Xperia Z5 Premium Video Review! - is it worth buying? - Xperia Z5 Premium General

Hello everyone! I had the Xperia Z5 Premium with me for more than a month and I really enjoyed using the phone. The 4K display is something unique and the way this phone has been made, it feels very luxurious and premium. So here is my review covering each and every aspect of the Z5 Premium like it's build quality,display, camera etc. Do watch it!

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[Q] From Desire Z to GNote?

OK so apologies if this thread exists, I did do a search but it wasn't so successful.
Has anyone gone from the Desire Z to the GNote? Just looking for some details of your impression, specifically on audio quality comparisons.
Thanks in advance
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I went from Desire S to galaxy note, and have to say this is one of the best phones out there on market... You won't regret it if you choose it...
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I'm coming from a Desire Z, and still own it so I can directly compare.
I can not go back to anything smaller screen wise.
The note has MUCH better audio quality for phone calls, I hear other people much better, like they are there with me.
I was shocked about the Desire Z audio quality when I switched to it from a HTC Hero. The Hero sounded much better...
My Note reminds me of the Blackberry Bold 9780 for audio clarity in phone calls, which is to say it is perfect.
For music I have no idea, since I don't use my phones for that, but I know the Desire Z had a very clean output from the reviewers that tested it, and the Note having the same Yamaha crap that the S2, maybe it is less good that the Desire Z.
So the Note has much better sound for phone calls, but surely worst quality for music. By which mesure I don't know...
Otherwise, it is just not comparable. It's another world entirely.
Screen. Speed. Power. Saves my eyes. Feels lighter in my hand. Takes awesome pictures and video... etc.
Go ahead and get it. !!!
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Thanks for your reply peeps, as long as the finance roll in ill be treating myself!
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I also came from desire z.... It was a great fone but i wasnt as excited when i got the note compare to when i got the desire z about a year ago. I gave it to my wife who uses blackberry. All she does with the desire z is to play angry birds and surf a bit through wifi. I wont be going back to any smaller touch screen fone now that i have this huge and beautiful note.
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[VIDEO] Xperia Z vs Galaxy S3 vs HTC One X+

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QDIZl_e2kQ8
I just share youtube video which compare xperia z with today top high end devices.
And of course he did a pretty good review of xperia z.
Nice find mate.
I'm loving the Z more and more.
No problem mate, i cant wait to get my hands on one of it
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Thanks for the video.
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Have to compare with Galaxy S4 and HTC M7 and Not the old S3 and one X+
randy_c said:
Have to compare with Galaxy S4 and HTC M7 and Not the old S3 and one X+
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Are they available or even announced? No. So this comparison right now is valid.
When S4 and M7 get announced then videos like that will be useless.
Yap, for now that is only top high end to compare with.
But hell yea, i wait for htc m7 and s4 to compare it via xperia z.
lol..One X was just a special appearance there and its supposed to have the best 720p screen out there! Yet the reviewer never compares its screen..fail!
hmmmm not so good about the screen - little worried now.
Nah, i bet screen is awesome.
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electrash said:
Nah, i bet screen is awesome.
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I have to admit, the screen definitely looks pretty awesome here. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6Tz95i-HSE
Yea it looks nice.
Cant wait for it in croatia
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Test video
test video Sony z/ Nexus4/ Note 2
My opinion is that nexus 4 captures details.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8E3AlQYfxg
rapha.194 said:
test video Sony z/ Nexus4/ Note 2
My opinion is that nexus 4 captures details.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8E3AlQYfxg
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True but Xperia Z's colours seem natural.

Night time video comparison. Htc One vs S4 vs Z

Don't know if this has been posted here before but anyways here goes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlx4_qlB6vA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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zodiac100 said:
Don't know if this has been posted here before but anyways here goes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dlx4_qlB6vA&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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The HTC one looks rubbish from that.
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RE: HTC One - I think pulling in extra light can sometimes be 'too much' making things bright rather than detailed.
decadan1977 said:
The HTC one looks rubbish from that.
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I really posted it for people to compare the two heavy weight cameras, S4 and Z. The fact that the camera on the One is crap is old news.
I'd like the conversation to focus on S4 vs Z.
Htc one couldn't compete so let's leave it to one side.
Personally I think the Z won it because the S4 looked a bit over exposed in some scenes while the Z maintained the best image quality throughout. If Samsung release an update to fix the over exposure, I'd put both cameras neck and neck.
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zodiac100 said:
I really posted it for people to compare the two heavy weight cameras, S4 and Z. The fact that the camera on the One is crap is old news.
I'd like the conversation to focus on S4 vs Z.
Htc one couldn't compete so let's leave it to one side.
Personally I think the Z won it because the S4 looked a bit over exposed in some scenes while the Z maintained the best image quality throughout. If Samsung release an update to fix the over exposure, I'd put both cameras neck and neck.
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Both the Z and S4 use the Exmor RS so yeh, it comes down to software tweaks.
zodiac100 said:
I really posted it for people to compare the two heavy weight cameras, S4 and Z. The fact that the camera on the One is crap is old news.
I'd like the conversation to focus on S4 vs Z.
Htc one couldn't compete so let's leave it to one side.
Personally I think the Z won it because the S4 looked a bit over exposed in some scenes while the Z maintained the best image quality throughout. If Samsung release an update to fix the over exposure, I'd put both cameras neck and neck.
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Well on that note. The Z looks more natural. S4 looks good but I prefer to see it as my eyes intended. Just my opinion.
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Hard to tell which is the most natural because I have no freaking clue how it looks in real life.
But HTC one definatly has an awful camera.
S4 & Z looks just about as sharp, but the colour saturations are completely different. I think the Z has the better "real-life quality" Because there's no way it's completely pitch black outside and buildings being that yellow.
HTC one was awefull, throughout the video the colour was way too yellow and laggy. I thought it was very disappointing for a phone which was made out to have a revolutionary camera.
On the other hand, The xperia z seemed to have a purple tint which made it look weird in some cases (didn't the iPhone 5 have that issue?). But overall the colour was a lot better and more true to real life colours than HTC.
The S4 was amazing, it had no awefull colour tints and footage was smooth and colour was better than the two of them put together.
Anyway, that's my opinion, I prefer the S4's camera Despite me being a Sony fanboy lol
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The video of the Arc de Triumphe the s4 made it look a little over bright. Was a daily commute for me when I lived in France. Passed it many times in the twilight hours. Again eyes see what they see. Think it's a matter of preference. But do like the S4. Have 1 in my household also.
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S4 is the winner here,only if it's a true comparison.
It has more details,color reproduction is more accurate.
The Z has less details,and magenta tint.
Did you make this comparison or you found it somewhere?
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gm007 said:
S4 is the winner here,only if it's a true comparison.
It has more details,color reproduction is more accurate.
The Z has less details,and magenta tint.
Did you make this comparison or you found it somewhere?
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Found it on YouTube. It's made by a French tech site. I personally found the Z to be the best. I doubt very much that the buildings could have been that yellowy as some have said already.
The Z maintained the best quality throughout.
As for the HTC, don't really want to talk about that. I'd seen enough well before this video to know it's camera is the poorest seen on any flagship for some time.
S4 and Z were close but I think the Zs camera used its brain a bit more. The video was better calculated as far as the settings used.
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The S4 looks like its filtered some how. You notice it more when you see the street lights. The Z captures that halo effect of the light, where as the S4 is completely halo free - definitely filtered.....
The only issue I have with the Z night time video recording is that it has a hard time focusing on objects coming towards you and tends to make the video visibly "jitter" - almost as if it was applying a kind of face tracking to high speed objects..... This of course is the software, as I downloaded a JB Camera app and it massively reduced this issue.
damn that S4 look good but Z isnt that far behind, honestly though, how many of u video record that often? and how many of you take picture a lot? if you do you should get Sony NEX
gm007 said:
S4 is the winner here,only if it's a true comparison.
It has more details,color reproduction is more accurate.
The Z has less details,and magenta tint.
Did you make this comparison or you found it somewhere?
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Can't agree with you. XZ recording has better white balance and natural, almost daylike colours. S4 recording is old news - everything's yellowish like in every night/low light video recording - it's still good, but I prefer the way XZ records it as i honestly don't like those yellow night time recordings.
Akiainavas said:
Can't agree with you. XZ recording has better white balance and natural, almost daylike colours. S4 recording is old news - everything's yellowish like in every night/low light video recording - it's still good, but I prefer the way XZ records it as i honestly don't like those yellow night time recordings.
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As i say before S4 is a winner,i am a professional photographer so no one can convince me the opposite.
Look the details and the magenta tint in the XZ's video.
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gm007 said:
As i say before S4 is a winner,i am a professional photographer so no one can convince me the opposite.
Look the details and the magenta tint in the XZ's video.
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Being a professional photographer doesn't make you right or even more qualified to judge.
I seriously doubt that the buildings looked that yellowy. Let's not get caught in minor details.
The overall image quality was better on the Z in my opinion. You obviously have your opinion but that's all it is.
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zodiac100 said:
Being a professional photographer doesn't make you right or even more qualified to judge.
I seriously doubt that the buildings looked that yellowy. Let's not get caught in minor details.
The overall image quality was better on the Z in my opinion. You obviously have your opinion but that's all it is.
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Agree 100 percent dude. I said in a reply earlier. I know that part of France rather well. And it certainly is not like that using my eyes at night. And I agree being a pro photographer certainly not any grounds to be the guru in my opinion. George Bush was a professional politician and I certainly wouldn't agree with most things he said lol
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zodiac100 said:
Being a professional photographer doesn't make you right or even more qualified to judge.
I seriously doubt that the buildings looked that yellowy. Let's not get caught in minor details.
The overall image quality was better on the Z in my opinion. You obviously have your opinion but that's all it is.
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If you don't believe your eyes there is nothing i can do.
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G1_enthusiast said:
damn that S4 look good but Z isnt that far behind, honestly though, how many of u video record that often? and how many of you take picture a lot? if you do you should get Sony NEX
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Well if you've got a misses like mine, you'll struggle to get through the day without taking at least 5 pics. Mostly of her by the way lol.
She's getting the s4 this May so I'll get an opportunity to judge them better.
I've done comparison with iPhone 5 which I'll post eventually when I have the time. The Zs problem is the heavy processing of noise which blurs out the fine details when you start cropping. It doesn't happen always, it all depends on how good a pic you take to begin with. The better it is, the less processing there is. At zero crop however, the Zs image quality is the best I've seen on a phone. The processing does improve the image quality by getting rid of the dreaded noise but fine details are blurred out when cropped. I guess it's a trade off and I doubt most people use cropped pictures anyway.
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decadan1977 said:
Agree 100 percent dude. I said in a reply earlier. I know that part of France rather well. And it certainly is not like that using my eyes at night. And I agree being a pro photographer certainly not any grounds to be the guru in my opinion. George Bush was a professional politician and I certainly wouldn't agree with most things he said lol
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Very well said. He said we aren't believing our eyes but the yellow buildings on the S4 don't support his theory. I think it's him who doesn't want to believe his eyes. Instead, he's picking up on minor details to justify his position.
Oh well! Each to his own I suppose
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Sony Convert

So I have officially placed my order for the Xperia Z Ultra and it will be here come Tuesday. With that much screen real estate I just couldn't resist. I know I'm going to miss the BoomSound speakers, but outside of that, I'm ready to see how this thing works out. Anyone else leaning towards getting the Z Ultra?
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Rado_vr6 said:
So I have officially placed my order for the Xperia Z Ultra and it will be here come Tuesday. With that much screen real estate I just couldn't resist. I know I'm going to miss the BoomSound speakers, but outside of that, I'm ready to see how this thing works out. Anyone else leaning towards getting the Z Ultra?
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Nope no one is. What a silly move!
theguitarman94 said:
Nope no one is. What a silly move!
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Silly, maybe. From what I've seen so far, the build quality is sound, the phone is snappy, the screen is responsive. The HTC one Max would have been a decent alternative if it had been water and dust resistant.
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I'm curious is baterry gonna suck as I expect, inform us please :thumbup:
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Rado_vr6 said:
So I have officially placed my order for the Xperia Z Ultra and it will be here come Tuesday. With that much screen real estate I just couldn't resist. I know I'm going to miss the BoomSound speakers, but outside of that, I'm ready to see how this thing works out. Anyone else leaning towards getting the Z Ultra?
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I absolutely love Sonys ui, colors and feel. From the One to the other, don't know, you gotta decide lol. But that's a damn good phone, the Sony. Hope it's viewing angles are ok, that's Sonys only flaw. I have the honami, Ultra launcher, on my one now. Love it.
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Thanks for letting us know.
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Xperia Z1 comes with TN screen

Sony did it again using their belowed TN screens on Xperia Z1:silly:
watch the video please
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa0w4fphCEE
cihanleanne said:
Sony did it again using their belowed TN screens on Xperia Z1:silly:
watch the video please
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pa0w4fphCEE
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Wow you don't hang around do you!
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Sony Xperia z1 vs Samsung galaxy s4 vs LG G2 screen comparison
I think z1 looks best
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=BJvWKk_uskw
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Duplicate thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2436834

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