Four years ago the Sony Xperia Z3 was my daily driver and a few of the reasons I loved that device continue in the Sony Xperia XZ3 I have been testing for the past couple of weeks. ZDNet's Sandra Vogel posted a full review of the XZ3 a few weeks ago and awarded it an 8/10 score. That seems about right given its accomplishments and challenges. Sony has stuck with its familiar design language for years, but started changing things up a bit with the XZ2 and its Ambient Flow design. With the XZ3, Sony offers up a very elegant flagship with one annoying design flaw -- the rear fingerprint scanner.Major design flaw In the past, Sony phones outside the US had the fingerprint scanner in the power button, which was a brilliant design decision. The fingerprint scanner on the Xperia XZ3 is found centered on the back, a location that is often preferred and used by many others (Huawei and Google, for example) successfully. However, for some reason, Sony placed the scanner way down near the … [Read more...] about Two weeks with the Sony Xperia XZ3: Gorgeous design with a misplaced fingerprint scanner
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Sony Xperia XZ3 review: After years of mediocrity, Sony is finally ready to compete
Article Contents0.1 Specs0.2 The Good0.3 The Not So Good1 Design, hardware, what’s in the box2 Camera samples3 Should you buy it?3.0.1 Buy it:3.0.2 Don’t buy it For several years now, Sony fans and critics have been calling for the Japanese company to move away from its boxy, dated hardware design language and join its rivals in releasing a modern Android smartphone. When the Xperia XZ2 and XZ2 Compact arrived at MWC 2018 in February, we hailed them as a small step in the right direction. Curved glass and greatly reduced bezels around an 18:9 screen combined with high-end internals and a relatively stock treatment of Android — a recipe that was also followed for the overpriced XZ2 Premium that came in the summer. It’s somewhat surprising that we’re talking about another flagship Sony phone so soon, yet the Xperia XZ3 stole the show at IFA 2018 and goes on sale at the beginning of October, just six months after the XZ2 was released and three months after … [Read more...] about Sony Xperia XZ3 review: After years of mediocrity, Sony is finally ready to compete
Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium Review
When you’ve fallen out of contention in the flagship range, performance and value are two areas that need to be emphasized more with the next iteration than anything else. Sony, in particular, has been a low-key player of sorts the last few years, struggling to stay in the same scope as other notable flagships on the market – like the iPhones, Samsung Galaxy devices, and even LG’s latest ThinQ phones. Once a powerhouse in the industry, Sony now more than ever needs to step its game up if they intend on becoming relevant once again.Earlier this year, Sony introduced us to its flagship in the Xperia XZ2, which managed to pique our interest more than its flagships from previous years. However, shortly after its introduction and subsequent release, the company soon announced its bigger brother in the Xperia XZ2 Premium – a behemoth in every regard! From its 4K HDR display, to the ultra low-light capture from its camera, the Xperia XZ2 Premium is a phone on steroids, … [Read more...] about Sony Xperia XZ2 Premium Review
CyanogenMod 10.1 Release Candidate Rolls Out For The Sony Xperia Tablet Z [Update: Nightlies Too]
Just a day after Sony threw developers a bone by posting the Android Open Source Project code for their flagship Xperia Tablet Z, the industrious folks at CyanogenMod have one-upped them with a release of their own. Both a release candidate (RC) and a test build of CyanogenMod ROM 10.1 (Android 4.2) have been posted to the download site, ready and waiting for you to flash to your unlocked tablet. It's no surprise that CyanogenMod is supporting the Xperia Tablet Z; Sony has been historically friendly with the developer community, and in any case, the 1080p tablet runs on the same chipset as the more far-reaching Xperia Z smartphone. The release candidate is a lot more stable than the nightly builds that CyanogenMod usually starts off with, and should be quite suitable as a daily driver ROM (with perhaps just a few bugs here and there). Nightly builds should be popping up soon for developers and those adventurous souls who have to be on the bleeding edge of custom software. Xperia … [Read more...] about CyanogenMod 10.1 Release Candidate Rolls Out For The Sony Xperia Tablet Z [Update: Nightlies Too]
Sony’s Xperia Touch already had an unusual interface. Now it’s getting gesture controls
If you need to tell a digital device what to do but can't use a keyboard, voice is the first option that springs to mind. You can use it for phones, digital assistants and smart speakers.But some devices are getting digital eyes in addition to digital ears. That's the vision, so to speak, of Israeli startup EyeSight Technologies. EyeSight has mostly dropped its previous efforts to build its gesture-recognition tech into phones, TVs and PCs. But it's got a new angle on the market: connected devices in homes and cars.On Monday, Sony and EyeSight plan to announce that the Japanese electronics maker has built the vision technology into an interactive portable projector called the Xperia Touch. The device already can project an image onto a wall or other surface and then use infrared light sensors to see how you're interacting with the image on that surface -- slicing up fruit in Fruit Ninja or playing a virtual piano keyboard, for example.EyeSight's upgrade will now let you control the … [Read more...] about Sony’s Xperia Touch already had an unusual interface. Now it’s getting gesture controls