Xperia Z is the first four core flagship model launched by Sony this year. It not only has the protection level of IP57, but also has a 13 million pixel camera. All parameters are very powerful. As Sony's first shot this year, Can Xperia Z bring a new spring to Sony's mobile phone business, which is in a state of decline? Now let's take a look at the specific performance of Sony's latest flagship.

Appearance design:
Sony has always had the reputation of the best industrial design in the industry, including Jobs himself, who also liked Sony's design. This unique ability to apply industrial aesthetics is actually Sony's innate talent. Other manufacturers can imitate it, but can't do it. What Sony can do with its hands is so impressive.

The body thickness of Xperia Z is 7.9mm, which is much thinner than last year's Xperia S and Xperia Ion, and is equivalent to the iPhone 5. Because the five foot screen is relatively large, the Xperia Z is also relatively large in length and width, reaching 139mm × 71mm, which also makes the phone feel more supportive when held in the hand.

The frame is made of composite fiber material, with good slip resistance. The symmetrical design of the earpiece and microphone also adds a bit of symmetry to the phone.

The left side of the LOGO is a 2.2 megapixel front camera, and the right side is an LED status indicator and a corresponding sensor.

The width of the chin remains the same as that of the earpiece. This time, Sony put the virtual key into the screen according to Google's original design.

In fact, the most beautiful thing about Xperia Z is its back. Thanks to the advantages of stack sensors in thickness, the camera on the back of the phone does not protrude, which reduces a sense of disobedience. Xperia's silver logo is embedded in the glass.

The lanyard hole has always been the design of Sony Ericsson mobile phones, and Xperia Z has also been retained. Next to it is the speaker, covered with a layer of metal mesh. Because the area is relatively small, it is easy to block it when holding it with the right hand.

The screen displays:
If industrial design is compared to a woman's arrogant body, then the screen is the woman's face. No matter how good the industrial design is, if there is no beautiful screen as its color, it will definitely reduce scores.

Xperia Z uses a 5-foot 1080P TFT LCD screen, and uses the Mobile BRAVIA exclusively developed by SONY ® Engine 2 Image processing engine.

The performance in terms of color is good, and the control is relatively accurate, but the visual angle of this screen is really poor. The picture will turn white when the angle is slightly larger, and the photo details will be lost.

As the representative of the flagship throughout the year, I personally feel that SONY is not sincere on the screen, although Mobile BRAVIA ® The Engine 2 image processing engine has enhanced the screen display effect to a certain extent, but its subtlety is almost invisible to you. More importantly, this technology may even fail if you swipe the machine to unlock the BL lock. If even the only technical comfort is lost, then this screen is really sad.

System UI:
UXP NXT is an interactive interface developed by SONY itself. Visually, the interface takes translucent gray as the main element. The virtual key at the bottom is the same as the native Android, but the color and pattern are adjusted to make it more in line with the style of UXP NXT.

SONY's handling of virtual keys is actually very ingenious. If you look carefully, you will find that it does not have the kind of obtrusiveness of native Android,

The unlocking interface will have a shutter effect when touched. There are two quick activation buttons on it, one is music and the other is camera. Unfortunately, it cannot be customized. The notice bar SONY is not exempt from custom. It has a row of function switches, but it cannot be customized.

The icons on the desktop continue the style of Xperia S, and the widgets have not been changed. Long press the desktop to change wallpaper or theme. There are many built-in themes and wallpapers.

The multi task bar has been adjusted a lot, and a row of windowed applications have been added at the bottom. This is a major feature of UXP NXT, which can facilitate us to call these gadgets temporarily when using other programs without exiting the current program.

UXP NXT has a jelly effect when dragging icons or widgets, which is very cute. The dynamic folding effect is also very vivid when throwing the recycle bin. Many details of Sony's UXP NXT are very good, which is worth learning from many domestic manufacturers.

The menu arrangement can be selected from many aspects, and users can modify it according to their own habits. The setting options are almost the same as the native Android layout, except that the interface style is modified to be more suitable for SONY's current theme style.

Hardware and score:
In 2012, SONY announced in a high profile that it would not launch four core products, which also led to the low attention of SONY's new products. Even if major game manufacturers vigorously launched hardware killer level games in the second half of the year, they could not change SONY's decision, which also reflected the inflexibility of big companies in their decisions. However, 2013 has finally arrived. SONY has no reason to reject the quad core anymore. Before the Snapdragon 600 product came out, Xperia Z is still the top in terms of hardware configuration. Its processor is Qualcomm APQ8064, which integrates Adreno 320 graphics chip. 2GB RAM and 16GB ROM are also in line with the flagship standards. TF's support also shows Sony's sincerity. Compared with previous products, Sony's products this year have not seen too many shortcomings.

I believe you are very familiar with APQ8064. After all, SONY is also a first-line manufacturer, so it will not be outdated in optimization. Its performance in score running is very close to HTC Butterfly.

Nitrogen acceleration is not started

Nitrogen acceleration has been started

I tried to play Jipin Feiche 17 myself. Normally, the frame rate remains around 22 fps/s, but once nitrogen acceleration is turned on, it will fall to more than 10 frames. It seems that APQ 8064+1080P can't cope with Jipin Feiche 17.

camera:
If the advantage of Samsung and LG in hardware is the screen, Sony is the camera. The camera of many flagship mobile phones has always used Sony's sensors without accident. Of course, Xperia Z, as Sony's own product, will also be given special attention, using a 13.1 million pixel camera, Exmor RS ™ stack sensors also offer superior imaging quality.

So what is a stack sensor? In fact, on the basis of the original CMOS, the stack CMOS uses a chip with a signal processing circuit to replace the supporting substrate of the original back illuminated CMOS image sensor, and forms the pixel part of the back illuminated CMOS component by overlapping on the chip, so that a large number of pixel points can be formed on a smaller chip size. The pixel part and the circuit part are independent. The pixel part is optimized for high image quality, and the circuit part is optimized for high performance.

The overall image quality of the camera is excellent, especially in details. Although shooting in the sun, the exposure control is also handled well in the backlight environment.

Summary:

As a work to bid farewell to the dual core era, Sony Xperia Z LT36h has a balanced performance in all aspects, without many shortcomings like last year's product. However, after one year's accumulation, Xperia Z brought by Sony has not brought us much surprise, which is also a pity. After all, the mobile phone industry is now a red sea, and it is difficult to stand out if the product performance is not good enough. Although Sony's industrial design can earn a lot of attention for Xperia Z, But if you want to become a leader in the market, you have to rely on real skills other than looks.