In the parameters of current smartphones, screen size is almost divided the Smartphone first grade standard, over the past few years, mobile phone manufacturers are trying to put our cell phones as little as possible, and to the era of the touch, the phone but scrambled up.
5.2 Xperia Z3, G3,5.7 inches of Note 4, and even Apple is starting to play the big screen, things really changed, as mobile phones become larger, many wanted a “small” phone people started to become confused, and small-screen high performance mobile phone become very popular.
For the time being, 5 inches below the level of the most Shining stars than the 4.7-inch iPhone 6, but under the iPhone light, there are some very strong competitors at the same level, but today Sony Xperia Z3 Compact, is one.
Specifications:
4.6-inch IPS LCD 720p screen with auto brightness adjustment, 319ppi;
LTE network support;
Android 4.4.4+Xperia UI;
IP68 certification–1.5-meter depth of water for 30 minutes;
Snapdragon 801 SoC, highest frequency 2.5GHz,Krait 400 architecture, 2GB RAM;
2.2 million pixels front camera, support 1080p videos;
16G expanded memory;
Active noise reduction function with a pair of microphones;
2600 mAh battery, STAMINA power-saving mode;
Double-sided glass designs.
Main drawback:
Do not replace the batteries;
Did not use the same as Xperia Z3 metal border.
Overview:
Sony Z1 Compact before defining the real “mini flagship” concept, lightweight body of consumers in choosing a small screen at the same time, no discount, and as his successor the Z3 Compact (hereinafter Z3C) also let people eat a reassurance: Sony mini flagship will continue to do so.
Said Sony’s body magic is not excessive, while flagship update cycle is only half a year (Z2 has no small-screen version), but Sony always was able to make some promotion on Z3C and Sony continued their two-sided glass designs, Z1C 4.3-inch increase to 4.6 inches from the screen. Not only that, taking into account the increases to the 2600 mAh battery capacity that, Z3C in Z1C on the basis of the further reduction of weight and thickness, is very rare (although Z3C did not use metal frame).
Before I get started, our Z3C no 1080p on screen was a bit disappointed, but Sony 720p screen has a bright color and high brightness and excellent viewing angle was a little surprise, while others such as 2160p (4K) video and IP68 protection is the people loved.
Design:
Z3C designs, compared to Z1C there is a great deal of change, Z3C is no longer simply shrunk the Z3, but Sony’s balanced design concept, repeat the application, Z3C looks different, and it is a lot of small details, Z3C may will make a lot of people to put it down.
Thin out the metal border Z3C front and rear glass panels still make it look very pretty (though we hope it will have a metal frame), which is different from the Z3, Z3C, border on the front and rear glass panel is not wrapped, which grabbed Z3C is a little more advanced.
Z3C relative to the Z1C another significant improvement is the use of real glass rear panel, finally Z3C users need not worry too much about too easily scratched on the back.
Z3C caught in very comfortable in the hand, and small body size makes one-handed operation like wind blowing as good, although Z3C thicker than the Z3, but it is the thickness that hand has been further improved.
But not without his faults, pros and glass panels to Z3C incredibly slippery, addition of compact fuselage, Z3C from hand or falling on the table much higher probability than large-screen flagship, this is particularly worthy of attention of the potential buyer.
Layout:
Z3C layout much different from the Z3, front-facing a 2.2 million-pixel camera above the screen, next to the earpiece has a LED light and a few sensors.
Has various slots on both sides of the phone and press the left side magnetic charging cord or charging base interfaces, and was covered with a waterproof cover of SD card, NanoSIM card slot and MicroUSB data cable interface.
Has the Sony logo on the right side of the fuselage of circular power button, there is a small volume button next to the power button, and exquisite camera shutter key is placed on the edge.
With bare 3.5 mm headphone jack at the top of the fuselage and noise-reducing microphone, lanyard hole at the bottom of the fuselage and the main microphone.
Back of the fuselage only a 20.7 million-pixel camera and LED fill light, the back panel is not removable.
In addition, Sony PS4 on the Z3 series linkage function, this feature enables the Z3 series PS4 screen of the device as a user (no more MOM and Rob TV) play PS4 games directly on your mobile phone, but unfortunately, this function will not formally launched until November this year.
Screen:
Z3C positive using has a Live Color LED backlight screen, integration has TRILUMINOS displayed technology, screen Panel for 720p IPS, despite screen size than Z1C of 4.3 inch more big, but Z3C using narrow border design, makes fuselage of size no increased, this block Live Color LED backlight can according to screen content automatically adjustment, let picture displayed more bright, and while guarantee picture color saturated degrees not high.
Not only that, Z3C has low reflectivity and high brightness to the screen at the same time, Z3C under strong light, the screen also has a very good readability, Z3C maximum brightness of the screen is one notch higher than the Z1C.
Battery life:
Z3C of battery capacity increased to has 2600 Ma Shi, system is with Shang has latest of Android 4.4.4, in we test zhiqian, has convinced with with 300 Ma Shi of battery capacity advantage, Z3C in range Shang kill himself of predecessors Z1C is nothing pressure of, and test results showed that Z3C of range capacity almost is Z1C of twice times, page browse Shi long and video playback Shi long results very excellent, plus excellent calls Shi long, We give Z3C total battery score of 101 hours, meaning that Z3C to 4 days of normal use, and very powerful.
It is worth mentioning in this evaluation, we do not have open Z3C power saving mode.
System:
In update to Android Xperia phones this year 4.4.4, has a series of improvements in the UI, Z3C makes us happy by it and shrunk on the Z3 does not have any software, system or something and Z3 are almost exactly the same.
Lock screen to display widgets, although very few original built-in Widget, but can Google Play to download third-party applications that support lock screen widget to expand, camera shortcuts at the bottom of the screen.
Sony still provides the standard Android unlock screen: facial recognition, pattern, PIN and password and, in addition, Z3C has double tapping wake.
Z3C desktop numbers can be edited, the original set of 5 pages, you can add up to 7 pages, and the user can set any page as a master page, but unfortunately is not free to change the order of pages.
Home page editing is very simple, the same, users can also choose from a variety of dynamic wallpapers, widgets and shortcuts, and Z3C is about replacing the interface theme.
Notifies the control bar button has been moved to a separate page, with two fingers at the same time drop down you can switch on the Control Panel, Z3C offers more than 20 types of switches in the system, user can select 12 in the switch panel is displayed.
APP drawer multi page display, and there are more of them to choose from.
Z3C under more task button, you can start the multitasking interface, Z3C also supports small window startup, small applications, are displayed in a floating window on the screen.
Sony also has a widget called hot today can recommend Google Play in Sony’s PlayStation Store for users of popular, of course, domestic users … …
Other software is not in the wall so that the Google series, skipped.
Performance:
Z3C powered by Snapdragon 801 chipset, including highest frequency 2.5GHz Krait 4,004-core CPU and Adreno 330 GPU, in addition to 2GB RAM, other basic hardware configuration similar to the Xperia Z3.
CPU performance:
Graphics performance:
Z3C screen resolution of only 720p, which makes Z3C On-Screen tests compared to 1080p’s flagship phone has a lot of advantages, to Off-Screen Z3C ‘ performance was average.
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Running from the performance point of view, Z3C did qualify to challenge and today’s flagship smart phone, and did not shrink SoC Z3C presents against the mini’s flagship “seckill” General advantage, such as ONE mini, S5, mini, G2 mini machines significantly in performance cannot compare with Z3C.
Audio performance:
Z3C speaker level is medium, sound quality is good but the volume is not big enough.
Z3C audio quality was good, but unfortunately the parameters relative to the Z1C slightly backward.
Camera:
Z3C 20.7 million pixel sensor, supports up to ISO 12800, high ISO makes Z3C has an enormous advantage in low light conditions.
Z3C have a physical shutter key, but the shutter key size is too small, may make many people uncomfortable, shutter button can sleep quickly wake up my mobile phone and open the camera interface or directly take a picture or start recording. Shutter key and entity added benefit is that it allows Z3C in fuselage completely waterlogged photo camera is started, capacitive touch-screen, under the water, after all, is completely wrong.
Want Z3C take of 20.7 million pixel photos, users would have to open the sounds cool but not so cool to use manual mode, in this mode the user can adjust the exposure compensation, white balance, AF mode, ISO, and so on, assuming, of course, open the menu.
Other photo modes, there AR live-action mode, creative filter mode, time shift mode, not unlike the Xperia handset, Z3 series join the multiple-camera mode, synthesis of several mobile phone camera images into a photo, provided that a few cell phones have to be Sony, and connected to the same Wi-Fi hotspot.
Advanced Auto mode proofs:
Superior Auto mode, the screen has a very good dynamic range, but noise too much–especially when contrast and manual mode, the contrast is not very good, and color saturation.
20.7 million-pixel manual mode proofs:
Manual mode at 20.7 million pixel, image details better, less noise than the advanced Auto mode, contrast is more ideal, ideal hair color than advanced, automatic mode.
HDR set 1 (for HDR on opening, for the HDR turned off):
HDR set 2:
Sony HDR mode of the phone open a really big (Samsung mobile phones get a switch), and only 8 million pixel photo shoot HDR mode, but something is better than nothing, Z3C HDR mode on the whole quite satisfactory, to brighten the dark part of the picture while retaining bright parts of the picture, but unfortunately messy opens after the HDR picture blur. Although in the advanced Auto mode to start the opportunity to analyze the scene to determine the need to activate the HDR, but this feature from our trial really was wide of the mark, sometimes you have to manually open.
In General, Z3C opened HDR after Zhang Zhong of contrast and all the noise control are eye-popping, eventually making Z3C HDR function has become nothing short of a device.
Panoramic photo proofs:
Z3C panorama feature, but it is unfortunate, and continued the consistent Xperia family tradition of panoramic photos only for the resolution of 5 million pixels, and contrast and detail preserved is very bad.
Eventually, you can talk about ISO 12800, Z3C ISO 12800 can only be opened from 8 million pixels in manual mode, which spanned as soft, the whole picture is full of noise, but to be honest, ISO on this, to have such a picture quality is.
Video:
Z3C 30fps 4K video, and up to 60 fps resolution to 1080p after while Z3C also supports slow-motion video of 720p and HDR function can be opened when shooting video, but only after opening 1080p@30fps video recording.
Summary:
When the mini models in the parameters is eye-watering, when Sony Z1 Compact stand, presented “Compact flagship” concept, although the concept of the new competitive, but Sony compact product update cycles Z3C very embarrassed.
Z3C although there is no clear specification upgrade, but a new design as well as in areas such as screen and battery life, two key aspects of a very significant upgrade is certainly worth our applause and, in addition, higher brightness and more narrow border makes Z3C positive visual effect is very good, and Z3C fixed a significant decline in Z1C at a specific angle of the screen contrast problem.
Advantages:
Excellent workmanship and outstanding appearance;
Screen brightness high outdoor readability is very good;
Dick bought fried day;
LTE, USB Host function, FM radio available;
Same screen size strong performance;
Camera quality good, but unfortunately, and Samsung have a gap, can shoot smooth 4K video.
But for Sony, Z3C market and Z1C are different, Z1C at the time of the small screen has a second performance, Z3C haven’t released, Samsung has released the same 4.7-inch screen, powered by Snapdragon 801 or Exynos eight-core CPU Galaxy Alpha, which not only high performance, also have a metal frame and a thinner thickness, And Alpha 12 million pixel camera in static pictures and 4K video has a good quality. In addition, the Galaxy within the Alpha version Exynos carry Mali-T628 can provide more robust than Adreno Z3C 330 graphics performance.
Z3C Alpha’s biggest advantage is 2600 mAh battery capacity (Alpha battery capacity only at 1860 MA) brought a crush of life advantages (twice).
But to tell the truth, starting from this year, 4.7-inch this level of Android phones might no longer having a hard time, Apple iPhone 6 debut might attract a large number of previously too small iPhone but don’t want to use more than 5 inch cell phone users, based on past experience, iPhone sales of 6 seconds off Z3C and Alpha is basically a done deal.
Facing strong challenges from iPhone and Galaxy Alpha 6 (mainly iPhone), Sony you big things on it.
Via GSMArena
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