SONY XPERIA Z1 COMPACT REVIEW


Sony launched its mini smartphone with no compromise specifications in India namely Xperia Z1 compact which is priced @ 36990. It is available in Black, White, Lime and Pink shades.

DESIGN, BUILD QUALITY & DISPLAY 
The desigh is very good and feels premium. It has a scratch resistant and shatter proof durable tempered glass on front and an alluminium frame structure with glass finish polycarbonate back. It is slim at 9.5mm and weighs 137gms. It is also IP58 certified meaning dust proof and water resistant for 5 feet and 30 minutes. It has a 4.3 inch 16M HD IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen which features Triluminous display & X-Reality engine with 342ppi. It has Opti-contrast panel. viewing angles and sunlight legibility are pretty good. It uses latest Timescape User Interface.
STORAGE, MULTIMEDIA & CONNECTIVITYS 
It has a 16 GB internal storage and is expandable upto 64 GB. The device features dedicated multimedia apps which are very good. It has clear audio technologies and X-loud sound enhancements. On-board connectivitie's such as 2G, 3G, 4G (LTE), WIFI, Bluetooth 4.0, GPS & GLONASS, NFC and USB & USB OTG support are standard. It also includes Sony’s unique one touch functions that takes place with help of NFC. But lacks IR(Infrared) Port.
CAMERA AND VIDEO RECORDING CAPABILITIES 
It has a 20.7 MP Rear camera (1/2.3 inch sensor size) with autofocus & LED flash with Sony's G LENS & BIONZ image processor which features Superior auto mode(optimises right settings at right time),Simultaneous HD video and image recording, Time-Shift burst mode (snaps 61 images in 2 seconds and starts before u hit the shutter key), Geo-tagging, AR (Argument Reality) effects, Image stabilization, Sweep panorama, HDR etc. The camera clarity is Excellent. It does FULL HD 1080p@30fps HDR video recording with video stabilization & stereo sound having bit-rate of 19 Mbps in MP4 files. The video recording clarity is Excellent. It has a 2 MP Front camera which does FULL HD 1080p@30fps.
SOFTWARE, HARDWARE,PERFORMANCE & BENCHMARKS
It runs on Android(OS) 4.3 jelly bean out of the box upgradable to 4.4.4 kitkat with a planned upgrade to 5.0 Lollipop. It has a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 (MSM8974) processor running a quad core at 2.2 GHZ with 2 GB RAM and an Adreno 330 GPU. The performance is Top class which provides high graphic intensive games and multitasking run smoothly and there is no lag at all. It is also PlayStation certified.
QUADRANT : 21955.
ANTUTU : 35890.
NENAMARK 2 : 60 fps.

BATTERY LIFE
It has a non-removableLi-Ion 2300 MAH Battery with battery stamina mode(which kills the apps u want when screen is off by providing more battery life). The battery life is Excellent which is given below.
BROWSING : upto 12:20H.
VIDEO WATCHING: upto 10:30H.
TALKTIME : upto 25H(2G) / upto 22H(3G).
STANDBY TIME: upto 850H(2G) / upto 820H(3G).
PROS
*Top class build quality.
*Very good Display and viewing angles.
*Top class performance.
*Excellent camera & video recording clarity.
*Dust and Water resistant.
*Excellent battery life.
*Flap free headphone jack.
*Dedicated camera key

CONS
*Non-removable battery.
*Loudspeaker is descent.
*lacks IR blaster.
OVERALL PRODUCT RATING° : 9.5/10.

°overall product rating refers to all the aspects including the price, performance, overall quality, features, etc., based on individual product.

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