Good news on the display, but curved man.
Sounds like too many flaws already. They never seem to nail the camera even though they make the best sensors. And the fingerprint location is indeed awkward.
**** The Official Sony Xperia™ XZ3 Thread ****
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Good news on the display, but curved man.
Sounds like too many flaws already. They never seem to nail the camera even though they make the best sensors. And the fingerprint location is indeed awkward.
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The display was fantastic though (first oled Sony phone he said)
I liked how if you lift the phone out your pocket in landscape and hold it up, the camera automatically opens (demo worked well)
I liked how if you lift the phone out your pocket in landscape and hold it up, the camera automatically opens (demo worked well)
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Because it was slow and laggy when I used it. Slow to open and laggy as hell. The only thing I can think of is because it was a pre production model.
But as I said, amazing screen.
Probably.
There is too much negative criticisim on Sony cameras but in my own experience, I find them better than any other manufacturer - iPhone and Samsung shift colours, HTC never as good, Huawei overvalued, etc.
From the link above:
Well, the Z5 Premium is only 3 year-old. There is still some life in it.
The only annoying thing in it are the thick bezels on top and bottom
Well, no actually.
Your XZ Premium is the sequel to Z5 Premium.
XZ3 is a sequel of XZ2, XZ1, XZs, XZ, Z5, Z3+, Z3, Z2, Z1, Z and then probably Xperia S.
While XZ2 Premium is the latest sequel of Premium phones which probably evolve from the Z Ultra.
Cheers, still looks messy by Sony.
Does that in essence make premium there flagship series, then the XZ below and Z being bottom?
I can upgrade early next year but tbh still very happy with this
XZ Premium is their halo stack;
XZ is their high-end/enthusiast;
Z was just their first high-end/enthusiast, while XZ means Z10, after Z5, they didn't call the next one Z6 but 10Z (XZ).
Their lower end is XA, L and R.
Has any one here got one yet?
I am torn between this and the Google 3. I have seen video playing on this phone and it looks stunning but I need to know If the speakers are in the Samsung s9 levels of loudness as I got rid of my Sony Z3 due to volume being to low. I could not get to the volume controls in my local CPW due to the unit being clamped down with a security device that blocked access to the volume.
I am torn between this and the Google 3. I have seen video playing on this phone and it looks stunning but I need to know If the speakers are in the Samsung s9 levels of loudness as I got rid of my Sony Z3 due to volume being to low. I could not get to the volume controls in my local CPW due to the unit being clamped down with a security device that blocked access to the volume.
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I guess the level of loudness of the Sony phones is a the right design decision to comply with some precautions to protect our ears.
Why don't you go to a store to check it in person?
Between this Sony with the most outstanding display and excellent design, and other phones from different new Chinese start-ups and the likes of companies without tradition in this business like Google or Oneplus, I would definitely vote for the Sony.
Did you even read my whole post . I could not get to the volume controls in my local CPW due to the unit being clamped down with a security device that blocked access to the volume.
Anyway I did go and visit another store today and managed to actually get hands on with both the XZ3 and the Google Pixel 3. Ended up walking out with the Sony as it had a better Display, Better Price and the front facing speakers are better sounding. The Sony isn't heavily skinned with bloatware and does get timely updates so I am not losing out to much in that department and I have a Panasonic Lumiz TZ 100 for when I want really good Photos and 4K video so still camera being a bit better on the Google 3 is not important to me.
Why so aggressive?
Yes, I did but to be honest I thought you couldn't properly adjust your Z3 settings. What is CPW?
And why didn't you leave a larger space interval between your statements about the Z3 and the new XZ3 store experience?
Congratulations for the choice!
Lets start again.
Car Phone Warehouse = CPW sorry for your confusion I don't know if you are UK based or not and may have never heard of this high street retailer.
I Loved the Z3 for everything at the time I had it apart from the fact I work in an environment where there is a lot of back ground noise and the Z3 I had was just not loud enough from the speakers so I replaced it with a ZTE Axon 3 as it had a very good OLED screen and very good stereo front facing speakers but after 2 years it looked like I was getting no more system updates so looked for a new phone. The new XZ3 just improves on the Axon with HDR, Android 9 and faster processor.
Hope that helps and I am sorry you thought I was being aggressive.
Car Phone Warehouse = CPW sorry for your confusion I don't know if you are UK based or not and may have never heard of this high street retailer.
I Loved the Z3 for everything at the time I had it apart from the fact I work in an environment where there is a lot of back ground noise and the Z3 I had was just not loud enough from the speakers so I replaced it with a ZTE Axon 3 as it had a very good OLED screen and very good stereo front facing speakers but after 2 years it looked like I was getting no more system updates so looked for a new phone. The new XZ3 just improves on the Axon with HDR, Android 9 and faster processor.
Hope that helps and I am sorry you thought I was being aggressive.