Sony Xperia Z vs Xperia ZL

We have one of the knowledgeable representatives at the Sony CES booth give us the rundown of differences between the Xperia Z and Xperia ZL. It is likely fair to say that both of these devices can be considered Sony\'s flagship devices depending on which trade-off features you are looking for in either smartphone. Do you want water resistance? Go Z. Want a slightly smaller phone with all the same internal specs? The ZL is your choice.

Our guy at the Sony CES booth breaks it down for us.
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[lronSausage]

No, gorilla glass is not the same as tempered glass. Tempered glass is just glass modified so that when shattered it will break into very small dust pieces instead of large sharp pieces mainly for safety. Corning is a brand and gorilla glass is their product line which allows thinner glass without losing strength and also scratch resistance.

[ImKong]

Sales don't mean much. Just because it's ''Samsung'' it's gonna sell a lot more devices, which doesn't necessarily mean it's going to be a better phone.

[Crit-Chance]

:( the ZL isn't as widely available as the Z. They don't have it anywhere in Europe except for like Germany and I guess England and stuff :(

[fightnight]

FYI people, ZL is in the left and Z in the right which is the water/dustproof one.

[JackHasAnLG]

True, Android isnt even using 2 cores properly. If you didnt already know 4 cores will be a A7 1.0ghz ( rumored ) and the other 4 will be A15 1.9ghz ( rumored )

[BojanTomic]

Corning Gorilla Glass is just a brand of tempered glass. Sony's not using Gorilla Glass but they are using tempered glass which has the same strenght, maybe it's even stronger.

[Mr_Battlefield]

How much stronger is this glass on the Xperia Z and ZL versus Gorilla Glass 3?

[mazdapremacy]

Yeah i'm waiting for the ZL to come to Serbia and i'm getting it as soon as it comes,

[BojanTomic]

Well, it will most probably break if you drop it on concrete or something, it's not indestructible, but if you put it in your pocket with keys or something that is most likely to scratch your phone, that won't be a problem..

[andyhew]

this thing is a badass!
I want it now instead of note 2

[MrJagdeepjassi]

They r using asahi dragontail glass in these which is more tougher not scratch resistant than gorilla glass.

[Filosoraptr]

well i know my next phone. and tbh, ZL looks much nicer to me, smaller, no glassy backside, and all the same in specs... seems like a bigger benefit than a water resistance, which i've never had a problem with before, so... yeah...

[Afrojocable]

look up dragontrail glass. its the glass sony uses.

[igor]

Man, you have both good cellphones to make the comparison. Don't just use the theory to show what both have... We want to see the practice!

[cs]

+1000

this is the only reason why I buy sony Androids :)

[airbob]

The ZL is a better phone, I think. The only advantages athe Z has are the glass, which breaks more easily, and the waterproofing, which requires annoying flaps over all the ports. The ZL is more compact, has a nice, rounded, durable back, IR blaster, camera button, and I've read that the ZL actually has 64 GB of expandable memory as opposed to the 32 they said on the video. Seriously considering jumping ship to at&t for these.

[gokulselvarajah]

if its glass it will still shattter like the nexus 4 right. glass is glass

[JackHasAnLG]

The processors are already out dated (they are still good) But the Exynos5 octa, Snapdragon 800 and the tegra 4 will be out soon

[jujurawks]

Did they announce the Samsung Galaxy IV?

[cs]

nope they are gonna announce it in march