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Hi Guys, new to XDA here. Would like to share my Xperia Z Ultra experience!
It's safe to say that the Z Ultra is one of the best Portable Mobile Entertainment Device I've ever used! Anything smaller would have made lying on the bed at night watching a movie, unenjoyable. And anything bigger would have reduced it's usage as a daily mobile phone device (which it's already at it's limit).
The Z Ultra's front and back sides are covered by shatter proof tempered glass, while the sides or mainframe is made out of tough polyamide glass. At first glance, the polyamide glass frame was even mistaken as metal by me as it felt very sturdy and solid on the hands. All this material combined and I felt like I was holding a really unique premium piece of equipment.
Here's my Unboxing Video of the Demo Unit, including a basic test drive!
Unboxing + Basic Test Drive
The Z Ultra is as snappy as a mainstream laptop today. Surfing the web and watching videos in YouTube is a breeze with no lag spikes at all. SONY has made the right decision in inserting Qualcomn's best available processor (Snapdragon 800 Quad Core 2.2GHz) into this beauty, making it a beast at the same time!
With the Z Ultra's Snapdragon 800 processor and the Adreno 330 graphics processing unit, Android 4.2.2 runs flawlessly while 3D Mark has met it's match, maxing out it's 1st and 2nd Benchmark Tests while attaining a score of 16.3k on it's ultimate test.
It's a good thing to see SONY implementing it's Bravia SmartTV's screen expertise into the Xperia Z ULTRA. The Triluminous Display works wonders, delivering really strong rich colors which beats my desktop's monitor. I sure hope SONY decides to produce their own line of Desktop Monitors in the future as I would definitely ditch my current one anyday for it.
Since the SONY ERICSSON days, I have cherished every moment with my W995 Walkman Non-Smartphone for it's irreplacable sound quality. When it comes to Sound Quality, SONY truly delivers what my ears desire. The Clear Bass technology works like a charm! Increasing low frequency without sacrificing the mids and highs, the result, a clean distortion free music experience with extremely strong bass. Audiophiles who are bass heads should definitely get your hands on a Sony WALKMAN certified device (if not this one) and max out Clear Bass, try it out for yourselves!
Battery-Wise, this beast is packed with a 3000mAh battery which is able to provide sufficient juice for at least 2 days on basic usage (In Stamina Mode) Watching a 1920x1080 Full HD 1 hour clip drained 10% out of the battery. I'd say the battery life on the Z Ultra is great, no complaints here.
The 8 Megapixel rear camera on this beauty isn't one to be replaced by DSLRs but is indeed a decent enough camera for casual shootouts. Here are some video samples I took at Gardens By The Bay's Cloud Forest.
Video Sample 1 (At Cloud Forest)
Video Sample 2 (At Cloud Forest)
As for it's waterproof feature, it's a sweet one but one that I will not want to risk. However, I definitely felt much secure holding the Z Ultra in the rain compared to my old W995 phone.
So I've listed the stuffs that were to my favour, this half beauty half beast has slight flaws to it though.
The Z ULTRA is far too big to be used as a phone. I've went around asking friends and relatives and most of them stated that although the bigger screen is pleasing, it's massive size was far too big for day to day usage (especially when tight fitted jeans equipped with tiny pockets are in the trend now). Getting the SBH 52 Bluetooth headset is decent enough workaround for those who really want the bigger screen over anything else.
While the Z Ultra produces superb sound quality through the 3.5mm jack, the built-in speakers are pretty much comparable with most other phones out there. Sound is flat, with little to no bass. It has a decent enough maximum sound ouput but that's as far as it goes. It will be great if SONY could add in dual front facing speakers as seen in the HTC One and perhaps a subwoofer in it's future devices? This would complete the term "Ultimate Mobile Entertainment Experience".
With the introduction of IPS Panels, SONY should definitely consider replacing their TFT panels with IPS ones to deliver better viewing angles and color accuracy, but still the 6.44" Triluminous Display on this beauty is not one to dissapoint.
Finally, here's my review (8 days after I received the unit)
Final Review
Is it worth the penny!? If you ask me, it's definitely a yes! Especially if you're one who would go for bigger screens at the cost of slight portability issues, go for it! Not only is the Xperia Z Ultra a beast packing high end technology with a beefy 3000 mAh battery, it's slim and in fact the slimmest phablet device yet. Else, there's always the Xperia Z1! But I'll save that review for later since I wouldn't want to get off topic.
In short, the Xperia Z Ultra is A Hybrid of a Beast & Beauty!
hi , i got my xperia z ultra yesterday it is the best device i ever own.design is great and display is damn good.but then i tried to play
a 720p movie which is 700mb and 1.30hr lengthy.when the video start i seen lot of noises there i think it is due to the sharpness.then i decided to turn off the x-reality engine
now it is ok.but it lacks quality.my old phone is xperia s.which have less noise comparing to this.i think it is due to the smaller screen.whenever
i turned on x-reality engine video gets over sharpen.is that normal ? then i tried 1080p it is good to watch.is mxplayer is the only solution
to reduce the sharpness?anyway i love the surround sound of my z ultra it is an awesome device to watch movies.mine is kitkat 4.4.4.if i put my phone
just 30 cm away then i didn't feel any pixels on there.i know its common.but i think my expectation is too big that's why i feels like this.anybody using
xperia z ultra just give me your feed back of yours.
Thats Called Ultra
Same I used Xperia S and And Later Moved to Z Ultra
Video Looks Noisy is 720p Compressed Quality It will looks Noisy Because I mentioned It Is compressed
LoL
Better Downlaod 3+Gig Movies Then Your Quality looks Ultiamtely Well
More over U can see noisy @ Full brightness
Pratically telling you cant watch a full movie with Full brightness i wil burn your eyes
so Z ultra Just dispalying The Real video Quality
xS is kid of ZU
i didn't watch at full brightness and i set it auto mode and 50% the only thing is gonna work just keep away just 30cm from eyes.
Along with Lenovo Vibe Z2 Pro, but Lenovo have not so good display calibration and sound in headphones, also they have no oled display.
Display.
(hi-tech mail review)
Alpha
Delta E grayscale 1,35 (lower is better)
Delta E rgbcmy 2,74 (lower is better)
S5 LTE-A
Delta E grayscale 2,66
Delta E rgbcmy 2,57
S5 and S5 LTE-A display comparison
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8258/evaluating-samsungs-qhd-amoled-displays
gamut (closer to dark triangle is better)
Alpha
https://hi-tech.imgsmail.ru/hitech_...84x-/i/75/3b/a0a3bcfc8cf0a86e318cbad46151.jpg
S5 LTE-A
https://hi-tech.imgsmail.ru/hitech_...84x-/i/0c/9b/0c44b4166acd129f839a2d121f27.jpg
S5
https://hi-tech.imgsmail.ru/hitech_...84x-/i/e3/77/20b3f02aa0736a44858e20aca287.jpg
iPhone 6 (they have blur in 60fps video and menu, worse viewing angles, worse contrast, worse black color because LCD display)
Delta E grayscale 6,69
Delta E rgbcmy 3,15
Z3 and Z3 compact have very very bad calibration
Z2 and Z2 compact have very bad calibration
also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2742538
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2746766
http://www.ixbt.com/mobile/images/sony-xperia-z2/vs-pict.jpg
http://www.ixbt.com/mobile/images/sony-xperia-z2/vs-black-angle-alt.jpg
G3 have bad calibration
also
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2797810
http://anandtech.com/show/8169/the-lg-g3-review/2
http://www.ixbt.com/mobile/images/lg-g3/vs-black-angle-alt-l.jpg
http://www.ixbt.com/mobile/images/lg-g3/vs-pict-angle-l.jpg
http://www.ixbt.com/mobile/lg-g3.shtml#display-test
Camera.
Comparison with S5
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=595296&view=findpost&p=33707616
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=595296&view=findpost&p=33719410
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=595296&view=findpost&p=33790691
http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=595296&view=findpost&p=33790691
S5 have rosines and oversaturation bug
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=atqshKOP55c
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w9m3SskIIvI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AZXjByVLw7Y
In this thread comparison with iPhone 5s, Z3 compact and others sony sensor smartphones
http://forum.xda-developers.com/xperia-z2/general/white-balance-t2870875
Audio.
http://www.anandtech.com/show/8382/samsung-announces-exynos-5430-first-20nm-samsung-soc
http://www.samsung.com/global/busin...io_Subsystem_for_Samsung_Exynos_Processor.pdf
Well, this is just a mature post, Jesus!
Z3 and Z3 compact have very very bad calibration
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that's strange, because people say that z3 and z3 compact displays are gorgeous
progosu said:
that's strange, because people say that z3 and z3 compact displays are gorgeous
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What people? give me a link
just watch tests
http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/bad-calibration-t2887120
worse calibration ever
hey
Try to bend this phone.
I disagree, I had five minutes and alpha galaxy screen LG G3 gives you 3 laps ... and another thing, the price is totally abusive alpha ...
The screen/display on the Alpha is just a big disappointment! Jesus, that penile matrix on the 720p resolution really makes it blury and pixilated!
Damn you Samsung!! Why the hell didn't you give us a full HD option!?? Sigh.......
comparison with z3 compact
Photo
alpha
http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/reviewsimg/samsung-galaxy-alpha/review/camera/gsmarena_0001.jpg
z3 compact
http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/reviewsimg/sony-xperia-z3-compact/camera/gsmarena_001.jpg
alpha
http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/reviewsimg/samsung-galaxy-alpha/review/camera/gsmarena_004.jpg
z3 compact
http://cdn.gsmarena.com/vv/reviewsimg/sony-xperia-z3-compact/camera/gsmarena_016.jpg
http://www.mediafire.com/convkey/189f/cr44xqo6abt2wy3fg.jpg
Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7OgN7fSbgxU
Audio quality in headphones
stereo crosstalk (higher is better)
alpha
-65.6
z3 compact
-45.1
Dynamic range (higher is better)
alpha
92.7
z3 compact
85.4
Noise level (higher is better)
alpha
-95.7
z3 compact
-85.4
when this come from sony fun,that should we 100% accepted
I'm not sure if I want to give up my Note 3 or S5 for the Alpha. Any thoughts out regarding hands on comparison between the three?
First at all, sorry for my english, i am spanish
I come from a sony xperia x, z ultra and z5, which has left me very good taste, a cell phone 5 inch good camera and good performance and screen, which I had is with the snapdragon xperia x 650.
Screen looking for something more than a phablet, especially good camera and good performance ...
3 days ago I bought my new Sony Xperia Ultra XA, user I was 2 years ago great xperia z ultra, and if I think I've won in all but water resistance and gpu.
First, the quality panel xa xperia ultra is excellent and with a lot of very good brightness, whites are pure white, blacks are good, that if, without being an AMOLED, has no side frames, is a big plus Please screen, for me, despite not having the Triluminous display technology is better than the ultra z.
As for cameras more of the same, both the front and rear they humiliate xperia z ultra, who only has 8 mpx without flash ... makes decent photos only during the day, with the ultra xa, thanks to flash and the optical stabilizer front camera, you make good pictures generally ....
As for the graphics and processor if, in graphic is below the mali T860 mp2 the Adreno 330, but has not given me any problems or hitches with any game, in terms of cpu, despite being eight cortex to 53, the develops mobile phenomenal, mediatek long ago makes and assembles good processors ...
As for audio, the other better, the speaker is more potent than xperia z ultra, with more and more serious force, like listening to music on the loudspeaker at half volume spare me ...
Then a paste, the ultra xa is not waterproof, but I do not usually wash in the shower with mobile ...
RAM up to 3GB of 2, the quality of materials in the ultra xa is very good, polycarbonate and metal, gives a sense of quality, also we won rapidad load thanks to the battery Qnovo ...
These days doing me about 5 hours and 25 minutes of screen is not my max in that sense, but do not see anything wrong.
In short, after coming xperia x, z ultra and Z5, for me is not a downgrade at all, I'd say this to the level of these, helium p10 processor is a high midrange performs very well, and not everything is processor, also this hand sony quality and optimization, and it shows.
a greeting and I hope you have served my great paragraph:good:
Agreed, the screen is the big winner on this unit, just wonderful.
The screen is indeed wonderful on this device. One of the best LCD I have layed my eyes on. It's just so uniform (my display is at least) and it has great black level and also good contrast as a result. I enjoy the screen too much to sell this phone even though it's not my main phone right now. Love the camera too it takes very fine images for the most part. This phone is excellent if you take it for what it is.
Today Sony announced Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 compact at the MWC 2018 so I wanted to have a look at X compact users' opinions (like myself) and see if we are deciding to let XC go or not yet...
So here's my opinion :
In the beginning when I the leaked photos I didnt like the thickness of the XZ2c but now that I have seen the Hands-on videos Im becomin more intrested in buying it (Video here)
And my other reason is that the screen is now HDR 1080p and 5" so it means more colors and more usabality!
There's also a better camera and better front facin speakers.
Btw,
Dynamic vibrations are not available in Xz2 compact
And although it has dual front cameras, its only 5 mp!!!!
So if I buy it, it would be because of the new looks amd much much better gpu performance and of course HDR screen, otherwise, XC is doin a great job for me specially now that it has android Oreo...
Feel free to share your thoughts!
bye bye Sony
Very disappointed with Sony :crying:
Xz2 compact is not compact anymore. Thick (12mm), tall (135mm), no headphone jack, fingerprint reader on the back. What the f*ck is Sony doing?
The only fast compact device on the market is no more. Well, back to Samsung
NO, I'm really sad about this, but at least we have the XZ1 Compact to upgrade to, which seems like the best Compact they've ever made, basically updating SOC and better, matte, metal back/sides compared to the slippery, glossy sides we have on the X Compact...the lack of headphone jack and side fingerprint scanner on the XZ2's are really unfortunate changes imo
Kianush said:
Today Sony announced Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 compact at the MWC 2018 so I wanted to have a look at X compact users' opinions (like myself) and see if we are deciding to let XC go or not yet...
So here's my opinion :
In the beginning when I the leaked photos I didnt like the thickness of the XZ2c but now that I have seen the Hands-on videos Im becomin more intrested in buying it (Video here)
And my other reason is that the screen is now HDR 1080p and 5" so it means more colors and more usabality!
There's also a better camera and better front facin speakers.
Btw,
Dynamic vibrations are not available in Xz2 compact
And although it has dual front cameras, its only 5 mp!!!!
So if I buy it, it would be because of the new looks amd much much better gpu performance and of course HDR screen, otherwise, XC is doin a great job for me specially now that it has android Oreo...
Feel free to share your thoughts!
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5" screen is not compact. I was already pushing my limits when I started with Z1c, (127mm tall), 4 years ago. I only upgraded to Z3c and Xc because they haven't gotten any bigger. I won't do 135mm..
No.
No. No real innovations, but it's gotten bigger and lost features like head phone jack and fingerprint on the side. The camera has to be on par with Samsung and iPhone to even consider the XZ2.
Maybe XZ3 Compact they ll back to the road, is there any real one-handed phone that we can expect this year?
Blue-Haze said:
Maybe XZ3 Compact they ll back to the road, is there any real one-handed phone that we can expect this year?
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Yeah, for me after a lot of reading i just think xz1 is not worth the cost, xz2 compact is like a new model phone. I am just going to wait for xz3 or any other compact version.
My next phone will probably not be from Sony. If I convert to a "normal" size it doesn't have to be Sony anymore.