibility which shall be the issue...
viewing angle for sure is very important for those kids .....
please grow up !!!!!
why play station portable viewing angle is clear ????
to gsm arena : we used mobile phone only for ourselves...
we watch movie on television all togeteher...not alone right !!!!
gsm arena : please stop this nonsense topics "viewing angle" on mobile phones....please compare viewing angle on television....
sony oled tv's and samsung oled tv's...
i dare u ...
hoping to hear from you soon...
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- 08 Jan 2013
DC, 08 Jan 2013Very handsome handset! Could be an iPhone and Samsung killer!cud be a iphone mean?
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- 08 Jan 2013
how long before the Z & ZL go the way of the S & SL forgotten after only a few month so Sony can concentrate on the other 30 plus phones that follow, and when the 4.2 update that they may never get will feel rushed and full of bugs just like ICS on the XPERIA S & SL. for proof just read the sony xperia s blogs you'll never want to buy sony again. I was patience my xperia s was bought at launch then the ics update arrived and the phone was so bad to use and after 4 month of waiting for a fix for ics they said 4.1 update would arrive by december then late jan now its april then the excuss its not working well on the s and it'll end up with no update. this is the way of every sony flagship phone you'll see. their ads should say SONY, we make some of the most beautiful phone out there but we have no intention of keeping our promises to update every phone for 18 month, coz we don't want too, we'er busy inventing the next phone, SONY WE DON'T CARE, JUST KEEP BUYING THE DAR'N PHONES
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- 08 Jan 2013
This reminds me of last year's announcement of the Xperia S which had seemingly good specs when it was announced but eventually turned out to be a flop. I got the Xperia S almost immediately but realised that it wasn't worth it... first, I had to return it cos of yellow tint...then, the processor turned out to be nowhere near The One X & One S...the final nail in the coffin was the Galaxy S3.
The Xperia Z feels like Deja Vu...its hoping to compete with Galaxy S3 and iPhone 5 but by the time it's released, the Galaxy S4, and other flagship phones would be right on its tail with better processors, etc.
That is exactly what happened last year & it's about to happen again cos Sony hasn't learnt any lesson at all!
Never launch a flagship phone in a hurry & always pack your best features into your flagship phone...at that point, no one would care about the price!
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- 08 Jan 2013
TuFfGonG, 08 Jan 2013The phone is beautiful in design, tho I like the more compa... moreIts NOT a glass back - its plastic - read the hands on review!
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- 08 Jan 2013
I am a sony fan and I must say - what a dreadful back cover! The viewing angles are not great as just from the photos you can see the colours getting a bit washy. I thought horrid glossy backs were a thing of the past? A cover will be needed making this phone even less pocketable! Any now to the good stuff - great audio, good processor but should have clocked it at 1.7-2ghz as 1.5ghz is last years specs again sony! Camera sounds promising - at last - you used to do great cameras sony. Battery I feel could be bigger but I will wait and see what the battery test results are like before I criticize it! 1080p is great on a mobile but our eyes can only cope with so much on a small display! still lcd is brighter than amoled! Apart from glossy back I would rather have this phone over gs3 anyday - youre finally getting there sony!
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- 08 Jan 2013
Hmm, turns off data when you turn off the phone? I hope data is always turned off when the phone is off, not only in STAMINA mode. :S
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- 08 Jan 2013
Sony makes beautiful phones!!!! Samsung Galaxy S3 is soooooooo ugly!
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- 08 Jan 2013
great design n specs. but gonna stick with my ion. dont think its worth it... for now...
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- 08 Jan 2013
AnonD-88295, 08 Jan 2013And Please.. Please release the Xperia Z in Indonesia. Not ... morejust check sonymobile.com/id or sony indonesia.. they just put xperia Z on their page.. smoga cepetlah
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- 08 Jan 2013
AnonD-92186, 08 Jan 2013hopefully sony will sell this in reasonably price in Indonesiastuju brader .. eh .. agree with you :)
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- 08 Jan 2013
It's really a tough choice; the ZL is impressively compact, almost a centimeter shorter than the Z and has a fingerprint resistant back, but the Z looks a lot better and is water/dust resistant. Luckily the phones won't be available in the same regions, so we won't be forced to choose. They're both thoroughly impressive phones; seems like everyone else have their work cut out for them this year.