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Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Announced |
McKinley
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Good information there really 
I don't know if I like thinner display when it's so much more fragile than let's say Galaxy phones.
Too many people are complaning about the easilly crackable display.
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amirprog
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@McKinley
I agree with you.
To me the first interesting thing explained there is that they say that the premium will have the same battery life as z5 because pixle complement will actually reduce battery life, the bigger battery and memory on display (only z5 and z5p have memory on display layer).
fhd vs 4k in images:
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MusaD.Dragon
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Indeed thinner display is not so ideal.. Reparation cost of new 4k panel neither.. |
Gitaroo
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so it looks like scaling will be from 2K to 4K as oppose to FHD to 2K suggested earlier?
http://timg.eprice.com.tw/tw/[....]7f9206c4721fe8e32ede8f6d39.jpg |
Gitaroo
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On 2015-09-14 17:44:36, MusaD.Dragon wrote:
Indeed thinner display is not so ideal.. Reparation cost of new 4k panel neither..
tougher and thicker glass shell can help. Not sure what Sony is using now for their glass, I know they don't use gorilla glass. |
Ambivalent_
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Only Android M (that is 6.0 and up) will support native 4K resolution.
https://www.androidpit.com/android-now-supports-4k-video-output
So unless GSM arena had Z5 Premium running Android M, we do not know if UI will run at native 4K resolution. |
MusaD.Dragon
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Tougher glass would help indeed, but I'm still skeptical lol |
kurtdean
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Sony new movie app runs in 4k |
Xajel
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Read again guys, the article is about Video Out, in plain English connecting the phone to TV or external Display using HDMI adapter, not about the on-device display...
[ This Message was edited by: Xajel on 2015-09-14 20:30 ] |
Gitaroo
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pretty sure its confirmed scaling in place, no 4K UI. Any new 4k phones that come out next year will probably use the same solution. |
Ambivalent_
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On 2015-09-14 22:11:04, Gitaroo wrote:
pretty sure its confirmed scaling in place, no 4K UI. Any new 4k phones that come out next year will probably use the same solution.
This is my conversation via Facebook inbox with official Sony Mobile facebook page ( https://www.facebook.com/sonymobile ):
ME: Hello, would you be so kind to tell me is Xperia Z5 Premium going to have native 4K support for user interface (UI) or will 4K resolution be used only for photos and videos?
I have heard that UI will be displayed at native 1080p and 4K resolution would be available only for specific content.
Would I be able to choose the option for 4K resolution to be constant no matter the screen content?
Kind regards
SM: Hi xx. The display on the Z5 Premium is 5.5'' 4K UHD (3840x2160), 806 PPI, Triluminos display for mobile. Only 4K content would be displayed in this standard on the handset. - Hayley |
Gitaroo
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that is the most generic reply I have heard ever, the new Album app and video app are the only ones that works in native 4K, and most likely Camera too.
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Ricky D
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Sony made a big deal about the upscaling engine in their press conference, they will use the 4K for non-4K content and it will be upscaled.
The UI being upscaled we'll have to wait and see, they may consider the pay off against the processing(battery) usage not worth it, look at the way the X-Reality Engine is only turned on in album and video apps NOT UI or device wide as an example.
Similarly, I wouldn't expect 3rd party apps to be upscaled (I use a 3rd party launcher but may consider dropping back to Xperia Home if it is supremely nice).
Personally, I'm growing frustrated with my 3rd party video players (I use VLC and mobo) being a bit flakey. VLC is jittery recently and mobo has been a pain recently too. If Sony's video app has a few key features (needs codecs and better file browser) updated I will happily switch and save myself the bother of taking space with third party apps.
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Xajel
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I use MX Video player, and would love to have the upscaling...
but really, upscaling is only for 2K content ? I thought it will be awesome to have 480p, 720p contents to save space and still be able to see high quality content !!, but I guess no...
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Ricky D
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Who/where said upscaling is for 2K content only?
The interesting thing about that image from the eprice website is that it says 2K to 4K in the title but doesn't say anything about it being limited to 2K to 4K.
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Posted: 2015-09-14 15:19
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