So why another flagship, in such a short time. Well, for me, it was because when Sony released the Xperia Z, sure it was a nice phone, but it got bashed for having a lower end processor, the S4 instead of the S600 chip, the display was way, way, out of league compared to the other flagships and the camera was not up to par with the other flagships. So I guess this is Sony's answer and proof that it can actually produce a flagship worthy of competing with the other flagships. On paper, this phone does just that, if not excellently, on paper. It has the latest processor, the S800 clocked at 2.2 GHz, its a quad core processor, 2GB of RAM and 16GB of internal storage. That's to fire back at the lower end processor claim. For its display, Sony stuffed in its Triluminous display which for reviewers certainly did look nicer than Sony's previous displays but was not up to par with AMOLED or even Super LCD. Display, check. AND for the camera problem, SONY fitted a whopping 20.7M CAMERA!!! I know resolution isn't everything but what resolution does add to, just one example would be lossless zoom. Due to its high resolution, the camera can capture a lot of detail, allowing you to zoom in without losing detail, thus lossless zoom. But all these specs are only great on paper, but does that actually translate to real life performance?
The short answer, NO... disappointingly
Sony did get the processor right though, the phone does run buttery smooth and is always fast and snappy (based on reviews) so YAY PROGRESS!
But the Xperia Z was already fast and snappy to begin with so it did translate to a better phone, but the main attention was to the display and the camera. Both of which we will discuss right now.
Like I said earlier, Sony stuffed in its latest screen technology, the Triluminous Display with its Bravia successor, X-Reality but the screen still lacked the superb viewing angles other phone competitors provided. You could say who cares about looking at your phone from the side, when you will almost always look at your phone head on. Yes, that's true, but often a flagship phone is regarded as the best a company can offer or could offer. People associate the paper-like display of the HTC One and iPhone 5 with the word premium and this is something Sony doesn't seem to be able to provide. It's true it doesn't really matter, or maybe it does, but when other phones are able to pull it off, why not YOU?
Okay, but that 20.7M camera has to be good right? I mean, it's a TWENTY megapixel camera, how could it possibly be bad. Okay, first things first, Sony put in a 20 megapixel sensor that's larger than most sensors, meaning it can capture more light leading to better low light photography. Sony even put in its G-Lens and Bionz image processing into this. HOW COULD IT POSSIBLY BE A BAD CAMERA?!
So the camera is, wait for it, good but could be better. Yeap, you read that right, GOOD... but could be BETTER... HOW? I don't know, maybe Sony should take hints from Samsung, their flagship phones have excellent cameras. In fact, the Samsung S4 beat the Xperia Z1 in terms of picture quality. You can check the photo comparisons right here, if you want to check it out yourself. I'll leave the explaining to the photo comparisons. But trust me, you'll be disappointed.
Lesson learnt here, if you want to play with the big boys, you have to get your game on, enough to match them, and better yet, beat them.
There are up points though, everything does, this phone doesn't really do bad in anything, it just doesn't excel at beating the competition, and being a flagship, it should have been able to do just that. So its not bad, its just good... enough.
Like GLADOS used to say, sigh, I love GLADOS
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Have you imagined a phone that doesn't stop working even if it is emerged in water? Sony Experia is the first company to launch a phone like this.
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Charlie Electra
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Oh yeah! I forgot to mention the waterproofing, its just disappointing that a phone this good did not live up to my expectations, its still my dream phone, though =)
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