Official Xperia Z Thread
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rahul49
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Mine is Starhub. But I think problem is that my earlier phone was 3G only. As someone mentioned, I would have to call to enable LTE.
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IMO, think quite unfair to compare big screen note with XZ, big screen = big size =big batt. should be compared with the S3 instead.
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If you on smartsurf lte plan, it will automatically enable
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Congrats Bro finally in z family. Batt will get better after few day usage. But still not as great as note 2
Mine's showing LTE now! After letting i. Charge! Awesome phone and ddefinitely an upgrade over my galaxy nexus!
Don't understand y some are complaining on screen brightness, mine is set at the middle mark and auto. More than bright enough for me!
Battery drainage is also ok!
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Not fair to compare a phone with 2330mah and 3100mah battery capacity, you should also compare the thickness of the phone in this aspect.
There is no perfect phone in this world but I can only say that the battery life will be better in the later part when it stabilize and when new firmware updates are released.
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My mini-review of the Xperia Z after using it for a few days, coming from Xperia V:
Display:
Like what most people mentioned, it looks slightly pale/washed out. But that is mostly due to the dark grey UI theme which Sony chosen I guess. Because whenever I view photo's/video or even play game, it still managed to display vivid colour. Blacks are alot blacker than the UI. The viewing angle was similar to the Xperia V though. No more yellow tinting issue which plague the Xperia V and S.(yay!? or is a heng/sway thing?) The high pixel density made the display so sharp and gorgeous. When playing 3D games like temple run 2, you can't even see the pixel.
It doesn't seem as bright as the V but very close. If you look close to the screen on highest brightness on the screen of Xperia V, you will notice that there is some strange texture(like cross hatch pattern) on the images, however, this is not the case on Xperia Z. The images looks clean.
Build quality:
The build quality of the Xperia Z was so amazing, felt very strong and firm when held in hand. Unlike the Xperia V when you hold tightly, you can hear and felt something moved.
All the flaps covering the port are much better now, easier to remove yet also easier to cover back.
However, I noticed that the Z seems to heat up more easily even when just surfing internet. It definitely heat up more than the V, the temperature can become quite high that it became uncomfortable to touch.
UI/Performance:
Some minor hiccup on the home screen occasionally, otherwise it is very smooth and responsive. Not sure what happened to those laggy demo set in the stores though. Games ran very smoothly
Audio performance:
Sounds pretty average until I turn on ClearAudio+. Major improvement unlike the one on the V. This part is very subjective so I won't comment anything more. Earpiece tested was UM3X.
Camera:
Seems a bit better than the V when I compared side by side.
Battery performance:
Similar to Xperia V on the last ICS build, which is pretty good. Xperia V starts draining battery like crazy after upgrading to Jellybean and I can't use extended standby mode because it disables Whatsapp too. But on the the Xperia Z, the battery stamina mode is an upgrade because you can now white-list apps that you want. Now I can finally leave it on standby without battery dropping at the same time!
Also, there seems to be some minor bug with the notification lights when you turn on battery stamina mode. It would not light up when receiving calls or sms except Whatsapp. But once you turn it off, the notification lights works as per normal again.
Display:
Like what most people mentioned, it looks slightly pale/washed out. But that is mostly due to the dark grey UI theme which Sony chosen I guess. Because whenever I view photo's/video or even play game, it still managed to display vivid colour. Blacks are alot blacker than the UI. The viewing angle was similar to the Xperia V though. No more yellow tinting issue which plague the Xperia V and S.(yay!? or is a heng/sway thing?) The high pixel density made the display so sharp and gorgeous. When playing 3D games like temple run 2, you can't even see the pixel.
It doesn't seem as bright as the V but very close. If you look close to the screen on highest brightness on the screen of Xperia V, you will notice that there is some strange texture(like cross hatch pattern) on the images, however, this is not the case on Xperia Z. The images looks clean.
Build quality:
The build quality of the Xperia Z was so amazing, felt very strong and firm when held in hand. Unlike the Xperia V when you hold tightly, you can hear and felt something moved.
All the flaps covering the port are much better now, easier to remove yet also easier to cover back.
However, I noticed that the Z seems to heat up more easily even when just surfing internet. It definitely heat up more than the V, the temperature can become quite high that it became uncomfortable to touch.
UI/Performance:
Some minor hiccup on the home screen occasionally, otherwise it is very smooth and responsive. Not sure what happened to those laggy demo set in the stores though. Games ran very smoothly
Audio performance:
Sounds pretty average until I turn on ClearAudio+
. Major improvement unlike the one on the V. This part is very subjective so I won't comment anything more. Earpiece tested was UM3X.Camera:
Seems a bit better than the V when I compared side by side.
Battery performance:
Similar to Xperia V on the last ICS build, which is pretty good. Xperia V starts draining battery like crazy after upgrading to Jellybean and I can't use extended standby mode because it disables Whatsapp too.
But on the the Xperia Z, the battery stamina mode is an upgrade because you can now white-list apps that you want. Now I can finally leave it on standby without battery dropping at the same time! Also, there seems to be some minor bug with the notification lights when you turn on battery stamina mode. It would not light up when receiving calls or sms except Whatsapp. But once you turn it off, the notification lights works as per normal again.
Note for sh existing 3G plan, u need to pay extra $10 to change to LTE plan.
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thought that it's free till end of 2013?
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Guys....check with you....no matter what I do....when I switch the phone to silent mode...i still get notification tone....
Do I guys face this???
Do I guys face this???
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Nope, did you happened to download any tweaking tools from playstore? and the notification tone is from which app?
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All my apps is having notification....what's app messages..everything...like no silent at all...
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use the Audio Manager of " Hide It Pro " ( android app ),
push the sound bars to zero or any volume level.
Total satisfaction.
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