IFA 2016: First look at the Sony Xperia XZ

Announced at IFA 2016, the Xperia XZ is our latest flagship smartphone that features a jaw-droppingly-good camera and a sleek, monolithic design. In this short video, we take a close-up look at the design itself and touch upon some of the benefits that you can expect from this outstanding smartphone.

[matiasacosta]

OK guys, so let's get a couple of things right:

-New Design - for all of you complaining about the same old design all over again, they've changed it now with a much better looking one.

-RAM Memory management - I'm seeing everyone being unhappy with Sony's choice of putting 3 GB instead of 4 onto the XZ, comparing it to other flagships (1+). The thing is, have you seen how other phones really use that memory? It's not like double of the size will result in a performance that's twice the faster, it is not that straight forward. With the new clean memory app, Sony is killing processes in order to preserve a snappy performance, and until we can see an actual review, we can't just guess over its speed or lack of it.

- Camera- Looking bloody awesome. All the past complaints that were present in every post about Sony seem to be taken into consideration now. A lot of manual possibilities, better colour perception, white balance, SPEED, 4K is back, sweet 5 axis stabilization, you just name it. I can't wait to see some results.

- Battery- same as with the RAM, you can't judge everything on hardware, so stop comparing 1to1 without keeping in mind what a good software can do. We already the stamina-doze combination that was working really nice, and now we're getting new features to endure the battery's lifespan, so to me it looks like one of the XZ's strength, and yes, even when compared to its market's competitors.

- Screen- Oh god Sony how could you not put again a qHD screen, why are you so behind the other brands? Well, to me it keeps to seem a logical option, not only because it optimizes battery and resources consumption but also because you can't really see the differences in only 5.2".

All in all, I think this is a truly promising device that will revert the bitter taste we had with the X line so far, and guys, don't go and compare specs just like that, read a little bit before go out there and spread complaints about everything.

[nick]

awsome phone sony keep up the great work

[FirstLast-pmbw]

So... Basically a repackaged "Xperia X Performance", but at a higher price, I assume?

I am disappointed, but not surprised...

I am done with your phones, Sony.

Just make sure that "PlayStation Remote Play" becomes officially supported on phones of other OEMs.
Otherwise I would also have no reason to keep "PlayStation" as my platform for playing games.