Sony Xperia ZL
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- 18 Mar 2014
Anonymous, 18 Mar 2014yeah..
however if you check the official forums you get an... moreYou mad?
3 GB is most probably the norm for 2014 and 2015.
4 GB is out of the way within this 2 years.
And internally 128 GB?!?!?!
This might happen but certainly not within this 2 years.
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- Anonymous
- K0v
- 18 Mar 2014
Sorab, 17 Mar 2014Guys . Sony closes the manufacturing of this phone.
yeah..
however if you check the official forums you get answers like this:
http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z-ZL-ZR/Xperia-ZL-discontinued/td-p/444967
so it is not really officially discontinued, but its no longer available(by carriers), as stated by many users this is due to many reasons, the most obvious is the amount of competence, sony is showing off around 13 different new models every 6 months, if you check most carriers around the world stopped selling xperia T 10 months ago, and that was a flagship, the ZL is NOT a flagship, it never was, this phone is more like a experiment, and actually feels like it in many ways; if you check:
http://store.sony.com/unlocked-phones/cat-27-catid-All-Unlocked-Phones
the ZL is actually more expensive than the Z, so it is becoming in some sort of "cult" device, since from the star it was available in a few markets, add to that the very short life-span it had, so yeah.
other people said it is due to poor sales, this is true, specially because it was never released in many markets, and most people preferred the Z over the ZL, right now the obvious reason is the price.
and another top comment is "because this is a faulty device", and while many units did had issues, the ZL has less fault % than other sony products, the xperia V was more faulty, then the T, and currently the Z has more reported issues, it had more % of sudden death, sometimes the glass (back or screen) cracked by itself, the mic had more fail % than the ZL's, same for the front camera, so while the ZL line did had issues, those were not as big and "numerous" as with other sony phones (not to mention some TV sets, and their game console), so i disagree with this comment.
and finally, as stated before, this was just an experiment, if you check the following phones, none kept the IR blaster, the soft back, front and back(not flagships) camera position.
however they did retain the frame, handling, physical buttons, sony logo on the glass (all future phones should come with it), stylish notification led.
so there you have it, even if this phone dies, i still enjoy it, and while i use it a lot for pictures, GPS, and gaming, (which is sometimes annoying due to its battery) I'll keep it for a while, maybe 2 years, i want my next phone to really be more powerful than this, and i mean "really", at least 4GB ram with a 64-bit processor, water resistant, IR blaster and 128 GB internal memory, i already have one of these:
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Ultra-microSDXC-Adapter-SDSDQUA-128G-G46A/dp/B00IIJ6W4S
on a camera, and yes it works on the ZL (thinking on getting one for the phone itself), with the current development, we may see such a phone next year, but i want to wait a little bit.
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- utR
- 18 Mar 2014
Anonymous, 17 Mar 2014yes, the camera is bad, but not that bad, try other camera ... moreokay
I will try that apps you mentioned....
Thanks for your help......
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- Sorab
- bCq
- 17 Mar 2014
Guys . Sony closes the manufacturing of this phone.
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- Benjamin
- fxM
- 17 Mar 2014
kyra, 17 Mar 2014i have some problem like eye strain using amoled. is this p... moreNot at all. It has auto brightness control which sets the brightness of the screen based on the environment.
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- kyra
- uCd
- 17 Mar 2014
i have some problem like eye strain using amoled. is this phone can make eye strain too??
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- Anonymous
- K0v
- 17 Mar 2014
AnonD-194906, 17 Mar 2014Did you think that its Camera Quality is Good ??
I buy t... moreyes, the camera is bad, but not that bad, try other camera apps:
a better camera.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.almalence.opencam_plus
pro capture.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.neaststudios.procapture
cameraFV-5
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.flavionet.android.camera.pro
and lenovo camera app.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2608625
try those and use the special features each has, like the iso meter, aperture switch, noise reduction, and sequence shot, then you will be able to enjoy your camera, also remember to set them all to save on SD-card and quality to 13MP, another good idea is to toy around with the flash, and the camera shutter sound.
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- AnonD-194906
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- 17 Mar 2014
AnonD-244626, 16 Mar 2014 I bought Xperia ZL in october 2013. I bought it with Andro... moreDid you think that its Camera Quality is Good ??
I buy this phone in December 2013,
This phone is awesome but its camera quality is not good as of 13mp Camera quality ?
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- AnonD-237611
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- 16 Mar 2014
AnonD-244626, 16 Mar 2014 I bought Xperia ZL in october 2013. I bought it with Andro... moreHow much time will the battery last if the stamina mode is not turned on??
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- AnonD-237611
- vbN
- 16 Mar 2014
Guys....I like this phone but people are suggesting not to go for it....what should I do....should I go for it...or should I go for the Galaxy S4?? Please help!!
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- AnonD-244626
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- 16 Mar 2014
I bought Xperia ZL in october 2013. I bought it with Android 4.1.2 Jellybean. Later , i updated it to 4.2.2 and now 4.3. So far i didn't find any of the issues with this phone. Camera is 13 MP.
Clarity is Awesome an more realistic. To be honest, the front camera is a Con i have to say. Clarity is good but it was at the bottom. so if you wanna take pics of urself with the front cam, that's quite embarrassing.
Yes, mobile gets heated up sometimes, i face this one too. So i'll give it some time to cool.
It cools down in a short time.
Battery gets drained very soon. It is because of the HD screen and resolution i think but not sure. What i was doing is i have reduced it's brightness and back light to 30. To prevent the battery from draining fast. You need to turn on the stamina mode and low battery mode. With those two turned on, charging will last long. I charge my phone for every two days. I have seen many people say that it takes several hours to charge the phone. But my phone gets charged very fast. I've never faced the problem.
Since it got 2GB ram and 1.5 Quad core processor. Apps run very smoothly and i've been playing highend games in my mobile ever since the first day i bought it. Never faced any disturrbance in that.
Now that i found that it ha got upgrade to Android kitkat. Waiting for the update.
My Overall Experience with MY ZL is Awesome. I'll Give My Phone 9/10.
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- AnonD-90106
- bCa
- 14 Mar 2014
why is google not releasing fix for the "media server" and "media" BUG problem which is definitely causing a lot of battery drain?
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- shah25
- vG5
- 14 Mar 2014
hopeless camera.rest all good.
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- AnonD-237611
- vbN
- 14 Mar 2014
jhe, 13 Mar 2014I try to remove the now the shatter proof on my xperia zl.d... moreWhy did you remove it ??
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- 13 Mar 2014
I try to remove the now the shatter proof on my xperia zl.due to srcathes. And im very surprice. Becoz the sony logo on the top not remove unlike the xperia z.. good news
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- AnonD-29280
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- 12 Mar 2014
XperiaUser, 12 Mar 2014well i'm just saying that if the phone is named after the Z... morewhy can't u read specs before u buy a phone ???
or u dont like to do that ... what kind of lame excuses will u given now ?
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- Benjamin
- fxM
- 12 Mar 2014
XperiaUser, 12 Mar 2014well i'm just saying that if the phone is named after the Z... moreSony didn't mentioned that all Z series has to be/ will be water dust resistant. And ZL is a variant of the Z, which means that it doesn't necessarily has to inherit the water and dust resistant feature.
This has got to do with marketing and product positioning, which is why Sony decided to release ZR in May 2013.
The key selling point in ZL is the compactness of the phone, its probably the smallest 5 incher phone that you can get on the market (even smaller than the S3 & S4)
ZR is somewhat a mixture of both ZL and Z, lower screen resolution, 4.55 inch screen but it has the water and dust resistant features.
Simply put, the Z series in 2013 (Z,ZL and ZR) offers the users with choice, and they're almost on par in terms of specs wise.
The later release of the Z series (Z1, Z Ultra) offers a more premium phone with high end specs.
On the other hand the Xperia M and C are mid range phones which has lower specs as compared to the Z series to target at specific range of buyers.
Thus, the Z series is not totally about JUST the water and dust proof features, its more on the specs difference as compared to other Xperia series.
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- Sorab
- bCq
- 12 Mar 2014
This ph. Is discontinued from sony. As I get reply from sony when I asked them by email.
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- XperiaUser
- i5x
- 12 Mar 2014
Benjamin, 11 Mar 2014Redundant comment. There's other water and dust resistant p... morewell i'm just saying that if the phone is named after the Z series then it should be water resistant right?, as ALL Z SERIES phone are water resistant aside from this it can create a misunderstanding and confusion among buyers thinking this is water resistant, it should not be named after the Z series or it should be named Xperia XL or something.
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- Anonymous
- bCd
- 12 Mar 2014
Benjamin, 07 Mar 2014Go for ZL! I'm using ZL since October 2013, and my ZL is ... morethanks bro, i gonna buy this mobile soon and share my views too