Sony Xperia Z1 review: Walking on water
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- AnonD-77561
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- 20 Sep 2013
Hi GSM Arena. Can you confirm if the phone you tested is a final retail unit, or a pre-production version? The camera noise in your photos looks like what we were seeing on earlier firmware versions of the Z1.
Also worth noting that insiders are saying the true camera software for Z1 was delayed until after launch by about a month or so. So hopefully we will see a re-review by you once it's released.
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- xqy
- 20 Sep 2013
AnonD-188489, 20 Sep 2013he compare the camera on manual mode which disregard the BI... moreHahaha did you eat some drugs!? This camera can't come even close to Lumia 1020 camera so please leave your frustrations at home.
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- AnonD-173150
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- 20 Sep 2013
ILOVEXPERIA, 19 Sep 2013Triluminos display - The display is a crap piece of LCD, Tr... moreTriluminos is a hardware technology by adding an extra yellow cell along with RGB ones. Please just google it a little bit before you make any non-sense comments.
The rest of your comments are all personal opinions, but do not make it sounds like like you have ever owned it before. You can only make those statements when you actually touched and used it. Please be fair to people who are just like you, whom never tried the phone and should/could have a chance to try it out.
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- AnonD-168372
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- 20 Sep 2013
I won't buy unless you make Mini.
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- Anonymous
- XMF
- 20 Sep 2013
now we just have to wait ''again'' for xperia z2, coz the z1 has terrible battery life an a non replaceable....biglol
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- AnonD-118975
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- 20 Sep 2013
The only thing i could say ,Sony is starting to produce some good devices can stand in the market against huge brands like Samsung and apple.
i expected that gsmarena guys will tell about the poor quality of the loudspeaker and i hope not to but they did so .... still some time for Sony to take our money
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- AnonD-188489
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- 20 Sep 2013
he compare the camera on manual mode which disregard the BIONZ engine processor of Sony...but hopefully software update will fix it .....If you will check the other comparison using Auto..Sony beat them all even the LUMIA 1020,because of its dedicated image processor ( BIONZ )
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- AnonD-45523
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- 20 Sep 2013
"you can tell the company's heart is into making the best product around"
This is exactly how you increase your phone sales and turn your company into a notable brand.Samsung did it....now sony and LG delivering it too.
Learn from this Apple.
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- LHf
- 20 Sep 2013
AnonD-78963, 20 Sep 2013hello everyone ! I can't understand why people is upset wit... moreLenovo S750 is IP67 certified and battery is user removable.
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- sXB
- 20 Sep 2013
AnonD-5465, 20 Sep 2013Am really confused. I saw lots of pics ... u may say all... moreGot my white version today and been playing around with it all evening. I would say the reviewer has been smoking too much crack as everything about it is brilliant! Nuff said!!
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- Anonymous
- Xr1
- 20 Sep 2013
AnonD-78963, 20 Sep 2013hello everyone ! I can't understand why people is upset wit... moreThe main thing that set the Z1 apart was meant to be the camera. In GSMarenas tests the camera was terrible and the battery performance not much better.
Without a good camera its really just a very bulky 5" phone with good specs, poor battery and no way to replace a flat battery. Bring on the Note 3!
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- AnonD-669
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- 20 Sep 2013
GSMArena clearly states that the unit was a pre-production one.
Who knows what improvements Sony can make with firmware updates.
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- AnonD-5465
- Nkr
- 20 Sep 2013
Am really confused. I saw lots of pics ... u may say all pics floating around the Internet. They were marvellous and crisp even battery tests were amazing. Saw many comparisons between z1 and many many phones including the lumia 1020 ... Z1 was really making my mind.
But I trust gsmarena since I buy phones according to their reviews.
This review made me stop from thinking to shift from note2 to z1 ... my main concern was the camera and the battery.
And Gsmarena clearly says that they are bad even the photos posted in the review are bad!
Really confused. Wont waste money again on nokia with stupid OS as symbian and windows. I may stick awhile to my note 2 till something happens to clear the confusion.
Really disappointed ... was eagerly waiting to put my hands on yhe Z1 but now ..No I will wait
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- AnonD-78963
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- 20 Sep 2013
hello everyone ! I can't understand why people is upset with Z1 !!!!!
it's look million time better than galaxy s4 ,
gsmarena are you sick ! or what ?????? Non-user-replaceable battery !!!!!!!!! it's dust resistant and water resistant ,
Anyways good job Sony well done ,
hater going hate
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- akv
- 20 Sep 2013
AnonD-99876, 19 Sep 2013what the hell is that sony ??!! , how could you clame that ... moreIf I was going for Android I'd wait for Note too. Much better sunlight legibility, probably a nice camera (S4 camera is more-less equal to my N8) and more power. Or LG G2, it has OIS and good camera but lacks some other things (no MicroSD, non-removable battery). Z1 looks great but it's a lot of smoke and mirrors. And I liked Sony...
Edit: Looking at the buildings on photos, the ones on the left are inclined towards the left, the ones on right look like they're falling to the right. Wow.
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- 20 Sep 2013
My 8 mp note 2 does FullHD videos recorded in MP4 files with bitrate ranging from 17Mbps to 19Mbps. The framerate is a smooth 30fps and the audio is captured in stereo at 48kHz sampling rate and a bitrate of around 130Kbps.and it can also simultaneously record HD (1080p or 720p) video and take near full-resolution pictures (those are cropped to an aspect ratio of 16:9 to match that of the videos and what's seen in the viewfinder). And quality is better than this 20.7 mp gim.micky ...dont trust me check out video recording and image quality section in note 2 review.. and android 4.3 wud make it even better..however waiting for note 3 review i bet the camera wud be better than note 2 and not gim.micky like this 20.7 mp camera..hope the nfc and wi-fi sony camera lens r good was thinking to buy them for note 3 gsma can u plz also review those with best smartphones in buisness..
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- Anonymous
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- 19 Sep 2013
Too big for me = no buy
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- ANDROID_GUY
- t}q
- 19 Sep 2013
OHH
How desperately I was waiting for this phone to launch in India and it released.
Now, after gsmarena, How desperately I am no more thinking of buying this phone.
Reasons:
1.Gimmicky stupid 20.7 mp hopeless stupid camera
2. Battery in one word "SUCKS"
3. Too big for a 5" phone,even LG G2 5.2" looks smaller and S4 looks even smaller and lighter and all of them are 5" in display size.
4.Sony won't give you warranty if the phone is damaged due to water. They will simply say"this phone is waterproof,so water cant go inside" .But in reality water really goes inside and it gets damaged(Used to happen in xperia Z)
5.Display is still worse than S4,LG G2 etc.
6.heavy
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- Omar Mohamed
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- 19 Sep 2013
page 8 says nothing can compete with nokia in imaging.
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- PEq
- 19 Sep 2013
thanx gsmarena.
everytime i make decision with gsmarena review to decide my next phone.( i think many of u ).
xperia Z1 disappointed me.
Why u not reviewing nokia lumia 1020 till now..dont u like windows os or Nokia ?