Test Sony Xperia Z Ultra: thinking big

GSMArena team, 3rd September 2013.

With the Xperia Z, ultra Sony finally turns his attention to a market segment that has so far avoided it. The competitive advantage of their flagship Xperia Z together with the subsequent releases in the upper midrange area is quite serious basis for Sony's mobile radio business create an excellent opportunity to experiment in a niche, which previously dominated series Samsung's touch was invented.

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Of course a 6.4 "hardly a chance is the sale of a real flagship such such as the Xperia-Phablet matching, but is about to send a message. And the message is loud and clear: "Be my guest, Galaxy Note III". There's more of course - it comes to dare to the company level of trust, in unknown areas. In fact it is not every day we see a device that not only dwarfs to the Samsung Galaxy mega 6.3, but always is ready to challenge the Note III. It takes courage to oppose the standard-setter, but at least on paper the Xperia Z ultra has the looks and the powerful hardware to pull it off.

Before we go any further, here is the cheat sheet for this report.

Quad-band GSM/GPRS/EDGE support; 3 G with 42Mbps HSPA; 150Mbps LTE 6.4 "1080 p 16M color capacitive touch screen tri-color display (pixel density 344ppi);" X Reality EngineAndroid OS v4. 2 2 jelly bean with custom UIQuad-core 2.2 GHz Krait 400 CPU, 2 GB RAM, 330-GPU Adreno; Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 chipset8 MP auto-focus camera with geo-tagging, HDR1080p video recording @ 30 fps, continuous autofocus and stereo-sound-2 MP front-facing camera, 1080 p video RecordingIP 58 certification - dustproof and waterproof, WLAN a/b/g/n/AC, Wi-Fi direct and DLNA. Wireless TV OutGPS with A-GPS, GLONASS16GB, built-in memory; MicroSD card SlotMHL-enabled MicroUSB PortBluetooth v4. 0NFC standard 3.5 mm audio jack, accelerometer and proximity SensorActive noise reduction with dedicated MicGorgeous design and impressively slim WaistlineAmple 3050 mAh BatteryUnwieldy size for a PhoneNon replaceable BatteryNo average camera Flash or camera shutter KeyBelow speaker performance (probably due to the increased water resistance) not right video playback decoder (XviD, DivX) out of the box

The Sony Xperia Z Ultra is a beast of a Smartphone (although in this size it already on Tablet area steps). The Snapdragon-800 chipset brings a meaningful increase in performance over one already very snappy Snapdragon-600, while the screen of the latest technology, has Sony that grabs hands. The tri-color display of 1080 p resolution promises to solve the long-standing viewing angle in Sony's lineup, granted, while the X-reality enhancements means punchy colours and stunning contrast.

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Screen and chip set bagging two premieres of the Sony Xperia Z be ultra us forgive, for overly enthusiastic at the beginning of this review. There is a lot still test and we are itching, Sony's latest brave to see our test routine. We start with the design and build right after the break, followed by a closer look at the display, before we treat you to a long tour through the user interface.

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