Xperia Z1 Test: Sony's beautiful performers - STERN.DE

Beautiful appearance with high-tech under the housing – the Xperia Z1 Sony © Sony

A uf the catwalks of the smartphone world is one of the Xperia Z1 certainly one of the supermodels: Sony’s new flagship mobile phone just looks class and scores with an elegant design. The aluminum housing and the back side of glass are elegant processed. The connections on the sides are sealed with rubber caps that fit seamlessly into the look – also protect the closures Z1 from dust and water. In a maximum depth of one meter, the smartphone should remain up to 30 minutes waterproof.

Only the size remains the same as with other 5-inch models of taste: With its dimensions of 144x75x9 mm which fits Z1 still without problems in your pocket – the one-hand operation, however, is difficult. Also the phone has to be prepared for puzzled looks, if one 169 gram Maxi Smartphone keeps his ear.

peak performance in almost all fields

For some getting used to size, users will be compensated with a brilliant resolution 5-inch display in full HD. Also the speed of the Z1 is proving to be fixed. The 2.2-gigahertz processor and two gigabytes of RAM ensure that the operation works smoothly. Switching between apps running smoothly, and even 3D games, or work with multiple apps at the same time do not bring the Z1 to its limits. This is especially helpful since Sony has developed its own user interface based on Android for the Z1. The parallel use of different apps here is readily possible: a web search, a calculator, a memo, a timer can be displayed in a freely sliding windows while using another App

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Exercise surf users with the Xperia Z1 at top speed. Besides the common German mobile formats, Sony offers with its new model already had the opportunity LTE connections with up to 150 megabits per second to use. This is creating not even the iPhone 5S. Apple’s smartphone provides up to connect to 100 megabits per second. The Telekom and Vodafone offer the ring LTE services already available in some regions. Too bad: The high technical standard does not transmit to the Speaker of the Z1. Although voice quality when calling in order, sounds tinny music from your smartphone. Processed Better is the Xperia Z1 battery. With a size of 3000 mAh power source ensures that you manage under normal use loosely throughout the day.

playground for amateur photographers

Although the Z1 in all areas offers excellent quality, the camera and the accompanying app can still have a place on it. With 20.7 megapixels, a particularly light-sensitive sensor and additional image processor capture images in very good quality can be made. The built-in camera app makes it in automatic mode useful results. Who wants to make himself settings such as brightness and contrast, you can do so in manual mode and receives changes through the settings are displayed immediately on the display. What this is annoying: The maximum resolution of 20.7 megapixels can only be set in manual mode, but the app starts every time in automatic mode

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also edit the images on the card in the camera app or any of the provided editing programs. Thus, various filters and effects for an image can be applied. Particularly amusing here is the so-called “Augmented Reality”, which can, for example, dinosaurs or fairy tale characters walking through the shot. Panoramic radiographs and the “Timeshift image sequence”, which makes several shots before and after pressing the shutter button and the user can select the best, also belong to the camera package. In order for the Xperia Z1 currently offers the best smartphone camera that is available in the market. Hobby photographers will thus have their fun in any case.

Limited memory

Captured images can be combined with video, music and documents on a Micro-SD Card. It is also absolutely necessary: ??Only eleven gigabytes of internal memory provides the Z1. Apps and games will need to be stored and can not be transferred to the SD card. If you download a lot of apps, so can quickly get space problems.

Conclusion: Smartphone class with deductions in the final score

The Xperia Z1 currently playing in the Bundesliga with smartphones for the championship. Sony has succeeded, for a price from 599 € to pack concentrated high-tech power in a visually elegant design. The camera is currently the best on the market and also in terms of speed and performance, the Z1 does not have to hide – especially because the new LTE standard with the Z1 is already possible. Easy deductions gets the smartphone because of the low memory and the sound output when playing music. Also, the size, which makes the operation of the Z1 with one hand difficult, is a point of criticism, however, is very dependent on personal preference. All in all, however, remains the Z1 a quality smartphone class, the customer can purchase safely as an alternative to Apple, Google and others.