Sony's latest flagship Xperia Z1 is equipped with Sony G lens and BIONZ image processor, as well as a 1/2.3 sensor size and a 20.7 million pixel camera, which is very tough. The metal frame and coquettish appearance as well as the IP58 three defense level are also unique. Let's enjoy Sony Xperia Z1.
From the configuration table, the biggest highlight of Sony Xperia Z1 lies in its shooting ability. The G lens, BIONZ image processor, 1/2.3 inch sensor size and 20.7 million pixels that Sony is equipped with for the first time are undoubtedly what Sony wants to create as a sharp shooting tool, which is also what everyone pays most attention to. In terms of configuration, the Snapdragon 800 processor and 2G RAM are also the top level that everyone is familiar with. However, Sony Xperia Z1 still seems to use its long criticized TFT screen. What is the real situation?
Appearance design:
Sony Xperia Z1 still continues the Omni Balance full balance design, which continues Xperia Z, Xperia Z Ultra, and is still exquisite and beautiful. Sony Xperia Z1 adopts a virtual key design, and its front dragon tail glass and explosion-proof membrane make the Xperia Z1 quite aesthetic.
The Sony logo right above is next to the front camera and sensor, and there is a hidden information light on the forehead.
There are memory card slot, mirco USB interface and special charging port on the left.
The SIM card slot is on the right. Use the mircoSIM card. The FCC label of Xperia Z1 is also in the card slot. The card slot also has a hardware reset key.
After three generations of flagship design, the volume key of Xperia Z1 continues its special design, but it is smaller and the key range is shorter, making pressing smooth.
The shutter key is a two-stage type, which has a clear key range and is quite comfortable.
There is only one headphone jack on the top. Although there is no waterproof cover, it is still waterproof.
The bottom is the outer hole and rope hole. Although the external vent seems to be large, occupying most of the bottom area, the sound producing part is only part of the right side. However, compared with the volume of the flagship of the previous two generations, Xperia Z1 has greatly improved.
The back is quite simple, with SONY logo, Xperia logo and NFC logo, and the camera in the upper right corner.
The camera is also marked with G lens, 1/2.3 size and 20.7 million pixels.
The three dimensions of Sony Xperia Z1 are not lightweight. Although it adopts a square and tough design, its frame has a round edge design, which makes it feel very comfortable. Although the weight of 170g is not too heavy, due to its small size, the hand feel is quite heavy, and it may be a little uncomfortable. Sony Xperia Z1 has adopted a metal frame design and double-sided dragon tail glass, which makes the workmanship and texture quite solid and excellent.
The screen displays:
The most troublesome thing about Sony is its beautiful appearance design, but it does not use the IPS screen used by other brand flagship. From Xperia Z to the TFT screen that has been criticized before, in addition to the poor visual angle, the yellow screen, and the white screen, it is also often complained about. The IPS screen used by Xperia Z Ultra has earned some face, but what about the TFT screen re enabled by Xperia Z1?
Use the real machine screen to compare Sony's Xperia Z Ultra with Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-A and Galaxy Note III. It should be noted that both Samsung screen displays use professional photo mode, and according to the editor of Samsung Pink, the display effect is the best.
Sony's Xperia Z Ultra and Xperia Z1 both turn on the X-Reality engine and backlight optimization mode. Among them, Xperia Z Ultra is the latest 532 system, and Xperia Z1 is the latest 534 system. Because after upgrading to the latest system, both Sony displays show a warming trend.
At the same time, there may be actual differences due to batch, version, shooting environment and other factors.
From left to right, they are Sony Xperia Z Ultra, Sony Xperia Z1, Samsung Galaxy Note 3, and Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-A. All are the highest brightness.
Solid contrast:
Due to the adjustment of Samsung's professional photo mode, the actual appearance of Samsung's two models of machines is orange.
In terms of green, Samsung and Sony prefer small and fresh ones.
Among the four models, Sony Xperia Z1 has the highest brightness. The screen of Sony Xperia Z Ultra becomes warmer after upgrading to 532.
Black, Samsung's strength. There are really two Samsung models on the right....
In contrast to the bright colors, you can see that Sony Xperia Z1 is obviously yellow, which is only after upgrading to the latest 534. Among the four models, the one closest to the original picture is Sony Xperia Z Ultra on the right. The Samsung Galaxy S4 LTE-A color tone is more eye-catching.
In contrast to the green system, Sony Xperia Z1 is slightly white, and Sony Xperia Z Ultra is the best. Samsung's two models are more eye-catching.
Compared with the red system, Sony Xperia Z Ultra performs best, and Sony Xperia Z1 is still warm after upgrading. The two models of Samsung are the most rich and pleasing, but some details are missing.
Among the portraits, Sony Xperia Z1 has the best overall performance. However, the clothes of Sony's two models are small and fresh, while Samsung's is more colorful.
Interestingly, in terms of facial expression, Sony Xperia Z Ultra is the most realistic to restore the original image, while Sony Xperia Z1 is the closest to reality due to its warm screen tendency after upgrading. However, Samsung's two models are pale.
Sony Xperia Z Ultra has the best comprehensive performance in color reproduction and details, while Samsung's two models have rich colors, even slightly "heavy taste", but they are more attractive. However, after Sony Xperia Z1 upgraded to the latest 534, due to the warm screen trend, color restoration can only be said to be fair, not good or bad. However, Sony Xperia Z1 has the best performance on portrait, with the best performance on skin color and details.
Viewing angle:
Sony Xperia Z Ultra uses IPS technology, and Samsung's two models are also IPS. So is Sony Xperia Z1 really so sad?
At the front angle that is most commonly used in daily life, Sony Xperia Z1 has the highest brightness, good color reproduction and detail performance, and no whitening.
When viewing the screen at about 45 °, Sony Xperia Z1 appears white, which has affected the appearance.
At 120 °, the whitening of Sony Xperia Z1 has seriously affected the visual effect.
The left and right sides are 45 °, and the whitening of Sony Xperia Z1 affects the appearance.
To sum up, the performance of Sony Xperia Z1 is quite excellent in the front view, which is most commonly used in daily life. It is no worse than Sony Xperia Z Ultra and Super AMOLED Samsung models using IPS. However, at some extreme angles, beyond 45 °, whitening starts to appear and affects the appearance.
The conclusion is that for ordinary consumers, Sony Xperia Z1 will not make you feel sorry for the daily positive impression. If you often share screen photos and videos with two or three friends, your friends may be a little upset.
UI design:
The UI of Sony Xperia Z1 is still Sony's simple style, which is also briefly introduced in the upgrade experience of Xperia Z Ultra.
Theme colors like Xperia Z Ultra.
Updated shortcut menu and pull-down menu.
Sony's own application, walkman player, album, player.
Sony's exclusive X-Reality for mobile engine and power management.
Performance test:
Sony Xperia Z1 uses a 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 processor. This SoC is the top level of the current flagship model. Recently, there are quite a few flagship models equipped with this processor. Although Xperia Z1 does not have the highest frequency of 2.3GHz, its performance is quite excellent. It does not have high temperature and low frequency, and its performance is quite excellent. However, it may also be due to good physique.
The refrigerator ran 36357 points, and the rabbit ran 36357 points. Interestingly, Xperia Z1 improved every time when it scored in the refrigerator. Due to time constraints, it did not continue to test. The C6902, the first place in the world record for the score of Anthura Rabbit, is also Xperia Z1, but it has entered the third-party kernel.
The screenshots of the running points of Vellamo and 3Dmark are good.
BaseMark frames are quite good.
The game is measured with modern war 4, full frame for a long time.
Shooting ability:
Sony Xperia Z1 focused on its strong shooting ability this time. It used Sony G lens, BIONZ image processor, 1/2.3 inch sensor and 20.7 million pixels for the first time. There is no doubt that Sony Xperia Z1 is really excellent in terms of parameters. Is it really so strong in actual experience?
The interface UI of Xperia Z1 has been modified compared with that of Sony before, but it is still simple. At the bottom left are mode switch, shutter key and photographing key. During photographing, you can take pictures.
Xperia Z1 has the most settings in the M gear, i.e. the manual mode, such as ISO, HDR, metering mode, etc. There are some that should be, but there are none that should not be. It should be noted that HDR cannot be performed when 20 million pixels are used.
At the top are flash settings, exposure and white balance settings, and mode settings. Among them, flashlights are also available, that is, continuous light filling, which can be quite useful. There are many scenarios to choose from, with a total of 17 choices. The more interesting ones are backlight correction HDR, high sensitivity and soft capture, which will be introduced later. It should be noted that under the resolution of 20 million pixels, there is no scene mode selection.
In addition to quite a few scene mode selections, Xperia Z1's most powerful mode selection is actually his mode selection, such as advanced automatic mode, manual mode, time shift, AR effect, etc. In addition to its own, it can also be installed and downloaded through the app store, which can be said to have unlimited potential.
Time translation and effect mode. Time panning will take a total of 61 photos, including one shutter, 30 in front of the shutter and 30 behind the shutter. The effect mode has 9 kinds of filters for real-time display.
Info eye and Social Live highlighted in Xperia Z1 press conference. Info eye searches for landmark scenes, buildings and words by taking photos. Social Live, on the other hand, broadcasts live pictures and texts through its Facebook account. Both of these functions are quite distinctive and special, but they are a little unpopular when used in China.
Sony Xperia Z1 also has triple lossless zoom, which can be used during shooting. This triple zoom is a bit fun. With a 20 megapixel setting, there will be a lot of noise after triple lossless zoom, but it is much better than digital zoom. In the case of 8 million pixels, after lossless zoom, the noise is not increased much, and it is available.
Sony Xperia Z1 performs very well in sufficient light, with accurate white balance, color reproduction and fine details.
However, under indoor light source, there is a high probability of inaccurate white balance. For example, the light source in the above two pictures is yellow, while the automatic white balance is cold. Although it seems OK, it is not good to show the actual situation.
Sony Xperia Z1 is more diversified. It should be noted that all the samples this time are 8 million pixels in manual mode. We will conduct a detailed evaluation on the detailed shooting of Sony Xperia Z1 in the future.
Endurance:
Sony Xperia Z1 uses a 3000mAh non removable battery, a 5-inch 1080P screen and a 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 processor. Each index is OK. In daily use, Sony's unique STAMINA mode is enabled, with the exception of WeChat, and location-based WLAN is also enabled. It is worth noting that the location based WLAN of Xperia Z1 is quite excellent. It can basically turn off Wifi automatically when you go downstairs, which is much better than the previous performance.
After Sony Xperia Z1 has started STAMINA, its power consumption in standby is excellent. It can be said that it can compete with Nokia function phones in pure standby. It is normal for Sony Xperia Z1 to be charged once a day during normal use. If you play more games and take photos, you need to bring mobile power.
Heating control:
Sony Xperia Z1 uses a 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 processor, and this SoC is also the top of the line. Xperia Z1 does not experience temperature rise in daily operation. Thanks to the heat conduction of the metal frame, even if it is online and photographed for a long time, it will only have a small sense of warmth. When operating a large game, the heating area is above the NFC label, which also benefits from the heat conduction of the metal frame, making the temperature of the entire metal frame rise, but rise and fall quickly.
It should be noted that Xperia Z1 has carried out three system software upgrades during the test, and the latest 534 firmware makes the thermal control of Xperia Z1 better. After running A8 for 30 minutes, the maximum temperature behind Xperia Z1 is about 47 ℃.
other:
Sony Xperia Z1 uses a metal frame design, and its waterproof cover is also made of the same metal material. However, due to cutting and post processing problems, the waterproof cover will have a certain color difference with the side, and there will also be some errors, making the waterproof cover slightly protruding. In addition, if you look carefully, you can see that the lines of the waterproof cover and the frame are not uniform. If you have severe obsessive-compulsive disorder, you should consider this problem.
Sony Xperia Z1 has the three prevention level of IP58. It is certainly no problem to throw it into the water when it is dirty everyday. It is also proper to swim.
Sony Xperia Z1 uses a front and rear double glass design, and a layer of explosion-proof membrane is also covered on the dragon tail glass. However, the explosion-proof membrane is not scratch resistant, and is prone to scratches in daily use. The explosion-proof membrane of Xperia Z1 seems different from that of previous models, such as Xperia Z and Xperia Z Ultra, which are easy to leave fingerprints and absorb dust.
The bottom external hole of Sony Xperia Z1 seems to be very large, but only the right part makes sound. Its volume is equivalent to that of most mobile phones. At the maximum sound, there will be no resonance of Xperia Z Ultra. However, similar to the previous waterproof models, after washing, water will enter the external holes and cause the sound to change, so you have to throw water or wait for drying.
The national travel version of Sony Xperia Z1 will be attached with a special multimedia charging base. What's more wonderful is that this charging base cannot be connected to the computer, neither charging nor multimedia operation. However, the multimedia charging base can reduce the opening of mirco USB waterproof cover and avoid aging and falling off after multiple use.
Summary:
Although Sony Xperia Z1 continues the full balance design of Xperia Z in appearance, it has made adjustments and upgrades in shape design, materials, and key design, which makes the texture and beauty quite happy. Samsung fans in the editorial department all said that the workmanship and texture of Xperia Z1 were really good, and my girlfriend also said that Xperia Z1 was beautiful, which was not commented by Xperia Z.
Sony Xperia Z1 is also the first time to catch up with and even surpass the top camp of Android. The 2.2GHz Snapdragon 800 processor, 5-inch 1080P screen, 20.7 million pixels and so on have overcome the problem of lagging behind other manufacturers' hardware level for five years. At the same time, the system software of Sony Xperia Z1 has been processed and upgraded, and its usability and aesthetics have been greatly improved. In addition, the optimization is also quite in place, so it can get rid of the feeling of making do with things before.
As a Sony fan, Sony Xperia Z1 is my most satisfied model over the years. It doesn't have the backward CPU and severe heat of Xperia Z, nor the non mainstream size of Xperia Z Ultra. It can be said that Xperia Z1 has satisfied me in every aspect.
