Capturing more details mah..

is ZL camera better than nexus 4?

Coming from a Nexus 4, i would say yes..
But for ZL indoor shots i find it better when i use normal mode and change the settings compare to superior auto..

No but it is advisable to do a factory reset after updating especially for major update.

xperia phone camera is more consider about users consume efficiency.. its really overcompressed the picture to lower size and reduce the picture quality from sharpness.. but it's more easy for user to share the photo to social link like fb,twitter...

its actually dpend on user.. those wish to wash photo into hardcopy might need some professional camera or other smartphone. Sony is more focusiing on connecting to social and entertainment, eay for our life.

will not erase the settings/app/data if u not choose to FFULL ERASE..

Those who have updated to latest update, did it solved the screen flickering issue when in highest brightness setting? I mean the backlit vibrating issue.

Bro,before u sent for warranty, did u ever root n flash any custom rom? If u did, did u unroot it before sending to them? Also regarding the flickering screen, does the problem still exist after they replace the new screen? Im thinking of sending mine as well, but myb when 2-3months left on the warranty then only i'll send it. Btw our warranty is 1 year only right?

What rom r using right bro? Or r u using stock rom? Demm la, update after update but yet the screen vibrating backlit still exis. Im wonder is this really software or hardware issue.

Reporting about latest firmware .67 from ZL

Until now, Didnt notice the display flicking/vibrating yet.. hope SONY really fix it and dont appear anymore.. will report day to day within this week..

Performance: Home launcher really smooth, no lag. RAM available increase a bit (but not important). Camera doesnt improve in quality.. but improve in term of focusing, and show the real aperture should have.. good to capture near item/people face/macro like flower..

Battery: reduce battery life.. at least until now, im screen on time around 45minutes, but left only 68%. but maybe cause of xperia fb sync at background. (I'm clean format whole phone). My setting: Only Data, GPS,AutoSync turned on alwys. Others dont have.

Battery bug, i will report later. Previously, when phone battery left only below 40%, after turned off and on, phone battery indicate higher battery %. Hope SONY can fix it as what it claims.

Display: much correct white in background from default setting white balance.


POST 2 photos from indoor..

Touch focus does improve the focus area and show the aperture works (blurring the background). I simply capture on the mic and my iPad keyboard. I focus on mic and focus on "Enter Key" of keyboard.. Quality is still not so well in indoor.

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for me, previously display alwys flickering/vibrating when phone is full charged and its appear until battery low than 50% like that.. sometimes not appear.. but after i update it, i didnt notice this vibratting on this morning until now.. so i need few more days to check see whether it still exist or not..

Hopefullyits really fixed as SONY claims

The pictures. What mode are u on? Superior auto?

But how about the shatter proof screen protector? That's easily scratchable.

hmm, i'm currently facing this problem. My back anti shatter layer is scratched badly, i was thinking to peel it off and replace it with the tempered glass sp

yes.. wrong white balance for keyboard there.. bad quality

Btw what is ur brigthness level when the flickering appear? Mineis obvious when 100% brigthness, 50% n below not noticeable.

not noticeable doesn't mean it doesn't flickering. I use auto brightness. mostly in high level brightness do easy to notice it. I need to observe in coming few days.

why change it to zl from nexus 4 bro?

Camera / expandable storage..

what about battery n4 compare to ZL?

N4 is quite bad compare to ZL (Stock N4)
But after getting the right rom and kernel with some tweaking, improved a lot.
But not sure if compare to ZL, forgotten.