Review of Sony Xperia Z

The first quarter of this year, obviously pleased with our new flagship of the largest manufacturers of smartphones - Sony Xperia Z, Samsung Galaxy S4 and HTC One. And all of them are made in the best "traditions" of the company - Sony decided to bring a new design to their own devices, Galaxy S4 continues his race by increasing capacity and adding all the new software "features" and the acclaimed HTC stood Ultrapixel camera and a loud speaker. Today we tell you about a new product from Sony.  


Appearance 

Xperia Z honor of the first to introduce a new design concept for Sony - OmniBalance, which will be available for subsequent models, such as tablet Xperia Tablet Z. Once again, the Japanese were able to show the world a new and original design - seems to be like all the rectangles with rounded corners, but at the same time unlike anything else - follows the idea of ​​minimalism and adjusted every detail and line. At first glance, it seems smart glass, and so - on the front and back panels of tempered glass is used for extra protection from physical impact. Along the perimeter of the housing is rubberized bezel, however when using a telephone corners slightly cut into the palm.

Dimensions seemingly mobile devices - this is what has to put up with these days. According to fashion trends Sony had built into its flagship big screen, which affects the ease of use - for people with small size hands will sometimes catch a gadget if you need to use the opposite side of the interface. The unit weighs 146g, although does not feel heavy in the hand.

On the left side is a slot for MicroSD, USB-port and contacts to connect the dock. On the top - just a standard 3.5 mm audio jack. On the right side there is an aluminum key lock switch and volume control, a slot MicroSIM. Down the sides of the phone are the dynamics, the location of which can be put into question - they can be easily close the hand. By the way, lock button are particularly proud of - it is positioned so that when removing the device from the pocket of his pants right thumb is on her. As for jeans, you can bet more, but when wearing this classic trouser button - a very convenient solution.

Screen, camera, multimedia 

Xperia Z got a 5 "TFT-display with FullHD resolution - 1080 × 1920 pixels. It seems to be feast for the eyes - and the big screen with a high pixel density, the high definition picture. But also observed characteristic feature of Sony - the screen is labeled invisible film that protects the screen. Perhaps this good news ends. The bad news is that the picture is very faded, the white color is produced by some grayish, contrast and saturation a bit too limp. But the viewing angle and readability in bright images of the sun at a good level.

The main camera has 13Mp module with its own work from Sony, used in cameras - Exmor RS. The basis is the so-called superavtorezhim automatically select the correct camera settings. It works not always right, often wrong when shooting at close range. In general, in other scenarios smartphone copes well. One of the chips - the ability to record video in HDR, so shoot outdoors in bright sun gets easier. Autofocus when shooting video, unfortunately, not a witness. Also, the unit is deprived camera button because of protection from moisture, so if you will need to quickly get the phone and take a picture - will have to adapt himself.
Sound in Z is very good, but the volume is very pumped up, even with the proprietary option xLoud. But there is ample opportunity to adjust sound for themselves - and stereo sound, and an equalizer.  

Operating system, the autonomy 

Since the Xperia Z - the company's flagship Sony, and then filling it gets appropriate - that is, top-end.

• This is a Quad-core processor Qualcomm APQ8064 1.5 GHz, 
• 2GB of RAM and Adreno 320 GPU. Together, in conjunction with the Android 4.1 provides a smooth and responsive smartphone. 
• A phone can also offer the opportunity to work in networks of the fourth generation.
• LTE. However, there is one caveat - the device is significantly warmed even the simplest work with it - watching a video or photo, reading ribbon tweeter, etc.

The device is provided with a course shell from Sony, almost unchanged compared with the previous versions in the Xperia Tx \ V. One of the most interesting pieces - mini-applications that can be put on the desktop by clicking on the button to switch between applications. Initially, there are only 5, but from the app store you can download Doponitelnye.

The second promoted feature - customizable for themselves the power save mode Stamina. Its main function is to disable the application and communication with the screen off, which will increase the time if you often display is turned off, and the phone itself will show tips in the notification curtain, watching your mode of working with him. Additionally, you can configure the power saving mode - when the percentage of charge up to a certain point. Another of the more pleasant things - there is the option to enable Wi-Fi by location. Autonomy - another is not the best side in the tradition of the flagship model of Sony. Under a heavy load device will not live half a day. If my mode of use, as it is about 2 hours of music, frequently update the tapes Twitter, mail synchronization and accounts, surfing the Internet by the middle of the day was about a 20% charge, which is very little.

The results 

How sad would not have to admit it - but Sony has some screwed up. The flagship model significantly - is basking in the work, working long, not the best display. Verdict - too expensive to ask Sony for such a device.