Singapore having pre-order this coming friday.

"Just a few more days till the official pre-order for the Xperia Z Ultra begins! EXCLUSIVELY for those who pre-order, we are including a complimentary Sony SBH52 Smart Bluetooth Handset (worth S$188), a stylish leather case cover (worth $60) and the official Xperia Z Ultra Guidebook (worth S$40). SHARE this with your friends today!"

Retail price for SBH52 in Malaysia?

Thats the problem with after sales service in Malaysia. Even the big companies are horrible. I used to use Samsung mobiles, and at least their warranty claims and repairs are pretty fast. Few months ago I changed my SGS3 mainboard due to failed eMMC, and the turn around time was less than 24 hours. I sent it in during lunch hour on Monday, and got a call on Tuesday morning to pick it up. Same experience for me with Switch and Machines when my mum's iphone broke down. Took them only 3 days, and was given a replacement even.

But my experience with HTC (Brightstar) was really crap. Wait for spare parts for weeks, and then no follow up calls, no contact. Have to keep chasing them. And the same too with Sony in the past.

Unfortunately best service is still Samsung and that's where they grab more loyal customers.  I'm afraid to even send my phone to Sony if anything goes wrong then I will be without a phone.

Btw just upgraded the firmware to. 475 and the screen is much smoother to use as well as less problem with screen click errors. Scrolling also smoother. Battery life seems not affected but too early to tell.  Will post more feedbacks after a few days.

Singapore having pre-order this coming friday.

"Just a few more days till the official pre-order for the Xperia Z Ultra begins! EXCLUSIVELY for those who pre-order, we are including a complimentary Sony SBH52 Smart Bluetooth Handset (worth S$188), a stylish leather case cover (worth $60) and the official Xperia Z Ultra Guidebook (worth S$40). SHARE this with your friends today!"

For those that want Show Off capability of Xperia Z Ultra power of Snapdragon 800.

Download this 4k video - TimeScapes Trailer! - http://red.cachefly.net/TimeScapes4K2560p.mp4


Even my current PC (few years ago) cannot proper playback, but it run seemlessly fine in MX Player.

Above video required MX Player as bundle Video app cannot playback probably due to codec not support.

Any idea how much is it for the pre-order? Might get a friend in SG to help purchase for me.

Nowadays I applaud Samsung in their customer service efforts, with more and more service centres being set up. I would say they are perhaps even on par with Apple's level now in terms of geographical service coverage.
Thanks for the quick review of .475. Glad to know the screen click errors have been reduced. Perhaps will upgrade it today!
Any idea how much is it for the pre-order? Might get a friend in SG to help purchase for me.
   
Most people always look at the XZU and marvel at the screen, size and thinness.

But normally people fail to realize that there is a BEAST under the hood.

Nothing comes close to the XZU in terms of speed now as it is the ONLY phone with Snapdragon 800 that is launched in the market!    

Preorder is S$ 1038 ( about RM 2676) - must pay full amount when ordering
Quite good price considering you will be getting a free SBH52

Oh, you haven't update to .475, go updates, it worth the updates.

Ya, this beast is really a beast.

That timescapes video I only manage to play in my ex-tablet - Nexus 10, but not as smooth as I play in this Xperia Z Ultra.

It skip frame badly on Xperia Z and Tablet Z, and it actually consider not playable in my old Intel Centrino 2 with Nvidia Geforce G 105M laptop.

Thanks Uncle Benny. I'll check it out. Am really interested since it comes with a leather case too.
Yup. I think this is where raw GHz really shows its colours. 

For those that want Show Off capability of Xperia Z Ultra power of Snapdragon 800.

Download this 4k video - TimeScapes Trailer! - http://red.cachefly.net/TimeScapes4K2560p.mp4


Even my current PC (few years ago) cannot proper playback, but it run seemlessly fine in MX Player.

Above video required MX Player as bundle Video app cannot playback probably due to codec not support.

Talking about display, check this out

http://www.engadget.com/2013/08/20/lg-disp...uad-hd-display/

Quad HD display, 2560 x 1440, 538ppi

Lol...it getting more and more intense.. Why would they create a display that surpass human eyes capability?

Even my current PC (few years ago) cannot proper playback, but it run seemlessly fine in MX Player.

Above video required MX Player as bundle Video app cannot playback probably due to codec not support.

For those that want Show Off capability of Xperia Z Ultra power of Snapdragon 800.

Even my current PC (few years ago) cannot proper playback, but it run seemlessly fine in MX Player.

Above video required MX Player as bundle Video app cannot playback probably due to codec not support.

Yes! I do the same with my Retina Macbook Pro  Stunning!
I think Snapdragon 800 spec sheet mention that it support up to that resolution.

Have you tried VLC player to play this video with your PC? I highly doubt phone is more powerful than laptop. 

Default movie app can play this video too. Not necessarily must use mxplayer.  I have also tested it with dice,  vplayer,  and bsplayer too n all can play it without issues

Have you tried VLC player to play this video with your PC? I highly doubt phone is more powerful than laptop. 

In some cases the phone is more powerful especially when they have custom functions in the SoC for video decoding and/or 3d performance.

Only discrete gpus in notebooks or PCs can be more powerful.

VLC Player for PC can play but crazy lag.

In some cases the phone is more powerful especially when they have custom functions in the SoC for video decoding and/or 3d performance.

Only discrete gpus in notebooks or PCs can be more powerful.