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Xperia Z Officially Announced |
goldenface
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Carphone is saying it will have this phone in March which is brilliant. Not too long to wait at all. 
OT: Can someone please explain to me the big deal with viewing angles? Reviewers keep on harping on about them like it's some primary feature that everyone is actually arsed about.
I just don't understand why they devote column inches to them. Doesn't it occur to them that some people might actually prefer narrow viewing angles for privacy reasons?
Are they all daft? I just don't get it.
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randomuser
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Xperia Z vs Xperia S
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q70JUm1-dOI |
goldenface
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The screen looks immense - even next to the XS. I can't wait to see it in person and that, thankfully, will be soon.
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bronxdude
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Ramu - ill get the purple one!  80% purple, 20% white. lol |
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With a very good 720p screen and an excellent battery runtime this would be my next device for sure. Don't like the resolution trend. I don't think that the battery will last long when I use the device. I'm not afraid about the standby runtime at all, but I don't have a mobile phone with such a big screen to leave it in the pocket... |
Wishmaster89
Joined: Jun 02, 2006
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From: Warsaw, Poland
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On today's official announcement in Poland sony representative said that it will be available on our market after 18th of february priced at 3000PLN with 23% tax. It means 2400 before taxes so it's roughly 750-800USD and 600-650EUR. Its truly premium price but i'll still be getting one 
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Bonovox
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A hands on here
http://www.phonearena.com/news/Sony-Xperia-Z-hands-on_id38419
Phone?? What phone?? |
rickster2kuk
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From: Southampton, UK
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I'm not 100% convinced by the design on a phone this large. Those square edges would worry me.
SGS3 works because although it's large, the corners are rounded off meaning it's pretty easy to hold.
Battery also needs to be top notch otherwise it won't even last half a day (based on the initial battery performance of Sony's flagships).
Wouldn't worry about a camera button - I haven't had one for a while now and I don't really miss it that much.
Sony really should have released this this 4.2. You can guarantee the competition will, and it will good old Sony over again.
And why oh why do Sony still keep using mineral glass - get with Gorilla Glass w antifingerprint coating and remove that silly screen protector.
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Supa_Fly
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^ Now THIS is proper video marketing! Well done Sony!
2 things: Love the woman in the pink dress WOW, and anyone notice the Bluetooth headphones she's using?? Sony didn't announce those so what gives?
On 2013-01-08 10:59:00, Sean72 wrote:
Is it me or that video it looks like the screen brightness looks a little TOO bright like on the Xperia P?? Might be nit picking but on the Xperia P the display becomes so bright the blacks looks grey and colours look off. Might be the recording though
LOL ^ I see what you did there. "Nit" picking ... was that an intentional pun there?? Nit = brightness measurement.
%50 Black, 50% Purple (I'll have to see it in person. The XZ will only be available where I live and I'm not importing so this is the best choice. I'm going to wait to see what LG does with Optimus G2 and compare. I'm hoping 64GB Sandisk MicroSD will work when formated internally for the XZ! Gaming on this bad boy is going to be SICK!!
LTE bands ... INSANSE!
LTE 800 / 850 / 900 / 1800 / 2100 / 2600
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maiaramdan
Joined: Dec 13, 2012
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On 2013-01-08 12:46:06, dibdin wrote:
On 2013-01-08 12:29:42, Miki69 wrote:
so, no Dragontrail glass on Z?
[ This Message was edited by: Miki69 on 2013-01-08 11:31 ]
Apparently not. There was quite a lot of talk before the official specs were released that tree Z was going to come with Dragon Tail glass, so a little disappointed that it doesn't.
they called the Dragontrail mineral glass
Scratch-resistant, shatter proof sheet on mineral glass
for go & active (confirmed as Dragontrail )
http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/[....]ones/xperia-go/specifications/
http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/[....]/xperia-active/specifications/
same thing written
Scratch-resistant, anti-reflection coating on mineral glass |
smclion102
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Xperia Z white paper confirms LTE (C6603) and HSPA+ (C6602) versions
The white paper for the Sony Xperia Z has been published. It confirms that the Xperia Z will come in two variants:
– model number C6603 will support LTE (bands 1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20), HSPA+ & GSM
– model number C6602 will support HSPA+ & GSM bands only
Each model supports slightly different HSPA+ bands too. The C6603 model supports 850 (Band V), 900 (Band VIII), 2100 (Band I) MHz.
The C6602 model supports the same above frequencies along with the 1700 (Band IV) and 1900 (Band II) MHz bands. This means T-Mobile USA users should be able to use 3G on this phone without issues.
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Bonovox
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HD video sample
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFAW194qVRE
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Bonovox
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Noticed they also got Superior Auto mode now which is taken from their digital cameras
http://youtube.com/watch?v=43JSi6SoiOQ
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Miki69
Joined: May 22, 2002
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From: Vienna
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Some camera samples:
http://i-cdn.phonearena.com/images/articles/74672-image/
more
http://www.phonearena.com/new[....]ony-Xperia-Z-are-yummy_id38441
Same ol, same ol? |
goldenface
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From: Liverpool City Centre
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Impressive camera shots. Night time shots should be vastly improved hopefully.
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Posted: 2013-01-08 14:21
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