z3's steadyshot is great! watch the 3 demo simultaneously to see the huge differencce

http://www.soyacincau.com/2014/09/18/sony-...ive/#more-46075

no review from current z3 owner?

i have used the nilkin H+ on my z1 b4, but had changed to ultimate shield. some pros and cons i found on these...

nilkin
+ cheap. but still does its job well protecting the screen
+ can easily get it. most shops or online seller have it. some even apply it for u FOC
+ comes with back film type sp
- oleophobic coating wears off after 1 month
- my wife's nilkin H+ chipped off around the edges and corners after 2 weeks usage. but mine was fine though


Ultimate shield
+ no sensor cutout hole! (my main reason for changing to this one). most glass sp have the sensor cutout hole, which always traps dust and fingerprint in it. this spoil the minimalist design look on the z series
+ oleophobic coating still good after 1.5 months usage (as of now la)
+ fits better on the screen than nilkin
- slightly more expensive than nilkin
- i have not see any seller selling this. so have to order from their website, ETA can be up to 3 weeks
- have to apply yourself

no effect. tested during phone calls and also in the *#*#service#*#* test
no back film, only front
as mentioned, i have not yet see any seller selling this. i myself bought it from their official website. but that was 2 months ago.

as raymondtong94 mentioned, the magnetic connector is the same across ZU, Z1, Z2 and Z3.

the difference in the magnetic dock however, is just the size of the slot. z3 magnetic dock will have a slot to fit z3 perfectly, not too loose and not too tight. likewise for z1 dock and z2 dock

what's wrong with the screen?


edit: how do we tag people when replying?

This post has been edited by ckchan: Oct 1 2014, 10:35 AM

this is my experience with the camera on my z1

initially, when z1 just release, the superior auto mode is crap. it took grainy pic like hell. i later found out that using manual mode, 8mp and other settings set to auto take much better pic than superior auto. and forget about the image stabilization. it's crap as well. i am not good at playing with iso and whitebalance... so i just leave all to auto

later as sony releases updates and till recently, i found out the superior auto mode have vastly improved. in same cases it's even better than manual mode. so right now i am using superior auto most of the time. if SA does not give me satisfactory pic, then i'll switch to manual.

on why most feature are only available in 8mp, sony uses the oversampling (i think that's what it's called), whereby it uses 20mp and somehow compress it to 8mp, giving better pic in this way and also smaller file size. Nokia uses this same method as well where 40mp pic was compress to 5mp pic, giving excellent pic. of course sony is still far from matching the camera quality of nokia phone. but if u really compare it, the 8mp pic is actually better than the 20mp pic in xperia phone

haha... that will be up to u to confirm whether SA is better on z3 or not

and yes, SA sometimes failed to really identify the correct scene. and when it fails to identify the correct scene... most probably u'll get crappy pic. that's y sometimes i still switches to manual mode

me too... and also most of my frens... i think nowadays most people needs data more than call/sms

Updates will be release via pcc first. Ota updates usually will be later, 1 or 2 weeks after pcc have the update.

If you are in no hurry to update, just wait for the ota

As i know, normal charge using the micro usb port, low Amp is ok even on computer's usb port.

but if u r using the magnetic port on z3, u'll need higher Amp. charging via computer's usb port will not work like sony's official charging dock (but some later 3rd party magnetic cable still can charge via computer's usb port but very slow)

so my guess is your htc charger have a lower Amp to properly work on the magnetic charging port

maybe latest cable got better quality? when i bought it that time it's said to be version 2 and support charging from pc. but when i use it on pc, it's true that it charges, but very slow

if charging via the official sony ac adapter, maybe it's faster la. but i don't really feel big difference

yeah... z1 also no such issue reported

haha... to me samsung STILL has the ugliest phone design in the market

hehe.. not start brand war la. me and andrew always argue on this de la back in z1 thread. but no hard feelings.

life's been abit busy lately. now i also curi-curi reply je.

must admit samsung phone never really appeal to me. i also dunno why. maybe just personal taste. i do find the design on HTC, xiaomi, 1+1 and oppo interesting though.

actually i also feel like moving to other brand. kinda bored of sony. if z4 or z5 still spot the similar design. most probably i'll move to HTC maybe? but dunno yet la, see how is next years release la.

well, camera wise on z1/z2/z3, have to admit, it's not the best among smartphone. z3 camera are similar in spec to z1, which is already 1 years old of technology. so i also didn't put much hope on it's performance. but having said that, it is still enough for most everyday point and shoot and upload to social media.

i've been playing with my qx10 lately. having the same spec as z1 camera, the qx10 really does outperform z1 in many ways. colours, sharpness, less grainy and noise,... it's true that it all boils down to the software it has.

u should get it. i was also thinking to get qx100... but tight budget, can only get the qx10...

haha... to me i don't want to go beyond 5" screen. if z4 is going to be 5.5", i think i'll have to go with z4 compact then

True also. But 1+1 and find7 are quite big though.

I'm not too sure about phones with too thin bezel. I've tested z3. Sure the slim bezel looks nicer. But then when I was using 1 hand operation with my thumb, the side of my palm always touches the side of the screen, registering a long press on the, say home.screen, and the home screen will always go into setting mode. Kinda annoying. Never seems to have this problem when testing z2 though

u might want to change to other charger and see how.

i have experience that the magnetic cable degrades over time... first few months charges ok. then slowly it charges slower and slower till the time i charges my phone whole night only increase 10%....