With the reviews getting in are you still getting your XZ?

marcgear · Feb 18, 2013

I have read every review i can find seen it in the shops and must say IMO it is the best phone at the time of me needing to purchase a new one. All phones and every other purchase in fact is not perfect if it was we would never need to move forward. For me its a big upgrade from my last im more than happy. A little disappointed about internal speaker volume as i use that a lot however im getting a free speaker with my phone so cant complain.

Super Chimp · Feb 22, 2013

Aside from trying a 920 the problem is I am coming from a GS3 & that sets the bar pretty high as far as phones are concerned so my next phone has to surpass that level and I am not sure the Xperia Z does.

decentgi · Feb 23, 2013

reviews

its so funny listening to phonearena review on htc one when at the end he made a comment about the camera quality saying the the device is a pre production device and that final release will be better, but also finished of by saying that it was the best camera to date that they have reviewed on smart phone.
anyone who has seen sample shots of the htc and xperia z will tell you that you dont have to have half a brain to see that sony is far better cam than htc but also didnt extend that same courtesy to sony when he reviewed the xperia z, regarding the pre production unit.

its so obvious that you have a few reviewers that are bias and there reviews should not be taken seriously

schrickm5 · Feb 23, 2013

I will wait until I can physically test both phones (HTC One and the EZ). I am drawn to the One right now (h/w, screen and sound).... But the Z is unbelievably beautiful and will have better development support by Sony.....
I don't really care what Samsung bring to the table.... I've had a Galaxy phone for far too long. Time to change.

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xX NeOnShK Xx · Feb 23, 2013

All the reviews are so polarized that it is useless reading them. Some say camera is awesome, battery life 1.5 days, gorgeous screen while others heavily criticize the same. Its best to try out the phone and see for yourself.

xchasa · Feb 23, 2013

For anyone worried about speaker volume and clarity.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AGxIlTsiUiM&feature=youtube_gdata_player
I no longer am

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vicedens2002 · Feb 23, 2013

Maedhros said:
Hello, I did a side by side comparison of the ZL and the HTC One X, and I can confirm what phone arena states about the screen, it is inferior to HTCs offering. However, when you use it without comparing it to any other phone on the market it is adequate.

Can you tell more about he ZL. I will be buying it.. how's the display when looking straight on ? I don't care about viewing angles...

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iujona · Mar 2, 2013

Display is fine. Don't listen to the nitpickers

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decentgi · Mar 2, 2013

Super Chimp said:
Aside from trying a 920 the problem is I am coming from a GS3 & that sets the bar pretty high as far as phones are concerned so my next phone has to surpass that level and I am not sure the Xperia Z does.

the samsung galazy s 3 is a terrible device spec wise its decent but come on sounds to me you like watching cartoons, if you like looking at the samsung screen than sony xperia z screen is not for you.

plus the sony xperia z screen is for big boys why dont you came back to reality and start being a big boy lol and get over your cartoon faze lol.

Someone made an excellent point about the screen and purchasing items using online shopping , dont expect to see the correct colour representation of what ever item your purchasing if your using the samsung s 3. if you want the most true to life experience get the z that is what sony was going after anyway with this handset

Super Chimp · Mar 2, 2013

decentgi said:
the samsung galazy s 3 is a terrible device spec wise its decent but come on sounds to me you like watching cartoons, if you like looking at the samsung screen than sony xperia z screen is not for you.

plus the sony xperia z screen is for big boys why dont you came back to reality and start being a big boy lol and get over your cartoon faze lol.

Someone made an excellent point about the screen and purchasing items using online shopping , dont expect to see the correct colour representation of what ever item your purchasing if your using the samsung s 3. if you want the most true to life experience get the z that is what sony was going after anyway with this handset

I always found the S3 screen rather dull even when playing around with the settings.

Akiainavas · Mar 2, 2013

decentgi said:
its so funny listening to phonearena review on htc one when at the end he made a comment about the camera quality saying the the device is a pre production device and that final release will be better, but also finished of by saying that it was the best camera to date that they have reviewed on smart phone.
anyone who has seen sample shots of the htc and xperia z will tell you that you dont have to have half a brain to see that sony is far better cam than htc but also didnt extend that same courtesy to sony when he reviewed the xperia z, regarding the pre production unit.

its so obvious that you have a few reviewers that are bias and there reviews should not be taken seriously

Does anybody still take phonearena reviews seriously ? Come on guys, read them for a while - you'll notice so many bs, contradictions and bias - it's not even funny anymore. Sometimes i get the feeling they're not really testing those devices because they often state things that are completely wrong ( like HTC One's camera being "the best" when in fact it makes worse photos than the original HTC One ) etc.

SonicFlare · Mar 2, 2013

Xperia ZX by form factor is similar to my current device HTC Dell Venue Pro, and Sony has been very open with developer community, releasing all the ROM's and providing boot unlocker. Now, who else do that?
Compared to HTC One, I don't like the big brick devices

And HTC does not have a card slot, which is big downer.
The 0.2 GHz downside of Z, is compensated by the other phone features. Its not the big downer, imho

nasty159 · Mar 8, 2013

SonicFlare said:
Xperia ZX by form factor is similar to my current device HTC Dell Venue Pro, and Sony has been very open with developer community, releasing all the ROM's and providing boot unlocker. Now, who else do that?
Compared to HTC One, I don't like the big brick devices And HTC does not have a card slot, which is big downer.
The 0.2 GHz downside of Z, is compensated by the other phone features. Its not the big downer, imho

It's not just a 0.2GHz increase in processor you know... it is a new processor. XZ is using last year's processor in this years phone. While the S400 is very similar to the S4 Pro in the Xperia Z it still smashes it in benchmarks.

xl VipeR lx · Mar 8, 2013

nasty159 said:
It's not just a 0.2GHz increase in processor you know... it is a new processor. XZ is using last year's processor in this years phone. While the S400 is very similar to the S4 Pro in the Xperia Z it still smashes it in benchmarks.

Just because a car out there is faster than mine does not mean there is anything in mine.

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nasty159 · Mar 8, 2013

xl VipeR lx said:
Just because a car out there is faster than mine does not mean there is anything in mine.

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That kinda made no sense. But I was just making a point to the other bloke who was saying the only difference is a .2GHZ increase when actually it is a whole new cpu.

itsmemuffins · Mar 8, 2013

Phone arrived this morning and now it's back in its box ready to go back.

Yuck, what was Sony thinking with that screen. Looks like the screen from the Htc Titan only difference is the resolution.

futurama · Mar 8, 2013

itsmemuffins said:
Phone arrived this morning and now it's back in its box ready to go back.

Yuck, what was Sony thinking with that screen. Looks like the screen from the Htc Titan only difference is the resolution.

Did you use it long enough to play with the settings.
I can't prove this but I have noticed the screen improve over the week I have had it, and I came from a note 2 yet I have no issue with the XZ screen. I always found the amoled screens over saturated anyway, photos were so unnatural

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itsmemuffins · Mar 8, 2013

futurama said:
Did you use it long enough to play with the settings.
I can't prove this but I have noticed the screen improve over the week I have had it, and I came from a note 2 yet I have no issue with the XZ screen. I always found the amoled screens over saturated anyway, photos were so unnatural

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There s nothing that can improve. It's like a cheap tn panel.

juDGEY2k10 · Mar 8, 2013

Dont think you did get the phone today, think your chatting bs and trolling

andrew_wang916 · Mar 8, 2013

I'm in serious dilemma

Seriously, after seeing so many reviews on many websites, up to 80++ videos and hundred/thousand of comments/threads/reply all over the internet. It really make me in serious dilemma.
I been in LOVE with this phone when it leak out in news, the designs and UI are beautiful,with 5inch FULL HD display and 13mp exmor RS sensor with 2330mah.
From most of reviews and feedback of the Xperia Z owners, I do come out with some points.
Which battery life is decent with 4-5hours screen on, which is quite fair for 5inch Full HD TFT screen.
What back me off are :
1) the 13mp camera, still taking overcompressing pics which might degrade the pics quality?

as what they did on others' Xperia phones before. But yet some say is decent, some say is below par with S3 and Htc One X.
If rooting can gain access for decreasing the compression rate by the camera and take better quality pics, it would be nice. :laugh:
2) the display might not as good as others like S3, HTC butterfly interm of view angle as it's only TFT. The colors appearances might be vary depends on people's taste, so hoping there's a display callibration tools to be release by Sony or developers if possible, then it would be Excellent.

And last, which only concern for me is, whether my telco is going to release this Z bundle with dock or NFC speaker, or at least avaiable to be sell when the Z release.

Add-up : I also heard that there are many suffer of deadpixel on this phone which quite a lots as I seen in this forum, aiks. ><
I really want to get a non-defected XZ. what to do.
Might just go to the telco shop and close my eye to pay for XZ. ROAR !!!

With the reviews getting in are you still getting your XZ?

did the reviews alter your decision to get the XZ

Yes I have canceled my pre-order

Only if the m7 turns out to be better

Wasn't planing to get it and now I now why

Most are positive so I don't see a problem

I wait till the S4, and than I will see

After reading I made the decision to buy one

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