Sony's flagships have always been playing off each other in a nice
but, after a certain point, rather repetitive way. When Sony decided to
pass on QHD-screens, it looked like it had the right reasons to keep up
with 1080p for flagship generations on end.
Today, however, the company is finally ready for a jump in screen
resolution and it's making that jump with a bang. What better way to
stir things up than the first 4K display on a smartphone? Meet the Sony
Xperia Z5 Premium.
If your natural inclination is to be wary of lofty model identifiers
"Premium" may give the wrong impression. But we guess Sony just had
to come up with an original way of calling its phablet flagship without
the involvement of any Plus moniker as the competition does.
To be fair, the Z5 Premium does bring enough novelties to the series
to deserve its name. The first ever 4K display on a smartphone is surely
a catchy headline feature, but we shouldn't also miss the fact that it
comes spread over a display that's 5.5-inch in diagonal, a size that was
so far missing from Sony's flagship portfolio. It is also available in
the signature Chrome paintjob, making its rear a near perfect mirror for
possibly some nice selfies with the main camera.
Besides that, you get all the perks that the original Z5 has - the
side-mounted fingerprint scanner, the new 23MP camera sensor, the
enhanced connectivity, and the more powerful chipset. It's still
waterproof too!
Yet, the Xperia Z5 Premium plays it safe where it has to and isn't
defying the established design language of the Z series. Instead it
refines the familiar dual-glass styling and smartens up the looks with
the new mirror rear finish and an improved metal frame. We are quite
fond too of the discreet fingerprint reader integrated in the power/lock
key on the right.
Key features
5.5" UHD (3840 x 2160px) IPS LCD display with 806ppi (4K in
layman's terms), X Reality for Mobile, Triluminos technology and Dynamic
Contrast Enhancer; scratch-resistant glass, oleophobic coating
Android OS v5.1.1 Lollipop with Xperia launcher
Octa-core Qualcomm MSM8994 Snapdragon 810, feat. a quad-core 1.5
GHz Cortex-A53 and quad-core 2 GHz Cortex-A57 and an Adreno 430 GPU and
3GB RAM
23 MP camera with 2160p@30fps video recording; 5.1 MP front-facing camera with 1080p@30fps video
32GB of built-in storage and a microSD card slot
LTE Cat.4 (150Mbps)/Cat.6 (300Mbps), region dependent; Dual-band
Wi-Fi a/b/g/n/ac; A-GPS/GLONASS receiver, Bluetooth v4.1, FM radio with
RDS
Active noise cancellation with a dedicated mic
3,430mAh non-removable battery
IP68 certified - dust and water proof up to 1.5 meter and 30 minutes
Fingerprint sensor
Main disadvantages
4K available only for multimedia content
Waterproofing comes with a disclaimer
Non-removable battery, no wireless charging out of the box
No IR port for remote control of consumer electronics
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