Sony Xperia Z Ultra review: Thinking big

03 September 2013
With the Xperia Z Ultra, Sony is finally turning its attention towards a market segment it has avoided so far. The market headstart of their flagship Xperia Z along with the subsequent releases in the upper midrange has set quite a serious foundation...

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  • AnonD-14912
  • qW2
  • 16 Sep 2013

You showed that there is "liked" Facebook intergration, but compared to the HTC One, is there also, Twitter, LinkedIn, WhatsApp, etc?

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    • Anonymous
    • 693
    • 15 Sep 2013

    i like zu in black, don't mind have flash or not, 8 mp for me is enough, 6+ screen with the design so good, 50h+ not bad, why you need to compare with other phones!!????

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      • Lenny
      • 4Qp
      • 13 Sep 2013

      Should have went all out and made a 8" tablet and that would have been really cool.

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        • kalu
        • 7XN
        • 11 Sep 2013

        Which one looks better..white,purple,or black..i actually like purple colour..
        Tell me like black colour.does the purple one..also gets fingerprints and smudges..visible
        Or it would be same as the white...variant. In which no.fingerprints are visible

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          • AnonD-166368
          • uCm
          • 10 Sep 2013

          sivajeee, 09 Sep 2013Dear friends i am an artist designer too & i like Sony ... moreDear designer, not all pen will work probably on ZUltra Screen. Using Regular pencil without any problems, some bold pen can use smoothly, but some pen can't touch smoothly, it will just intermittent,Official website say any good conductor of metal (more than 1mm)can just simply without any problems on it,yeah it true.
          But I have try Highlights pen(non-metal ) before , it also can write without problem,it is so surprise for me (Even highlights pen can write, but nobody will leave many ink on a screen, after using highlights pen, there are many ink leave on the screen! You need to clean probably! I not suggested you use a highlights pens or marker pen )
          Emergency case, if your hand is dirty ,full of sand? neverminds, you can use a glass of water or other metal things to replace your hand on ZU screen.


          Thanks.

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            • mklchia
            • RI8
            • 09 Sep 2013

            i have bought XZU yesterday. White color really good because it is not a magnetic finger print. The audio play on radio is SUPERB adjust via equalizer. No need to mention when play music on WALKMAN player even better. I am heavy user. The battery last a day with STAMINA mode. Any object greater than 1.0mm (diameter) except non-conductive material writing on the screen really responsive. The speaker sound output is loud with xloud ON.

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              • kuklux
              • Khs
              • 09 Sep 2013

              loco, 09 Sep 2013What the note3 looks like under 1.5m of water ?Just like XZU when take a pic on the low light...

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                • sivajeee
                • ut3
                • 09 Sep 2013

                Dear friends i am an artist designer too & i like Sony Xperia Z Ultra i have some question is the pencil pressure sensitive & is there any stylus pen which is work so accurate...

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                  • loco
                  • PWh
                  • 09 Sep 2013

                  AnonD-168700, 05 Sep 2013Poor Sony fanboy. Let me break it down to you because you o... moreWhat the note3 looks like under 1.5m of water ?

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                    • AnonD-166368
                    • uCm
                    • 08 Sep 2013

                    AnonD-183817, 08 Sep 2013My friend bought this 5 day ago and it screen hang sometime... moreSoftware problems......
                    Have your friend updated to the latest software,510? After updated, many problems will be solve as well as the black screen or freeze, so-on.......

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                      • AnonD-183817
                      • TRE
                      • 08 Sep 2013

                      My friend bought this 5 day ago and it screen hang sometime. I notice it take a longer time to start too than note 2. I went to the shop to try it out believe maybe my friend set is faulty, while turning it off and on again, it took near 2min to load for the screen to move then it freeze! I asked the retail assistance for help and he say he had no idea why.. omz..

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                        • AnonD-78209
                        • RIE
                        • 06 Sep 2013

                        Sony always de best note 3 out!!!

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                          • Anonymous
                          • d%I
                          • 06 Sep 2013

                          AnonD-166368, 06 Sep 2013Dude,you are wrong !Note 3 without s-pen,can we use other p... moreOwned!now get ready for his army to troll you

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                            • AnonD-166368
                            • uCm
                            • 06 Sep 2013

                            AnonD-19086, 05 Sep 2013it's ridiculous that many people bully it for it sunlight l... moreNote 3 only can support S-Pen,without S-Pen, Note 3 can't do properly ,also can't name Note 3 as Note! But ZUltra support various of metal items such as pencil, metal pen, metal spoon, knife and so-on .
                            If you just miss a pencil, you can buy another one with low price, If you loose you S-Pen, the price will be much expensive than a classic Pencil.

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                              • AnonD-166368
                              • uCm
                              • 06 Sep 2013

                              AnonD-168700, 04 Sep 2013Your comment just shows what a troll you are. Saying the S4... moreSamsung Even selling over 100 million phones,why also have Apple Fans,Sony Fans,HTC Fans?

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                                • AnonD-166368
                                • uCm
                                • 06 Sep 2013

                                AnonD-168700, 05 Sep 2013Poor Sony fanboy. Let me break it down to you because you o... moreDude,you are wrong !Note 3 without s-pen,can we use other pencil or pen use on it? Isn't the smart features from S-Pen will work properly without S-Pen ?Do you?Any items (good conductor of metal such as a glass of water,cassicl pencil,metal pen,metal spoon,coins and so-on )can use on ZUltra screen ,touching,scrolling,playing,using and etc.Do the Note 3 can do that without s-pen?battery smaller than Note3 ,make it worse?Are you kidding me?How about Huawei Mate packing 4050 aMH,does it become better? Or can use more than 4days after one charge?battery can last how many hours is that you how to use ,not matter how big or smail of battery size(logi)
                                Camera 8MP ,isn't worse ?cannot recording UHD video?Note3 do can did that , ZUltra cannot, but why do you want to use a phone to recording a high resolution video? Make a Movie?As for me ,I will not like a moron to use a Phone to recording a MV as a Director.......!
                                As you say since 90's ,many touchphones can pointed by object as a styles,how 2013 cannot been,how ZUltra cannot use?And you also don't forget Note3 is using S-Pen as style,without s-Pen ,it only can be a huge version of S4! If you lose your S-Pen , can you just find a regular pen as a S-Pen?isnt flaw to pointed by object as a style?So,Note3 also flaw product?isnt?
                                16GB ,not enough?Zultra also has card slot,max is 64GB? Isn't no enough?what you want to keep in your phone?A house?A swimming pool?
                                Before you write ,please think before,you can break people mind,I also can BREAK YOUR MIND!If you prefer Samsung,Go back to your Samsung, don't stay at here,this wall only for the people who have feedback about SONY and also has polite!

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                                  • AnonD-19086
                                  • Kxr
                                  • 05 Sep 2013

                                  it's ridiculous that many people bully it for it sunlight legibility perform,from that score is enough and not really included as weakness,and for battery life for 52 hours its great result too,and notice it even on that test didn't show the stamina mode turn on,and for loudspeaker i think gsmarena only mark it for loudness,not the quality or etc,and i think the audio quality is perfectly score by your ears,so many people have their own opinion how the sound performed on zu :-D,and for capacitive screen,zu still better than note 3,note 3 great because of its s-pen,if sony can use s-pen,then disaster will come for note 3 :-D

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                                    • AnonD-168700
                                    • XMF
                                    • 05 Sep 2013

                                    AnonD-123960, 04 Sep 2013terribly flawed product???are u in senses man??eyes working... morePoor Sony fanboy. Let me break it down to you because you obviously don't read the review. The sunlight legibility of the Ultra is way below average! So it's one flaw don't you think? Sexiest design you mean too big and uncomfortable as a phone plus the sharp edged corners? Hmm.. I believe that's another flaw. Fastest phone yet? Not anymore (of course you know that,right?) Best web browsing and video experience? You know you can do both of them simultaneously with the Note 3, right? And best audio? Unfortunately the loudspeakers are reviewed as bad, sorry. And you know what else its flaws are? The battery is even smaller compare to the smaller screened Note 3 and to make it worse, its unremovable. The camera is only 8MP with mediocre quality and of course, no led flash. The internal memory is only available at 16GB - while you should know by now that the Note 3 doesn't even has 16GB version anymore, only 32 and 64. And one more flaw is that the use of any pointed object as its stylus. You think that's an advantage and new? Do you really wanna carry a pencil/pen everywhere you go? Maybe you wanna ducktape it to the back of your phone so you won't forget to carry it with you. Lol And don't you know that the touchphones from the 90's all can use any pointed object as a stylus? On the other hand, the S-pen of the Note 3 is , well, to elaborate for me to explain here. So by the reasons I've described above, don't you think it's fair for me to say that the Z Ultra is a terribly flawed product? And o yeah, just fyi, the Note 3 also can record UHD vids at 30fps (first on a smartphone, since the Acer Liquid S2 is only good at 24fps), and 1080p @60fps or 720p at 120fps. What do you say about that?

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • s7G
                                      • 05 Sep 2013

                                      xxx, 04 Sep 2013Phablet is for leople who needs bigger display for web brow... moreI work 8 hrs a day, 4 hrs family time.
                                      And it means I never spend more than 3 hrs of web browsing in my phone, so 5 hrs web browsing is just enough.

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                                        • dacsology
                                        • Jaf
                                        • 04 Sep 2013

                                        I am disappointed. For users like me that have sweaty palms, you have to consistently wipe the screen. The display is so sensitive that messes everything if you have sweaty or wet hands.