Hey, long time xperia user here from Z -> z1 -> z2 -> Z3
Right now using my Z3 with out any issues but kind of broke atm. Get a best deal to sell my Z3 & the Z3 compact is considerably cheap in my part of the world.
So, would you guys recommend me to switch to Z3 compact or go to other brand which offers rich features like this. What are the drawbacks in the compact design? performance wise will the z3 compact match with Z2?
Thank you.
Z3 is nice, but mine had some serious GPS issues. Everything else was perfect.
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Thank you, any heating issues?
I just traded in my Z3 for a Z3 compact as I wanted a smaller phone for one handed use. No regrets whatsoever in terms of battery life, performance etc.
aeron16 said:
I just traded in my Z3 for a Z3 compact as I wanted a smaller phone for one handed use. No regrets whatsoever in terms of battery life, performance etc.
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Same here except I returned my z3+ for a z3c. Best move that I have made in a long long time.
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Same here except I returned my z3+ for a z3c. Best move that I have made in a long long time.
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Are you freakin do that for real?? and you're happy with that, too?
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AlvinZahran98 said:
Are you freakin do that for real?? and you're happy with that, too?
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Absolutely the z3+ is just a big heavy oversized heater. The camera is not even that good it's not worth the money at all.
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Absolutely the z3+ is just a big heavy oversized heater. The camera is not even that good it's not worth the money at all.
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The most important thing is that Z3C is stable
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Sadman Khan said:
The most important thing is that Z3C is stable
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Yes. No overheating, a true killer battery, great size and a pretty decent camera if you know how to use manual mode.
Thank you for the response guys. I just checked the stores and i was confused with the colors. I feel like the black color makes the mobile feel a cheap one.
thalada said:
Thank you for the response guys. I just checked the stores and i was confused with the colors. I feel like the black color makes the mobile feel a cheap one.
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The right color doesn't exist... it depends on many factors: your taste... and even your age, your sex, your character, the place you come from, etc...
Mine is black and I think it's elegant :good:
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thalada said:
Thank you for the response guys. I just checked the stores and i was confused with the colors. I feel like the black color makes the mobile feel a cheap one.
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I still regret buying the black one everytime i look at the white one. White looks the most premium among all the variants (My opinion) . I'm still happy with my black one though. You can go for orange or green too if you want unique colours
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I agree with previous posts. No overheating, the battery is great, the camera is brilliant (in manual mode), and everything works (mostly) without issue - whatever problems I have had the answers have been readily available here on these forums.
Regarding colour then I had an orange phone, which looked pink in my clear case. After the lanyard hole sprung a leak in a glass of water (as a result from taking a bunch of photos the previous day in a freezing/frozen river) I changed to a black phone and I am not regretting the switch in colour; though a green one would have been nice because then the chances of grabbing the wrong phone from a table would lessen.
Now I stay away from subzero underwater photography and all is well.
Thank you everyone for sharing your opinion :good:
Go for the White one, it looks awesome, the battery king of all smartphones
So can you all teach me how to use manual mode? This is for real..
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The green one looks great though... I only looked it in the press shots too though, but i think that looks good. But if there's an aqua green or copper (z3+'s copper) z3c I will definitely get that thing right now
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Yes. No overheating, a true killer battery, great size and a pretty decent camera if you know how to use manual mode.
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So can you all teach me how to use manual mode? This is for real..
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The green one looks great though... I only looked it in the press shots too though, but i think that looks good. But if there's an aqua green or copper (z3+'s copper) z3c I will definitely get that thing right now
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I set the camera to 15.5MP. The focus is on multi and also the metering. The WB I change depending on the lighting and the I tend to have the EV a tick or two below center.
When you have the time you should try and take a bunch of photos of the same subject while changing the WB and EV between shots.
I generally have the ISO on auto but you should play with that as well but the ISO only goes to 800 if you set it manually in any other mode than 8MP, but 8MP allows for 3200 ISO (the full 12800 ISO is ONLY available on Superior-auto)
The manual mode always remembers your last settings.
Hope this helps.
P.s. Here is a Ladybug larva that I photographed with the Z3C (resized because it is attached)
Now i am tempted to go the other way, and trade in my Z3C for a Z3, reason being, my eyes are starting to get old, and a bigger screen will help me out. Decisions Decisions
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Hello all!
I've picked my Nexus 7 today from CPW, even though I knew of the existing screen issues. Before buying it I had the time to have a quick look at it, just to make sure hardware wise was fine. Well yes, it was fine, but the colors are not calibrated. I know it's not a new thing, but at least it's not a hardware problem (or at least I hope it's not! ).
I was wondering if any of the apps/mods available in the forum/play store can actually help with the colours of the screen? I know a few years back Nexus One had issues with colour calibration and Nook as well, and there were a few mods developed which helped with the problem.
I'm happy with my nexus and I don't really want to return it, as the new one might have excellent colours but other issues would be present.
Would appreciate some suggestions or we could simply start a discussion on the topic and what could be done about calibrating the colours.
p.s. Apologies if this is not the right thread!
I would try trinity kernel, if u flash his kernel and buy his app u can do what u want to the colors. Its still alpha tho. Im using it on my gnex and its awesome.
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Screen Adjuster helps a little, but doesn't do anything about the poor gamma. And unfortunately it makes the UI a little laggy. So probably not worth it. I haven't seen anything else so far.
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I would try trinity kernel, if u flash his kernel and buy his app u can do what u want to the colors. Its still alpha tho. Im using it on my gnex and its awesome.
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The trinity kernel with the tkt app does not have the option yet for color calibration.
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I must be seriously lucky, the screen on my Nexus 7 is brilliant. I have the Evo LTE, and I'm accustomed to nice screens. I get tons of compliments every day by people looking at my tablet and saying how crisp the colors and text are. I'm usually the one with the issues, but the sun shines on a dogs ass every now and then.
Thanks for the suggestion. I tried it now and i could actually achieve satisfying results but as u said the performance is seriously affected! At least this proves the colours can be fixed with software. I hope Google comes up with a fix of some sort !
About the crisp and clean screens... I've a galaxy s3 as well and I don't even want to compare it with the nexus!
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I must be seriously lucky, the screen on my Nexus 7 is brilliant. I have the Evo LTE, and I'm accustomed to nice screens. I get tons of compliments every day by people looking at my tablet and saying how crisp the colors and text are. I'm usually the one with the issues, but the sun shines on a dogs ass every now and then.
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I shined a light on my dog's ass and I saw no improvement in color response. What other steps did you take?
The gamma on mine is way off (down around 1.2 at 48% for me), but as I posted before the colour temp (on mine at least) seems excellent. Swings and roundabout I suppose. Unfortunately Android doesn't have colour management baked into the OS (neither does iOS) so there's no really practical solution at present. If you want proper calibration on a tablet sometime soon I guess the only option would be to get one of the x86 Win8 tablets at the end of the year.
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I would try trinity kernel, if u flash his kernel and buy his app u can do what u want to the colors. Its still alpha tho. Im using it on my gnex and its awesome.
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Not on nexus 7, and I haven't seen an easy way to do it on this LCD, also not looking too hard considering there is other stuff to be done that does work.
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I'll be replacing it then, shame there's no a quick solution as the problem is not so difficult to fix..
Thanks for the help!
I think CM ROMs usually offer calibration in the display menu? I think the upcoming CM10 will have it
My cellphone is more vibrant
But it has an amoled display. I usually run the Nexus at 25%, to save battery and because I find it too bright ( indoors anyway) to keep looking at it when it,s at 75 - 100%. If they do send a OTA fix, I might have to drop it down to 10%
Here's a screen shot at 25%. I don't know if a screen shot is accurate to show my screen brightness, but I'm good with the brightness and color.
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But it has an amoled display. I usually run the Nexus at 25%, to save battery and because I find it too bright ( indoors anyway) to keep looking at it when it,s at 75 - 100%. If they do send a OTA fix, I might have to drop it down to 10%
Here's a screen shot at 25%. I don't know if a screen shot is accurate to show my screen brightness, but I'm good with the brightness and color.
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Can you send me two screen shots? Open maps app and take a screen shot. Open any app in the play store and take a screen shot of the description page of the app. Please post those screen shots here so that I can compare.
Generally how the font looks like in the play store?
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Can you send me two screen shots? Open maps app and take a screen shot. Open any app in the play store and take a screen shot of the description page of the app. Please post those screen shots here so that I can compare.
Generally how the font looks like in the play store?
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Here you go. Hope these helps you out.
I realized you might want to see more text on the Map Pic
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Can you send me two screen shots? Open maps app and take a screen shot. Open any app in the play store and take a screen shot of the description page of the app. Please post those screen shots here so that I can compare.
Generally how the font looks like in the play store?
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On the other one, it just shows basically trees, but I took it off satellite and zoomed out a little.
Screen shots will not show a display issue.. common sense..
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Screen shots will not show a display issue.. common sense..
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lol random bump to tell someone they were wrong?
This thread is from July 31st
quite funny though...haha, but has anything come up to fix our screens? I will play with my nexus and pick up my phone and just be confused over the better colors on my Sensation. The nexus is a bit washed out... and darks aren't great but that can't be fixed.
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lol random bump to tell someone they were wrong?
This thread is from July 31st
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No, to educate.
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No, to educate.
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What he's getting at is this thread was dead and buried with no life left in it, but you brought it back as a zombie.
There's a point when death by obscurity is a better option than resurrection for correction.
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Hi guys, I think there is quite an unbelievable offer for Austria Hutchinson users. Basically you get this phone for 69€ on a 20€ x 24 months contract. With the contract you get also 1000 minutes 1000 SMS and Internet unlimited so should be fine. Before I saw that I thought of sticking to my galaxy s for a while.
Now that said I would love to take it as long as the offer lasts, but I am concerned about 3 things:
a) i am a custom Rom user since 2 years. Never been on stock again. And I looooooove cyanogenmod! Do you think there will be custom roms for this?
b) the camera quality. While I'm not too much concerned about the video quality, I use my phone as a compact camera outside to take pictures. So how bad is it in your opinion? And do you think will it improve with upcoming updates?
c) you know something about the possibility of unlocking this phone?
I guess probably I'm asking too much but maybe someone knows better.
Thanks in advance!
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a) i am a custom Rom user since 2 years. Never been on stock again. And I looooooove cyanogenmod! Do you think there will be custom roms for this?
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I would think so. It just got rooted and CM10 develoeprs are already playing with it asfaik.
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b) the camera quality. While I'm not too much concerned about the video quality, I use my phone as a compact camera outside to take pictures. So how bad is it in your opinion? And do you think will it improve with upcoming updates?
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It's only an okay camera, there's better, the Galaxy 3 has a better one for instance, not by that much, but clearly. No idea if this is a hardware limitation, but I'd guess so.
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c) you know something about the possibility of unlocking this phone?
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No idea ... but I guess with root you should be able to do more or less anything,e specially, once CWM etc are there? But I'm no pro.
We have root and CWM now, devs are working on CM10 and 4.0.4 Sense 4.1, so soon we'll have great ROMs :laugh:
And i think we'll have unlocked bootloader soon too.
Hey guys,
This phone looks really cool. I was thinking of buying this phone. I want a phone that can get rooted and a lot of ROMs. Do u think Im in the right place?
I have read a lot of reviews and from what I can gather is that this phone is a tad better than the One X and a loses the battle just barely vs the GS3.
What do you guys think? What are the pros and cons of this phone?
Also which is better looking? The white or black model?
Thanks in advance guys!
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Hey guys,
This phone looks really cool. I was thinking of buying this phone. I want a phone that can get rooted and a lot of ROMs. Do u think Im in the right place?
I have read a lot of reviews and from what I can gather is that this phone is a tad better than the One X and a loses the battle just barely vs the GS3.
What do you guys think? What are the pros and cons of this phone?
Also which is better looking? The white or black model?
Thanks in advance guys!
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which is better looking? The white or black model? To each his own, both are nice, tough decision for me when I bought mine and finally picked the white one.
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Hey guys,This phone looks really cool. I was thinking of buying this phone. I want a phone that can get rooted and a lot of ROMs. Do u think Im in the right place?
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You might want to bother to read the postings just before yours.
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Also which is better looking? The white or black model?
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You shall like the white one. Also, your favorite food is grilled chicken, and you'll only drink root beer. Also, move to Mumbai, which is your favorite city from now on. Any other totally personal decisions you can't make I'm happy to answer, too.
Hey thanks dude!
I was asking because I've never owned anything but Motorola Androids and they have locked bootloaders. Ive never seen this phone in person and the reviews online only show the white one, so I asked here for this awesome community's opinion...
Also I like grilled chicken but prefer steak. Hate root beer, and if I lived anywhere it would be 'MERICA. Ill be sure to visit Mumbai sometime though maybe we can have a beer together.
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Is LG policy still suck and unreliable? Since the older models like O2X said to not get ICS!
Yesterday I saw it in the market ,and it has the same price as HOX , I saw some comparison which end by no winner, yet the HOX really has a good support by both the company & xda community ,so from a fear comparison aspect ,which yr choice in case of : screen,camera quality and shutter speed ,video quality(some said its better in the OneX even with has low fps compared to O4X! ), and battery, thx ahead
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This is not an answering machine...
Personally, I chose the LG because it has exchangable battery and micro SD slot. They both have Tegra 3 and good displays, so it's no big difference hardware-wise. HTC has a large fanbase, so you'll have more custom roms on the HOX, plus the possibility to unlock your bootloader with HTCdev. LG might learn and do something similar, but as they're not open in saying what they do, no one can tell.
I was checking on eBay yesterday cuz I want a LG O4X and saw there was a developer version kinda like the Razr has one too... can anyone confirm this?
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Hello all. What about temerature of subject's surface when it's CPU 100% loaded?
I've got this phone on on order from 3 to replace my One X. A bit gutted about the bootloader situation but there you go...
I've tried the XZ for at least 15 minutes in the 3 store and I'm more than happy with the screen/viewing angles, performance, UI etc. and I feel reassured from another thread in XDA that the battery will be at least no worse than my one x.
The unanswered question for me is the camera.
I'd hugely appreciate it if some of you guys who already have it would be prepared to share their thoughts.
The reviews are mixed to say the least.
Thanks in advance guys and gals!!
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Thanks, thats really useful
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What is it you want to know about the camera though?
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What is it you want to know about the camera though?
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Just real world use. I've read all of the reviews and they seem to range from dreadful to good. I'm looking for decent photos but I'm not really fussy so I was hoping that the people who already have the phone could confirm if they were happy or not.
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Just real world use. I've read all of the reviews and they seem to range from dreadful to good. I'm looking for decent photos but I'm not really fussy so I was hoping that the people who already have the phone could confirm if they were happy or not.
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i've read all the reviews in the first 3 or 4 pages on google...
no one puts the camera in "cons" section, the worse one sais that is aligned to last year flagships, and that is not "entusiastic", others say it's very good, others excellent...
no one says dreadful or crap about it
i would see at gsmarena pics, those are made in same conditions on all phones, so it's a valid measurement system, others are just "ambient dependant" and "photographer" dependant...
Thanks for the reply, I was really looking for feedback from anyone who actually had the phone and a few days experience if possible.
hey. i got my phone till yesterday and did a few shots here and there. i cant really compare to anything spec related, since my last phone was a SGS2,
and i am by no means a camera enthusiast.
what can i say, i like the quality^^ the videos look snappy, the pictures too, so theres that. not really helpfull at all, but im surely not disappointed if this means anything to you.
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edit: one function i really like is the automatic mode detection, puts on macro if you need it and so on. the panorama mode is nice and fast and the focus is accurate and fast too.
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hey. i got my phone till yesterday and did a few shots here and there. i cant really compare to anything spec related, since my last phone was a SGS2,
and i am by no means a camera enthusiast.
what can i say, i like the quality^^ the videos look snappy, the pictures too, so theres that. not really helpfull at all, but im surely not disappointed if this means anything to you.
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edit: one function i really like is the automatic mode detection, puts on macro if you need it and so on. the panorama mode is nice and fast and the focus is accurate and fast too.
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Thanks Mate, that's exactly what I was after :good:
Go to Youtube and find this video: Xperia Z Vs iPhone 5 - SHOOTOUT - Which is Best?
Hope it can help you.
Greetings, folks!!!
I am quite of doubtful if i were to buy a Xperia Z, or i should stick to Samsung(S4 or Note II), because of it's easyness or not to flash custom ROMs or kernels...
I am aware of the bootloader of Xperias, but the offer is good enough to not let it go (the same for the S4 and Note II)...
Any special advice i should consider before i purchase the phone?
Thanks in advance
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Hi mate,
If you really care about the bootloader and enjoy flashing roms or kernals just don't choose any Sony Xperia. In my perspective, Sony's products represent the highly innovative trend in terms of design and functions. The reason i chose Xperia Z is that i admire its appearance a lot and dislike Samsung‘s plastic texture. My answer may not answer your post but i just want to say that the choice depends on your taste and fun on the phones.
Don't, go for the galaxy, much better.
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Thaks for the quick response!!!
I use to own a Xperia (X8, Neo, and Arc), but changed brand into Samsung's arms...
Just want to know if You prefer Xperia or Samsung
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Thaks for the quick response!!!
I use to own a Xperia (X8, Neo, and Arc), but changed brand into Samsung's arms...
Just want to know if You prefer Xperia or Samsung
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I guess it's all a preference, Galaxy S4 is newer than the XZ so it's got the advantage in terms of hardware, although it is more expensive for that reason. They are both great phones, I don't think you will be disappointed with neither of them unless you are really picky, if you can try to hold both in your hand to try them and pick the one you feel you will like more.
go for S4 or HTC one...this phone....I stand by what i said..not much of upgrade from S3 US version
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I guess it's all a preference, Galaxy S4 is newer than the XZ so it's got the advantage in terms of hardware, although it is more expensive for that reason. They are both great phones, I don't think you will be disappointed with neither of them unless you are really picky, if you can try to hold both in your hand to try them and pick the one you feel you will like more.
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not just hardwarre...software too
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go for S4 or beat...this phone....I stand by what i said..not much of upgrade from S3 US version
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Software what? More gimmicks? Yes s4 is full of gimmicks that no one really uses.
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Software what? More gimmicks? Yes s4 is full of gimmicks that no one really uses.
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um....4.2.2 if you call that a gimmick then yes...
I am not asking about wich Android veesion comes with the phone. And yes, Samsung's phones has crap-ware... At least much more than Xperias, wich translates in less RAM amount available (it's a fact, writing this post on my GTI9300)
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Go for the S4 if you want to enjoy your phone.
Nothing special about the Z,just the water resistance and the design.
My opinion.
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I am not asking about wich Android veesion comes with the phone. And yes, Samsung's phones has crap-ware... At least much more than Xperias, wich translates in less RAM amount available (it's a fact, writing this post on my GTI9300)
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who care about crap ware...chances are you gonna flash some other roms anyway...most of the crap ware come from carrier base...at least for tmobile USA.
The only real advantage that S4 has over XZ is a battery life ,thanks to amoled display (which is also a downsize if you use the phone outside a lot).
Everything else is matter of personal choice. But as they say , changes are good in life , so why not
Luckily, i am not on T-Mobile, in fact, any USA carrier.
I am on Spain, that country You sure mistake after Mexico. No offense intended for fellow mexicans, bit i am not there.
Like 5000Km. or so from there LOL
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So we have a winner temporarily!!!
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The only real advantage that S4 has over XZ is a battery life ,thanks to amoled display (which is also a downsize if you use the phone outside a lot).
Everything else is matter of personal choice. But as they say , changes are good in life , so why not
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And camera features.
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I've played with both the ZL (=Z I would say) and the S4 quite a bit. They're both great phones but I can at least say why I elected not to get either. I was actually 90% sold on the Z before getting the One. My big phone obsession is the screen, and that kind of makes sense given that the screen is 50% of the phone. I have been in the past and continue to be spoiled by apple's excellent screens so that's the standard I set. I love everything about the Z but the screen was a huge disappointment for me. The colors are washed out and the viewing angles are horrendous. Yeah, I know, nobody needs to view their phone horizontally, but the angles are so bad that even tilting it slightly wrecks the image to my eyes. The only time it improves is when you play a video, but the viewing angles still suck (bad for sharing a video with friends) and bravia engine is only active with video playback. The only other issue I had was the permanently locked bootloader (maybe that was just me though).
As for the s4, I really don't have any positive opinions on it. It just feels like a toy in your hand (if you can grasp the slippery damn thing ) and all the software "features" included are more or less gimmicks no one will care about in a few months. And touch wiz is, as always, a compete train wreck.
Regarding a choice between the two, I'd take the Z in a heartbeat. The only way the S4 is better (to me) is the screen because it has much better color and contrast than the Z. Few members of the public would criticize the screen the way they do with the Z. Though the s screens still have a long way to go to approach ips lcds and it's pretty dim. Even the battery life and cpu practical use is better in the Z because the 1.9gHz processor is almost constantly throttled lower because it hearts up so quickly, which also drains that big battery damn quick (and for some reason GSam reported the "efficient" display as consuming 70% of the power even when dimmed... I don't even know...
There's also something to be said about design, which one is stunning and the other is old news.
My thoughts
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Noted and archived. I think i Will go for the XZ at last
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worf_1977 said:
Luckily, i am not on T-Mobile, in fact, any USA carrier.
I am on Spain, that country You sure mistake after Mexico. No offense intended for fellow mexicans, bit i am not there.
Like 5000Km. or so from there LOL
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what? that make no sense at all.
If You knew me You understand that almost evyrthing i say are nonsenses )
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I would go for the Z without a second thought since I can't stand TouchWiz. Regarding Android 4.2.2: The Xperia Z PAC ROM based on 4.2.2 runs great and offer productive features, not all those gimmicks that are provided by TW.
The only S 4 version that I would recommend is the Google Edition since it runs vanilla Android. The selection between that one and the Z is a matter of preferences and taste.
I made this post to let everyone share his impression about the long waited android 4.3 To our beloved phones T/TX/V
share your thoughts =)
and Gratz lets w8 for our last hope the Kitkat =D
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after flashing the usa FTF i just used my mobile for 10mins and seriously i got a new mobile now! nicely done by Sony
Smooth and Graphic is eye blessing just gotta w8 till get rooted and get the smaller navigation bar cuz this one is kinda too big
i love the call animation too It`s a new phone now =) Gratz to everyone
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First we won't get kitkat and in March our 18 months are over and Sony has yet made it to get itself out of having to give us kitkat...
Now 4.3. I don't know I expected more. SP got the gloves mode for example and I don't know whether it is just the Vodafone version why aren't we getting an update center?
The cam looks good but lacks of functionality, for example the tap to focus and make picture is gone and the auto mode being chosen every time I open the app is not really optimal.
The lockscreen is a bit rudimentary but we all knew that before yes we got widgets but honestly what do they offer if I have to watch out not opening Walkman or when swiping left and right. Better optional app buttons and to have them on the lower screen half.
Then the Docomo status bar better than what we had before but definitely many steps behind other uis in that case.
Worst for me is that the buttons for navigation are almost third of the screen... Would it kill Sony to make that customizable?
My main parts I'm not yet updating and waiting for the modders to do their best
My Impression
It snappy ,looks nice ram usages is poor I don't know about battery life yet , sound quality seems to be enhanced :louder ,deeper bass, higher treble all round improvement P.S. for those who don't know first start up will be a tad laggy
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It feels much faster than 4.1.2. I love the lockscreen and the design
pieceofphil said:
First we won't get kitkat and in March our 18 months are over and Sony has yet made it to get itself out of having to give us kitkat...
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No buddy asked you about KitKat :-S
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What about TX? When receive 4.3?
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The cam looks good but lacks of functionality, for example the tap to focus and make picture is gone and the auto mode being chosen every time I open the app is not really optimal.
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... and that for a company like Sony. Imagine that.
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My main parts I'm not yet updating and waiting for the modders to do their best
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Yep, and that for a completely stripped down version, with no auto-background update of Google Services, and other unneeded items.
Torres77an said:
No buddy asked you about KitKat :-S
Tinup93 said:
share your thoughts =)
and Gratz lets w8 for our last hope the Kitkat =D
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I took the share your thoughts part as invitation to share my thoughts on both subjects mentioned.
And I advise you to just let people have their opinion and if I needed to release my frustration over that subject respect that too. Otherwise get out of the internet as you'll get offended every second website you visit.
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Your not the first one to complain about it I just want to hear about the update not about the one we're most likely not going to get that's a hole other thread.
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Maybe no update centre is a hint that we will not get updated to kit kat?
Stamina mode and camera
- Stamina mode looks like its 2 versions back. It lacks of customization which is in SP and Z series. Besides the (inaccurate) timer there is nothing new. That mode was previously in 4.1.2 just now it looks better.
- Camera - first impression is that it makes better pictures in low light conditions but I cant find settings in menu for resolution and quality - itll be nice if someone tell me where it is.
pieceofphil said:
SP got the gloves mode
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SP always had glove mode...
pieceofphil said:
the tap to focus and make picture is gone and the auto mode being chosen every time I open the app is not really optimal.
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I didn't know about this. I rely on tap to focus (as someone who knows absolutely nothing about taking a good picture)
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The lockscreen is a bit rudimentary but we all knew that before
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I passionately hate the current Xperia lock screen. While I like using other lockscreens, sometimes the default lock screen over-rides it anyway, I think when memory is low. I know I can use a pin, pattern, etc, but I want to be able to look at my phone for a very few short seconds without all the fiddling. Worst Xperia lock screen yet. Even the X10 lock screen was better.
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Then the Docomo status bar better than what we had before but definitely many steps behind other uis in that case.
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I'm glad this is present, my partner's SP has had it since updating to 4.1 and I've always been a little envious
Bit disappointed Walkman doesn't have music unlimited built in. It's the one thing I was waiting for
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LegibleEel said:
Bit disappointed Walkman doesn't have music unlimited built in. It's the one thing I was waiting for
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It doesn't?? Now that surprises me, considering the new walkman app is included in the feature list, and the new walkman app (at least for the SP) does have built in music unlimited :-/
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- Camera - first impression is that it makes better pictures in low light conditions but I cant find settings in menu for resolution and quality - itll be nice if someone tell me where it is.
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You're most likely in Super auto mode... Got to switch to manual mode first and then enter the settings
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Torres77an said:
Your not the first one to complain about it I just want to hear about the update not about the one we're most likely not going to get that's a hole other thread.
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There's something called over reading. Learn it, really will help you.
BTW I'm getting confused you're not the post maker why you think you can tell me what to write and what not to write?
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You're most likely in Super auto mode... Got to switch to manual mode first and then enter the settings?
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Thanks! haven't noticed that
to me it seems a bit laggy compared to the .278 leaked version
i see a few bugs
First of all, what happened to the stock browser. is it android policy to pass to chrome in 4.3? I dont know about you, bt i dont feel any butter maybe the firmware still needs to get the hang of the device, vut for the moment it feels a bit laggy. Most important: What the hell happened to the volume bar?! i press the volume keys and ony a small grey rectengle appears, no indicator of volume level, i can hear the beeps increassing volume but i dont see it, and if you are in an app like RR3 it doesnt work! anybody had the same problem?
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First of all, what happened to the stock browser. is it android policy to pass to chrome in 4.3? I dont know about you, bt i dont feel any butter maybe the firmware still needs to get the hang of the device, vut for the moment it feels a bit laggy. Most important: What the hell happened to the volume bar?! i press the volume keys and ony a small grey rectengle appears, no indicator of volume level, i can hear the beeps increassing volume but i dont see it, and if you are in an app like RR3 it doesnt work! anybody had the same problem?
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For me volume bar is shown correctly
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Update: Just restarted phone, now volume bar seems to be working ok