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why is it that only C6903 support h 256 playback but not others? Some exclusive hardware in c6903?
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Posted: 2013-09-10 05:09:10
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@Supa_fly .. relax man. people will always criticize. Don't let it get to ya.
OIS = Optical image Stabilization. It's a feature that other flagship smartphones manufacturers advertise their camera to have. Sony has only stated that it uses its own SteadyShot tech.
According to Sony, SteadyShot is a type of HARDWARE image stabilization. Though, it's unclear which type Sony uses in the Z1 (there are a few types sony uses on its cameras). In other words, Sony essentially offers OIS, but brands it as SteadyShot. Bottomline, it is NOT pure software image stabilization. It's just that all these "armchair critics" as you call them (i like that term) don't see the buzz words "OIS" and they have a hissy fit. The video/photo samples speak for themselves. Camera blur and Video smoothness is evident and, in my humble opinion, make other smartphone cameras look like they have no OIS at all.
@mcKinley - MNX just linked you to the phone. Contract will be with Tmobile, which is a simple process of ordering a plan and then giving your information so they can port your number and send you a sim card. LTE coverage does not seem as widespread here as AT&Ts but Tmobile just started to upgrade, so in a few years, I'm sure it will get better. At $70/month, it's $15/month cheaper than AT&T and it's Unlimited data with no throttling (I've checked many sources and talked to many people). If there is no LTE, you can still fall back on HSPA+.
Ordering from Clove seems to be a great deal because of the smartwatch offer, which itself is $150 to order. Currently, Clove sells Z1 at US equivalent price of $730 USD, which is what Negri had listed before and seems like the expected retail price once it does hit the states (probably will go for $699). With the $150 offset, you're lookin at $580. The content offer is global and not exclusive to Clove, even though no one really advertises it. But if you take that into consideration, it's about another $100 worth of content, bringing the phone price down to Z1. Now considering that I was ready to take the plunge and pay the full price of $730 for it, it seems like a given to get it now since there's a smartwatch thrown in too.
It's actually sitting in my Clove shopping cart right now. It will cost about $25USD to ship it. Got my credit card handy.. just.. have.. to.. do it.
@gitaroo - no one knows for sure.
[ This Message was edited by: moogoo on 2013-09-10 04:19 ]
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Posted: 2013-09-10 05:17:27
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i hope we can implement "post IDs" here so it can be easier to make references to certain posts you are replying to without having to quote them, especially if they have larges images.
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Posted: 2013-09-10 05:27:06
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@moogoo
For some reason I couldn't press buy.
It just reloaded the page, so all I did was to get a notification mail about its availability.
I will be buying the Xperia Z1 as soon as it becomes available, unless I am doing a mistake when clicking on the buy button.
Now it worked
[ This Message was edited by: McKinley on 2013-09-10 04:45 ]
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Posted: 2013-09-10 05:34:19
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@mckinley - you took the plunge!? which color buddy?
sigh.. sadness.
so i just double checked and my AT&T contract doesn't end until Oct. 16th!!
I am forced to wait no matter what. No point in ordering a Z1 now if it'll just sit there collecting dust until I can switch to tmobile.. sigh..
now i'm depressed
[ This Message was edited by: moogoo on 2013-09-10 05:09 ]
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Posted: 2013-09-10 05:53:50
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@Moogoo
In most cases, I would have chosen the white version but now I went for black.
So is this the version that supports H.265?
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Posted: 2013-09-10 06:24:10
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^according to the white paper, yes. it's the only version that supports H.265
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Posted: 2013-09-10 06:33:55
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On 2013-09-10 02:12:05, funkadopest wrote:
On 2013-09-10 01:54:13, Geoffxx wrote:
so what's the difference in the C6903 and C6943 LTE banding ?
also the China model seems to come with the dock in the box
same bands the only is difference is that C6903 support High Efficiency Video Coding (HEVC) H.265 and C6943 doesn't
so it must be market related from what I can guess
[ This Message was edited by: funkadopest on 2013-09-10 01:12 ]
No need to guess, There's a note in the Whitepaper that H.265 is not available in all markets... so if the C6943 doesn't support it then it will go for those markets...
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Posted: 2013-09-10 07:20:23
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not sure if this has been posted yet -
http://connect.dpreview.com/p[....]medium=text&ref=title_0_3?news
someone should compile all these in the front page to prevent duplicated posting
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Posted: 2013-09-10 07:26:02
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I used to have about 2 years ago a top of the range Sony compact camera with G Lens. The video recording in AVCHD format @ 60fps with the steady shot produced the smoothest video I had ever seen, even zooming. When Sony get it right they really do get it right. Let's hope the future updates optimizing the BIONZ chip improves even more. And even with production images it seems to be beating some of the competition for comparisons. Good job Sony, at last. I'd have to get the white one if I had one. Less finger prints showing.
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[ This Message was edited by: Bonovox on 2013-09-10 06:32 ]
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