i guess the price for the zr should be rm1599.. this amount can complete with others brand and future still got more xperia to come out..

comparison must make in same best brightness.. we dont know how is the brightness for each devices.. should be choose the best brightness for each phone and compare.. but not only choose same brightness like the highest brightness or 50%..

Firmware improve viewing angle?

Wow, first time I'm hearing that

Design no where look like Xperia Z. Shouldnt be 'mini xz'

Dont derail..else i report.

Tq.

If you not believe this, you can go XDA forum, everyone talk about it.

Or go find two units of Xperia Z, one with .434 firmware, another with .253 firmware, and you will seen the different. v.253 is latest firmware instead of .434, all this confusing is due to it is actually 10.1.A.1.434 v/s 10.1.1.A.1.253

I believe Z viewing angle is same standard as V just Sony did it wrongly in white balance tune, contrast adjust and color vividness control when launching.

This post has been edited by Andrewtst: May 20 2013, 10:46 AM

Thumbs up to Sony for releasing firmwares to fix the display.

I'm really into Sony's display compared to Samsung's display. I find Samsung's amoled display shows colours that are too saturated. With this ZR coming up, I'm eager to switch to Sony. Just not sure which Xperia shud i get.

Alrite TS. Just trying to share some info and anticipate if ZR's opticontrast technology can beat the other Xperia line up.

Must be because the new firmware unlock some extra pixels

http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/05/21/xperi...-july-for-e479/
based on this site, xperia zr expected to launched at dutch with RRP €479..if we using google currency and change to RM, its close to RM1800++..well, its RRP, i expect less than that when arrive at here..

From what I see since Z, Sony Malaysia has always been selling cheaper than her European / Singaporean / Australian / etc counterpart. So I think if Sony Dutch sells around RM1800, it could be cheaper here, e.g. RM1699

If the price 1699, i think better get XZL. Now ZL drop to rm1578. Just my opinion

1578 just shop price is it??

RRP still same i quest...

Yes shop price ori set.
But this zr also more advantage n lte. But only 8gb internal.
Think to get this also,but waiting for i1. Hehe
My tx still serve me very well so i think can hold until next xperia.

Most probably my next device after my 2 years+ Defy

You are actually comparing apple to orange. I was talking about RRP, although I didn't state it in my last post, I thought it is quite understood since I was replying to a post about RRP. If you want to compare apple to apple, you should be comparing shop price to shop price, not RRP to shop price. Now since you're comparing RRP to a shop price, I'm not sure how much you understand about RRP vs shop price.

The RRP for Z is RM2199, shop price is RM1899
The RRP for ZL is RM1899, shop price is RM1599

So if you want to compare Z vs ZL price, should it be RM2199(RRP price) vs RM1599 (shop price),
or should you be comparing RM1899 (shop price) vs RM1599 (shop price) ?

By the way, just a little bit extra information. If you go to a random real physical shop (not the one you know is selling online at Lowyat Forum), I think chances are you will still get RM1899 for ZL.

Tq for explaination. I know the diff rrp n shop price. Just my opinion.

Xperia ZR not heading to Australia or Singapore

The limited availability of the Xperia ZR (C550X) won’t only be seen in Europe, but will also extend to South East Asia and Australia. From our understanding, there is currently no plans to launch the Xperia ZR in Singapore or Australia.

However, a number of South East Asian countries will be getting the device including Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam. We expect pricing to be similar to the €479 price point in the Netherlands.

wahh i want buy this phone when release

Am I the only one who thinks Sony is releasing too many phones in too short a time? Almost like Samsung already, spamming different versions of the same thing left and right. But what do I know, I don't run a company...

I love the Xperia designs, but wonder why the Sony screens are nowhere near as good as HTC's, even with their so-called Bravia Engine, Opticontrast or whatever. Hope this ZR screen is really an improvement

Regardless, I still think the ZL, together with Butterfly, is the sexiest phone available today.