Sure, 4K sound amazing on a smartphone, but how does Sony’s Xperia Z5 Premium perform in real life? Not so great. Read on to find out why.
The Bottom Line
Although the screen and camera are something special and the specifications are amazing on paper, the Sony Z5 Premium 4K falls down in actual real-life testing.
Introduction
A 4K screen embedded in a smartphone sounds brilliant at first, just talking about 4K gets a lot of people to their feet and their ears perked up to attention. But think about it for a minute, we’re talking about a portable device with a small battery, a small screen, and limited processing power – is it as good in use as you might think it will be? That’s what this review is here to answer.
Sony’s Z5 was released in the midst of massive budget promotional campaigns from Samsung’s Edge S6 and S7 and Apple’s latest iPhone series of smartphones looming ominously as they always seemingly will. As an answer to this marketing might, Sony added a 4K display and advanced camera to this product to make it stand out from the crowd.
While the Samsung Edge models offer superior water resistant designs and the Apple iPhone 6 panders to its forever-upgrading audience, Sony released a 4K screen, a stellar camera, and upgradable storage possibilities with this model. Let’s see how it performs in the wild.
Specs
With the 4K screen being mentioned multiple times already, what has Sony provided to hold it up? Packed with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 64-bit octa-core processor, this chip provides a significant advantage over the previously-released Xperia Z3 that included a same-brand 801 quad-core 2.5 GHz unit. But wait, there’s more! This new Snapdragon 810 is linked with an Adreno 430 GPU, set to help with 4K and high FPS recording stability.
Boasting up to two days worth of battery life through the use of its 3430 mAh internal pack, this offering blows away Samsung’s S6 offerings of 2,550 mAh in the standard and Edge models – likely due to the addition of a 4K screen and the bigger structure as a whole of the Z5.
Packed with 3GB of RAM and capacity to house up to 32GB of flash memory, the Z5 Premium enables microSD storage of up to 200GB and closely matches that of Samsung’s latest offerings. While it is on par with Samsung in this category, it’s important to remember that Apple smartphones don’t contain this expandable storage option, opting for consumer-pays internal storage upgrades that can hurt the wallet.
Expanding on the screen, this Sony smartphone offers a stunning 5.5-inch 4K Triluminos display that supports auto-upscaling. Coming in at a UHD resolution of 3840 x 2160 pixels, this crisp display comes further packed with Sony’s dynamic contrast enhancer – great for consumers, but maybe not for photo editing junkies.
While the screen is one main selling point of this device, the camera is certainly the other. With a standard 5MP front camera that supports HD video through the utilization of its Sony Exmor R mobile sensor, the rear-facing option is a 1/23″ 23MP unit that features the Exmor RS mobile sensor and boasts a hybrid autofocus timing of only 0.03 seconds. Further featuring video stabilization and wide-angle capabilities, this smooth camera records video at 30FPS in 2160p, 60FPS at 1080p and a sleek 120FPS at 720p.
As for connection options, you can expect full LTE 4G compatibility and Bluetooth 4.1, along with classic audio enhancements that include digital noise canceling, an inbuilt DAC, and more. something I will expand on later.
Wrapping up the feature list is a waterproof and dust tight rating of IP65 and IP68 to help compete with the Samsung S7 range, further offering up an overall size of 154.4 x 76.0 x 7.8 mm and weight of 181 grams. This size is of concern for some, coming in at bigger than the Samsung “S” units, further added to the fact that the Z5 contains square edges.
The specifications are extremely competitive with any other big-brand offering on the market, offering water resistance, a high-quality screen, brilliant camera, and large battery.
Availability Price
If you’re looking to pick up your very own Z5 on a plan and are looking to ease into this new (and expensive smartphone market), there will be some issues. It’s worth noting that this product won’t work entirely on Verizon, Sprint, or U.S. Cellular due to them using CDMA for 3G coverage – something that the Z5 doesn’t support. It also seems that most of the major carriers don’t wish to support the Z5 either way, with little-to-no websites listing this phone as available and in stock.
Where does that leave you? Outright only is the answer. If you’re looking at buying the Z5 premium through this method, expect to pay at least 600 through Amazon online with free shipping, being priced at over 100 more than the Galaxy S6 Edge and around the same point as the newly-released S7 Edge model.
Unfortunately, there seems to be a significant lack of carriers willing to offer the Z5 up on a plan, with outright purchases being quite pricey too. However, if you want a 4K screen, you can’t expect your purchase to be cheap.
A Closer Look That Brilliant Display
A Closer Look
While the large 5.5-inch 4K UHD screen is vibrant, colorful, smooth, and crisp, the trance it puts you in is often crashed back to reality by the clunky size, shape, and nature of this product.
With the touch sensor activated power button being located on the side, Sony has done an excellent job of making this model look sleek and simplistic, opting to have the volume and optional camera buttons created as low profile black additions, allowing for a sexy and smooth design.
The back of the phone attracts quite a lot of fingerprints, however, with me constantly wiping it off on my pants after short use. It’s something that looks brilliant on display, but fails when in constant use.
The bottom houses a single micro-USB charging and data port alongside the loop handle for accessories or as a mounting place for a carrying strap.
Crisp and Luscious 4K Display
While 4K is still quite expensive and hardware taxing for the PC scene, how does it perform on a mobile?
The 5.5-inch 4K UHD 3840×2160 resolution screen operates with a massive 806 PPI rating, with the previously-mentioned dynamic contrast enhancer helping almost all situations look great for general consumers. However, if you’re really into photo editing and having your vibrant display show you what the true nature is of everything rather than a processed model, this may disappoint you.
The crisp quality of video playback is where this model shines. The 4K display comes to life with UHD video streaming that doesn’t stutter thanks to the use of its Snapdragon CPU and combined GPU, but beware of your data allowance or home Wi-Fi speeds, as it is going to tax your infrastructure. As long as you have the download capacity and bandwidth to do so, videos are always going to look beautiful on this device, seeing every detail in a smooth and a gorgeous way.
Comparing it to previous models, the Sony Xperia Z3 included a 5.2-inch Full HD 1080p display, while the Samsung S6 Edge and S7 Edge contain Super AMOLED screens that measure in at 5.1-inch QHD 1440p and 5.5-inch 1440p QHD, respectively. Further comparison brings me to the iPhone 6s Plus with a 5.5-inch 1080p display, showing that all four of these models provide similar specifications, but in the end, fall well short of the Z5.
How It Feels Capabilities
The Shape is Certainly Different
While I’ve stated time and time again that the specifications look fabulous on paper, sporting a brilliant camera, fast processor and GPU, a stunning screen and massive internal battery, the main issue for me isn’t the price tag, but the shape and feel of the phone in our hand.
While the shiny back panel gives it an allure of class and supreme style, it smudges and is quickly filled up with fingerprints from the moment you pick it up. The sleek black volume and camera side controls feel quite cheap and tacky, missing a robust yet softened click that I would come to expect for such a price tag.
All of this aside, it the blocky curvature of this phone that sets of off the most. Due to the square (yet slightly rounded) edges, it becomes hard to hold at times and this coupled with a smooth back leaves me worried that it may slip out of my hands if I’m a little sweaty, wet, or just not paying attention. keeping in mind that this phone is water resistant.
Capabilities
Usability issues aside, coming back to the capabilities of this phone, you’ll once again find something that’s top notch.
Fast-charge: Packed with QC 2.0, the large 3430 mAh battery will boost to full in no time at all.
Fingerprint scanner: The fingerprint scanner requires you to painstakingly scan your thumb on the side numerous times to ensure smooth later use. Once this is finished, I find that it works at least 90% of the time, with the 10% failure being quickly fixed by moving my thumb no more than 2mm each way for it to notice it. This feature is handy for those who don’t want to type in a passcode each time they unlock their device.
Playstation 4 remote play: Included because it’s a Sony product, this cross promotion means that you’re able to connect this device to your PlayStation 4 and play certain titles by using a DualShock controller and your Z5 as a screen. Quite cool!
Various electronic audio enhancements: As touched on briefly before, Sony is quite well known for introducing audio enhancements to their portable products. The Z5 is no different, housing technologies that include S-Force Front Surround, a standard auto-headset compensation tool, stereo recording, FM Radio, high-resolution audio support for LPCM, FLAC, ALAC and DSD, DSEE HX, LDAC, digital noise cancellation, and finally Clear Audio technology. Do they make a massive difference in real-world use? Not really.
Software Camera
It’s about that Apple effect
Moving through phones, it is becoming apparent that Apple has much of the ‘smoothness’ of menus down pat. Including swift little animations whenever a user unlocks their phone or completes little tasks, something that the Z5 Premium also mirrors. This phone has a great unlock animation, and that’s something that you’re likely thinking is stupid, but really helps add to the whole feel of any smartphone product.
The Xperia keyboard comes packed with a few pre-installed skins and a one handed typing feature (seen above), which I would hope that no one uses while driving. There doesn’t seem to be Samsung-levels of bloatware installed on the Android 5.1 operating system here. However, you will notice a few company-made additions as with any phone.
There’s also a brilliant touch wizard for transferring things from your old phone. It’s great if you either can’t be bothered backing up or you’re not exactly sure what to look for.
120 Frames of Brilliance. This Camera is a Dream
As mentioned multiple times in this review, I’m a massive fan of the camera on board here. Below I will post a bunch of random photos taken with this model at various places and events by myself and another TweakTown writer, Anthony Garreffa, showcasing a breadth of challenges that it had to face.
While the still images focused fast, captured quickly, and were able to be chained together in quick succession when needed, the video was most impressive, allowing for 720p 120FPS recording as mentioned previously, something that completely blows away most of the competition.
As for low-light operations, the contrast alterations of the Z5 try to come in full effect, which sometimes makes for a washed out image that takes quite some time to FOCUS. This was also backed up by my research that showed other phones like the Samsung Galaxy S6 are better in this environment.
As for washed out colors, sometimes this can happen with normal light situations too, showing another issue with the Sony Xperia X5 being so software driven in many different ways. Overall, this is a small price to pay for the overall premium package that it offers.
You’ll come to notice from the images below that leaking light doesn’t come up well on this camera at all. preferring level lighting environments, dealing poorly with light coming through a window, doorway or provided through an artificial source, too. Outdoor images are best for this phone. a little disappointing to say the least.
Battery Life What I Don’t Like
Battery Life
The battery life is good as you would expect, with the 4K display coming into full effect for 4K content only and operating normally at other times. I was able to keep this phone around as a secondary device for a full weekend of travel. granted, I was only unlocking it for photos and such, but it did take over five minutes of 120FPS video, sit at full-screen brightness and be used for 20 photos in total.
While five minutes of video and 20 photos isn’t that impressive in the overall scheme of things, this phone was connected to wireless and didn’t go on a single charge in a 50-hour period, showcasing a great long lasting battery life compared to many other models. Also, I had a play around with the pre-installed AR Effect App (as seen above), which makes the device work incredibly hard.
It’s also worth mentioning that this product doesn’t get too hot and steamy under pressure too when compared to many Samsung models, allowing for you to use and charge simultaneously without becoming uncomfortably hot.
Where the Issues Lie
Keyboard: While it’s certainly better than Samsung’s stock offering, it still has nothing on SwiftKey.
No replaceable battery: This is quite a personal thing, and I’ve read product developers and marketing staff of large phone brands state that a non-replaceable battery comes with a few positives in the overall design. According to them, the enhancements of a non-removable backplate means that the overall phone structure is stronger while the frame can be made smaller and thinner. They also say that the internal battery being made larger due to having a custom space made for it. not worrying about accessibility and removal. However, a spare battery is ideal for those who use their phone over many years, replacing the original with a replacement when a cell or two fails. or keeping with you in case of an emergency.
Tacky side buttons: As I mentioned before, the side buttons feel quite tacky and don’t match the overall marketing and presentation of this phone. that being a thing of beauty, refinement, and class.
The shape and backing: Also mentioned multiple times in this review, the rounded rectangle design and smudge-heavy backing plate are deal breakers for me in this model, even though the internals and screen are brilliant.
Final Thoughts
After using this phone for an extended period, I was able to test whether the differently-sized bezel was annoying me due to teething issues or was something that I was unable to overcome in the long run.
While the great internal hardware specifications match the brilliant display, a stellar camera, and awesome battery capacity, they are struck down by an awkward shape, tacky side buttons, and a smudge-city backing plate.
This smartphone presents itself as a classy, feature-rich, premium package and achieves that in nine out of ten situations, with the tenth thing often bringing the whole package crashing back down to square one.
It blows its competitors out of the water in the many departments, in addition to offering a powerful CPU and GPU combination that help back the high-FPS camera. These notions alone help cement the Z5 Premium as in the ‘cream of the crop’ range of smartphones.
If you can get past the fact that the size is a little off, the shape is clunky, and the price is just high, this phone might be perfect for you. What I’m saying is, it’s amazing at what it does – but that’s about it. Sure, you can purchase a Ferrari because it’s fast, but drive it 60 minutes to work every day in peak hour traffic and you’ll be longing for a Toyota after not too long. Remember, remarkable on paper does not mean remarkable in real life, but if you’re a stats fan, this is the phone for you.
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The Bottom Line: Although the screen and camera are something special and the specifications are amazing on paper, the Sony Z5 Premium 4K falls down in actual real-life testing.
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Sony Xperia Z5 Series First Impressions Review
For the past few years, Sony has been pumping out excellent smartphones, but they’ve never had much of a chance with consumers. After all, it doesn’t matter how great your hardware is if only one carrier is selling it. Thus, the Sony Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact were consigned to the dustbin of history, despite vocal support from most tech reviewers.
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- The Options
- The Look and Feel
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- The Screen
- The Camera
- The Takeaway
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The phones boasted beautifully minimalist industrial design, a relatively clean re-skin of Android, and some excellent features, including one of the best smartphone cameras on the market. It’s no wonder the original Z3 has reigned as our top Android phone since its release.
At this year’s IFA trade show in Berlin, Sony announced the next generation of Xperia phones: the Z5, Z5 Premium, and Z5 Compact. The new devices represent a generally incremental upgrade over the Z3s, albeit with a few intriguing additions and alterations—4K screen, anyone? We went hands-on at Sony’s booth to find out whether the changes can give them a better shot at mainstream success.
The Options
In search of the Goldilocks option
Last time around, Sony offered the 5.2-inch Z3 and 4.6-inch Z3 Compact. Those sizes are back this year in the Z5 and Z5 Compact, but the company has also added the 5.5-inch Z5 Premium. With very few exceptions, the phones feature identical internals, which means you don’t have to give up performance to get the phone size you want.
All three Z5s boast Qualcomm’s top-of-the-line Snapdragon 810 processor. It’s a 64-bit chip with eight cores. That’s backed up by the Adreno 430 GPU and either 3GB (Z5 and Z5 Premium) or 2GB (Z5 Compact) of RAM. That’s the same combo that powers the HTC One M9, which wowed us in the labs, so we expect similarly solid performance from the Z5 series.
The demo units on the show floor certainly felt zippy enough. Running Sony’s lightly skinned version of Android 5.1.1 Lollipop, all three phones plowed through heavy webpages with ease and seemed to have no issues with gaming or video playback. We’re getting to the point where no flagship—or even midrange—smartphone should ever struggle with visible lag, so this comes as no surprise.
The Look and Feel
The perfect slab
We loved the design of the Xperia Z3 (with one noticeable caveat), and absolutely nothing has changed in that regard with the new Z5.
The Z5’s glass back is unchanged from the Z3, except that the Z5 Premium gets a mirrored (rather than frosted) look.
These are still sleek, shiny, minimalist slabs crafted of mostly glass and metal. Like the flagship devices from Apple and Samsung, they feel reassuringly solid in your hand, with just enough curves to keep from digging into your flesh during a long call.
The edges of the Z5 and Z5 Premium are made of metal, while the smaller Z5 Compact uses plastic. It’s a downgrade, sure, but it doesn’t feel or look particularly cheap. All three have tasteful “Xperia” branding engraved in the lower left-hand side. Flip the Z5 and Z5 Compact over and you’ll find a frosted glass back, while the Premium variant has a flashier mirrored finish.
That glass back was our biggest pain point with the Z3’s design—when we put it on a smooth surface, it would sometimes walk itself right off and fall on the floor. We called it “a phone with a death wish,” and the Z5 doesn’t seem to be any different. Chances are, you’ll put a case on yours, but if not, be sure to keep an eye on it.
Like other Z-series phones, the Z5s have physical shutter buttons. They’re a rarity among non–Windows Phone devices, sought after by serious photographers the world over. You can long-press the shutter button to launch the camera app, and it offers a nice two-step action to help you prefocus and snap your shots.
Like other Z-series phones, the Z5s come equipped with a physical shutter release.
Right next to the shutter button is the volume rocker (oddly positioned toward the bottom of the phone), while the redesigned power button is a bit higher, near the centerline. The power button is bigger this time around, to accommodate the new fingerprint scanner. It’s the latest must-have feature for flagship phones, so it’s little surprise to find it here.
The Z5s are just as waterproof as their predecessors (IP68 certification), but this time around the USB port doesn’t require any extra protection. The little flap on the left side is still there, but it only covers the MicroSD card slot and SIM card port.
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The Screen
Padding the numbers
The two biggest changes in the Z5 line are numerical: 4K and 23MP. Let’s start with the first.
The Xperia Z5 Premium boasts the world’s first 4K screen in a smartphone. Yes, that’s 3840 x 2160 resolution in a 5.5-inch screen, for more than 800 pixels per inch (PPI). For comparison, the iPhone 6 Plus (also 5.5 inches) offers 401 PPI, while the 5.7-inch Samsung Galaxy Note 5 claims 515 PPI.
The Z5’s screen is bright and colorful, and looks plenty sharp even in 1080p.
Do you really need 4K resolution in a 5.5-inch phone? No, of course not.
Can you see the difference in everyday use? We sure couldn’t.
4K in a tablet? Sure, we can buy that. When you’re working with 8 or 10 or 12 inches of screen real estate and watching 4K content, it makes sense. But in something that’s going to spend most of its life scrolling through Instagram and ? Nah.
Don’t get us wrong—there’s no denying it’s a gorgeous display, and Sony continues to offer best-in-class screen calibration tools so you can tweak the color profile to your heart’s content. The default look is pleasingly close to true white, without any hint of a blue or magenta cast, and color accuracy seemed pretty solid across the board.
The Camera
Mega megapixels
so than the 4K screen, the new 23-megapixel, 1/2.3-inch Exmor-RS image sensor in all three phones seems likely to impress.
Sony should have a real edge in this department, given its strong history in compact cameras and the relatively large sensor it’s working with, but the Z3 (which was also a powerful shooter) didn’t quite live up to its potential in our tests. Still, at the phones’ unveiling, Sony CEO Kaz Hirai spent a lot of time talking up the camera’s prowess, and promised it’s the best the company has ever created for a smartphone.
Sony’s camera app is intuitive and feature-rich. Paired with the new sensor, it should make the Z5 a great choice for serious smartphone photographers.
Kaz touted close collaboration between the Sony mobile and Sony Alpha teams in designing the new camera module, which could spell great things for smartphone photographers. In particular, he said the two worked together on autofocus speed and low-light performance—two issues that can be a real sticking point for phone cameras.
Indeed, the Z5s have some pretty impressive specs. The 1/2.3-inch sensor is what you’d get in a 200 point-and-shoot, which means it’s quite a bit bigger than most phone sensors. It can use up to ISO 12800 for low-light shooting, can FOCUS in as little as 0.03 seconds, and has an upgraded SteadyShot intelligent active mode that can allegedly smooth out virtually all shaky video.
The Z5’s camera module is a new 23-megapixel Exmor RS chip backed up by Sony’s Bionz processor.
We took some test shots on the busy show floor, but it’s hard to tell much without being able to examine them more closely. On the phone screen, shots looked very sharp and well-exposed even in the murky trade show light, but there was clear evidence of hefty compression and noise reduction. We’ll have to wait to get the phone into our imaging labs to draw any firm conclusions.
The Takeaway
One of the best Android lineups gets better
If you liked what the Xperia Z3 and Z3 Compact had to offer, great news! The Xperia Z5 and its brethren are a solid upgrade to an already great package. If you didn’t even know the Z3 series existed, here’s your opportunity to put right what once went wrong: When you shop for your next Android phone, give the Z5s a look.
We’ll get the stuff we don’t like out of the way first.
The new power button is chunkier, since it conceals the Z5s’ new fingerprint scanner.
We’re still not in love with Sony’s UI. It’s nowhere near as clean as vanilla Android—or even Samsung’s or LG’s skinning efforts—but it’s relatively inoffensive. At the very least, it doesn’t get in your way. Then there’s the glass back. It’s gorgeous—particularly the mirrored version on the Z5 Premium—but it’s also a fingerprint magnet. Worse, it’s a real liability if you’re thinking about resting the phone on any kind of smooth surface. Better buy a case!
The Z5 Premium‘s 4K screen is a bit puzzling, but it’s not exactly a negative—at least, not until we can see how it affects battery life in our tests. Are more pixels a bad thing? No, not in a vacuum. But do they add anything to the experience of using a 5.5-inch phone? Seems unlikely.
If you didn’t even know the Z3 series existed, here’s your opportunity to put right what once went wrong.
Those minor quibbles aside, the news here is all good. The Snapdragon 810 SoC is more than potent enough for just about any task, the display is gorgeous, and the camera seems extremely promising (though we know better than to expect miracles). But probably the coolest thing about the Z5s is that you don’t have to give anything up to get the size you want. All three of these phones run cutting-edge hardware, they all sport beautiful design, and they should all get great battery life.
We’ll confirm all that once we get them into the lab for testing, but for now, these are phones that should be on your radar.
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Sony Xperia Z5 Premium
The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium delivers an excellent smartphone experience in so many areas and stands up well against its competitors. It’s not cheap, but it’s in the same price bracket as a lot of other high-end devices but those rivals can’t match many of the Xperia Z5 Premium’s features.
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Reviewers Didn’t Like
- 4K display results in a sky-high price
- Extra resolution adds nothing to the experience
- Sony‘s familiar design is beginning to look rather tired
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Samsung Galaxy Note 5
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The Z5 Premium is a well-rounded smartphone that performs well in a variety of different conditions, but, as is often the case with smartphones, is best used in good, daylight conditions. Whether you invest in this camera compared with the standard Z5.
Multiple problems doom Sony’s 4K phablet to expensive gimmick.
“. in every key area, other than screen size, it’s no better than the Sony Xperia.
Sony’s Xperia Z5 Premium takes the honour of being the world’s first smartphone to feature a 4K display. Squeezing over eight million pixels into a 5.5-inch screen is an impressive feat, but it feels like Sony’s engineers never asked themselves if they.
Sony‘s designated Premium smartphone turns out to be a bigger twin of the Xperia Z5 with the same technological basis apart from the screen.Buyers willing to pay approximately 150 Euros (~164) more for a 0.3-inch bigger screen than in the smaller.
The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium delivers an excellent smartphone experience in so many areas and stands up well against its competitors. It’s not cheap, but it’s in the same price bracket as a lot of other high-end devices but those rivals can’t match many of the Xperia Z5 Premium’s features.
Easily Sony’s best phone of the year, the Z5 Premium may make it into the list for the best phone of the year, offering a solid version of Android, a ton of features, and one of the most lovely screens you’ll ever see. Simply put, this phone is a return.
The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium’s biggest draw is the 4K display, which separates it from every other phone on the market. Otherwise, specs are very similar to the Xperia Z5, and they are solid.Because the 4K display is difficult to discern from the Z5’s.
A single hand holds 8.3 million pixels. This is what makes the Xperia Z5 Premium, the recent flagship from Sony, one of a kind.Understanding the feat requires a quick study of the television market. Full HD televisions have 2.07 million pixels with.
A single hand holds 8.3 million pixels. This is what makes the Xperia Z5 Premium, the recent flagship from Sony, one of a kind.Understanding the feat requires a quick study of the television market. Full HD televisions have 2.07 million pixels with.
The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium is an interesting smartphone. It’s launched with fanfare, but only really puts a higher resolution display on the front of the experience you’ll get from the regular model. If you’re after the Xperia experience in a.
The world’s first 4K smartphone isn’t without its compromises. But like any first-generation product, Sony had to start somewhere and the Xperia Z5 Premium is a smartphone that’s capable of matching most, if not all, of the best handsets on the.
A 4K smartphone might seem like something you want but you really don’t need it and it’s an expensive card to play in order to trump your mates. The device is also big, uncomfortable and brash. Hardware is the same as the regular Z5 so it really comes.
The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium is a fine phone that you’ll be very happy with. It’s hard to avoid giving it a wholehearted endorsement, except for one vital detail: substantially, it’s no better than the Sony Xperia Z5.The specifications, the performance.
Sony Xperia Z5 Premium
The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium delivers an excellent smartphone experience in so many areas and stands up well against its competitors. It’s not cheap, but it’s in the same price bracket as a lot of other high-end devices but those rivals can’t match many of the Xperia Z5 Premium’s features.
User Score
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Reviewers Didn’t Like
- 4K display results in a sky-high price
- Extra resolution adds nothing to the experience
- Sony’s familiar design is beginning to look rather tired
Direct Competitors and Related Products
Our editors hand-pick these products using a variety of criteria: they can be direct competitors targeting the same market segment or can be similar devices in terms of size, performance, or features.
Samsung Galaxy Note 5
Expert reviews and ratings
The Z5 Premium is a well-rounded smartphone that performs well in a variety of different conditions, but, as is often the case with smartphones, is best used in good, daylight conditions. Whether you invest in this camera compared with the standard Z5.
Multiple problems doom Sony’s 4K phablet to expensive gimmick.
“. in every key area, other than screen size, it’s no better than the Sony Xperia.
Sony’s Xperia Z5 Premium takes the honour of being the world’s first smartphone to feature a 4K display. Squeezing over eight million pixels into a 5.5-inch screen is an impressive feat, but it feels like Sony‘s engineers never asked themselves if they.
Sony’s designated Premium smartphone turns out to be a bigger twin of the Xperia Z5 with the same technological basis apart from the screen.Buyers willing to pay approximately 150 Euros (~164) more for a 0.3-inch bigger screen than in the smaller.
Easily Sony’s best phone of the year, the Z5 Premium may make it into the list for the best phone of the year, offering a solid version of Android, a ton of features, and one of the most lovely screens you’ll ever see. Simply put, this phone is a return.
The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium’s biggest draw is the 4K display, which separates it from every other phone on the market. Otherwise, specs are very similar to the Xperia Z5, and they are solid.Because the 4K display is difficult to discern from the Z5’s.
A single hand holds 8.3 million pixels. This is what makes the Xperia Z5 Premium, the recent flagship from Sony, one of a kind.Understanding the feat requires a quick study of the television market. Full HD televisions have 2.07 million pixels with.
A single hand holds 8.3 million pixels. This is what makes the Xperia Z5 Premium, the recent flagship from Sony, one of a kind.Understanding the feat requires a quick study of the television market. Full HD televisions have 2.07 million pixels with.
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The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium is an interesting smartphone. It’s launched with fanfare, but only really puts a higher resolution display on the front of the experience you’ll get from the regular model. If you’re after the Xperia experience in a.
The world’s first 4K smartphone isn’t without its compromises. But like any first-generation product, Sony had to start somewhere and the Xperia Z5 Premium is a smartphone that’s capable of matching most, if not all, of the best handsets on the.
A 4K smartphone might seem like something you want but you really don’t need it and it’s an expensive card to play in order to trump your mates. The device is also big, uncomfortable and brash. Hardware is the same as the regular Z5 so it really comes.
The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium is a fine phone that you’ll be very happy with. It’s hard to avoid giving it a wholehearted endorsement, except for one vital detail: substantially, it’s no better than the Sony Xperia Z5.The specifications, the performance.
