Announced at CES in Las Vegas last month, the Xperia Z is Sony Mobile's first quad-core offering. Thanks to its impressive specs and well-implemented features, we consider it the best Sony handset currently in the market and have given it our Editors' Choice award.
Available in purple, black or white, the Xperia Z will retail in selected markets in Asia. In Singapore, it will be available at S$988 without operator subsidie
Sony has always made pretty handsets and the Xperia Z is no exception. Synonymous with recent Xperia models, the Xperia Z has a minimalist and symmetrical design with a rectangular shape and rounded corners.
For its size, the Sony handset's 146g weight isn't too heavy, even though it's heftier than the Apple iPhone 5 (112g), HTC Butterfly(140g) and Samsung Galaxy S III (S3) (133g). In fact, we were quite impressed by how light it felt in the hand the first time we picked it up. At 7.9mm, the Xperia Z is just a hair thicker than the iPhone 5's 7.6mm--but we like how the former's glass fiber polyamide frame makes it look more svelte
While I love the aesthetics of the handset, we find it literally a pain to hold. The straight edges on the back dig into our palms, which can be rather painful over a long commute--we would have preferred the gentle arc of the Xperia V and arc S instead.
Unlike the 5-inch similarly long HTC Butterfly, the Xperia Z's power button placement, on the side, makes it easier to reach. The power button--and the volume rocker beside it--also has a nice tactile feedback to it.
The microUSB charging port, microSIM and microSD card slots are sealed with water- and dust-tight covers, which is only a slightly annoying tradeoff for its IP57-rating. This means that the Xperia Z is resistant to dust and able to withstand depths of up to 1m underwater for 30 minutes. You could probably take the handset into the shower, but not swimming or to the beach
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