Sunday, November 29, 2015
Design
at first you will not observe any difference between Z3 + and Z3 in design because policy of Sony in the design since 2013 not changed much , as we saw in Xperia Z the glass layer at the back you will find it in Z3+ but the difference is the sides are prominent on the glass layer to avoid scratch , despite that i observed scratches on the phone , and my problem with this policy is the external layer which print more fingerprints than other materials such as aluminum , it is true they are beautiful but when filled with fingerprints and scratches it beauty will go , and the other thing that changed in this version is sides , it's true that are still from metal but the quality of manufacturing varied , and must take into account the color of the phone because in the balck and bronze versions the metal is more brilliant and it will print fingerprints more than the silver and white versions .
Sony reduced the weight to 144g and thickness to 6.9mm, the size and ports has not changed , except the of Micro USB 2.0 which has become without a cover.
Screen and sound
It is true that the screen has not changed in Z series since Sony lunched Z2 , but i think it was a right choice because screen size is 5.2 inches and with resolution 1080 in 1920 with density of pixels 424 pixel per inch and the same screen type has not changed IPS LCD add to Triluminos technology and X-reality engine which still gives fantastic accuracy and colors , and the screen that offered by sony from the best phone sceensin terls of colors and angles of vision , maybe the white color tends to blue , but you can adjust the sensitivity of colors , about the accuracy i thing that FULL HD technology is perfect for mobile phone .
like what i said before the screen holds X-Reality engine which improves colors in the photos and videos which are display through the Photo Gallery or the video player of the phone only , what mean that you will not benefit from other programs such as YouTube or browsers . There are also other status Super-Vivid which gives you more saturated colors of the X-reality , personally i prefer effect of X-Reality engine because it is more realistic and the most beautiful.
In fact the sound in the phone is excellent especially when choose the front speakers for easy hear user sounds coming out of the speakers , As in previous versions the speakers performance will reduce after the phone out of water for a short period then speakers quality returns as it was .
battery and performance
when we talk about performance the Z3+ is not similar Z3 where sony used Snapdragon 810 processor with eight cores works with big.LITTLE technology and for that it becomes we have four cores works with Cortex-A53 mesh which is runs with tasks that do not require high performance , the big.LITTLE technology is from ARM company it's principal target is to adequate performance to reduce energy consumption , the processor in Z3 + works with frequency 2.5GHz with 64 bit technology which gives you high performance in running applications.
Performance is absolutely gorgeous,no scratchs or slow, and it is faster than the Snapdragon processor 801 in terms of running applications.
What about the graphical treatment? Well, for Z3 + has Adreno 430 processor which offers high performance while running games that consume high power , for example GTA: SA we tried this game on Z3 + and was working nicely without drop in the number of frames even with running the game at the highest settings , but after our experience of the same game on the same settings on the Moto x 2014 (which has the same processor Z3) we noticed a drop in frames clearly.
If you remember the heat problem that appeared in the HTC M9 and other phones that work with Snapdragon 810 processor , the same problem I've found in the Z3 + . the heat up to 60 degrees Celsius, even if you do not use the phone heavily, what mean any task such as browsing or watching video on Youtube capable to up heat to 50-60 degrees Celsius.
It is not expected Sony reduced the battery capacity in Z3 + to 2930mA where in Z3 was 3100mA the difference in the number is not large, but after the experience there is a clear difference , If you remember the Z3 battery was continue for day and half or even two days without we forget that this by virtue of energy saving mode STAMINA which added by the company , after my use the phone Z3 + battery life is becoming less , with the average use and with STAMINA mode the battery withstood for 11 hours and this is a big difference compared than the baterry of Z3.
camera
camera still with accuracy 20.7MP with lenses G Lens, sensor size of 1 / 2.3 inches , and the flash is LED , phone has a very excellent camera it is true that it did not entirely different from the Z3 but still offers excellent performance and the more thing that attracted me in Z3 + camera is photographing in low light and this by virtue of the high ISO which could be up to 128003200.
camera has several photographing positions such as the manual postion which allows photographing with accuracy of 20MP and with display system 4:3 and there is the automatic position which allows you to choose the suitable position for photographing from 52 position , but will reduce the resolution to 8MP and there are other positions such as:
Style Portrait: dedicated to selfie photographing where gives you adjustments on the face.
AR mask: dedicated also to selfie photographing which it allows you to put masks on face by AR technology.
battery and performance
Performance is absolutely gorgeous,no scratchs or slow, and it is faster than the Snapdragon processor 801 in terms of running applications.
What about the graphical treatment? Well, for Z3 + has Adreno 430 processor which offers high performance while running games that consume high power , for example GTA: SA we tried this game on Z3 + and was working nicely without drop in the number of frames even with running the game at the highest settings , but after our experience of the same game on the same settings on the Moto x 2014 (which has the same processor Z3) we noticed a drop in frames clearly.
It is not expected Sony reduced the battery capacity in Z3 + to 2930mA where in Z3 was 3100mA the difference in the number is not large, but after the experience there is a clear difference , If you remember the Z3 battery was continue for day and half or even two days without we forget that this by virtue of energy saving mode STAMINA which added by the company , after my use the phone Z3 + battery life is becoming less , with the average use and with STAMINA mode the battery withstood for 11 hours and this is a big difference compared than the baterry of Z3.
camera
camera has several photographing positions such as the manual postion which allows photographing with accuracy of 20MP and with display system 4:3 and there is the automatic position which allows you to choose the suitable position for photographing from 52 position , but will reduce the resolution to 8MP and there are other positions such as:
Style Portrait: dedicated to selfie photographing where gives you adjustments on the face.
AR mask: dedicated also to selfie photographing which it allows you to put masks on face by AR technology.
Face in picture: front and rear camera photographing at the same time.
Sound photo: take a picture with an audio clip.
AR Fun: Playing influences through AR technology.
Multi Camera: take a photo of anthropomorphic from more than angle and more than one device through the association them by Wi-Fi.
4K Video: photographing with 4K accuratecy.
Timeshift Video: photographing with high number of frames to slow the action.
AR Effects: to use of AR effects .
Creative Effect: add technical effects on the photo or video.
Sweep Panorama: filming a panoramic image.
speaking about front photographing the camera with 5MP accuracy and able to photographing with accuracy 1080p with rate 30 frames per second , in general if you are interested by selfie photographing this camera is not suitable for you , it is true that it offers good performance but they are not competent in this matter, there are phones better than it in this terms.
Shooting video is very good where you can photographing with 1080p accuracy with rate 60 frames per second also with 4K accuracy with speed 30 frames per second and if you want to photographing with TimeShift Video mode you can photographing with 720p with speed 20 frames per second , the camera does not have the visual fixer property , and this is not good for you if your hand shaking so much.
System
Z3+ works with the last version of android 5.0 Popsicle and in the last sony phone we did not see radical changes in the interface , it's true that it is nice but we wante a change makes it better you will see some additions and touches of the Material Design own Android 5 .
Sound photo: take a picture with an audio clip.
AR Fun: Playing influences through AR technology.
Multi Camera: take a photo of anthropomorphic from more than angle and more than one device through the association them by Wi-Fi.
4K Video: photographing with 4K accuratecy.
Timeshift Video: photographing with high number of frames to slow the action.
AR Effects: to use of AR effects .
Creative Effect: add technical effects on the photo or video.
Sweep Panorama: filming a panoramic image.
speaking about front photographing the camera with 5MP accuracy and able to photographing with accuracy 1080p with rate 30 frames per second , in general if you are interested by selfie photographing this camera is not suitable for you , it is true that it offers good performance but they are not competent in this matter, there are phones better than it in this terms.
Shooting video is very good where you can photographing with 1080p accuracy with rate 60 frames per second also with 4K accuracy with speed 30 frames per second and if you want to photographing with TimeShift Video mode you can photographing with 720p with speed 20 frames per second , the camera does not have the visual fixer property , and this is not good for you if your hand shaking so much.
System
