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Hey Indiandawg
They have advertised that you would get Premium Case, and Headphone "MDR-ZX100/A" with this phone for early buyers. Since you get the phone yesterday itself you should have get these freebies.
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Posted: 2013-03-12 08:40:24
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On 2013-03-12 04:22:59, Indiandawg wrote:
I bought it from Sony Center, Opera House for Rs. 36,990
Is it same for all Sony centers across India???here they say 37,990/-
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Posted: 2013-03-12 09:28:55
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On 2013-03-12 09:28:55, tapas123 wrote:
On 2013-03-12 04:22:59, Indiandawg wrote:
I bought it from Sony Center, Opera House for Rs. 36,990
Is it same for all Sony centers across India???here they say 37,990/-
No he gave Rs.1000/- discount.
Why am I getting this error? I got Micro SD 32GB Class 10. It use to work amazing on Arc S.
It even gets detected. I've transferred movies & music too.
EDIT: BTW, Stamina mode is AWESOME! Like finally there's no battery drainage.
Regarding the premium case & headphones, I got no idea but I hardly care lol.
[ This Message was edited by: Indiandawg on 2013-03-12 08:33 ]
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Posted: 2013-03-12 09:32:47
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My Impressions of a Black Retail Xperia Z C6602
Design -
Simply Gorgeous !!!! Though the screen when OFF isn't as black and flush with the bezel as on the S. Still, undoubtedly one of the BEST looking smartphones EVER IMO. Looks really elegant and classy. Not much else to say
Build Quality -
I guess I now understand what King-James meant when he said Z feels plasticky. It does feel plasticky and not like Iphone 4/4S that is also made of glass.
Does it feel cheap ? No. It feels extremely well built. Let me try to explain the plasticky feeling. It does feel like plastic but not like plastic in ANY other phone, why ? Because it simply isn't plastic. The glass polyamide body is extremely strong yet flexible. That was been demonstrated in videos.
I think I'd go as far to say that this is the first premium smartphone that I would NOT worry about dropping. I am 100% sure it can take multiple falls easily because of the construction. With Iphone 4S like construction you can't have strong durability.
So the Z sacrifices that "glass" feel for durability. And personally I have no issues living with that compromise
Size/Ergonomics -
I was quite shocked to be frank. I expected it to be quite bigger than my S but its actually a lot more compact. It's only slightly taller than the S and quite a bit wider. But fits perfectly in my palm and I have zero issues with the ergonomics of the handset. I also love how thin it is.
The beautiful and prominent power button is a pleasure to use and just so PERFECTLY placed. It makes the Z very easy to use single handed.
Nokia Lumia 920 looks like a FAT BRICK compared to the Z
Screen
The most hotly discussed aspect about the Z - it's screen !!! Is it really a sub standard screen like many are claiming it is ?
In short - NO. Far from it.
Though I have to admit, it's down to personal preference. Not everybody will like the Z screen and some may even call it downright BAD.
If you are someone who works with properly calibrated high end monitors, notebooks like Vaio Z, HP Dreamcolor IPS screens and appreciate accurate and true to life colors over cartoon like "mass market" screens then you will LOVE the Z screen. It has a wide color gamut, true to life color reproduction and no overblown sharpness that tire your eyes on most phones. It's a very easy on the eyes screen like Plasma HDTVs and professionally calibrated high end LCD TVs and monitors.
You can enjoy movies and videos on this for long periods and not feel any strain whatsoever on the eyes.
Coming to contrast and black levels, it's definitely not garbage like some people are putting it. Black levels are slightly better than on the S which has very respectable contrast and black levels. I couldn't measure contrast but will do that in my full review later this month or early next month.
Light leakage and screen uniformity is also better than S.
Overall brightness is also quite high, but lower than S.
So now who will NOT like the Z screen ? People used to SAMOLED, HTC SLCD screens and those that like super sharp, eye burning color saturation and perfect viewing angles.
So if you belong to the above category then the Z is simply not the phone for you and you will HATE the screen.
Overall I'd rate the screen 8/10. Though I might increase it to 8.5/10 if Sony fixes the gamma issue. Also the color temperature is a little towards the colder side. Sony needs to get it closer to 6500K or even 6000K for a slightly warm color temperature.
The speakers are slightly less loud than on the S = Poor. Doesn't bother me much but Sony should have used twin stereo speakers instead of just one. It's simply useless outdoors and even indoors as long as you are not in a room with absolute silence.
Performance & UI
The Sony UI has been refined greatly on the Z. The skinning is much less heavy compared to 2012 Xperia devices. I loved the 2012 Sony UI and I love the 2013 UI even more.
The only thing I hate is the use of GREY color in the UI instead of black.
Performance is absolutely satisfying. Though I didn't install much apps on the unit, it did have quite a few apps from Sony. 1.8GB RAM is user accessible, which is more than the 1.5GB allotted to users on HTC One and Butterfly.
Everything is super quick and super smooth. Absolutely no lags or stutter when navigation the menu ( Turn Force GPU Rendering ON in Developer options). Dialer opens instantly on the Z. This is something that was an issue in almost all 2012 Android devices. Samsung Galaxy S3 also takes 2-3 seconds to open the dialer. But on the Z it's almost instantaneous.
Same with any other app, web browsing is super smooth with no lag. Very close to desktop level web browsing experience on the Z.
I didn't run any benchmarks as there are available easily on multiple sites and I do not believe benchmarks mean much for most users. It's the real life performance that counts. And the Z certainly doesn't disappoint in this aspect. Other phones may score 10-15% higher in benches but there is little scope of improvement in terms of daily usage performance.
The only (little) lag I saw was during the widget overview and adding new widgets. Still it was nothing major and more to do with software rather than the phone lacking in terms of hardware firepower.
NFC worked absolutely fine. Boot ups are pretty quick.
Camera
Didn't test it much so can't say a whole lot. The focus hunting issue from the 2012 Xperia line up is gone. The camera takes very little time to focus and keeps it locked on. Another thing that has been mentioned quite a lot already, the frame rates in the camera app is amazing. No BLUR whatsoever like other phones.
Camera UI is lovely and a lot of controls to customize. Superior Auto is fine but still Manual mode is what you should opt for. Get the settings right and you'll definitely be impressed with the results.
Front Camera quality is very very very good !!!.
Though I do not know how it would fare in low light.
The only complaint I have is that the camera app takes about 5-6 seconds to open. Hope Sony fixes this in 4.2.2 update.
Battery Life
Can't say much about battery life but it seemed quite good. In the 1 hour that I used the Z (100% brightness) battery dropped by about 7% only. Whereas on my S the battery had drained almost 25%. Quite a big difference
So I think the battery is a huge improvement over the S.
Conclusion
The Xperia Z is the first Xperia phone to be designed and developed by Sony from the ground up and not Sony Ericsson. And it clearly shows. Z is a brilliant phone and completely deserving of the iconic Sony brand name.
Finally a XPERIA that can truly complement it's siblings - VAIO BRAVIA CYBERSHOT and others
My preliminary rating - 9/10
[ This Message was edited by: randomuser on 2013-03-12 09:41 ]
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Posted: 2013-03-12 10:26:24
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I have the same view what Randomuser has to say. I didn't like the Grey UI either.
Battery life is superb in Stamina mode. Still a lot to play with this beauty.
How does Force GPU Rendering helps?
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Posted: 2013-03-12 11:19:29
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Nice promo by telstra in Australia......
https://www.youtube.com/watch[....]o&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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Posted: 2013-03-12 11:21:28
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On 2013-03-12 11:19:29, Indiandawg wrote:
I have the same view what Randomuser has to say. I didn't like the Grey UI either.
Battery life is superb in Stamina mode. Still a lot to play with this beauty.
How does Force GPU Rendering helps?
Uses the GPU power to render the UI.
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Posted: 2013-03-12 11:24:14
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I would love to give my review of my Xperia Z but unfortuly its dead after a few hours on, first impressions?
The display its very very good in fact i have to lower the brightness because was very bright!
The sound quality of the phonecall was suberb, mutch better than my xperia S
The phonne in my view feels big, i read some reviews about felling small and light... dont agree, its feels realy big
Its beautiful, sending my back tomorrow hope they return a new one very soon...
..For now im just frustrated!
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Posted: 2013-03-12 12:07:14
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Two things I learnt, thanks to google!
Socialife takes you to play store and then makes you realise it's not compatible with Xperia Z
Flash memory is the primary internal memory. It's sad you can't make SD card as you're primary memory card unless you ROOT.
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Posted: 2013-03-12 12:44:23
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Burnin,dont burn your self
Hey iIndiandawg there is an offer in ebay india,as it compleets 8 year am getting a discount of 2700,so the price comes to 35,200rs,do you say its worth to buy,by the way no head phones and premium case
Note:How do you feel premium case is it worth gift?
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Posted: 2013-03-12 12:50:30
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