Samsung Galaxy S4 vs. Sony Xperia Z: When worlds collide

31 March 2013
If you’ve been paying attention – and we know you have – there’s no way you couldn’t have noticed that for a good ten days or so we’ve all been on and on about two phones. Now, we’re about to make it three...

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  • ranjan
  • uuF
  • 10 May 2013

xperia z always waste i used two days only display cracked service centre asked 20000 rupees sony cheater i hate sony dnt bought sony phones

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    • ravi
    • Xj6
    • 08 May 2013

    Ya I lyk the phone bt my opn s I lyk the way hw the s protected frm dust nd water thts amazing...so I lyk xperia z nd I'm nt saying tht s4 s bad ...I lyk the air sensor in tht thts all..:)

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      • Anonymous
      • 4QS
      • 07 May 2013

      cpk, 28 Apr 2013Being outdoors alot I will choose the Z over the S4, both a... moreYeah no..The amoled screens are less reflective than IPS except really really bright ips displays. But even then the reflective ratio is less. This is a tft. Its a bit more reflective. And the S3s screen was one of the best and amazing in sunlight. The S4 is even better and in auto matic brightness goes something like 20% brighter than manual. So...no

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        • Anonymous
        • 4QS
        • 07 May 2013

        Gil, 01 May 2013Designing the phone's internal hardware seems like going to... moreAre you kiffing me???? nobody designs or builds these parts except apple??? That is the complete backwards version. Apple is the one buying from everyo0ne else. Its samsung, sony, nokia, and lg making the screens cpus, chips, antennas, and everything.

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          • Anonymous
          • 4QS
          • 07 May 2013

          Anonymous, 03 May 2013How can you even say that the 2 phones are evenly placed ? ... moreAnd from a front view the S4 looks better.

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            • Mukilan
            • 7qC
            • 07 May 2013

            S4 is rocking really ...sony z is very bad...boring. ..and s4 is best ..now sony is ready toòooo caziol....s4

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              • sanju
              • PFB
              • 06 May 2013

              samsung galaxy s4 is good mobile.. but xperia z nice

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                • nyi
                • PSc
                • 05 May 2013

                faisal, 01 May 2013At all I call Xperia z a perfect smartphone and all Samsung... moreThat's right!!!

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                  • AnonD-142628
                  • xpA
                  • 05 May 2013

                  sometimes my xperia z getsso hot my hands burn and ears burn, but what i underestimated the most is the soundquality of the internal speaker as well as the external speaker. No detail at all when playing music, the sound quality is so poor even with an equalizer you can't get it to sound right, tried with different headphones and different mp3 appz. My old HTC wildfire sounds 1000 times better with no equalizing at all. the soundquality of the Sony Xperia Z is so bad it hurts my ears, distortion all over, the music just don't sound right.

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                    • AnonD-142194
                    • ib6
                    • 04 May 2013

                    Buyer, 03 May 2013Who is this dude? i'm reading reviews so I can decide what ... moreI don' like samsung,I like sony until i own a xz, i hold my xz only 1 day, then switch to s4, why? Because the xz' speaker really sux, hear like dying, my old arc s much better than that. Go for s4, forget the xz,
                    trust me.

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                      • Buyer
                      • PxE
                      • 03 May 2013

                      AnonD-138380, 22 Apr 2013Watch out everyone, the Xperia Z has a major flaw, in my op... moreWho is this dude? i'm reading reviews so I can decide what phone to buy and his post is on most of the review sites. Is this bashing the Z?

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                        • Anonymous
                        • 7wA
                        • 03 May 2013

                        How can you even say that the 2 phones are evenly placed ? Out of the 14 tests that Gsmarena performed, Galaxy S4 wins 11 of them, while 2 of them are a tie.The only category where the Z wins is the design. For me, its the S4.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • 9DA
                          • 01 May 2013

                          I have bought Samsung Galaxy S4

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                            • faisal
                            • KhZ
                            • 01 May 2013

                            At all I call Xperia z a perfect smartphone and all Samsung phones as plastic phones

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                              • suleman.sherkot
                              • 9DA
                              • 01 May 2013

                              I have read this article with interest and several others too, every author has given samsung galaxy s4 maximum numbers even though Xperia z has undoubtadly nicer look with water proof system, features are more or less the same. But battery life, breakable glass, speed and one is helpless in case z is hanged, are some of the question marks on z. Suleman.sherkot@gmail.com

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                                • Gil
                                • MTV
                                • 01 May 2013

                                Designing the phone's internal hardware seems like going to shop in the town's market - put this cpu in the basket, add that graphics chip, get the chipset from this company...
                                Phone manufacturers don't design and build these parts, except Apple perhaps. So I'm not sure I understand why Sony didn't pick the best available parts for its flagship model, as Samsung did. Shame, cause I don't like the S3 / S4's plastic design and feeling, but I won't pick a phone that's so obviously inferior like the Xperia Z.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • 01 May 2013

                                  Mmh nice and smart phones

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                                    • jo051471@gmail.com
                                    • t7V
                                    • 01 May 2013

                                    Xperia z is slow in opening applications like contacts or messaging specially when searching. Samsung is faster

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • PxE
                                      • 30 Apr 2013

                                      AnonD-138380, 22 Apr 2013Watch out everyone, the Xperia Z has a major flaw, in my op... moreI saw this post on different review site.. troll!

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                                        • Asheesh
                                        • uv1
                                        • 29 Apr 2013

                                        i just want xperia Z ... i love Sony .. east or west .. sony is the best .. sony rocks ..
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                                        and syamsingh(samsung) phones are cheap and cheater and copy cat .

                                        . i love my money actually .. and sony is giving best value ..