Sony Xperia Z review: Zero hour

17 February 2013
With solid backup in the midrange, returning to the fiercest battle in the mobile market is Sony’s top priority. The Xperia Z, which leads the charge, got us properly impressed in a recent hands-on and if it walks unscathed from a complete review, we’ll know the Japanese have hit the form of their life...

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  • 17 Feb 2013

ian, 17 Feb 2013Great review and deep... thx GSMArena..but, but.. sorry and... more"..., but we'll have to complete our battery testing routine to know how the real-life performance stacks up. Those should be ready before the end of the week and we will update this article when they are." Sorry I don't read that.. looking forward to it.. :)

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    • Anonymous
    • U}}
    • 17 Feb 2013

    no battery test yet? helloooo.......

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      • AnonD-84477
      • uNV
      • 17 Feb 2013

      I am getting this phone next! But after an year cause I expect this phone price to go down like the year old Xperia S

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        • AnonD-86903
        • Q@r
        • 17 Feb 2013

        Anonymous, 17 Feb 2013Sigh, Screen and Camera sections were disappointing. :( ... moreof course it is waaaay better than S3.

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          • ian
          • thu
          • 17 Feb 2013

          AnonD-113343, 17 Feb 2013Could you check the battery life with LTE on/off, stamina m... morewell, same as my comment.. but i'd prefer no stamina mode enabled :).. cuz this way we can look the pure thing... stamina mode are just like juice defender that save more juice right?

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            • AnonD-113343
            • BLZ
            • 17 Feb 2013

            Could you check the battery life with LTE on/off, stamina mode enabled, screen on time (at 70% brightness), video playback time. That's a very important part when choosing a phone so why is it missing in your review?

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              • ian
              • thu
              • 17 Feb 2013

              Great review and deep... thx GSMArena..but, but.. sorry and excuse me.. am I the only one miss this? no battery review yet? or u guys still working on it?

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                • mihai
                • nDB
                • 17 Feb 2013

                If Htc One comes with 4.7 full hd screen,will simply destroy this in terms of ergonomycs.and dual speakers,better camera..you know,compared to Htc,sony is a minimum half year behind.

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                  • t7X
                  • 17 Feb 2013

                  A very well done and clean cut review indeed. Alas, indeed Sony's competitors are about to lunch their products on Barcelona, but for January to February, this is still the top dog. And considering their plans of an early release, I don't mind seeing Sony on the Top 5 of 2013 Smartphone Manufacturers.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • bEK
                    • 17 Feb 2013

                    Sigh, Screen and Camera sections were disappointing. :(

                    I wanted this device to be wayy better than the S3 atleast. Now, if the S4 isn't that great, I'd buy sony for the great development support.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • MDV
                      • 17 Feb 2013

                      Adobe flash can work on opera or dolphin or Maxton browsers

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                        • kotsios
                        • mZx
                        • 17 Feb 2013

                        How can you say that it has better contrast than s3 mini(I see the s3 mini every day and I hqve to say that has a really good contrast) and after you say that has terrihle black and white..the XPERIA Z ROCKS!!!!!

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                          • Q@r
                          • 17 Feb 2013

                          can't wait anymore. come to papa my Z :D

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                            • AnonD-18125
                            • 8as
                            • 17 Feb 2013

                            Great review by gsmarena team :)

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                              • n2K
                              • 17 Feb 2013

                              Run the tests on the display at 50% brightness please

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                                • AnonD-59220
                                • nY4
                                • 17 Feb 2013

                                As expected the display isn't very good

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                                  • AnonD-7248
                                  • 6P{
                                  • 17 Feb 2013

                                  please revisit the display section with another unit

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                                    • AnonD-26941
                                    • Mf5
                                    • 17 Feb 2013

                                    FiRST !!

                                    where is my cookie??

                                    no for real, this phone is so freaking awesome, but I wonder about lousy 13MP camera unit, I mean sony come'on!!
                                    you make the best camera sensors in the world
                                    why did you prefer to go cheap on this flagship?
                                    other than that AWESOME :D