Sunday, October 23, 2016

Sony Xperia XZ Review

Not everyone understands the desire to release the new flagship of Sony every six months, but the company continues to pursue its own strategy. In 2016, to the mandatory requirements of increased updating of design within a single generation – we were shown at MWC indistinguishable externally Xperia X (strong middling) and X Performance (flagship), and IFA – very similar in appearance business smartphone Sony Xperia XZ review and X Compact. Today we look at the first.

DESIGN AND EQUIPMENT

The business smartphone Sony Xperia XZ review comes to us without a set but in the box. Boxing is medium in size and is made of cardboard, and its lower part is decorated with patterns, which can be found on the pre-installed desktop screensaver. Buyers are likely to find in even the cable, memory with support for fast charging and documentation.
The new business smartphone Sony Xperia XZ review
First and foremost impression of business smartphone Sony Xperia XZ review – it is not like the last model, Xperia X Performance. This is very good, especially if you remember how insignificant were the differences between the models Xperia Z. line
The design of the business smartphone Sony Xperia XZ review  did not cause me any special emotions, though some might call it “Japanese functional minimalism”, for example. As the materials of the shell, the standard combination of glass, metal, and plastic.
Well played with the form – visual apparatus became rectangular, but in reality, the side edges more rounded than the Xperia X. In this case, the lower and upper ends of the flat – you can put your smartphone vertically.
Most of the “back” cover a smooth sheet metal, painted in body color, but it is replaced at the bottom of a plastic insert for the correct operation of the antennas.
Note elegant solution with logos. In front, there is the inscription Sony, the Xperia back. The first is not glossy, and the color is applied to two shades lighter on the front panel, rear made a shallow engraving. At the same time, all service information regarding certification and IMEI-numbers applied to the plastic ribbon, hidden in the SIM tray. Very neat solution.
On the front panel, there is an indicator of missed events and two small slits stereo. Bottom – connector USB Type-C, above – 3.5 mm.
Body dimensions mean – screen frame reduced to a fraction of a millimeter in comparison with X Performance, but the actual size increased due to the growth of the screen diagonal of 5 to 5.2 inches.
In terms of ergonomics smartphone, it is far from ideal. As usual – all claims to the control keys assembled on the right side. The power button, combined with a fingerprint scanner is slightly recessed, and the volume button is very low.
Perhaps the designers aim to provide an experience that is comparable with simple digital devices when near the start button and the camera shooting is a “rocker” zoom. Unfortunately, this is also not everything went smoothly, because it turns out that the approach and alienation are reversed – the volume button is inconvenient, and to change the volume, and during shooting.
A similar situation with a fingerprint reader – to his work at least satisfactory, but the location has to get used to.

SCREEN

The business smartphone Sony Xperia XZ review installed 5.2 inch ISP display with Full HD resolution, covered with glass Corning Gorilla Glass with rounded edges (side) and good oleophobic coating.
Traditionally, the display is called TRILUMINOS, but the default setting is on algorithms for X-Reality, designed to improve the image, depending on the type of information displayed.
Also traditionally, the Sony has a very wide screen, on IPS matrices measurements, gamut, and accurate calibration, as well as increased color temperature, so the image looks colder than it should be.
If the colors are something I do not like, you can manually adjust the white balance settings, and also try to disable the X-Reality.
However, I liked the business smartphone Sony Xperia XZ review display even in “as is”, without any additional configuration. I think he was a little better than in previous models. The information is easy to read in the sun, high sensitivity mode is very useful because the street is already cold and you have to wear gloves. The colors are very saturated, and maximum viewing angles – good screen, if you do not pursue a natural color reproduction.

HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE PLATFORM

From the point of view of the “iron”, the new business smartphone Sony Xperia XZ review can not offer anything fundamentally new in comparison with the model presented in the spring in Barcelona. It uses the same Qualcomm Snapdragon 820, 3GB of RAM and 64 GB internal. There NFC module for wireless headphones is supported by the profile of apt-X.
The new business smartphone Sony Xperia XZ review
Officially in Ukraine will sell a version with support for two NanoSIM, instead of the second possible to install a memory card. We tested the business smartphone Sony Xperia XZ review one the SIM, as it has only 32 instead of 64 GB of internal memory.
The characteristics of at least complaints – the platform will provide headroom for a couple of years ahead, the interface connector is already current, except that I would like to see 4 GB of RAM and Snapdragon 821 to Sony device was identical to the characteristics of the rest of the new flagship.
Nevertheless, the new business smartphone Sony Xperia XZ review software is damp – during testing, I met a couple of freezes and interface programs. In addition, SIM tray extract leads to a restart, although most devices running “hot” replacement without problems.
Most noticeable dampness software in the camera – there is no feeling flagship smartphone, very long time to open gallery with a picture, is not always clear – made machine snapshot or not. Similar problems were and remained in X Performance, though the smartphone is already half a year.
The rest of the business smartphone Sony Xperia XZ review fast and comfortable to use it and the average stability firmware is characterized by many new smartphones. As a software platform serves Android 6.0.1 with a proprietary interface and applications.
There is support for themes, the device periodically offers to try out new themes and screensavers. You can set the sort order of programs in the menu, on the desktop, swipe down opens search for applications by title, and the left of the screen is the first assistant Google Now (switched off in the settings).

WORKING HOURS

One of the nice distinctive features of Sony smartphones – at work. As a rule, they are working for 10-20% longer than the devices with the same processor and battery.
Xperia XZ with its built-in 2900 mAh battery allows you to count on the assured work day from 4:30 clock active screen. If you use a power saving modes Stamina Greases, it is possible to achieve the best and autonomy, but they limit the background job applications. In general, while the slightly better than the competition, although not essentially different – all flagships still noticeable lag in operating time from the middle segment models.

CAMS

Cameras at Sony smartphones always offer very “tasty” characteristics. In the case of Xperia XZ is the primary sensor of 23 megapixels with five-axis stabilization, contrast and laser focusing system, a sensor for accurate color reproduction, Manual shooting mode and the ability to shoot 4K video. Front-end module is also good – 13 megapixels f2.0 aperture, wide-angle optics …
The new business smartphone Sony Xperia XZ review
But these are just numbers and words. In practice, the smartphone is worse removes Xperia X Performance, presented in the spring, at least the impression I got. Of course, the weather is not happy sunny days for testing under ideal conditions, but on photos much too much noise, the white balance in the wrong frames often give pink. To this, we can add another, and problems with the speed of the camera, about which we spoke above. So we can only hope that future software updates, the company will fix these problems.

SOUND, ACCESSORIES, WATERPROOF

Despite all the objective shortcomings in the business smartphone Sony Xperia XZ review, there are advantages – they are listed in the subtitle. So, on the front panel are stereo speakers – as in the case with the previous models, they play well enough and loud. Music playback quality in the headphones is on par with other flagships without the dedicated audio chip. Protection against dust and water conforms to IP68.
The new business smartphone Sony Xperia XZ review
Together with smartphones to the Editor arrived two branded cover – Style Cover Stand SCSF10 and Style Cover Touch SCTF10. The first – the usual case-book leather. two slots for speakers done on the front panel, so to speak, and get with the lid closed. Another case can be used as a horizontal stand – which is easier to watch videos, for example.
The second looks a lot more interesting thanks to the transparent cover. She bit image on the screen, but a smartphone can still manage. In the settings you can specify which of the brand covers you use, then the screen will light up when you open the lid. For the case with a transparent lid, you can choose the screen brightness performance. By the sensor through the plastic at least of claims – positioning accuracy for normal text input is not enough, but you can easily take a photo, answer a call or scroll lists.
In general, to manufacture quality covers no complaints. They increase the size of a business smartphone Sony Xperia XZ review as well as any similar accessory. The only caveat – the case with a transparent lid lacks the function of the stand.

PLUS: AN UPDATED DESIGN AND NORMAL BODY MATERIALS; GOOD SCREEN, BUILT-IN MEMORY; THE NORMAL TIME OFF WORK AND PRODUCTIVITY; STEREO SPEAKERS
CONS: DAMP SOFTWARE; CAMERA; ERGONOMICS

CONCLUSION

The business smartphone Sony Xperia XZ review – this cosmetic update is shown at the beginning of the year Xperia X Performance. There is a new design, the screen is slightly larger diagonal connector USB Type-C, support the new standard fast charging. But inside, everything remained as of old, the characteristics differ minimally, with the new smartphone is more expensive, and now he has the raw software. Fortunately or unfortunately, the new advantages or disadvantages compared to other Xperia it does not appear and the fact that Sony smartphones are not too popular, we can advise fans of the brand model or those who are very attracted to her design.

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