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post Oct 16 2016, 09:59 AM

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any recommendation theme that can change home button with Xperia logo?
used to have it in rooted Xperia Z2
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post Oct 16 2016, 12:45 PM

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QUOTE(ckchan @ Oct 16 2016, 12:12 PM)
thanks man!
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post Oct 17 2016, 07:33 AM

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QUOTE(irenic @ Oct 17 2016, 02:09 AM)
Guys, Xperia xz doesnt comes with usb otg support? Anyone tried it before?
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Bro, it support.

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post Oct 17 2016, 05:19 PM

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QUOTE(ckchan @ Oct 17 2016, 04:53 PM)
my experience...
- never use the full 23MP unless u need to crop your picture. the quality of a full 23 MP picture is actually so so only
- i find capturing in 2MP actually give very sharp and clear picture. but the picture size is very small la.
- i still recommend taking picture in 8MP, which is a balance between quality and size
- in most cases, manual mode with auto settings better than superior auto mode
- for best result, use manual mode and adjust all the settings accordingly (of course this require time and knowledge and not for everyone
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Thanks for the tips.
Will explore further.
Manual with auto settings means, the SCN set to OFF rite?
How about superior auto with 8mp? If my memory serve me right, it should be downsamples and merged like Nokia pureview ?

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QUOTE(ckchan @ Oct 17 2016, 08:49 PM)
Yes. That is why 8mp pictures looks better than the full 23mp pictures.
I usually use manual mode, 8mp, scn off, iso and wb auto, hdr off unless got bright background. I find this setting good enough for point and shoot for most cases.
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I see. Noted. Thanks for sharing.
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post Oct 18 2016, 02:43 PM

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Somehow unable to get decent battery life.
Haish
I set it up exactly like previous s7e and note7.
I'm aware its smaller battery but below results kinda disappointing.

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QUOTE(raymondtong94 @ Oct 18 2016, 02:56 PM)
Is the reception bad at your area? Coz bad reception will affect battery life.
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Thought the same but checked the signal bar seems pretty stable and standard. LTE around 2-3 bar.
I'm using maxis.
Maybe this weekend wanna find time to reset back.

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QUOTE(AmmoShaf @ Oct 18 2016, 09:24 PM)
Using XZ for more than a week, I have 0 regret. I got i on the first day it reach Malaysia market, not preorder, direct buy at Sony Centre. The things is I didn't compare XZ to any other phone, coming from a lower end phone before, this is a huge upgrade for me.

And, everything about XZ is great if not the best. Battery life, screen, speaker(sound quality), signal, smoothness, charging time, built quality. And it's rare to see people using Sony nowadays, at least in my circle. So being unique is something I'm looking to.  icon_rolleyes.gif
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QUOTE(ckchan @ Oct 18 2016, 09:34 PM)
the batt life on mine had been satisfactory. depending on how much game i play, it can reach SOT of between 4 hours - 5 hours in a single charge.

speaker is ok wor... it may not be as loud as some other phone, but definitely not on the soft side lor. no problem watching video and listening to music at all
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my opinion so far
1. battery life
mediocre. assumption of Sony greatness in optimizing, light software UI, small screen and FullHD screen to translate for good battery life somehow not materialize. i dont play game, SOT hardly can reach 4 hrs. (sync always ON, location set as battery saving, auto brightness).

2. fingerprint
demn good! thumbup.gif

3. smoothness.
impressive when consider it only have 3gb ram. satisfied and smooth. no issue. only minor gripe noticed kinda lag/slow response when using RSbrowser when press new tab.

4. build quality
picture didnt justify it's beauty. it looks ordinary but when holding it, feel great!
nice in hand feel. screen to body ratio can be better though laugh.gif

5. dual speaker
meh. quality not that good. maybe better a bit then others but the loudness really like sweat.gif
soft. at least last time when using Z2, i'm satisfied with the speaker when compared to other flagship at that time. this one like, common. it is Sony, should have great audio also.

6. reception & call quality
good. happy. no issue like any other smartphones i used before

7.UI
light and easy. i like it. much better than S7Edge UI. but bomb7 Grace UI also pleasing to the eyes.
sony music app among the best.

8. video recording
no personal comment. dont bother to record any video even with previous smartphones. from youtube, sony EIS/steadyshot looks awesome.

9. still camera
in good lighting, satisfied. nice! smile.gif thumbup.gif just need to ensure steady hand but autofocus can be better though and saving picture even @ 8mp, for me i would say damn slow. need to blame UFS storage in boomsung phone.
low light...so so. im not camera guy that like to fiddle with the setting before take picture, for me, when wanna snap, press wanna it to be nice and good. but with XZ, need to put more effort in capturing photo.
in general, a bit disappointing coz after few z series generation, a great mobile camera sensor maker and great camera PNS/DSLR maker still playing catch-up game in camera optimization in mobile phone even with their own sensor whistling.gif
other OEM like HTC, Google, Samseng or even chinese OEMs able to finetune Sony's sensor to produce better image and Apple by using much smaller size sony sensor optimize to produce better image than flagship Sony sensor in Sony phone then something not right in Sony's camp.

10.will i recommend to average joe outside?
nope. some of my friends who are looking to replace their bomb7, asked me about this XZ when saw i used this phone the last 2 days in office, i just told them better just get S7e to replace their bomb7.
when asked why i bought this, i just said, typically i favored either Samsung flagship or Sony flagship, so it's time for sony. after all i had used the last 4 samsung flagships (s6, s6e, s7e, n7)
and i told them,the spec certainly not worth to buy this phone @ 2699 from retail shop. if wanna buy js buy from gemfive, find seller @ 2499 and use discount coupon to make it around 2.28k.
if wanna pay 2.5k, better js get Huawei P9+ or S7e.

the above opinions may sounds negative but yeah that's my personal thought it.
do i regret bought it? nope. smile.gif
using XZ naked without any case, the feeling itself is priceless.
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QUOTE(pohsze @ Oct 19 2016, 12:49 AM)
good and honest review, exactly my thoughts too.

using any sp btw? i stil have back ugly film on while waiting for clear coat
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I'm using naked. Feel good bro.
Once imos arrive will apply it for front and back
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QUOTE(ckchan @ Oct 19 2016, 01:18 AM)
Hmmm... On battery something may not be right. If I don't play games I can get 5 hours sot. Play games like jurassic world, coc and pokemon still able to get 4 hours sot. Not sure why your sot only 4 hours without gaming...

Speaker... Haha... Maybe I compare to z1 which only have a bottom firing speaker only. So the ones on xz sounds much better to me. But still I don't think it's on the soft side as I do not have any trouble listening to music or watching video. Maybe different expectation.

Others I pretty mucb agree with u

Oh... What's the speed of charging using quick charger? I just try the quick charger today. Charged 40mins battery go from 20% to 60%. Like 1% per minute... Is that speed normal for qc3?
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I'm using my note7 changer and cable with this XZ. No issue but didn't really check charging speed. Will check and share back.

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QUOTE(ckchan @ Oct 19 2016, 11:30 AM)
wah... u dare to use it naked? as much as i like to use phone naked, i dare not to nowadays.

i used my z1 naked b4. i had a normal sp applied to the back. needless to say it got all scratched up la. that i don't really bother much as i know it's just the sp. other than that, after some time my camera lens also got minor scratches... taking photos ended up smudgy and the dreamy effect... now that is more serious as i ended up need to change the whole back cover...

without any protection, when we put our phone on table, the camera lens are actually touching or very near to the table surface. thus increasing the chances of scratching the camera lens
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somehow this phone feel really like a phone rather than some sort precious like S7E/N7 that require much protection.
last time when used Z1 and Z2 i just applied glass sp at front and back and use it.
hehe.

QUOTE(teckyang97 @ Oct 19 2016, 11:34 AM)
Agreed, I believe this phone is more to true Sony fans or someone who wants to be unique. I personally find this phone nothing special compared to IP7, Samsung, Pixel, OP, Huawei, and all that, but their design and quality just never fails me. It just makes me want to own the device, just my opinion smile.gif
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yerp. agreed. the safe rectangular symmetrical design feel nice. looks from far just ordinary looks but the feeling is different.
i just wish it have metal border like Z1 and Z2. can feel the metal coldness.

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QUOTE(INGfusion @ Oct 19 2016, 01:36 PM)
nod.gif  nod.gif Arrived

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nice! thumbsup.gif
btw, what's the difference between these 2? smile.gif


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QUOTE(INGfusion @ Oct 19 2016, 02:00 PM)
left side = front , right side = back  biggrin.gif
update you guys tracking shortly
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Anyone know how to disable recent webpage in this chrome start up page?
And how to disable "recent articles for you"

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post Oct 22 2016, 05:28 PM

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QUOTE(Ahwei81 @ Oct 22 2016, 05:19 PM)
Guys,  do xz has continous shot function for the camera?
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can download timeshift burst from play store smile.gif
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QUOTE(Ahwei81 @ Oct 23 2016, 10:44 AM)
I read a lot ofbad comments on this app... Cant uninstall... Poor IMAGE quality... True?
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Didn't install for XZ.
Used on last Sony, the images were pretty poor. That's why didn't install in XZ.
About can't uninstall, I'm not sure.
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installed IMOS since last friday.
satisfied. thumbup.gif
minor nitpick, kinda easily attract lint/dust.


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