![]() The color "Deep-sea Black" is a real looker: it changes between black, blue and green and fits to the device being "Premium". Apart from the rather large bezels, which seem a little old-fashioned, we really like the look of the XZ case. This would not have been necessary, however. Maybe Sony wanted to trick us with our vanity and make us mistake our own beauty for the beauty of the case itself. ![]() The Xperia Z5 Premium already had a back cover which you could admire yourself in the Xperia XZ Premium can also replace your pocket mirror. We have compared the Xperia XZ Premium with the current high-end devices from other manufacturers: Apple's iPhone 7 and Samsung's Galaxy S8 Plus are the obvious choices, but the Huawei P10 Plus and Asus ZenFone 3 Deluxe also offer interesting features.Īnother tradition among Sony's Premium devices is the reflective case. All this in exchange for a surcharge of $100 is not a bad deal. Compared to the Xperia XZ, our test unit also offers a faster SoC, a wider selection of bandwidths for world-wide use and more storage. The Xperia XZ Premium also supports high-resolution audio, has improved streaming via Bluetooth and offers noise cancelling with suitable headphones. Both Samsung and LG have equipped their flagship phones with HDR-ready displays. This time, however, Sony's smartphone is not the first to offer HDR. ![]() Naturally, the Xperia XZ Premium has to outdo this and presents itself with an HDR-ready screen: with suitably optimized content, you will be able to enjoy a wider light spectrum where contrast appears higher and colors brighter. Since then, many manufacturers have increased the resolution of their smartphone displays, but apart from Sony, nobody has really gone all the way to a full 4K display. Then, it was the first smartphone with a 4K display. But this tradition is not that old: The Xperia Z5 Premium started the trend at the turn of the year 2015/2016. With Sony smartphones, the best you can get are usually the devices named "Premium". Check out the video I made below.For the original German review, click here Test Sony Xperia XZ Premium Smartphone. As a test I placed my Xiaomi Mi Mix (with a 1080p panel) next to the XZ Premium and played the same 4K video, and I honestly couldn't spot the difference at all. We could tell the difference between 4K resolution and 1080p on a 50-inch TV, but on a 5.5-inch device, the superior pixel density is just about impossible to perceive. I'll get into that camera trick later, let me first explain why the 4K screen didn't matter to me: simply put, the human eye cannot see the difference in resolution on a small mobile screen. The former, while cool, is mostly overkill for now, but the latter works like a charm. However, every phone nowadays need a marketable feature (aka gimmick), and with the XZ Premium it's the 4K LCD display and "Super Slo-Mo" camera mode. as a power user I wish it had at least 6GB (OnePlus spoiled me with its 8GB RAM phone), but 4GB is still enough for the average user. The internals are mostly top notch, with a Snapdragon 835 processor powering things on 4GB of RAM.
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