finally someone who appreciates straight symmetrical design language!! enough with all that curved screen bs

@TechAltar

7 жыл бұрын

Exactly!

@mattiasbroberg7807

7 жыл бұрын

ADHITHYA RAMACHANDRAN Spot on! Want a soap shaped Sony? Buy a samsung. iphone lookalike? Buy a htc. Hard to beat the Z5:s design though :)

@dario_lind

7 жыл бұрын

Mattias Broberg Yeah the Z5 looks amazing but I like the look of the XZ more

@ronin6932

7 жыл бұрын

That's why I changed my phone from an Xperia to another Xperia....

@thumblerr2753

7 жыл бұрын

that curved really really sucks. i just broke two s7 edge 1 month and two months old last year with just a little impact. And it scratch easily even it claims with latest gorilla glass. I have xperia z3 plus dual (z4) and drop it so many times but still working and it's just fine until now, i always used it in swimming, shower and has no issue. And for the coming S8 plus... a bizarre one. just waste of money even it has a lot of features. It's being innovated but i think it's not so good as expected.... just checked some reviews of it last 3 days. Just waiting for ZX premium to lunched in my country.

I bought the XZ last month and its incredible phone device. Although I am not a fan of taking pictures, but with XZ I started really love taking pictures especially selfies.. The design is really beautiful, it looks nice in my hand.. Thanks for your review I really like it...

@jlue1993

7 жыл бұрын

How does it feel to hold? I have a Z2 and it's perfect apart from not being the most comfortable to hold :) might upgrade to the XZ

@bahalayan

7 жыл бұрын

Joshua L I recommend it since you are already using sony device. I was using Z3 before, so it will be easy for you to accept it as i did. There are alot of improvements even in holding the phone. Am sure you will feel comfortable with it this time :)

@aussieebayfashion

7 жыл бұрын

Joshua L very smooth and slippery, need to use a case or cover.

@CharllesC78

7 жыл бұрын

Baha'a Hussein Hi there. How is the battery life? How much on screen time can you get? I heard Fast Charging is not working in this model, is it true?

@UntrainedPuppy

7 жыл бұрын

Charlles Pereira Costa like the LG G5 which I have u need to buy a separate plug/adapter which uses quick charge 3.0 which the phone supports BUT DOESNT COME WITH THE QUICK CHARGE PLUG ONLY THE STANDARD PLUG.

Me in 2023 watching review to buy 6 years old phone

@cristy02

7 ай бұрын

me too

@kurmisameer0786

Ай бұрын

Me too

on of the best review videos I have seen, and I have seen many, good job.

My Lumia 925 has dedicated camera button and I loving it.

I finally found a positive review of this amazing smartphone! I'm writing this from my XZ. Love the channel!

I love your review, it is so objective and well organized! keep it up yow!

Fantastic review, beautifully paced and presented. Subscribed!

It's a good sensible review , let's be honest anyone looking for better images would just use a DSLR so it's perfect for what it will be used for. I worked closely with Sony when they launched the Z5 , it is still is a real game changer and not much different to this new edition , I was an iPhone user but having used the Z5 for a few years there will never be an iPhone in my life again even if the new iPhone does take amazing pictures. A tough call no doubt being a published photographer but a reality one. Someone said to me " once you change to Experia you will never go back " a cliche but for sure he was right. Thanks for sharing, nice work.

Bought this phone for my father and I still cannot get over the stereo speaker setup. And the screen, oh my god. I might buy myself one.

Great video.Keep it up.

Didn't expect to see mamamoo here lol

Finally someone who can review a phone. Simple, to the point and most of all, bloody honest

Subscribed!!...its great that someone thinks logicaly rather that being fanboy of other brands!..good job!!

@povisual

7 жыл бұрын

Same here :)

@GreyJedi17

7 жыл бұрын

Marxy PH agree

For getting the perfect photographs, you should have full control over the manual mode, if you use the manual mode, then you're done. You can even get the best photographs possible in a smartphone. Overall great review. Absolutely unbiased. Good.

I have one and think it is a fabulous phone. I do disagree with the reviewers who feel that the volume button is hard to reach. Holding the phone in your right hand, it's really easy to adjust the volume with your thumb as you talk. Overall I find the phone a brilliant change from my iPhone 6 and it's my first Android ever. It's a shame that in New Zealand we can only get the black one - no other colours are imported. The camera is very good and way better than anything I had on an iPhone. I do wish it would output RAW files though as the processing is not the best.

@marcusnz232

7 жыл бұрын

Would love to know how to get it to do so.

@kai-jf2vd

7 жыл бұрын

Nah. it doesn't support RAW from what I'm aware of.

@MrPhunguy

7 жыл бұрын

Travelling Light Photography glad to hear another iPhone user is enjoying it! I jumped the iOS ship and should be getting my XZ this week.

finally unbiased review of this phone by the way you can put 4k shortcut on home screen and then open it quickly

great review sir! you deserve more views and subscribers

Very helpful and well presented review, thankyou

I recently bought this Sony phone and I love it, I've had iPhone my entire life and finally switched when it was wiped because of an update, and I'm glad I did. The camera is really amazing for a phone, and having separate storage for the system and my pictures is really great. Loved the mamamoo too lmao.

I love you channel! I think it's the most logical, No-nonsense Tech channel ever. I seriously love Sony phones, My z2 is 2 y/o now and still is smooth as a phone can be.

Finally someone who doesn't use weird and disturbingly loud music. :) Thank you.

Very nice round up of the phone, really very good. Although I may differ from the opinion expressed regarding the camera, I have given a thumbs up for an overall well rounded review.

Happy with mine the forest blue is beautifully elegant sony always make great products and this no exception. The only thing I was disappointed about is zooming into my pictures to find out they look like water paintings. My Z3 had way more detail when zooming in closer on the images. Apart from that the XZ is a great all rounder and hopefully Sony will bring something superior next year. Great review!

@jobeoshow

7 жыл бұрын

StormRider2 there is an update coming to correct this. I'm a Sony ambassador working for them trying out devices and yes I know of what you speak. The X, does not have this issue, only the XZ and it was a processing issue that will be resolved soon.

@devilmaycry383

7 жыл бұрын

Oberscharführer Schrödinger forest blue or mineral black which apparently has a hint of purple. That special aluminium material they are using called alkaleido gives a nice shimmering effect. Forest blue is nice in so many shades of light. Go for forest blue also try to get a look at mineral black.

@PERRUANOCOMEPALOMAS

7 жыл бұрын

hi...Image processing can be improved with an update? That is true? regards

Great review, like the points you have highlighted in it. Keep it up! :)

awesome review . it's nice yo see some logic from reviewer finally , subscribed :)

I do agree with you on design - Its simply beautiful. When every other manufacturer phone looks the same with curved edges you have to see the branding to get to know which phone is it. Its simply not the case with Sony. They are just unique :) BTW : what's the game at 3:55

@TechAltar

7 жыл бұрын

Exactly my thoughts! Seeing yet another iPhone or Galaxy copy makes me want to puke :) It's called Breakneck. Not the most exciting game ever IMO, but it makes for a good demo

@Dr23rippa

6 жыл бұрын

Now they shot themsleves in the foot!

@artahoxha

6 жыл бұрын

Harshal Dongre does know anyome where can i order a sony xperia xz. cause in my country its hard to find any sony nokia or blackbarry

@14bqdonk

6 жыл бұрын

fayritale dream wheres your country?

@artahoxha

6 жыл бұрын

Onigiri in kosovo

great video!! would love to try this phone. subscribed.

i hope i can get the XZ for christmas. it looks really good.

marvellous video, I liked and subscribed :)

Its like a blue gem in my hand. beautiful colour

Very nice review, you got a sub from me :) Keep it up... XZ is pretty good , i have now Z5 white, maybe ill upgrade or maybe ill wait for another flagship from sony

excellent review... im planning to buy this... love the camera

@muzsyam3621

7 жыл бұрын

M. Raadha Krishnan wait for Xzs

You are realy one trusted review and what to say LUV u bro

I have this phone and I just love it!!

@marjoreal

7 жыл бұрын

Vale B Same! Fast and comfortable to use also with that NOUGAT update :)

@aslakcm

7 жыл бұрын

Vale B ..is it support USB OTG?

@dddingo2262

7 жыл бұрын

Vale B did your phone bend, try to lay it on flat surface and press each corner to find out

@chinkiminky2539

4 жыл бұрын

Camera result?

@keepinmindmarvelritchil6820

3 жыл бұрын

is this waterproof??

Love the unique boxy design, too.

My old Nokia Lumia 525 also had a dedicated camera button which I love. Press the button and the camera app pops up, press the button again; take a photo. Brilliant. And I also love the fact that I can use the Lumia 525 with gloves on in the winter.

Great review ! I really love the symmetric design and overall look of this phone. It's refreshing from the rest of the market, yet I couldn't justify the price at my current state. So I opted for the NextBit Robin which has the same design besides the volume rockers and no camera button. Specs are slightly below the XZ, but at $150 when I bought the Robin, it's a perfect substitute. Im still interested in the Sony, but until there's a price drop I'll hold off. Thanks for the review.

nice review :)

Alright, I've never owned an Xperia, but you've convinced me to give one a try. With the prices they can be found for, it seems like a solid pick. Thanks for the review!

Good review. Thanks & best regards from Germany.

amazing review

Thank you for the review. I think we can expect a software update on camera. We'll buy one XZ tomorrow

nice review 👍😊

Great video, thanks for the review. Just FYI: I got a QuickCharge 3.0 compatible charger with my Xperia - I think it's market dependent. Also features like 4K recording or augmented reality are implemented as separate apps instead of incorporated into the camera app to help the camera app open as quickly as possible without having to load unnecessary or rarely used features. This helps achieve the 0.6s lock-to-capture time the XZ boasts.

@TechAltar

7 жыл бұрын

Interesting, thanks for the info!

@james.shafiei

7 жыл бұрын

charllieqian sup

@alexandermilanwang

7 жыл бұрын

Hi, may I know which quickcharge 3.0 charger you use for XZ? does it work well? it takes way too long to fully charge my XZ.

@james.shafiei

7 жыл бұрын

UCH12 - was the one that came with my phone _lh3.googleusercontent.com/rkK_gu0GJkCL7ZbcQB8w_YsjUPDY51FCNZcmXHjl0vZLm9HB9FDmzdB7ZjAFYnihAIrxliVCvw0_

@steve0ks

7 жыл бұрын

Same here. It will charged pretty sow with battery care switched on but I don't have so much thing to complained, though.

I still use my Xperia Z1 from a few years ago, screen is still mint condition underneath the now third glass foil. I love the button layout on it aswell, as its pretty much the same, including the focus/photo button. Which is one of the reasons my next phone will be something like the XZ

Love your video ur great

I had the First Sony Phone they came out with looked very much like this one.Then I moved on to Moto with removable battery and then Samsung Galaxy and never looked back but it is nice that Sony is back because they had a beautiful phone that was Similar and then I did not see any thing from them so I'm glad to see they are back and going strong because they make great products now I hope that they stay getting better than ever before.Thanks for the Review.

I have a modest Experia Mobile and I love it. It has it's quircks and limitations but as a whole it's great.

Camera will be much better with first software update,it's always like this with Sony!Stupid,but true!

@dario_lind

7 жыл бұрын

Marinko Agić Not always, but I can agree that marshmallow is a lot better on the Z5 than Lollipop

@akatslipk

6 жыл бұрын

Almost a year and it´s almost the very same.

Most breathtakingly beautiful phone ever.

i love this guys ................. much wise ... such intelligent

You didn't even talk about the manual mode 😯 Nice review though... 😉

This review just became 100% better when I saw Mamamoo!

@Millermacs

7 жыл бұрын

SofiasAwesomeChannel Lmfao true

great video, thank you opinion And what smartphone you'd recommend for a hardcore photographers?

honest review, and finally someone who gets what the xz is about. it's not about the spec sheets, it's about everyday performance. and the xz rocks. as for the camera, you probably were shooting in 23mp mode. try 8mp 4:3. that's how the sensor and the image processing software is meant to be used. you'd be surprised

@TechAltar

7 жыл бұрын

Tried both, and indeed the 8mp shots looked slightly better, but I ultimately had similar feelings about both. I'm happy you liked the video :)

Good review but why would a photographer demand more from a phone. That's what dslr's are for you are expecting too much fact is a casual user would be happy even a professional as it's only a smart phone and not a dslr. The pictures looked really good to me. The battery life is really not impressive. I think that's more of a disappointment than the camera. Good video though I really liked it.

@WingXBlade

7 жыл бұрын

I owned and used a Z3 compact in the past but I wasn't really a fan of the photos taken with it. The color looked washed out and I would say the manual mode is utterly useless with only ISO left controllable. I wouldn't want to go back to SONY after that experience, plus if someone want to root their phones they'd have to unlock their boot loader but that makes the images worse last time I've heard. I don't have a DSLR so the camera sensor on the phone is all I have and in some situations, a lightweight smartphone is better than a bulky DSLR.

@dynamitekid8967

7 жыл бұрын

TERA DACTAL my Xperia Z2 is 3 years and one month old! pictures look great! I know because I am a photographer and I also have a dslr. music is my hobby that's why I have a drum kit as my avatar. I am going to try LG V20 but still using my Z2 as my main phone!

@tigergray1100

6 жыл бұрын

TERA DACTAL too bad Sony don’t make battery cases like iPhone Samsung and lg

@emeermacapili3440

5 жыл бұрын

I'm also a photographer, yes we need to demand phone, because we are using smartphone to check those colors from laptop or desktop to cp if it is accurate, like for example, the toning of skin or skin tones, correct tonings that need to tweak in LR. We use cp to compare colors, sometimes most of our monitors we're using are not calibrated properly.. so that we need cellphone to check the correct colors, if it is calibrated or not.

I currently have Z+ Dual and I love it. despite the slippery surface, it's a fantastic classy phone. and very fluent. Before that I had Xperia C and it was also a reasonable medium-level phone. This XZ is my next phone.... when it reaches an affordable price.

Its camera is elephant shit. While capturing a video its became hot n cam goes off automatically after 7-8 minutes

@royhobbies2658

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, even open camera during 3 minutes also hot

Only problem with Sony is that their camera UI and software isn't user-friendly at all. You can actually get sharp images with this phone but if you know the proper settings, mostly the best shots are taken on Manual Mode. Sony should really fix this on the Nougat update

Yours is not a phone review channel but I must admit, this is one of the best reviews on a Xperia XZ series I have seen. Sony takes a lot of hit for not following the shiny trend but once someone uses their device for a few days, gets the feeling of the practicality of this design over near bezel-less phones. Did you use XZ for an extended period? If so, did the battery life and camera improved after a few software updates?

I'm writing this from my XZ1. For sure Sony is taking their own path with their designs, and that's why I love them. I don't mind the bezels at all, I like the design and the performance is fantastic as usual. The only thing I could change in my XZ1 is those sharp corners which sometimes (if you don't have wallet cover like I have now) can be disturbing but nothing to worry about. I'm going to continue with Sony in the future too and for me Sony is synonymous with great performance and unique design! Shout out to all Sony fans out there in cyber space!

These blurry edges are an issue with Sony's flagships since the Z1. It almost seems as if Sony doesn't realize that every other company is creating better photos with Sony-Sensors than Sony itself. In fact, the camera - apart from the lack of Qi-Charging - was the main reason that I returned my XZ and took an S7 Edge instead.

Wow amazing

I find the part about camera ui be a nitpick really. It depends on how used you are to the Sony UI. For me that am used to it, it works fine.

yes you are right that's the most beautiful

4k video among other rarererly used features is separate app so that the camera app itself starts faster

a nicely done review. though after my experience with Sony after sales support, I wouldn't recommend it to anyone else.

damn that camera is not for me too much edge distortions, i love the design. thank you for the honest review.

I recently bought it and I gotta admit its the best Sony phone I ever had! and I use Sony only since Sony Ericsson

My mom upgraded to this from her Xperia S and couldn't be happier. I'm kinda jealous honestly

MAMAMOO!

@simpleshebang308

6 жыл бұрын

충분결코 starry night

xperia z3 are superb..but this one are extra ordinary..

This is a great review. Very insightfull. I'm all with you on this, sony smartphones are really underrated. Been a fan of boxy designs ever since the Lumia 930 came out.

as a "hardcore" photographer, i usually use my mirrorless and transfer photos to my smartphone anyway. i have no worries about my phone camera being shit because i only use it for capturing notes or the ocassional dog i walk past (but c'mon sony you literally make fantastic cameras). thanks for the review, i'm searching for phones to buy tonight because my iphone feels like its going to give up on me any day now

The cat walking bye. Nice touch. Hehe.

Wow...mamamoo😍

Mamamoo 😍

This phone rocks!

Hey! Are you from Hungary? Because two photos probably made there. 5:33 etc. Btw. Great video!

This reminds me of the Lumia 735. I still have my Lumia 830 which has a two stage camera button, it's perfect. I'm glad sony has done this also. What should I choose? Blackberry Keyone of XZ?

Heck yeah Mamamoo!!

Very cool, what do you think of the Z5 dual and the Z5 Compact?

I spot Mamamoo!

Amazing phone. Is the battery life better than the X Compact?

This phone was great when I bought it the first time but after a year I notice that it lags so much, heating with such little tasks, overheats like crazy when you do video calls and recording videos. It's becoming unbearable and what annoys me the most is when you really need to do something with your phone like making calls and sending files it occasionally gets really slow and sometimes becomes unresponsive and would just crash.

nice video

Yeah sony's design (despite being repetitive the last years) was always unique. Especially the Xperia XZ's design stands out from the crowd. Also having no major chinese manufacturers trying to copy your design helps too :D !

I was thinking about picking Z5 premium cause I watch a lot of content on my phone and so on and the big screen with 4k gimmick would really fit my needs. Is the xz big improvement? Would you consider taking it over Z5? Not a big fan on massive screens but to me it looks kinda small?

Can't beloive that you live in Hungary! :D Hello from Hungary :P

Hey man, You made these pictures in Budapest i see :)

I Do love the design and how it look. I have a Sony xperia z5.. but the materials Sony used puted me of. at the price range you would expect some metal on the sides as the same metal they used on the back.. the bottom and top op the outside of the phone is also plastic..

This phone still looks great, IMO. After this I have used xiaomi mi8se and now essential phone, XZ is much more comfortable to use.

i love its color and boxy old school too ,But with this price range, 2k screen and 4gb of ram are more welcome for 2016.

Hi there it is very helpful of you to post this video. I love the XZ design alot but some ZX users like me find out one minor problem with the phone. It would be really nice that can you confirm it for us please? The proplem is with the 'double tap' feature - 'Double tap to sleep' and Double tap to wake'... Lots of us are having the problem that Double tap to sleep works 100% but Double tap to wake do not always work? It took multiple Double tap to wake.... Unlike my old Sony Z3 work 100% with both Dtap to sleep/wake :(

Is the audio quality good on this one,? especially in headset? I have an xz1 compact and it's very good in headset audio

i love it all .......

Any plans to cover the new Xperia phones?

Hello, will you be able to make a follow-up review of this phone this 2018, after 2 years? I am still using it with Oreo 8.0 and June 2018 security update. Thank you.

you need more subs