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Ranjith
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All shot in superior AUTO,not much but you can pixel peep 
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randomuser
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1600x900 ?????
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doministry
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So some remarks:
I like Z2 very very much, another year or more with it 
The Z2's size is perfect for me. Bacause of the round edges the handling is a bit better than Z.
I like the buttons as well. I love the camera button.
The screen is amazing. Although with today's technology the difference between Z and Z2 (different generations with Z1 between them and over a year between them..) is not THAT big.
If you look straight it is on a similar level although Z2 looks more detailed and natural. But Z is a bit brighter.
The angles are different of course when Z2 doesn't lose anything under any angle and Z does lose it's colour.
But honestly, I couldn't care less about that.
The sound is great through speakers and it's not very quiet but not totally loud either.
I must say the level is ok. The ringtones I use sound loud enough here (I actually use the ringtones bundled with Z2...)
The call quality works for me ok with a more bassy tone than Z...
Funnily for the first time I turned this Clear Audio + off - it doesn't really add anything to the sound.
I prefer eq + subbass regalation.
The UI is great and default apps are fantastic.
With two annoying glitches:
- email is still allowing to have only 200 emails on device even with IMAP, IDIOTIC I would say
- on my FW I cannot add Tasks in Calendar since no keyboard appears. I don't use them anyway but it's just a stupid bug.
The system is flying. The Z and Z2 comparison looks interesting, since Z with 2GB RAM always has about 650MB left,
and Z2 with 3GB RAM after 2 days has about 1GB left. It doesn't matter maybe but lol.
Anyway Z2 is just a bit faster and smoother.
But I also have to say that the technology today is on a very high level.
What means I could actually stay with Z for another year without feeling beeing behind in any way.
Just the geek inside me wanted me to be updated. And I have no regrets.
What else? Ask.
I will post some pics later.
But I think THE CAMERA IS FANTASTIC.
P.S.
Just bought this in Carbon and it's great!!!
http://www.roxfitstore.co.uk/xperia-z2-book-case/
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Wishmaster89
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Glad to hear first hand report from someone that used both Z and now Z2 
Could you compare the battery lifetime? How much longer does Z2 last when compared to Z at doing the same things? |
doministry
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On 2014-05-20 17:11:12, Wishmaster89 wrote:
Glad to hear first hand report from someone that used both Z and now Z2
Could you compare the battery lifetime? How much longer does Z2 last when compared to Z at doing the same things?
Yep. Z with me for 14 months and still beeing a great machine!!!
I am sad I have to sell it, it's a bergain now!
I still have to see how this Z2 goes from 100% to sth like 2% with all the day-to-day operations etc.
I still install apps, restore some settings etc. so it's far from normal usage.
However, I feel like 60% increase or even more.
It's really a huge difference, I mean it's worth it.
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DexterMoser
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The audio is a clear win for the Z2, as it is with image quality of the rear facing camera.
Only the flash of the Z2 seems to suck and the front facing camera is nothing to talk about.
On 2014-05-20 13:49:22, Ranjith wrote:
All shot in superior AUTO,not much but you can pixel peep
Need full size image!
Must pixel peep! 
@doministry:
Thanks for your input. I glad you're happy with the Z2.
Would you mind testing something if you haven't already? Is there a noticeable difference in speaker volume if you turn on xLoud?
And please leave all these other settings and EQs off, they could only make it less loud (EQ, Clear Phase, SForceSorround, Normalizer and other things need some headroom, meaning less output).
With my old Xperia U I can hear a noticeable increase in volume by turning on xLoud.
Thank you, that would interest me very much.
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doministry
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@doministry:
Thanks for your input. I glad you're happy with the Z2.
Would you mind testing something if you haven't already? Is there a noticeable difference in speaker volume if you turn on xLoud?
And please leave all these other settings and EQs off, they could only make it less loud (EQ, Clear Phase, SForceSorround, Normalizer and other things need some headroom, meaning less output).
With my old Xperia U I can hear a noticeable increase in volume by turning on xLoud.
Thank you, that would interest me very much.
[ This Message was edited by: DexterMoser on 2014-05-20 17:42 ]
Yes XLoud seems to make the sound louder.
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angryman
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sforce front surround makes the speakers seem louder, although too trebbly.
What is disappointing is that you can't set an equaliser profile setting for speaker and a different profile for headphones or other forms of audio output.
Turning down the bass and increasing the mids and highs in equaliser settings makes the speaker sound a bit louder, but with headphones or bt audio it's just far too harsh.
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Ranjith
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On 2014-05-20 18:24:33, DexterMoser wrote:
On 2014-05-20 13:49:22, Ranjith wrote:
All shot in superior AUTO,not much but you can pixel peep
Need full size image!
Must pixel peep!
[ This Message was edited by: DexterMoser on 2014-05-20 17:42 ]
Sorry,i did upload in "Default" size to tinypic but this is what i got -_-
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Wishmaster89
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Thanks Doministry for your report, for me Z is easily the best device I ever used and it'll easily keep me entertained till the Z3 or Z4
About battery life, it's good to hear that the lifetime increased by 60%, for me it'd mean additional 15h of usage. Probably after settling down battery life could be doubled compared to Z (GSMArena scores show something similar). |
Ranjith
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Full res pics added later
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@Ranjith
Please don't resize the images to a silly resolution. We want the unresized images of yours.
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luwi
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Testing unedited:
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Ranjith
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On 2014-05-21 09:11:05, McKinley wrote:
@Ranjith
Please don't resize the images to a silly resolution. We want the unresized images of yours.
Tiny pic was messing it
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