IFA 2013: Sony hands-ons - comments

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AnonD-182223
3Jn
04 Sep 2013

Handset itself looks tremendous, however, there seems to be a lot of bezel space top and bottom which kind of spoils the look for me. I'd actually have to hold one to truly make up my mind.

The camera sample is clearly using unfinished firmware, but taken at face value it's not a good advert for how the z1 downsamples for different resolutions. Nokiasoft clearly have the edge here where phone cameras are concerned (though after yesterdays announcement does this even count anymore???).

I was a bit underwhelmed by the Xperia Z, the screen was a washed out mess and the camera quality not up to the mark - it did look amazing though.

Love that smart watch though, this is how it should look!

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AnonD-128787
KID
04 Sep 2013

Awesome Device
The Display Is Just Great And Lovely.
Truly A Masterpiece!

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AnonD-114473
61B
04 Sep 2013

AnonD-178959, 04 Sep 2013According to this research its sky high obvious that Lumia1020 had some sort of problem(unit s... moremaybe.. because its only on one particular site/country...

but if thats really true, then it will bring new era to sony's smartphone...

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AnonD-59096
nw%
04 Sep 2013

Meh... What a weird noise reduction algorithm...

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AnonD-45833
2@y
04 Sep 2013

That's true!
This is some real innovation!
Now I don't have to buy an rx100. I get the same brilliant quality from a cheaper qx100 with the privilege to upload and share images!
Simply brilliant! I have so wanted the Rx100!!

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AnonD-178959
0U@
04 Sep 2013

AnonD-114473, 04 Sep 2013Xperia Z1 gives you the best overall image quality of all leading smartphones The above c... moreAccording to this research its sky high obvious that Lumia1020 had some sort of problem(unit specific or firmware).
Also don't get me wrong but I think,that this is biased "research".

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AnonD-114473
61B
04 Sep 2013

Xperia Z1 gives you the best overall image quality of all leading smartphones

The above claim was found to be supported based on a blind assessment of images captured by Sony Xperia Z1 and Apple iPhone 5, HTC One, Nokia Lumia 1020, Nokia Lumia 925 and Samsung Galaxy S4 and rated by 206 UK consumers. Research was conducted by Strategy Analytics between 12th – 15th August 2013.

http://www.sonymobile.com/global-en/legal/testresults/xperia-z1/#camera-overall

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MdN
p41
04 Sep 2013

Only LED flash and sensor smaller than the 12MP Nokia N8 but if the image quality will be good when it gets released - cool phone.

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blue.sun
0Ba
04 Sep 2013

AnonD-182068, 04 Sep 2013Anyone saw that sample image? Just one word....terrible.Agreed! And that's only 8 MPix! Imagine that at full 20.7 MPix... a disaster.

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blue.sun
0Ba
04 Sep 2013

Do you also see the "quality" of the photo? While the right side looks good and sharp, the left part is messy and totally unsharp, as if it were blurred by something.