Officially available in 2 days time. 1st August 2013 at all Sony centres. And news is that certain dealers would get it by tomorrow itself.

Very nice. But no details on whether the case has sleep/wake function support or not.

The distributor for Sony phones now still Midland?

Since certain sellers selling the XZU at RM21xx, I would reckon that the distributor pricing is about RM2000, which is in-line with the earlier distributor price you mentioned.

Personally, am interested to get the dock and SBH52.

Anybody can find details on the original Sony flip-cover for XZU that supposedly has the sleep/wake function?
I can't seem to find it online.

Since the XZU has only ONE button, the wear-and-tear of the button is going to hell pretty soon. LOL.

Most likely yes. The thinness of the XZU is too irresistible! It feels like a sweeter version of my iPad Mini.

Yes, I'd order this too if there aren't any better cases from Sony directly.

Thanks for the clarification. I was thinking that would be the case, else no way the Sony Centres could have gotten their stock so fast!

From the XZU promo video by Sony, where the lady sat on the sofa and opened the flip-case, and the XZU turned on by itself. If you read the specs of the dock, they have special adapters for the cover too.

Yes, Haha. The metal sides on the white look so good! But I probably will settle for black. I love how the glass-back of the XZU shines away so beautifully!

Perhaps wait til the LTE version is out, then there 'could' be a price drop for the '3G' version. After using iPhone 5 and HTC One, it's hard for me to even consider plastic phones, and rumour has it that even the Note III is plastic, so no issue to get this XZU. Unless Samsung sees consumer trend towards metal build phones as something that they should look into, Samsung might just consider emergency mass-production of a metal build Note III (which I surely will consider!)

The size is good to use with an external keyboard. Hope it can work with my Apple Wireless Bluetooth keyboard though.

Some Penangites have gotten theirs from Sony Centres in Penang I think... Can check back posts here on in the previous thread.

There should be a noise-cancelling mic on the XZU, right? So even in noisy background, the earpiece should be quite good in performance. Haven't tested it myself but will check on it once I get my XZU.

One Max and Note III won't have the raw sex appeal of the XZU for sure. Other than that, yeah definitely also looking forward to what those 2 upcoming phablets have to offer.

Oh yea, I was mistaken then. Hmm, oh well, my hearing is not as good as my younger days too. So hope it's not a problem for me.

Can.

But I can tell you why HTC One will likely lose to the XZU right now:-
- Colour vibrancy loses to Triluminos
- BoomSound Speakers confirm win XZU
- Sense 5 looks good, but really bad in actual usage until the point of it annoying me. It is a mess and is not designed for user-friendliness even though it may give such a first impression. BlinkFeed is for novelty only and you would rather use individual apps in the end.
- Battery standby time is quite poor.
- Camera is terrible. Even if iPhone 5 has a 4MP sensor, it would still beat this Ultrapixel by miles away. Again, 4MP sensors should never be considered. I normally use my phone for scanning documents and taking notes written on large white-boards. This does not go well at all with the poor resolution of the Ultrapixel camera since I need to zoom into the photos for extra detail.
- Full aluminum build especially the back makes the phone too prone to scratches and even chipping/dents if dropped. A metal phone is supposed to be strong, but you need to handle this like a baby. XZU design is more practical.
- For such a small battery (2300mah) charging time is unacceptable - taking close to 3 hours or more to charge.

This post has been edited by shockk: Jul 30 2013, 02:59 PM

HTC One lasts longer for me definitely. iPhone 5 battery life acceptable only, but not a problem for me since the charging time is SUPER fast. For example, if I forgot to charge my HTC One and I will be out and about the whole day, that's it! The XZU should be able to charge fast due to the Qualcomm dual-channel charging, which HTC has smartly / stupidly disabled in their HTC One.

I'm waiting for the Sweep2Wake mod to come to XZU.

I used it on my Nexus 4 and it is very useful in reducing physical wear on the power button.

Congrats!

I'm probably getting mine on Thursday only.

To be frank, this quality is pretty good.

I prefer noisy (more detailed) photos over those with too much noise-reduction.

Thanks, this seems interesting. I wonder if the XZU can support all this without any issues.

Yeah, would be awesome if it can actually be better!

LOL! Waiting is a risk. Either for higher priced LTE model, or LTE model will be delayed. Better get first and use, that's what technology is all about!

It's supposed to replace my iPad Mini! LOL. I'll see how it goes. The 30% lighter weight would be most welcome for sure.

Bro, I know it's your first day, but do let us know a figure of your SOT too. Since now we only have uncle Benny's figures.

Nice to know those modding devs support Sony now. Sony has been great to users, even announcing 4.3 support for their latest devices.

Supposedly, only pre-orders receive the battery bank.

It all really depends on your usage. For me, I seriously would not really bother about Stamina mode 'that' much. The 6 hours + rated SOT (based on user reviews) is pretty acceptable for the XZU. I'm in the same boat as you whereby I can't turn off WhatsApp as many of my clients use it, turning it off would mean disaster! However, it's good to know that some apps can be easily white-listed as and when I choose to - such as Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Wow. Is it camera trick? Quite impressive for the Exmor RS sensor.

Accelerometer failed to kick-in maybe.

Forumer Seven Mobile selling for RM1949 only now.

Is it from a Sony Centre? If yes, then got hope for me to get it tomorrow also!

Most likely not, unless rubbish free gifts you mean. The real free gifts only can get if from Sony Centre.

Thanks for clarifying. Misleading title on these threads. Sigh.