well said Uncle

No use complaining now, just sell it off once Note 3 arrives, surely a lot of people in Garage Sales wants a piece of XZU later on..

If good sound functions were such a priority, one should just get HTC One with its superb beats audio and boomsound. It was an obvious choice imo.

But then again, when XZU is marketed as a media consumption device, these basics like sound quality and speaker quality should've been Sony's priority to the least IMO. Bad decision indeed.

This post has been edited by Fasap: Aug 15 2013, 09:24 AM

it''ll be awesome to get bomb sound + xzu screen + Mega size + water resistant

I think the proper comparison would be to compared the speaker output volume with those phones which are IP58 compatible

6.3 vs 6.44
what's the difference?

mega size with 6.44 screen. Means remove the top and bottom bezel from XZU

Haha.. good one! really true. One could only hope.. maybe XZU 2 later?

Sony would have an instant classic if the XZU had:
- on par sound qualities (speaker and headphone) of the HTC one,
- on par stylus capabilities like note series,
- a better camera with led flash.

All these will silence most people in here . Those are the most complained about features from what ive seen here.

I guess they rushed on the release of the XZU.. even the X-Reality thinggy was also not implemented in the launch

Those thinking of getting the LTE model from Singapore, apparently it is not available yet this month though is launching tomorrow. One HWZ forumer had reported :

Pre-order starts on 23rd Aug, collection 1st Sept, purple avialable after 15th Sep

X-reality was not of a big game changer regardless if it were available at launch or not. The XZU display was already a huge improvement over the older xperias, and on par with the current market's best.

but indeed, Sony rushed out the device to gain some early market ground before the Note 3 onslaught. Hence only Asian countries got hold of the HSPA+ versions before official worldwide release. Asia is after all samsung's home market and denying samsung some 3-5% market share is still quite a feat.

Thanks! well have to wait till 15 sept then.

would be my perfect ideal phablet. But than all manufacturers always never released the ideal phone - the improvements will only come in subsequent upgrade models. If all the top specs are available, how are they going to maintain their business growth ??

Note 3 - wonder what will be the deficiencies ? But if Note 3 were to carry on the Note 2 features and with improved display, processor, memory , stylus input etc - I'd say Note 3 seems looks like the ideal phablet. Only worry is Samsung DO NOT carryover the mistakes of S4 and packed it with unnecessary gimmicky added software ( which I'd say 30-40% of it is half baked n hopeless) and end up taking up valuable storage space

when the hardware reached limitation, software is the only thing they could look at..
Hence, the crappy S4

One could only hope for a perfect phone. Be it HTC, Sony, Samsung etc.

True that Uncle. Samsung has already a working formula for blockbuster smartphones and phablets. If it cuts down on its gimmicky-less-than-useful bloatware, and introduce premium build quality design (fire the current hardware designers!) to their phones like Sony and HTC, Samsung will be invincible. Let us see the Note 3 design, which they say might use metal?

This post has been edited by Fasap: Aug 15 2013, 09:57 AM

Seems like quite a number of XZU sellers in garage sales cite its size as the main reason for selling, after short ownerships of a few days to a couple of weeks

Looks like there's an acceptance curve for the general public.

battery indicator glitch. this is the 2nd.time im facing it actually. charged the phone. turn off. insert sim. turn on suddenly 100% battery. but then when i charged it when the phone is off.. the indicator shows it has less than 50%

5.5 inch and above display size phones is a niche market . It will never be a common hit among the masses.

I still remember the first time I got myself the 5 inch Dell Streak ( specially imported in from UK through a forumer here) - the number of stares I got in the kopitiam/cofeehouse/warong at my place was uncountable. On several occasions , some curious chaps even came over and asked me what gigantic phone was that !!
Than Samsung launched Note - and in this forum , a lot of bad comments that it was freaking big, unsuitable as a phone and those using it were even called freaks !!! Well, history had proven those critics wrong and thereafter we have seen Note 2 and a rise of phablets by other manufacturers
It had now reach a stage that 5 inch display size phones are considered normal already
But still till today, we had guys debating on the size of this phone as to its suitability for use. I'd say only time will tell whether 6 incher and above display size phones will succeed or fail. Sony I'd say had taken a big risk at 6.4 inch. A 6 inch size would be more acceptable

I didn't face this issue. I everyday use wechat.

Good points there, but to be frank if the XZU was 5.5"-6", I would not even bother considering it. But they released such a phablet at such outstanding thinness with a terrific display, it's surely a worthy buy in my opinion and probably others would think so as well. The current size of XZU is just a tad shy from 7" tablets. It truly is the in-betweener, so to speak. Of course, most people that buy it now just want the FASTEST thing on the market now - the ultimate Snapdragon 800.

This post has been edited by shockk: Aug 15 2013, 10:21 AM

very true..
I was also one of those people who thinks the Note I 5.3-inch size was crazy with a slab piece of plastic on the face.
But then, eventually I got mine and shit happens Smaller screen are no longer acceptable

Haha. I also worry about after touch the XZU, I can't accept my Ion 4.6 inch => 6.4 inch, very big different