Sony Xperia Z2: 4K vid, great audio, waterproof ... Oh, and you can make a phone call What do you want in a smartphone? A premium build quality? A high-resolution display that looks the business whether you’re watching a movie or reading a book? Maybe it’s a decent camera so you can ditch your compact snapper. As phones become better at doing all these things, manufacturers struggle to make their products …
I never picked up the Z1, cause it had larger bezels than the Z and so was much bigger than the Z without increasing screen size.
Gonna have a look at the Z2, to see if the ratio from display to overall size can match the Z.
In that case, I'll probably pick one up in the next couple of days.
Er, I'd have thought that capturing video at 4K allows more scope for removing shakiness in post-production, especially if you're only really looking to output 1080 video. Cropping to 'zoom' is another option that capturing at a high res allows you.
C'mon JDX, you're normally one of the sensible ones here!
Git .....Am sat here with my Xperia Z and still another year until upgrade time :(
If Sony keep up with the quality seen so far with the Z's then it will be a no-brainer when upgrade time rolls around, the performance of my current Z has been outstanding. After using the girlfriends S3 as satnav at the weekend (while mine charged) there is no chance on earth I would touch a Samsung now, they fiddle with it way too much (Take the next left onto a one thousand and seventy nine .... spoken by someone using a phonetic translation device).
"(Take the next left onto a one thousand and seventy nine .... spoken by someone using a phonetic translation device)."
Don't think that's much to do with Samsung - just Google Maps and their crappy synthesised voice. The Google maps voice did improve for a while, but they now seem to have gone back to the old clipped and mis-pronounced version. If you're using a locally stored navigation app (eg the free Navmii app) then the sound quality is fine with an S3, and you don't have to rely on poor data connections taking ages to load.
La Senora has an important birthday coming up and this fella is a definite contender - very nice indeed. A couple of small points: I can't say that I feel that 163 g is over the top weight wise given the size of the phone and as far as the built in speakers are concerned my good lady would (and I suspect this is true for a lot of customers) be using the earphones.
I use headphones for music, but I often use my phone's built-in speaker for listening to podcasts when it won't disturb other people.
That said, small Bluetooth speakers seem pretty cheap these days, for podcast duties. I personally would prioritise waterproofing over speaker volume.
.......and La Senora is well pleased. Our supplier should have them in on the 6th May which is just about perfect for my good lady's birthday. Look forward to setting it up (well I have got to have some chance to play with it.....hmm?).
"Very nice piece of kit." I have in fact just ordered the aforementioned...............and La Senora is well pleased. "
Wow. Geek bird, you lucky chap. If I bought my wife a phone for her birthday she'd give me a good slap. Although telling your lady wife that she's a "geek bird" might earn you a slap, if you're feeling that's a missed opportunity..
From what I have seen in real world tests and from what I have read this should be less of an issue. The glass is laminated, or coated in plastic, or something, to make it more resistant to shattering.
That said I have not tried to drop my Z1 Compact to see if it works (and neither do I want to try!)
The one issue that I do have is that the back does scratch easily. Nothing that bothers me per when using the phone, but when looking at the back I can see scratches after only 4 weeks.
Inadvertantly dropped my Z1 onto concrete while slightly hungover and handing it to a mate so I could get a hand free. After bouncing from its back onto its front there were a few more scratches on the screen protector it ships with but apart from that it was fine, even took it into the pool later to take some photos with no ill effects.
I just need to replace the screen protector now, and resist the urge to get a Z2...
Mine arrived on Tuesday morning to replace my htc one which I loved dearly but the upgrade to the m8 was too small in terms of features so I chose the z2
So far this is the best phone I have owned,battery life is staggering I managed two days on a full charge using sat nav, three exchange accounts active and that first day fiddling you do when all new phones arrive.
Camera is way better than I had expected even in low light.
Memory slot is a godsend coming from the htc with 32Gb to this with 16GB internal.
It's fast very fast in general use.
The biggest bonus seems to be the signal reception, on my other previous phones, iPhones,htc one my reception was poor to non existent at home and I had to be in the right spot to make and receive calls, not so with this it's like having a external antenna.
Maybe the metal back on the htc doesn't help or the fact that the iPhones use the metal band around the side, for any of you in poor signal areas I recommend the phone purely on this.
Down vote time
I still don't get why people buy iPhones,the world of android has so many awesome options like miracast, throw to screen, customisation and roms, I would never go back to an iPhone after having used android for a year.
I still don't get why people buy iPhones
Three reasons:
- UI preference. Having used both, I still like the iOS UI and I may not be the only one.
- security, but not wanting to go Blackberry.
- sunk investment in time and apps. Once you have a setup that works and where contacts, calendars and email works on all devices you don't want to change it too often. Having said that, Apple stupidly removed iTunes sync for contacts and calendar so you'd have to do it through either iCloud or a groupware setup. For those who do not have a groupware setup, this is a royal PITA.*
* If you're using client details it's even worse, as a EU company you have to be really careful with what you share with any US entity as you could be breaking Data Protection laws. This makes iCloud as well as Google actually rather dangerous from a corporate perspective..
Does it have QI wireless charging, is what I want to know, as that would clearly negate any need to mess around with cover bungs. Bluetooth/NFC/Wireless charging means you never have to plug anything in.
EDIT: Yes and No (Optional Extra)
http://www.clove.co.uk/sony-xperia-z2-wcr12-wireless-charging-cover-black
It actually has dedicated (always exposed) charging pins on the side of the phone, so you don't have to charge via USB. You can get a magnetic cable or dock.
http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/products/accessories/magnetic-charging-dock-dk36/
Should be available on ebay too for under a tenner.
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