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Sony Xperia Z3 Announced |
miromiromi
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^It's mostly about the display and software.
The new display has some tricks under its sleeves that make it very power efficient.
On the software side, there are new battery saving modes to use.
The Z and Z1 failed to deliver good battery performance mainly because of their awful displays.
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itsjustJOH
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On 2014-09-11 18:37:07, goldenface wrote:
Does this phone actually use new battery technology or is it purely down to software optimisation and more mAh.
Cache memory for the display and probably some software tweaks. Oh, and it has a less battery capacity, 3100 mAh vs 3200 mAh of Z2.
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cu015170
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Why are so few android OEMs adding a physical camera button to their phones ? I really don't understand it.. its so much easier to launch the camera that way, even when the phone is locked.
Thanks for these... looking really good this one.
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DexterMoser
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You're welcome 
On 2014-09-11 19:59:07, cu015170 wrote:
Why are so few android OEMs adding a physical camera button to their phones ? I really don't understand it.. its so much easier to launch the camera that way, even when the phone is locked.
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I don't understand the lack of physical camera button either.
But the really annoying thing, you might not believe it, if I have a lockscreen pattern /password/number activated, I can't even start the camera from the lockscreen!? And I guess the S4 is not the only device with that "feature", wtf..
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darkthrac
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It's for security reasons. If i steal your phone, i can't use it unless is unlocked. This includes using the camera for taking pics /clips.
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DexterMoser
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^I know, but as far as I know there are other phones, which allow you to launch he camera while you have lockscreen patterns activated, but only for taking pictures, if you want to watch/delete the pictures or anything else, you have to unlock the device first. Makes more sense to me that way.
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rikken
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On the S5 you can launch the camera while having a lockscreen pattern activated ☺
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DexterMoser
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On 2014-09-12 11:31:33, rikken wrote:
On the S5 you can launch the camera while having a lockscreen pattern activated ☺
Great -.-^
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randomuser
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ISO 3200 sample
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miromiromi
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where'd you get that photo?
it's not good.
firework mode will do a better job if you can stay still. |
randomuser
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For an ISO3200 shot it is definitely good. A solid improvement over the Z2 and Z1 IMO. Most other smartphones can't even shoot at ISO3200 like the S5, G3, Note 3, 4 etc. Only the iPhone 5s camera manages ISO3200, and of course the Nokia Lumia devices.
So at least for low light shots, Z3 has the best camera on an Android/iOS smartphone. Only the Lumia 1020 can fare better I believe.
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josephnero
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@randomuser
Yes for example Galaxy S4 has maximom of 800 ISO in stock camera app.haven't tried others though |
ascariss
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Seems that the software is doing a lot of smoothing and trying to minimize noise which hurts the details but overall decent and good for a smartphone camera, curious to see the 6400 and 12800 ISO photos now. |
DexterMoser
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For ISO 3200 it's pretty good imho!
Original Link here:
http://www.celularis.com/sonyericsson/camara-sony-xperia-z3/
Interestingly it was shot in Berlin, Germany.
Lol, I'm a damn genius, IFA Berlin...
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randomuser
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Not the best shot for a comparison but this does give a rough idea.
Xperia Z2. 1600ISO shot
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Posted: 2014-09-11 18:48
