Thin bezel make the screen look bigger.

Bezel too thick will eventually affecting viewing and it look smaller than it suppose.

I am waiting it get release and test out myself and compare it with Z Ultra if that time Z Ultra still with me, or else I will base on my remembrance on how Z Ultra suppose look. Hehe...

Ya maybe, actually I got seen a user post at gfans, he display around 6 units of Z1 and OMG! all 6 units Z1 behave different quality, some is good, some is bad. I forgot to save down the link or the photo, lazy to search it back.

I found the different panel quality of the person post Z1 already, he said all those is pre-production.

Hope final product don't be that many different panel appear. If yes, then Sony phone is given to more manufacture to release it. As this look like quality control is not really there.

In general, Z got 2 type panel, Z Ultra got 3 type panel base on user respond.



http://bbs.gfan.com/forum.php?mod=viewthre...&extra=page%3D3

The display is tack sharp and has great colors too. A weak point for Sony displays used to be poor viewing angles but starting with the Xperia Z Ultra and now the Xperia Z1 Sony has resolved the issue.

The display is still on the glossy side, which hurts its sunlight legibility. We'll have to take it to our lab to get accurate measurements though.

i've shortlisted my next android phone, note3  / z1 / nex 5/... can only pick 1.... cause ip5s will b my next ....

at first plan to go for z1 then only nex5 and note 3... the panel issue that andrew mention makes me think twice... he got the point on that specially when u want to play games that need to move twist around the screen when control....some more i always share with my wife some funny youtube movie where posted at facebook...

i think he meant nexus 5 lol

oh...i mean nexus 5...

With that I think i can buy both the lumia and z1.. haha

can in low light with the help of xenon flash 

More camera shoot out! Xperia Z1 against the HTC One, iPhone 5, LG G2, Lumia 925 and Galaxy S4

http://www.xperiablog.net/2013/09/09/xperi...-s4/#more-17525

for this macro shot... i dunno la. if look at the full size pic, all the camera focus on the beak of the purple creature on the right. but for Z1, it's clearly focused on the center blue creature. so when zoom in to the beak of the purple creature, sure looks blur la.

then i really no idea what u mean.
not really into photography. only know about picture sharpness, brightness, and noise level

 
same processor different output?

Both camera pictures have heavy Noise reduction processing, applies to 99% cameras in the world if you shoot with JPEG with reasonable NR. The higher the noise reduction applied, the lesser details you get.

Looking at the two pictures: Z1 shoots at ISO400 while HX50V shoots at ISO800

Also, I feel that there's some camera shake when you were taking the shot with your HX50V, at a long zoom shooting at only 1/25 is definitely going to significantly increase the effects of handshake, UNLESS you're on a steady tripod.

What's NF?

High Noise Reduction is almost always applied to especially smaller sensor cameras, if not, you will vomit blood if you see any picture higher than ISO100 [in lower light situations] with your tiny 1/2.3" sensor. Even on the top enthusiast compacts with 1/1.63" sensors like the Lumix LX7, Canon G series or the Olympus XZ series, there is still significant NR on the JPEGs to make it usable at higher ISO

And if not mistaken, you can't turn off NR when shooting JPEGs. Even on my DSLR the only access I have to is the Long Exposure Noise reduction and NR on high ISO

It's blur because the guy most likely is moving.

Just look at the shutter settings of 1/25. That is very insanely slow. Not to mention there is no Optical Image Stabilizer.

The slowest I would dare go on my SLR with IS is 1/60, and that is with a very good IS. Without IS I won't go anywhere below 1/100 on the wide angle.