Sony Xperia Z1 review: Walking on water

19 September 2013
Sony’s got a plan and sticking to it – while other makers pile software feature upon feature, the Japanese focus on their historical strengths, such as beautiful, durable design, photographic excellence and display tech. That in short is...

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  • AnonD-1034
  • t7J
  • 03 Nov 2013

This is a perfect phone!!!!
What else can i say!
Its all worth it!

Sony is the King!

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    • Anonymous
    • Xry
    • 02 Nov 2013

    AnonD-200419, 27 Oct 2013Hi , can anyone tell how sony xperia z1 after the fix ,upda... moreAnother Samsung employee

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      • AnonD-159252
      • nCE
      • 01 Nov 2013

      Antutu benchmark score is 34000+ ,Quadrant standard score is 20800+ please update the review.
      And to answer to any question i handled a few xperia z1 and none of them had any problem of any sort neither with battery,screen,overheating or whatever you may come up with;from my point of view is the perfect smartphone if you get used with the size.

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        • AnonD-200419
        • utd
        • 27 Oct 2013

        Hi , can anyone tell how sony xperia z1 after the fix ,update of new software..
        1. veiwing angle problem - solved ?
        2. over heating problem ?
        3. Batter life?
        4. Display issue? (put black when call or in use als)
        5. camera is not expected as 20 Mp ?

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          • AnonD-199372
          • XNc
          • 24 Oct 2013

          i just buyed a galaxy note but battery backup is very bad....i just talked for 2 mins and 2 or 3% charge was lost.......so i'm thinking it to sell and buy a new xperia x1.....is it's battery backup good???

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            • abhay tiwari
            • t}F
            • 21 Oct 2013

            Just purchased sony experia z1 worth rs. 42900. The experience is worst so for. With in half an hour of use.. the battery was too hot to hold in hand. And it got switched off ...with no response after. Even after getting switched off the temprature of phone could not come down.. and I had to put the phone in fridge to avoid explosin... I was scared to hold in the hand.. frnds horrible experience so for..

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              • AnonD-195984
              • utX
              • 14 Oct 2013

              tomas, 07 Oct 2013"A word of warning is due as we've been getting a lot ... moreHow z1s uve bought till today to complain like that.

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                • Der
                • Ycp
                • 12 Oct 2013

                Such a great review...Can't wait to see more of this from Sony!

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                  • Richard
                  • t}f
                  • 12 Oct 2013

                  I think, out of all mobile reviewing sites, gsm arena gives true reviews. They are genuine in reviewing, but others they only praise their favourite smartphones.

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                    • AnonD-190524
                    • 0v@
                    • 09 Oct 2013

                    Hi. Can you tell me please what means demo phone? Does it mean lower hardware and software specs than retail phone? Thx in forward.

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                      • AnonD-77875
                      • sGP
                      • 08 Oct 2013

                      Its time that Sony should go ahead and lay more emphasis on features in its phones instead of just making rough used phones...

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                        • AnonD-190524
                        • 0v@
                        • 08 Oct 2013

                        Hi. Can you tell me please what means demo phone? Does it mean lower hardware and software specs than retail phone? Thx in forward.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • Hkq
                          • 07 Oct 2013

                          Sory to say thz bt sony is nt at all serious, as samsung gives brighter screen 4 every devise and also providing camera clearity. But m big fan of sony brand, as sony is famous for its sound clearity and camera lik cyber shot but those clearness in mobile is missing in xperia !!!
                          So need to improve!!!

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                            • Anonymous
                            • rx2
                            • 07 Oct 2013

                            Guys please help me out whether to buy note 3 or z1

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                              • tomas
                              • gxv
                              • 07 Oct 2013

                              "A word of warning is due as we've been getting a lot of user reports that not all Xperia Z1 units out there have the same quality screens. It seems some of them come with panels, which have the same properties as the one on the Xperia Z. These of course, may be pre-production samples or as conspiracy theiorists suggests, leftover panels from the Xperia Z production line. Whatever the case, have this one in mind when you are picking up yours."

                              Hi,is there any ways to find out,which screen I have? Any solid proof I can demonstrate to the shop where I got mine? They don't believe me that the screen looks different. Anyone please..?

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                                • Anonymous
                                • K5i
                                • 07 Oct 2013

                                I have a genuine question out of curiousity here, GSMArena - I have the XPERIA Tablet Z AND an Android Walkman (obviously both from Sony) and they BOTH have a noticeable fault with the screen.

                                Both screens appear to 'over-expose' very light colors, particularly skin tones, resulting in them being 'whited out' and losing detail in gradients, like a photograph taken with a camera with too long a shutter. (The Tablet Z also has a odd color calibration apparently but that's not relevant here)

                                It seems to genuinely be a Sony problem with their LCDs in general, based on other Sony devices I've had a look at, so I'm wondering if you can actually see this on the XPERIA Z1's vaunted Triluminos, because that'd really make me question if Sony is trying to improve.

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • fsV
                                  • 06 Oct 2013

                                  Sony keep it up, we love ur handwork

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                                    • Caliel
                                    • mn@
                                    • 05 Oct 2013

                                    ILOVEXPERIA, 19 Sep 2013Triluminos display - The display is a crap piece of LCD, Tr... moreThe Triluminos not software method, but modified display backlight

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                                      • Sallblock
                                      • ijs
                                      • 05 Oct 2013

                                      i was very disappointed witg sony ultra,i didnt say bad but the sound sucks so the sony xperia z1 sucks too...
                                      Who ever buy this pls think twice.

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                                        • AnonD-76905
                                        • sGP
                                        • 05 Oct 2013

                                        AnonD-186803, 03 Oct 2013On the camera side of things, here are some shots I've take... moreNow that updates are already available and after seeing these pics, I think GsmArena seriously need to perform a re-review of the Camera and the Battery section.

                                        This time they should use a retail unit with latest software version instead of the Pre-production unit they used earlier.

                                        Probably this comment will be deleted. I have observed many comments complaining for a re-review to be missing. Gsmarena is soo biased.