Nice video, but please stop talking about "horrible viewing angles", I have the phone and the angles are just fine, you buy the phone for yourself, not for any of your friends who stare at it and complain about not seeing something on the screen... The brightness is set to adapt for lightning conditions, and I see the screen really good even in broad daylight. For anyone wanting to get one of these phones, I would really recommend the Z1 because it is absolutely awesome, and it handles anything I throw at it, with great multitasking, if you want to spend a little more cash go for the Z3.. I hope this helps anyone :)
The viewing angles are not "fine" and spewing insults like a drone won't change that. Every single review mentions and demonstrates the Z1's viewing angles, which are fucking awful. One of the many reasons I sold mine.
+adrianisen *At the speed test every phone should have exatly same OS and Applications, even theme, dude. So that test is just SH*T worth of watching.*
Z4 comming on January 5. and it will pack a 5.4-inch Quad HD display, 4GB of ram, Snapdragon 805 processor, an improved 20.7 camera and maybe a hardware update. =)
Not everyone is concerned about the viewing angle. And also the screen of xperia z and z1 is not as bad as you say. All these smartphones use processors with different speeds, so it is not surprising that different boot speed.
Would love to have seen you elaborate more on the comparison on all of these phones. Saw the Z1 in the store and wasn't impressed. So I'm hoping that the Z3 is much better in every aspect
I've had the black iPhone 4 and Right now I have the iPhone 5s and after researching the Sony Xperia z2 i'm definitely gonna buy. I just have a hard time picking the colors (black or white) bc i'm scared the black will have my fingerprints on the back of the glass but I hate the black screen and white back of the white one. I'm extremely OCD, any help?
The Z2 is the softspot. The z3's speakers got worse, and only the 3+ has that issue fixed. The long LED light on the z2 was very nice looking, got ruined on the 3 with a standard small led. Altough the z3 fixed most of the issues regarding to leaking water into the device, which the z2 suffered from, but overall, I had a lot of phones and the Z2 was the best. It got water leaked in it half a year ago, now Im using a backup phone, and plan to buy another Z2 next month, which is the same price as getting the screen fixed on the previous one :I
The Xperia devices are all phones... Surprise surprise! The essence of a phone is calling and texting. You need a SIM card for that. Most people use a phone with a SIM card inside so that's why every time they boot up they think that they might have switched owners or something. Hence the language selection and SIM pop up
Thanks for this video. What do you think about the new xperia 1 according to xperia z z1 z2.. Etc. Sony lost the software part. In the news Sony smartphone there is no geocalisation map in album, there is no Sony notes application which was very wonderful and had more functionalities that Google notes... Thanks for your response
How he can make all his phone installs/restore with same apps and with same app/widget placement on each phone like that? Is it he do it manually or with apps? Thanks!
adrianisen The screen first setup on start up is for this reason.... When the mobiles phones are in transfer and randomly start up then shut down for save the battery :) When you add simcard import contacts then dont do it again.
What's the point of caring about viewibg angles. Unless you're taking using the front camera as some mirror to see behind what's going on it's pointless. Only practical reason I see from a nuce wide viewing angle is if you're trying to perve/stalk/read people's personal messages but don't want to get too close. Actually it's a good thing having narrower viewing angles as it limits the onlookers advantages and enhances the privacy of the user. Dear Sony Oh shit. I just realised I've invented something amazing. A feature or featurette of the Z line up has been misunderstood. The viewing angles on the Z are bad but the Z3's are decent. For Privacy reasons it should be enabled/disabled to either widen/narrow or custom change the angle of view from screen to user. Call it "Private eye" . Private eye adjusts the angle of which the user's screen is viewable. A feature would be Auto turn on inmessages and emailes and Auto turn off in a film or web browser (depending on user decision)
Well you have the annoying screens on the first three ones because the Android version of the first three ones is different as you said earlier. I have Z2 with KK4.4.4 and it has the same screen and the same loading time as the Z3 (i tested it) so....yeah.
You should get 4.4.4 fairly soon as it is being rolled out. You may have to manually check for the update and it may only work via the PC software suite (this is how I had to do it as there was no over-the-air update for mine). I have a factory unlocked version so if you have a locked one, it may take longer for the update to appear.
Kryzen Just got the 4.4.4 update today! I think because of Sony skin, it looks/feels no different at all. Perhaps v5 may show a change or I'll just move to Moto/Google devices for the raw experience.
I don't saw the difference of Xperia Z2- Xperia Z3, I think they are very similar. I prefer Xperia Z2, cause has a very good design and I think is faster than other Xperia, this Xperia has the same camera than Xperia Z3
sony is even worse. i got the z3 with a freakin gap as wide as my arse between the display and aluminum border. im asking myself every time how a company can achieve that much of stupidity
Hi Adrian, Nice video, though two remarks: 1. Insert SIM to avoid the language selection popup at boot time. 2. Keep software the same when comparing startup time. As far as I could find, all 4 Z models are upgradable to Android 4.4.4. Set to factory defaults and than run the boot startup test :-) Keep up the nice work Adrian!, Cheers, Marco
Nahuel Siviero jajaja sos un genio!! te paso una pagina de un amigo que importa celulares, es de mar del plata, pero los precios son increiblemente buenos!! el z1 en cualquier compañia esta al mismo precio al que el vende el z3 electronicajck.com/
wow, no wonder why everyone is crazy for apple there lol. My grandma was visiting here in New York and just left yesterday to go back to Argentina and brought like 3 iphone 6 plus because everyone was begging her to buy one for them haha
+José Luís Lopes the z1 have a original screen protecter which has the logo Sony on it, i guess he ripped it off so the logo is gone, i'm considering the z1 and the z2 but still somehow prefer the z1 because of its design. Since you're using the z1, can you tell me about the battery life on your z1?
Dantes Vương after 2+years it still holds on well with 20+% battery at the end of the day with what I consider an heavy use, LTE browsing, a few heartstone games, RU-vid over wifi and even some rv series during trips. I have a powerbank but rarely use it, really only on lile 4hours+trips where the phone doesn't stop but even then is more insurance than anything else
José Luís Lopes Thank you very much, i think i'm definitely going for the z1 and it will last for a day and a half with my usage and oh i forgot to ask, which android version are you using, kitkat or the lollipop?
