At last Sony has flag-shipped their X series.
Sony Xperia XZ will give you the great feeling of a best
smartphone, but you will not see an extreme difference here.
Good:
- Latest refined build of design.
- Improvements of camera.
- Bringing back waterproofing.
Bad:
- Much similar with usual Sony Xperia versions.
- Incompatible with Wireless charging.
- Full HD display.
There were many debates and rumors about the Sony Xperia X,
whether it will be a flagship version or not, has revealed at last-it wasn’t,
but now we have the Xperia XZ here. This latest flagship version of Sony Xperia
X series has acquired the collection of highest specifications that we have
seen earlier, but inside a perfectly build new packaging.
Sony has decided to cleanse their lasting boxy shape of the
device which they have followed during seven generations since the release of
Xperia Z in 2013, and this time it has led the process to the Xperia XZ. Sony
has provided three color options consist of deep Blue, Black and Silver. However this design will be one of the
perfectly looking devices the Japanese manufacturer has ever released.
He sharp and boxy edges of the previous Xperia Z versions have
removed, refurbished with more rounded and curvy ones to make Xperia XZ comfortable
when it is in the hand. Reasonably it would be a minor change, but it will
assist the user with more comfort. This was a big issue that Sony should have
sorted out before and is a big achievement for the latest smartphone of the
company.
Not only the refurbished look, but also the feel when you have
it in the hand. Metal back cover of the Sony Xperia XZ is built from a new
material named ALKALEIDO, which doesn’t feel slippery when the device is on
your hands. It gives the device a prime finish and big advancement from Xperia
Z5 which is made up with glass back build, although the back side of latest
Xperia XZ does still catch finger-prints much easily.
Top and bottom surfaces of Sony Xperia XZ are totally flat, this
is another change that Sony has made with the latest XZ and you are allowed to stand
the device up on a flat surface easily. The flat built looks like an adaptation
of Obi MV1, but implemented much better with the XZ.
The fingerprint sensor is embedded in the power button on the
side panel of the device, this positioning will be really helpful and make it
easy to hit when you are interacting with the device from one hand, but it will
be little bit hard to hit the key when the device is on a flat table.
Surprisingly the most significant thing is the inclusion of
waterproofing compatibility with IP68 standard, which is similar to the ratings
of the Xperia Z5 and Samsung Galaxy S7. So you may jump into the pool while you
are capturing a selfie. This feature was the terribly missing thing with the
early Xperia X series.
Also See: Samsung Galaxy Note 7 Review
Screen and Camera.
You may feel down to know Sony XZ has rooted you inside a Full
HD screen, especially as XZ is the superior smartphone from the firm-however
still it’s a great display. Some of the people were expecting that the Xperia
XZ to pass the factory with a 4K display similar to the Z5 Premium, whatsoever
it was a good trick to save your device’s battery by sticking in to 1080p. The
screen size is 5.2 inches with 424PPI of pixel density, while vibrant, would
not be similar to the QHD technology of HTC 10 or Galaxy S7 Edge. 4K resolution
is not essential a 2K one will be really nice to see.
Primary camera of Xperia XZ doesn’t have any difference with the
previous versions, but several basic improvements should be implemented to make
it much more enjoyable and user friendly.
The same 23 mega pixel sensor as the Xperia X can be seen in XZ,
with the same technical specifications as earlier, but the XZ’s one made up
with a laser autofocus.
Functioning along with the hybrid autofocusing technology will
make it even easier to focus your snaps robustly. The primary camera sensor
also has the ability of white balance technology to assist with enhancing the
color and improving the details of photographs. Furthermore XZ is the first
smartphone that uses 5 axis stabilization technology to avoid blurring the
videos.
The secondary camera sensor is 13MP and allows you o capture
detailed selfies. It looks like the same front camera as the Xperia X.
Performance and
Battery.
When considering the performance it seems cynical with the specs
of Xperia X. Sony Xperia XZ consist of a Qualcomm Snapdragon 820 processor with
3GB of RAM, so we felt the device as fast as we expect a flagship smartphone to
be. Are you hoping to play Pokemon Go with Xperia XZ? Yes indeed, you can play
it and any other game on this device.
Internal storage capacity of XZ is 32GB and the external can be
upgraded up to 256GB with a microSD card. But still we don’t have any
information to get the confirmation about the microSD, but Sony manufacturer
usually adds a microSD to their designs.
When considering about charging, still there’s no any sign about
wireless charging, but Xperia XZ comes with a 2900mAh battery and it charge at
different speeds with respect to your usual charging schedules. Assume that you
are charging your device overnight and unplug your charger at 7 A.M in the morning,
the device will get charged up to 90% of the battery as soon as possible then
it will pause the charging just before the 7 A.M and begin to charge the rest
until 7 A.M.
As they haven’t implemented wireless charging, you will use the
USB-C port which is placed at the bottom of the device. This is the first time
that Sony has embedded USB-C in to their design, however the USB-C will be
really convenient as you are allowed to plug your cable either way around.
This charging method is confirmed to bring out an industrial
standard in the near future, so it’s better for Sony preparing for the trending
things rather than being in the old age.
Unfortunately, the Xperia XZ will not be powered with AndroidNougat and it will come out from the factory with Android 6.0 Marshmallow. But
in the near future-soon after the official release of Xperia XZ, Sony will
bring out the latest Android Nougat update for this device.
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