Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Smartphone Review: Honest Mini. Sony Xperia Z1 MINI OS and Software Mobile Phone

The Sony Japanese brand fans have long been waiting for this event, and in January 2014 a presentation of the reduced version took place. Sony Xperia. Z1. In Russia, the start of sales is scheduled for February 2014. It is already known that the new mini flagship Sony Xperia Z1 Mini will be about 22,000 rubles.

It is still difficult to find reviews and full Overview Sony Xperia Z1 mini, the characteristics of it, however, are already known.

Externally, this mini-smartphone looks quite adult and serious - it is made of plastic and metal with a monolithic aluminum frame made as part of the design concept of Omnibalance. The device is protected from dust and water ingress (IP55 / 58 certification). Those who managed to hold the apparatus in the hands were very satisfied with his smooth pleasant to the touch surface and sizes suitable in order to wear it even in his pocket. It is assumed that Sony Xperia Z1 Mini will be released not only in classic black and white color, but also in pink, yellow and, possibly purple.

Obviously, one of the main differences between Sony Xperia Z1 MINI from its "older brother" is a smaller display. The diagonal of its 4.3 inches, unlike the 5 inches of Sony Xperia Z1, and the resolution is only 720 p instead of 1080 p.

Despite its modest dimensions, the technical characteristics of the new mini smartphone are impressive. Sony Xperia Z1 Mini received a 4-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, 2 GB of operational and 16 GB of integrated memory with the possibility of expansion due to the microSD card.

Operating system
	4.3 inches, color IPS, 16.78 million colors, touch
	20.70 million Pixes., LED Flash, Autofocus, Digital Zoom 8X
Front-camera
CPU	4 kernels, Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974, 2200 MHz
Battery
	64.9 x 127 x 9.5 mm
	802.11a, b, g, n, ac
	EDGE, GPRS, GPS, HSDPA, HSDPA +, HSPA +, HSUPA, NFC, QI, UMTS / WCDMA, GLONASS
Working hours	Talk time: up to 18 hours; In standby mode - up to 670 hours.

It is nice that a 20 megapixel camera with G-Lenz optics, LED flash, autofocus and 8-fold digital zoom remained in the mini version. There is also a 2MP front camera. If you compare a mini-smartphone with yourself similar, it is very good characteristics, since Samsung Galaxy S4. mini camera Total 8MP. Judging by the pictures, which as an example can be found in the World Wide Web, the quality of them is not at all inferior to the photos made by Sony Xperia Z1.

Many believe that this mini-smartphone will optimally relate to acena and quality, since the "full" version - Sony Xperia Z1 is good - everyone is good, but the price most seems so far, and similar models released under other brands are obviously inferior as .

Mal, yes delete! Detailed testing new Japanese mini flagship

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact is a product of those that even before entering the market is gaining wide popularity and hardened the mass of fans. In a situation with Sony Xperia Z1 Compact, the unusual shortage of smartphones of a certain kind was the reason for lately On the world mobile market. The fact is that in the past few years under the slogan "faster, above, stronger," it became almost impossible to find the top, powerful and maximally equipped with the fruits of all the latest technical achievements of the smartphone remaining small, comfortable sizes - such, What users are remembered by their very first smartphones at the dawn of becoming touch screens. Along with the resolution and gighelians, in recent years, the hulls of top smartphones have increased, which increased in dimensions to such sizes, which received a popular nickname "shovel". Perhaps one of the reasons for so worse popularity Apple iPhone. It is the fact that it is now almost the only smartphone of the highest category, stated at the maximum of all technical innovations, but the remaining significantly less, thinner and easier than its top "vopotary" fellow. For all other small sizes of the smartphone, there are now synonymous with weak hardware filling, cheapness and total technical backwardness of the device: the very status, "fidelled", powerful and productive smartphones are now made extremely huge sizes, which most users have already got used to.

It is not about the fact that, without exception, buyers are experiencing such a sore sense of hopelessness - many of course five-six-six-tech plates came to many ways: not in vain, in the end, they are in the end and "captured" the world. However, it is still not so small Mal Stan of those who continue to shift the reviews of mobile equipment in a vain attempt to find a small, but powerful and productive smartphone (because Apple products are not all like). "Mini" -version does not count: Over the past year we tested almost all the versions of top smartphones with the MINI prefix in the title, most different manufacturers, from Samsung and HTC to ZTE, and all of them showed the absolute misunderstanding of the use of this console, which by definition relies Reduced copies of the top flagship apparatus. That is, everything in them should be exactly the same, but the device itself is smaller. Meanwhile, none in one mini-version released not to find anything in common with real top flagships, except if the similarity of external features (and not always) - but no appearance determines the model of model to class, but a combination of technical and hardware characteristics. Apparently, in order not to put such a unique model in one row with these "mini-fools", in Sony decided not to call their mini-version of the flagship as like other manufacturers, but to impart her Sony Xperia Z1 Compact..

As a result, we have one of the most interesting devices of modernity, which can offer users the highest hardware performance, with a maximum technical equipment, while remaining a fairly miniature device of comfortable for human hand sizes. Do not take into account the Apple iPhone and the Chinese Zoo (in which you can stumble upon anything), Sony Xperia Z1 Compact directly and compare something almost nothing with what, because rivals from the top segment with which the novelty might be in terms of technical characteristics, They have completely different dimensions and size of screens, and those that are suitable in size are not strongly reaching in terms of technical and hardware equipment.

The main characteristics of Sony Xperia Z1 Compact (model D5503)

	Sony Xperia Z1 Compact	Sony Xperia Z1.	ZTE Nubia Z5 Mini	Yotaphone.	Google Nexus. 5
Screen	4.3 ", IPS	5 ", ASV?	4.7 ", IPS	4.3 ", IPS	4,95 ", IPS
Resolution	1280 × 720, 341 PPI	1920 × 1080, 440 ppi	1280 × 720, 312 ppi	1280 × 720, 341 PPI	1920 × 1080, 445 PPI
SOC.		Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 @ 2.2 GHz (4 kernels Krait 400)	Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro @ 1.5 GHz (4 Krait kernels)	Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro @ 1.7 GHz (2 Krait kernels)	Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 @ 2.2 GHz (4 kernels Krait 400)
GPU	Adreno 330.	Adreno 330.	Adreno 320.	Adreno 320.	Adreno 330.
Oz	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB	2 GB
Flash Memory	16 GB	16 GB	16 GB	32 GB	16/32 GB
Memory card support	microSD.	microSD.	microSD.	not	not
Operating system	Google Android 4.3	Google Android 4.2.	Google Android 4.2.	Google Android 4.2.	Google Android 4.4.
Battery	non-removable, 2300 mA · h	non-removable, 3000 mA · h	non-removable, 2300 mA · h	non-removable, 1800 mA · h	non-removable, 2300 mA · h
Cameras		rear (20.7 megacles; video - 1080p), frontal (2 MP)	rear (13 mp; video - 1080p), frontal (5 MP)	rear (13 megacle; video - 1080p), frontal (1 MP)	relean (8 MP; video - 1080p), frontal (1.3 Mp)
Gabarits.	127 × 65 × 9.5 mm, 137 g	144 × 74 × 8,5 mm, 170 g	135 × 66 × 10.3 mm, 162 g	134 × 67 × 10.0 mm, 146 g	138 × 69 × 8,6 mm, 130 g
The average price (per version with 16 GB)	T-10624078.	T-10491965	T-10623493.	T-10603033.	T-10564185
SONY XPERIA Z1 COMPACT offers	L-10624078-10

• Soc Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974), 2.2 GHz, 4 Krait 400 kernels
• GPU Adreno 330.
• Android Operating System 4.3 Jelly Bean
• Touchscreen IPS, 4,3 ", 1280 × 720, 341 ppi, triluminos
• RAM (RAM) 2 GB, internal memory 16 GB
• Support mICROSD cards (up to 64 GB, Support SDXC)
• Communication GSM GPRS / EDGE 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
• Communication 3G UMTS HSPA + 850, 900, 1700, 1900, 2100 MHz
• Communication 4G LTE 800, 850, 900, 1800, 2100, 2600 MHz (2600/800 FDD are used in the territory of the Russian Federation)
• Bluetooth 4.0 A2DP, EDR
• Wi-Fi 802.11a / B / G / N / AC, Wi-Fi Direct, Access point Wi-Fi, Dlna, Miracast
• NFC, MHL, OTG
• GPS / GLONASS
• Dust / moisture protection (IP55 / IP58 standards)
• Camera 20.7 MP (Matrix "Exmor RS for Mobile"), autofocus
• Camera 2 MP (Exmor R Matrix), Record Video 1080r (Frontal)
• Battery 2300 mA · h
• Dimensions 127 × 64.9 × 9.5 mm
• Weight of 137 g

Contents of delivery

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact smartphone comes on sale in a fairly simple view that has already become classic for recent smartphones Sony flat and square package made of fine nonlabed cardboard with multiple compartments inside. Equipment standard: powerful charger (1.5 A), connecting cable, good headphones with vacuum type gel nozzles (MN750) and a thick pack of paper documentation. By the way, this smartphone, like other top sony model, Supports the so-called "fast" charging, when literally for half an hour spent at the outlet, the phone is charged so much that it is able to hold out an hour in talk mode after that.

Appearance and ease of use

Own external species The novelty of Sony fully responds to a branded design concept called Omnibalance with symmetric side panels and rounded sidebar angles, repeating the appearance of popular Xperia Z1 and Z Ultra models with amendment only. Sony Xperia Z1 Compact is exactly the same powerful and at the same time, an elegant lateral frame is made of the present metal - aluminum that has been treated with double anodization, and is a all-metal framework for the entire device as a whole. In this case, the front and rear panels are entirely made of impact-resistant glass, covered on top of a protective film, protecting glass from scratches and chipping. All this together looks very stylish and expensive - the presence of metal and glass, as well as the complete absence of plastic gives the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact smartphone. View status and expensive things.

In the hand due to small sizes, well-selected thickness and mass of the case, as well as the rough surface of the metal sofa frames, the smartphone is comfortable and maintained securely. The assembly of parts is very high-quality: no creaks or robberies here - all the details are perfect to each other, the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact case is a monoblock solution without any sliding mechanisms or removable parts.

No Sony Xperia Z1 Compact and Removable back cover - All slots for cards are located on the sides of the device. The memory card and the SIM card are inserted into the side slotted slots with the usual ways: the memory card captures the spring-loaded mechanism when you press it, and the SIM card enters its connector on the plastic retractable tray. This method Sony's SIM card fastenings is the most convenient of all other side mount options, because for the removal of the card, there is no need to resort to helping any additional tools like a paper clip or tweezers - a plastic tray has a convenient ledge for capturing a nail and extends without the slightest effort. SIM card Here uses a Micro-SIM format, a microSD memory card is supported by a capacity of up to 64 GB.

All slots are covered outside with protective caps, externally completed under the most metallic rim - and they themselves are metallic, and they are not thrown into the eyes. The covers do not only perform decorative, but also protective functions: Model Xperia Z1 Compact, like most other Sony Xperia's top smartphones, has official certification for compliance with the standards of protection against dust and moisture IP55 and IP58.

If all ports and covers are securely closed, this smartphone is protected from exposure to water jets under low pressure from all sides in accordance with the IP55 standard and / or may be at a depth of 1.5 meters in fresh water in accordance with the IP58 standard.

According to the results of our testing, it was confirmed that the smartphone was not only impenetrable for water, but also perfectly controlled by wet fingers - until the screen dives in full in water. Plus, due to the presence of the selected hardware control key, the smartphone can be used as a camera for shooting under water.

The covers here are as many three pieces, they cover all the slots and connectors in addition to the audio output for headphones - now it is no longer protected from the water, but thanks to new technologies, water will not be able to cause contacts inside damage.

Such cute little things like metal shiny rings, framing audio output socket and camera window, buttons, protective lids of connectors and speaker grid, made from the present metal, give the Sony's top smartphones a stylish and more expensive view, due to which the status thing is beneficial to the usual interteme crafts.

The recording dynamics lattice is not on rear panel, and on the bottom end, which eliminates the overlap of the sound surface of the table when the smartphone lies "on the back". In addition to competent, from a technical point of view, this lattice is still a very pretty element of the decor that adds the general appearance of the beauty device and the complexity of the image.

On the left side face there is an open contact group for connecting to the docking station connector - such an element is found in many modern Sony smartphones. Such an option of the daily recharge phone is convenient for those who do not want to open-close the Micro-USB connector cover every day. True, the stand will have to arrive separately - the DK32 docking station into the device is not included in the device.

It is also worth noting the selected camera control key: it is convenient for shooting in gloves in the cold time, though, however, the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact screen is sensitive and to control in gloves (the function can be disconnected manually in the appropriate settings menu). But the shooting under the water with the touch of the fingers is not possible to implement the screen, so in such a situation without a separate mechanical button can not do.

Next to the photo pool in the immediate bribe there is a power key and blocking - this brilliant silver metal has already become branded business card Mobile phones Sony. The lock button is located at a distance of 50 mm from the top end of the device housing, and the two-position volume of the volume adjustment is located near it - at a distance of 55 mm from the lower, the full length of the housing is 127 mm.

The landscape of the rear surface make up the usual elements: a circular chamber window framed by a brilliant metal rim, and a single-section LED flash. All this is done in a floss with a flat glass of rear domain, looks strictly and expensive. True, it will be possible to clean the surface of the glass from fingerprint from time to time, but what to do - beauty requires victims.

The entire front panel is entirely covered with protective impact-resistant glass, with a glued with a special transparent film protecting the glass from chipping and damage. The film is pasted by the factory method, its removal is not provided - at least as a result, the signature silver Sony logo will disappear, bangible on the front of the smartphone. And in general, this film is removed with great difficulty, so it's not worth doing this without special needs.

The window of the front camera and the eyes of sensors are hidden under the glass in the top above the screen next to the logo, but there is nothing at the bottom here. The usual hardware control buttons under the screen have long moved in all Sony smartphones to the display itself in the form of the Android software icons. 4.x, so the places under the screen left a bit - only so that you can grab your fingers.

Sometimes Sony developers place the light indicator here, but in this model it is placed not from below, and from above, right under the elongated grid of the conversational speaker, which is highlighted from the inside with different colors, responding to various events, from incoming messages before charging status.

The Micro-USB connector supports the OTG external devices (USB HOST) mode here, so that you can not only connect the keyboard or mouse to the smartphone, but also to read and play with any files connected to it directly to it, music or movies.

And yet: Cute holes in the lower right corner of the body - it is nothing but a hook for fastening the lace on hand or bacon-keychain. A convenient solution without which no one did mobile phoneBut which now all the smartphones have lost all the smartphones with the exception of Sony devices.

As for the color options, this time Sony decided to abandon the already familiar extra purple in favor of two new colors in the line: Pink (Pink) and Yellow (Lime).

In this way new smartphone Sony Xperia Z1 Compact will be offered in four color modifications: black, white, pink and yellow-lemon. New colors bring fresh jet and add bright colors to the spectrum of the color diversity of the Japanese company smartphones. There are no technical differences in modifications - all metal side rims and the buttons are painted in the overall color of the case, and the front panel under the glass always remains the same black.

Screen

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact smartphone is equipped with an IPS touch matrix with a corporate name Triluminos, on the bright sun screen remains readable. The physical dimensions of the display are 53 × 95 mm, a diagonal is 4.3 inches. The screen resolution at points is 1280 × 720 (HD), the density indicator of the inch points reaches the value of 341 PPI.

The brightness of the display has both manual and automatic adjustment, the latter is based on the operation of the lighting sensor. There is a smartphone and an approximation sensor that blocks the screen when making a smartphone to the ear. Multitouch technology allows you to handle eight simultaneous touches. Screen smartphone Sony Xperia Z1 Compact is sensitive to touch in gloves, as well as wet fingers, due to which the device turns out to be applicable in almost any situation.

Detailed examination with the use of measuring instruments was conducted by the editor of the "Monitors" and "Projectors and TV" sections of Alexey Kudryavtsev. We present his expert opinion on the screen of the sample under study.

The smartphone screen is covered with a glass plate on which a plastic mirror-smooth is placed factory. protective film, relatively resistant to the appearance of scratches, but still less solid than inorganic glass. As a result, after some time, the screen is necessarily covered with scratches. However, most likely, with some diligence, this film can be separated and replaced with a new compatible. The factory protective film has fairly pronounced oleophobic (fat-repellent) properties (but Google Nexus 7 (2013) - Next, we compare it with it - a oleophobic coating is slightly more efficient), so traces from fingers are removed easier, but appear at a lower rate than in the case ordinary glass. Judging by the reflection of objects, there is an effective anti-glare filter, which is not worse to reduce the brightness of the reflection than Nexus 7. For clarity, we give a photo on which the white surface is reflected in the screens (left - Nexus 7, on the right - Sony Xperia Z1 Compact, hereinafter They can be distinguished in size):

In the view of the dark screens, it is confirmed by statistics from graphic Editor - Differences are negligible, that is, both screens are approximately the same reduce the brightness of the reflection. Two of the reflected objects in the Z1 Compact screen is very weak, it suggests that there is no air interval between the screen layers.

For manual control Brightness and when displaying a white field in full screen, the maximum brightness value was about 460 kD / m², minimum - 32 cd / m². The maximum brightness is high, it means, given the effective anti-glare filter, readability even on a sunny day outside the room should be at a good level. In complete darkness, brightness can be reduced to a comfortable level. There is automatic brightness adjustment over the illumination sensor (it is located in the upper left corner on front panel). The operation of this function depends on the position of the brightness adjustment slider. If it is 100%, then in complete darkness, the automatic brightness adjustment function reduces the brightness of up to 96 kD / m² (not excessively bright, but it was possible and lowered), in conditions lit by artificial office light (about 400 LC) brightness rises to 195 kD / m² (acceptable), in a very bright environment (corresponds to lighting clear outdoor day, but without direct sunlight - 20,000 LCs or a little more) is installed at 470 cd / m² (this is the maximum, which should be expected). If you set the brightness slider by 50%, the values \u200b\u200bare as follows: 60, 120 and 470 kD / m², if 0% - 18, 40 and 460 kD / m². In general, the operation of the automatic adjustment function does not cause any complaints, everything is perfect. There is some modulation of the backlight, but its amplitude is relatively small, and the frequency is about 34 kHz, so visually flickering the screen cannot be seen and the presence of such a modulation can not affect the comfort of working with this device.

IN this screen Used IPS type matrix. On micrographs, you can see a typical structure of subpixels in the form of parallel strips:

For comparison, you can familiarize yourself with the micrographic gallery of the screens used in mobile technology.

The screen has good viewing angles without a significant shift of colors and without inverting shades, even with large deviations from perpendicular to the screen. For comparison, we give the photos on which the same images are displayed on the screens of the same two devices, while the brightness of the screens is set to about 200 kD / m². Perpendicular to the screens Test picture:

It can be seen that the color rendition varies slightly (when photographing the color balance is forcibly installed on 6500 K), but this is the only reasonable conclusion that can be done by photography. And white field:

Note good uniformity of brightness and color tone. Now at an angle of about 45 degrees to the plane and to the side of the screen:

It can be seen that the colors did not "float" from both screens, but in the case of Sony, the contrast at an angle decreased. Then white field:

The brightness at an angle of the screens has decreased (at least 4 times, based on the difference in shutter speed), but in the case of the Z1 Compact, the brightness drop is slightly less than that of Nexus 7 (photographs brightness 234 versus 228). The black field during the deviation on the diagonal is highlighted strongly, but remains almost neutral gray. The following it shows this (brightness of white areas in the perpendicular direction at the screens of the same!):

With perpendicular view, the uniform of the black field is almost perfect:

Contrast (approximately in the center of the screen) is relatively high - about 930: 1. Response time when switching black-white-black is 22 ms (14 ms incl. + 8 ms off.). The transition between the halftons of gray 25% and 75% (according to the numerical color value) and back in sum occupies 33 ms. The gamma curve constructed by 32 points did not reveal in neither lights, nor in the shadows, and the indicator of the approximating power function is 2.28, which is close to the standard value of 2.2, while the real gamma curve deviates from power dependence:

Due to the presence of an aggressive dynamic adjustment of the illumination brightness in accordance with the nature of the displayed image (on light images, the brightness tends to rise, on dark - drop) and in time, the dependence of the brightness from the shade (gamma curve) does not correspond to the static gamma curve since the measurements were carried out at sequential output Shades of gray full screen. For this reason, a series of tests - the definition of contrast and response time, comparing the illumination of black at angles - we were performed when withdrawing special templates, and not one-photo fields in full screen.

Color coverage is barely wider than SRGB:

Apparently, the components are well separated and the spectra confirm this:

Note that the saturation of the colors is moderate, visually the colors are slightly brighter, but not yet so oversaturated so that color images seem distorted. The color balance is somewhat imperfect, since the deviation from the spectrum of an absolutely black body (ΔE) is not very large and the color point of the white point is close to the standard value of 6500 K, but the color temperature changes significantly as the brightness of the shade of gray decreases, which adversely affects the visual color estimate Balance. (Dark areas of the gray scale can not be considered, since there the balance of colors does not matter, and the measurement error of the color characteristics on the low brightness is large.)

Color balance can be improved, as in this smartphone there is an opportunity to adjust the intensity of the three main colors:

The result of such a correction is shown on the gray scale. After several iterations with optimal adjustment, we counted an increase in the intensity of red to 50 units. The result of such a correction is given on the charts above (the point Corr.). It can be seen that this correction has slightly improved the color balance, since the color temperature has become closer to the standard 6500 K, and Δe on average rather decreased.

In addition, in the screen settings, you can enable the branded image improvement function X-REALITY FOR MOBILE. The screen photos above are made when this function has been disabled (a regular photo viewer has been used), further present a photo with the test image and with the Nexus 7 screen for comparison:

It can be noted that even with a "enhancement" function, the saturation of the colors is slightly increased. And two photos when this feature is activated. Test template:

Areas with solid fill without gradations increased slightly - richness increased, and test photo:

It can be seen that the X-REALITY FOR MOBILE increases the contrast, contour sharpness and saturation.

The screen is characterized by a high maximum brightness and an effective anti-reflective filter, so the smartphone can be used without special difficulties even on a summer sunny day. In complete darkness, brightness can be reduced to a comfortable level. It is permissible to use and mode with automatic adjustment of the brightness that works absolutely adequately. The advantages of the screen also need to include good oleophobic properties of the outer surface, no air gap in the screen layers and flicker, excellent black field uniformity, high contrast, close to SRGB color coverage and good color balance with the possibility of correction. To significant disadvantages - the low stability of black to the rejection of the view from the perpendicular to the plane of the screen. From features, we note the traditional for mobile devices from this manufacturer, using a plastic film as an external screen coating. In general, the screen quality is very high.

Sound

IN human dynamics The Sony Xperia Z1 Compact smartphone is not observed, the voice of the familiar interlocutor, intonation and the timbre is well recognizable, but still he sounds deafness. Also deaf and not too loudly sounds and the call speaker - obviously, the water resistance of the membranes, protecting the speakers from water. The interlocutors at the other end also celebrate small sound distortion when telephone conversation - And this is already a claim to the microphone. We repeat that the ticking dynamics grille is embedded into the lower end of the device, so the sound will not be overlapped when the phone lies on the table.

In the software plan, the sound subsystem of Xperia Z1 Compact is also equipped as well as in any other modern Sony smartphone. The regular audio player, called the Walkman tradition, is rich in settings and additional software improvements, such as a built-in equalizer with a mass of pre-installed values \u200b\u200b(you can also specify your own), CLEAR PHASE, XLOUD technologies or virtual surround sound. Managing Most Settings is available if the integrated Clearaudio + function is turned off, otherwise all settings are given to the exhaust machine.

Camera

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact is equipped with the same two modules. digital cameraslike Sony Xperia Z1. The front camera is equipped with a 2-megapixel module, removes with a resolution of 1920 × 1080, the quality of the received photos can be judged by the following test image.

The main, rear 20,7 megapixel camera is equipped with a G series lens with focus distance 27 mm and a diaphragm F2.0. The camera uses the "EXMOR RS FOR MOBILE" Sensor of 1 / 2.3 inches and the Bionz for Mobile processor.

By default, the camera of all Sony devices operate standard in the so-called speaving (IAUTO) with a widescreen aspect ratio, but you can translate shooting to manual settings. It is noteworthy that when the hardware button is activated on the side of the device to quickly turn on the camera, it activates it always only in automatic shooting mode, even if the manual adjustment mode was turned on. If you start the camera application by clicking on the icon on the display, then in this case everything passes as usual, and the camera leaves intact previous settings, that is, it starts in manual mode, if such has been set earlier. Note that there is a big difference between automatic and manual modes, because maximum resolution You can only set in manual adjustment mode.

In addition to automatic and manual shooting modes, sony cameras Xperia Z1 Compact There are some more curious additional features. INFO-EYE mode, for example, substitutes contextual information to the frame in the frame using the technology of augmented reality; In Time Shift Burst mode, a camera in two seconds before pressing the shutter shutter button makes up to 61 photos, from which you can then choose the best. The Social Live feature allows you to download footbooks immediately on Facebook and view comments on the screen of the smartphone. The most unexpected was the entertainment application called AR EFFECT, which makes it possible to combine snapshots with animation using the corporate technology of the completed Smartar reality.

Examples of photos with comments in quality - below.

	Only the central part of the snapshot is sharp. In the rest of the areas, the sharpness falls noticeably, especially to the edges.
	Since focus on the far plan, everything looks sharp enough, with the exception of the edges.
	The field of sharpness is somehow strangely scattered by frame: the angle of the house and the back is sharp enough, and for some reason the middle part is cooled.
	On the 8 megapixel version of a similar image, sharpness is slightly better. In general, the focus on the end of the house, and in the rest of the areas sharpness still walks, but less.
	Perhaps the chamber has a focusing problem for infinity. Although it looks like focusing in the foreground and in the center of the frame.
	Good sharpness in the central part, and on all plans, but on the edges everything is bad.
	At first glance, the snapshot looks good, and even the zones of blur are not striking. But upon closer examination, the focus is noticeable again on the central part and on the foreground.
	Macro manages a camera quite well, but nothing outstanding it does not demonstrate.
	Macro with insufficient lighting (1/50 s, ISO 800) manages the camera well. By reducing the resolution, the work of the noise is well smoothed.
	The flash helps to make a macro.
	The text generally worked well, but grieves a strong drop in the edges.
	The flash improves the situation.

	Lighting ≈3200 suite. With good lighting, the camera copes well. The world, which is a little left of the center is the clearest.
	Lighting ≈1400 luxury. The sharpness is still the same situation.
	Lighting ≈130 luxury. The camera copes well with noises.
	Lighting ≈130 suite, flash. The flash almost does not change the situation, only allows you to slightly reduce photosensitivity.
	Lighting<1 люкс. В темноте камера практически не справляется — из-за обилия программной обработки объекты нерезкие. В отличие от снимка 8 Мп, снимок 20 Мп практически не имеет деталей — он очень темный.
	Lighting<1 люкс, вспышка. В темноте вспышка помогает очень слабо.

Having created a smartphone xperia z1 with a camera sensor 1 / 2.3 "Sony, probably decided to move along the Nokia path with its PureView technology. Nokia is subsequently in the Lumia 1520 smartphone came to the 1 / 2.5 format sensor that NE has so much worsened the quality of the pictures. As we have already written, the Xperia Z1 camera looked damp and not highlighted. Did Sony succeeded to achieve the desired result in the Xperia Z1 Compact smartphone?

If you look at the "naked" numbers, then in the pictures of the stand we can say that 20 Mp "manual" mode and 8 megapixel mode "Superato" differ in permission quite strongly - approximately the same as the Nokia Lumia 1520 images in 20 MP modes and 8 mp. Pictures 20 MP Xperia Z1 and Xperia Z1 Compact are also noticeably different from each other, which makes it possible to draw conclusions about a significant improvement in the smartphone chamber compared to the predecessor.

However, at the same time, the chamber has many drawbacks. If the snapshots of Lumia 1520 still resembled pictures of a good compact, then in the case of Xperia Z1 Compact it is impossible to say. First of all, the problem with optics, which "does not pull" the edges of the pictures is thrown into the eyes. Sometimes this phenomenon expressed so vividly that only the center of the frame is really sharp. Sometimes there is a feeling that sharpness on distant plans falls due to a small depth of field, especially when objects in focus are located on the foreground. But this hypothesis does not justify the bad sharpness at the edges of the image.

As a result, the camera shows the second problem - software processing. Because of the poor sharpness in the zones in which it seemed to be good, it gets awesome sharping. Together with a noise, which is noticeable in the pictures of 20 MP, it gives a not very pleasant picture. Of course, in the pictures of 8 mp, the work of the noise is smoothed, but for some reason it becomes noticeable, and the blur zones remain.

Even the shooting of the camera is poorly removed - mostly, of course, due to poor sharpness around the edges. It does not have to talk about the depth of field here, since so far any smartphone coped with similar plots. Macro movement manages the camera is not so bad, but nothing outstanding in it. Especially good, the camera copes with insufficient lighting and high sensitivity values. Although there is nothing particularly cunning: the noise is processed by separate pixels, the size of which is quite small due to their large quantity, and with a decrease in the resolution of the grain, which is the result of the operation of the noise, is simply smoothed. But the pictures of the macro 20 MP look very decent.

The camera has a rather weak flash. In addition to the small angle, it has a small power and, as can be seen from the schedule, practically does not improve the situation with poor lighting.

In the light of all the above, call the Xperia Z1 Compact can not receive a camerafon. Perhaps it's all about married a specific sample, and then the camera may be very good. If the case is not married, it remains to hope that Sony still has reached the level of Nokia Lumia 1520 pictures in its future smartphones.

Both cameras can shoot video in Full HD-resolution 1080p. The following is a pair of test rollers removed on the main, rear chamber. Rollers are saved in MP4 (video: MPEG4 video (H.264) 1920 × 1080 29.75 K / s 17.5 Mbps; Sound: AAC 48 kHz stereo 128 kbps).

• Roller №1 (51.1 MB, 1920 × 1080)
• Roller # 2 (33.1 MB, 1920 × 1080)

Telephone part and communication

The smartphone works standard in modern 2G GSM and 3G WCDMA networks, and the fourth-generation networks used on the territory of Russia (LTE) are supported. With the SIM card of the domestic operator, the megaphone smartphone in practice confidently finds and works with the LTE network. Of the additional network capabilities available support for the second Wi-Fi range (5 GHz) and NFC technology. External Device Connection Mode (USB Host, OTG) is supported here, so that any flash drives connected to the Micro-USB port is as well as mouse with keyboards, are perfectly recognized. The navigation module supports both GPS and domestic GLONASS. The navigation module works very clearly and quickly - the first satellites begin to "catch" in a matter of seconds even after the first cold start.

Spontaneous reboots / shutdowns during testing were not observed, as well as slow-moving or system hangs. When submission to the ear, the screen is blocked by the approximation sensor. The illumination sensor controls the screen brightness level in automatic mode. The visual sensor at the top of the front panel serves to alert about the status of charging and incoming events. I did not like the new way to implement the connection of the device to the PC: now every time you need to call the context menu and confirm your intentions, otherwise all internal folders in the phone's memory displayed in the PC file manager will turn out to be empty. This is clearly some kind of non-disconnecting of the new software connected to the MTP connection, and it would be good that this problem be solved in future firmware. Otherwise, each time the USB smartphone is connected to the USB connection, it is necessary to establish the same driver - at least this is the case with not the latest Microsoft Windows 7 OS.

Drawing letters and numbers of virtual keyboards are quite comfortable for control. Layout and location of the keys Standard: Language switching here is carried out by pressing the special button with the image of the globe, the highlighted top row with numbers with no numbers - you have to switch the layout each time. It is curious that even in such a small device, the virtual keyboard was equipped with the ability to "press" the keys closer to that or another side, so that it was easier to reach the fingers of one hand - this is called "Keyboard for one hand" - the typical functionality of the top modern apparatus with large sizes diagonally. Naturally, there is also an opportunity of an obscure letter to the slip of the finger from the letter to the letter - SWYPE. The telephone application supports Smart Dial, that is, during the dialing of the phone number immediately, the search first letters in contacts are immediately performed. Very convenient functionality to which you instantly get used to, but which is sometimes missing in some uniforms in some smartphones, Apple iPhone, for example, or Meizu MX3.

OS and Software

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact works at the moment on the Google Android version 4.3 software platform. On top of the standard OS interface, the company has installed its own user interface, significantly modifying and complementing standard. The main distinguishing feature of the program menu is the wide possibilities for sorting, sampling and working with icons of installed applications. To work with them, even a whole context panel appeared here, extended to the left side wave. It can search in it by category, set your own, arbitrary location of the icons, or sort several pre-installed methods. It is very convenient that right here you can also delete any application without having to go to a special section of the main menu - functionality, partially replacing the file manager. Naturally, the ability to create folders is supported, but for this you need to contain icons in your order mode, otherwise all the application folders are again distributed across the desktops, in alphabetical order, for example.

In terms of pre-installed applications in the smartphone, everything is almost as early as the other contemporary Sony devices. A set of pre-installed programs in the smartphones of the Japanese company is not too much changing from the tube to the tube. Several online services, such as TrackId, movies, PlayNow, offer to choose, buy and immediately run music, movies and games. TimesCape collects information about the social activity of friends. There is a pre-installed file manager, a package for working with office documents, a QR code scanner and a popular program for creating Evernote notes were also found. Sony always prestructs a useful program for a full backup and restore both settings and other data.

When choosing a program under the curious name "sketch", a set of tools for drawing and handwriting input appears. Here you can choose brushes, paints, colors, lines thickness, texture, etc. Functionality reminds such in the famous stylized Samsung Galaxy Note, only much more modest in capabilities, and here a quick recording of long texts is impossible due to the delay (lag) between the touch and appearance of the feature on the screen. In this program, you can only dictate something to draw something, pick up a collage of finished elements, or pump a pair of text phrases, but they will not be too picky.

Performance

The Sony Xperia Z1 Compact hardware platform is based on the database of one of the most powerful mobile platforms - a single-chip system (SOC) Qualcomm Snapdragon 800. The central processor here has 4 Krait 400 kernels operating at a frequency of 2.2 GHz (CPU-Z shows 2 , 15 GHz). RAM in the device is provided 2 GB, and the repository accessible to the user to download its own files is slightly larger than 11 GB from nominally designated 16 GB. There is support card microSd memory With a volume of up to 64 GB, so the lack of memory will not feel. Support for processing graphics processor has the most modern ADRENO 330 video screen. To all of the time the device supports the connection mode of external flash drives (OTG), so that the files can be opened and viewed directly from the flash drive connected to it.

To get an idea of \u200b\u200bthe performance of the platform of the test smartphone, we will carry out a standard set of tests.

All the results obtained by us when testing the smartphone in the most recent versions of popular benchmarks, we are conveniently reduced to the table. The table usually adds several other devices from various segments, also tested on similar recent versions of benchmarks (this is done only for a visual assessment of the resulting dry numbers). Unfortunately, within the framework of the same comparison, it is impossible to submit results from different versions of the benchmarks, so many worthy and actual models remain "for the scenes" - due to the fact that they at one time passed their "barnesses" on previous versions of test programs.

The results obtained during testing were quite naturally confirmed by very high productivity of the novelties, similar to the performance of other top flagship models built on the same platform of other top flagship models. The smartphone is very powerful, its capabilities will still be more difficult to fulfill any of the most difficult tasks that you can come up with for a mobile gadget.

Test results in MobileXPRT, as well as the latest versions of Antutu 4.x and Geekbench 3

When testing the graphics subsystem in the 3DMark cross-platform test for the most productive smartphones now it is possible to run 3DMark in Unlimited mode, where the resolution of the rendering is fixed to 720p and is disabled VSYNC (due to which the speed can rise above 60 FPS).

The results of testing the graphics subsystem in the Epic Citadel game test. It is worth noting that in the hardest mode of Epic Citadel, Ultra High Quality The subject showed itself very worthy, practically without worsening its results, which are almost the highest possible for these tests.

As for the benchmarks to estimate the speed of the JavaScript engine, it is necessary to always make a discount on the fact that they are significantly dependent on the browser in them, in which the comparison can be truly correct only on the same OS and browsers, and such an opportunity is available when testing not always. In the case of Android OS, we always try to use Google Chrome.

Video playback

To test "omnivities" when playing video (including support for various codecs, containers and special capabilities, such as subtitles), we used the most common formats that constitute the bulk of the content available on the content network. Note that for mobile devices it is important to have the support of hardware decoding of videos at the chip level, since to process modern options due to the processor nuclei are most often impossible. Also, it is not necessary to wait from the mobile device of decoding everything, since the leadership in flexibility belongs to PC, and no one is going to challenge it. All results are reduced to a single sign.

Format	Container, video, sound	MX Video Player.	Full video player
DVDRip.	AVI, XVID 720 × 400 2200 Kbps, MP3 + AC3	reproduces normal	do not play
Web-DL SD	AVI, XVID 720 × 400 1400 Kbps, MP3 + AC3	reproduces normal	do not play
Web-DL HD	MKV, H.264 1280 × 720 3000 Kbps, AC3
BDRip 720p.	MKV, H.264 1280 × 720 4000 Kbps, AC3	reproduced normally with a H / W + decoder	video is reproduced normally, no sound
BDRip 1080p.	MKV, H.264 1920 × 1080 8000 Kbps, AC3	reproduced normally with a H / W + decoder	video is reproduced normally, no sound

¹ Sound in MX Video Player was played only after switching to software decoding or mode Hardware +.; the regular player does not have such a setup

Additionally, the MHL interface was tested. To test it, we used the LG IPS237L monitor that supports a direct MHL connection using a passive adapter cable from the Micro-USB connector on HDMI.

The conclusion on MHL is carried out in a resolution of 1920 to 1080 pixels with a frequency of 30 frames / s. With an active MHL connection, regardless of the actual orientation of the smartphone, the image output to the screens of the smartphone and the monitor is carried out in the landscape orientation (and only in orientation with the Micro-USB connector at the bottom relative to the image on the screen of the smartphone itself).

In this case, the actual resolution is equal to the resolution of the screen of the smartphone - 1280 by 720 pixels. We only found one exception - the lock screen is displayed in portrait orientation, while the picture on the monitor is inscribed in height (of course, with a reduced resolution), and black fields are displayed on the sides. In addition, if you do not output the scaling setting by 100%, then the picture on the monitor screen is slightly decreased, which also leads to a decrease in the permission, and black fields are displayed around the perimeter. By default, the value of this setting is 95% - why so, it is not clear to us, because an unconnected increase in the image (Overskan) remains only in some models of extremely cheap televisions.

With an active MHL connection, it is possible to use a TV remote control to control the smartphone - the built-in help on three pages lists the remote control buttons and their functions. However, I suspect that to implement this functionality, you need to connect to TVs exclusively the Sony brand.

The sound on MHL is displayed (in this case, the sounds were heard through the headphones connected to the monitor, since there are no loudspeakers in the monitor) and it has good quality. At the same time, at least, multimedia sounds through the loudspeaker of the smartphone itself are not displayed, and the buttons on the smartphone housing the volume is not adjusted - only turns on / off. MHL connected smartphone is charging.

A special description deserves video from MHL. To begin with a set of test files with a single division of the frame with an arrow and a rectangle (see "Methods for testing reproduction devices and displaying a video signal. Version 1 (for mobile devices)") We checked how the video is displayed on the screen of the smartphone itself. Screenshots with shutter speed in 1 C helped to determine the nature of the output of video files with various parameters: resolution ranged (1280 per 720 (720p), 1920 at 1080 (1080p) and 3840 at 2160 (4K) pixels) and frame rate (24, 25, 30, 50 and 60 frames / s). In the tests we used a regular video player. The test results are reduced to the table (a block entitled as a smartphone screen):

File	Uniformity	Pass
Screen smartphone
4k / 30p.	oK	not
4k / 25p.	oK	not
4k / 24p.	oK	not

Note: If in both columns Uniformity and Pass Green estimates are exhibited, it means that, most likely, when viewing the films of artifacts caused by uneven alternation and passage of frames, or will not be seen at all, or their number and notice will not affect the preservation of viewing. Red marks indicate possible problems associated with playing relevant files.

By the frame output criterion, the quality of video playback quality is good (except for files from 50 and 60 frames / s), the smartphone copes even with a 4K video file show (3840 per 2160 pixels). However, we note that uniform alternation of frames is a relatively unstable state, since some external and internal background processes lead to a periodic failure of the correct alternation of the intervals between frames (or groups of personnel) or even to the passage of individual frames. When playing 720p video files (with a resolution of 1280 per 720 pixels), the image of the video file is displayed by one-in-one, exactly on the screen border in the true resolution of 720p. The brightness range displayed on the screen almost corresponds to the standard video range - in the shadows there is a small blockage, but in the lights there are all gradations of shades (for video in the range of 16-235).

When playing video files with Full HD resolution (1920 to 1080 pixels) on the MHL monitor, the image of the video file is displayed one-in-one, exactly along the screen border in the true resolution of Full HD. The brightness range displayed on the monitor corresponds to the standard video range - in the shadows and in the lights displays all gradations of shades (for video in the range of 16-235). The test results on the uniform display of frames are shown in the table above in the "MHL (monitor" block. With the exception of files with 50 and 60 frames / s, where part of the frames, naturally, is skipped, the quality of the output is good.

As a result, the MHL connection can be used to view the movies, withdrawing web pages and other activities that wins from a multiple screen size increase. Playing dynamic games at the external monitor, apparently, better using the MHL adapter, since it is most likely the output will be carried out in 720p mode, that is, with a smaller resolution, but with a frame rate of 60 frame / s, which for most The game is more important.

Battery life

The capacitance of the lithium-ion battery installed in the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact is 2300 mA · h. This is not the biggest volume for smart phoned batteries, however the subject has demonstrated excellent results of the duration of autonomous work, largely due to the screen not too large on the area.

	Battery capacity	Reading mode	Video mode	3D game mode
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact	2300 mA · h	25 h. 00 m.	11 h. 05 m.	5 h. 30 m.
ZTE Nubia Z5 Mini	2300 mA · h	11 h. 05 m.	8 h. 00 m.	3 h 50 m.
Nexus 5.	2300 mA · h	22 h. 10 m.	5 h. 05 m.	3 h. 45 m.
Meizu MX3.	2400 mA · h	13 h. 20 m.	8 h. 00 m.	4 h. 25 m.
LG G2.	3000 mA · h	20 h. 00 m.	12 h. 30 m.	4 h. 45 m.
Sony Xperia Z1.	3000 mA · h	11 h. 45 m.	8 h. 00 m.	4 h. 30 m.
ZTE Nubia Z5	2300 mA · h	9 h. 00 m.	6 h. 40 m.	3 h. 00 m.
HTC One.	2300 mA · h	14 h. 15 m.	7 h. 25 m.	2 h. 14 m.

Uninterrupted reading in the FBReader program (with a standard, light theme) with a minimum comfortable level of brightness (the brightness was set per 100 cd / m²) lasted until the battery discharge is 25 hours. When you continuously view video from YouTube in high quality (HQ) with the same level of brightness through the Wi-Fi home network, the device lasted 11 hours, and in 3D-games mode - about 5.5 hours.

Outcome

Pros Sony Xperia Z1 Compact:

• gorgeous appearance
• quality assembly
• dear materials manufacturing
• comfortable dimensions
• highest performance
• memory card support
• good location of speakers
• availability otg
• support for input with wet fingers and gloves
• protection against water and dirt
• decent battery life
• fastening for the strap

As for the minuses, there were no serious deficiencies in the apparatus. As relative minuses, you can mention not the best sound quality of speakers, as well as not the perfect picture quality, but it is only to compare with the reference Samsung Galaxy Note 3 and Apple iPhone. In any case, Sony Xperia Z1 Compact is a unique smartphone. At the same time, powerful and miniature, which has a serious protection against adverse external conditions, but having a type of stylish, expensive and status items, while also with a complete set of slots and connectors for devices based on Android. His creators did not have to sacrifice something one to the detriment of the other to ensure all the components in a small building. For this unique combination of most characteristics Sony Xperia Z1 Compact smartphone, awards from the editorial site.

The output that suggests after testing the Sony Xperia Z1 Compact smartphone is very simple: to the one who loves beautiful, expensive, status, high-quality and miniature things, just not pass by Sony Xperia Z1 Compact. Provided, of course, that he is not yet the owner of Apple iPhone, or for some reason it has already been disappointed in it. And the point is not only that the new Sony smartphone is a unique combination of the most powerful at the current time of the hardware filling with minimal sizes of the case - we have already written about this at the very beginning of the article. But also an important aesthetic part of the question is mixed: after all, with all the listed unique features, the new apparatus is and simply a very beautiful, expensive, high-quality thing, which is not only expensive and status looks in every hand, coming to anyone, even Dear wardrobe, but also is the legal carrier of the invisible particle called "Sony Style", and this is almost a religion. And on religious attributes, as you know, people are smaller than the money, so the purchase price in this case, as in the case of Apple products - is not important. Moreover, in everything else, it is almost nothing to complain here. Bravo, Sony!

That happened, what Millions were waiting - the exhibition of the Japanese mobile operator NTT Docomo, on which the best mobile devices "Winter 2013 - Spring 2014" were able to present with success. As part of this event, the curtain of the hedatewind of the mini version of the Sony flagship and the world was finally reset, was presented to the Sony Xperia Z1F Mini (SO-02F) review. Interest in this device was stunning, since for a long time, rumors concerned about this model have undergone a network. According to preliminary data in the east of Sony, Z1F Mini will be used by the end of December, at the time for the European market, the smartphone will most likely be present at the CES 2014 exhibition.

As expected, the minimum version will get all the best of his older brother, and will not be just a trimmed version. The housing is as follows to dust protected from dust and moisture, the smartphone is piloting a powerful Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor with a 2.2 GHz core frequency and a typical 2 GB of RAM has been installed. The Xperia Z1 Mini camera is 20.7 megapixels with an Exmor RS matrix and G Lens branded optics. Everything is exactly like the older model of Iquisper Z1.

The main differences are the size of the smartphone itself, the display diagonal and the battery capacity: 140 grams against 170 V Z1 and size 127x6x9.4 mm against 144x7 x8.5 mm; The screen diagonal is 4.3 inches and 720p resolution; Well, the battery capacity is 2300 mAh.

Bravo of the company Sony, for creating only all competitors by creating only the shadow of their older model, and they made a real mini flagship, with a powerful stuffing and amazing appearance.

"Mal Spool, yes Road," says folk wisdom, although the guys from HTC and Samsung have their own truth: "There is more steeper!". Sony is among those abstained thanks to the long-awaited light.

In Japan, where the novelty should make a debut at the NTT Docomo event "at the end of December", the reduced option is also known as the code designation Z1 F SO-02F. By the way, the announcement of the Japanese Z1 F will probably follow the announcement of the version for the global market - do not go to the fortuneteller. We hope this significant event will occur before the start of the CES 2014 exhibition.

As in the case of "full-size" flagships, designers of the Japanese company did not pay too much attention to the aesthetic component. As a result, Z1 F was not particularly fashionable due to the "dense physique", 140 grams of weight and profile with a thickness of 9.4 mm. However, such characteristics are beneficial, because this kid with 4.3 "screen, as reported, is perfectly in hand and boasts dustless performance -. At your service weighty battery with a capacity of 2300 mAh - exactly the same as in with a larger 4.7 "screen. And the "chunky" kind of little concern.

In terms of "Stuffing" Z1 mini - a real embodiment of advanced technologies that can give odds to any high class (including the older fellow) not only at the present time, but also the near future. So, our attention is offered a 4-core processor Snapdragon 800, 2 gig RAM, 16 gigs of the internal memory, support for microSD memory cards and a lot more "delicious". For example, a rear camera with a resolution of 20.7 meters with an autofocus function equipped with LED flash. To say that the quality of the photo and the video is high, it means not to say anything.

As for the display, this is perhaps the only component that has lost in the characteristics in comparison with the elder brother. Although the resolution decreased "only" to 1280 x 720 pixels, Full HD mode with this size of the screen would be excesses, is not it?

User hid his data

The problem is solved

Advantages: Certainly, the camera. Perfectly removes not only the day, but also at night. I tried to shoot under water - pictures clear, good, the phone after clinical trials is alive, well. All 20 megapixels in the case, if you shoot with manual setting, but also on other modes everything is fine. There is a camera button if you don't want to poke your finger into the lens when shooting. The outbreak is mesmer, but, in my opinion, it is rather dignity than the flaw, because the pictures are so obtained by more natural, not illuminated. The battery is good, holds a day with the most active use (games, Internet, WiFi, Bluetooth, music, calls). Here are no complaints. In size - Ideal: The screen is large, the keys almost do not miss, everything can be seen, but not so big so that it is not placed in your pocket. You can use one hand. The off button is located on the side, before it does not need to be drawn as in LG or Samsung. Here is the best combination of compact quality-quality. The phone is really smart, loads applications and sites only with a bang. The screen turns over, as it should be (if someone is interesting). No strips on the screen, the screen is very juicy and bright, not worse than Super AMOLED. Noise with no call. Does not lag. All functions that position the manufacturer are really present in the phone. There is a good program that allows you to find the tracks you need. Many embedded applications are deleted if you do not need them. The phone is very "smart" and has many useful small features and programs that turn out to be in practice quite by the way. Very convenient to install updates - there is a special program for this. And yes, the first thing that the phone did when buying is updated Android to 4.4. The sound is good, no complaints. The back cover is a glass, not plastic, as certain sites assure. And here Sony was not saved. Disadvantages: The screen and the back cover are quickly dirty and easily scratched, so I recommend immediately when you buy to get protective films or cover, for this model a whole bunch. But it is solved and not so scary. Menu and settings are convenient, although in places randomly, but after other phones, the transition does not cause labor. After a day, everything becomes native and understandable. The camera button is pressed with difficulty. Sound from speakers is weak, but you can purchase a small portable column. In the end, this is a phone, and not a tape recorder. The biggest drawback is Walkman, and everything would be fine with him if he knew how to sort music on folders. But he, alas, does not know how to do it. Get ready for scattering your tracks (imagine if you have several thousand) on playlists. Or as an option - to install some other player, not native, the benefit of the Play Market is a lot of them. I did this. (PlayerPro, for example). Comment: Making a conclusion, the phone costs its money, has 95% of the functions of Z2, but it is much more attractive. The camera is chic, telephone and camera in one bottle. By the way, you can purchase additionally lenses. Waterproofing, which will never sleep and justifies himself. Plugs, by the way, quite durable, on elastic bands, do not immediately fall off. Easy, thin, pocket is placed. Oh yeah, another wonderful thing - built-in dictionary, which helps to print greatly faster, but not such a push as T9. Buy, you will not regret.