Yes. But not many will know how to flash. Most user will use their phone as it is

My first day usage... Started using around 930am today. Till now about 10hour 30minutes. Left 15% battery

no power saving mode at all as i also want to test it's real potential. connectivity... i'll say maybe 40% wifi and 60% on data

ok. this will be like my first 12 hour usage experience with XZ. i will mostly be comparing with my old Z1

- first thing i notice is the screen. on the highest setting, it's brighter than Z1. on the lowest setting, it's dimmer than Z1 as well.
- the adaptive brightness seems to be too sensitive. it always adjust itself to the lowest setting when no direct light on it. causing the screen to be too dim. i end up switching it off.
- colour of the screen seems very punchy even after i switch off the x-reality. overall still looks better than my old Z1.
- speed... this beast is build for speed... everything seems very fast and smooth. all apps launched almost instantaneously.
- noticed some bloatware this time round like amazon, avg and zalora... cannot uninstall but fortunately can be easily disable.
- tap screen to wake doesn't seems to work all the time. double tap to sleep works flawlessly though.
- front facing stereo speaker! loving it! i used to cup my hand around the speaker whenever i am holding my Z1 watching video as the speaker is at the bottom. if not the sound will be like directed away from me and sounds very soft. now no more...
- Wifi... got to say it's very good. as soon as i switch it on, it'll straight away scan and connect to my house wifi in like 1 second... max 2 seconds.
- camera, miles ahead of my Z1. wasn't really expecting it to be that good actually. auto focus is fast generally, but not like 0.6s la...
- SA mode still seems to be grainy when zoom in closely. but then still much better than Z1
- the predictive focus seems to be working much better this time round than in the X. i managed to capture few shots of my 3yo moving around.
- i still prefer to use manual mode, with all settings in auto except the exposure level set to -0.3. the picture in this mode seems to be less grainy (same case as in my Z1)
- I still using 8MP as i think it's better than the full 23MP picture. but i still need more time to test this out.
- so for me right now, if i want to shoot moving object -> SA mode. for stationary object -> manual mode
- battery life is good thus far. as in my previous post, managed to get 5 hours SOT for today. my old z1, even with stamina mode on and greenified downloaded apps, only manage to tops 4hours+
- stamina mode seems to be different on XZ as i cannot put any apps in standby list anymore.

so, overall as of now, can really feel it's a huge upgrade for me coming from Z1.

Today's usage. Total 13 hours. 80% data and 20% wifi

Sot almost 5 hours

1. Mine working fine. Did u select the detect usb device in settings - device connection - usb connectivity?

2. Yes. I found it to be too sensitive as well. That's y I switch off the adaptive brightness

Yes. U can see from the brightness slider moving on itself to the lowest right?

Yup. Same as my z1. Won't change too much on screen brightness. That's y I said the adaptive brightness on xz is very sensitive and aggressive. I switch it off and just manually adjust screen brightness when needed

Yes. I prefer the old auto brightness on my z1

Example is in my room. My lights are not too bright. But when I am holding my phone facing away from the light source the screen will auto adjust to the lowest, which in the case is way too dim for the lighting condition. This nvr happen b4 with my z1

Err... At least xz battery is safe

That is why I seldom use superior auto mode...

Just applied the temper glass so on my xz. Buy stupid me accidentally touched the inner side of the glass. So can see smudges on the upper right corner...

No film

Bought it online at ultimate shield website. It offer great sp for my z1. Been very satisfied. But the same cannot be said for xz case due to the curved edge.

This glass only stick to the phone on the side. Due to the curve. Meaning fhe whole middle part is not really stick to the phone. So the whole feeling of it is like not so solid and also affect the screen sensitivity.

I don't quite like the normal plastic sp. I am now considering getting the style cover and leave the screen bare without any sp

The screen still work with the cover on right? Does it affect the sensitivity of the screen?

The curve already has xz display set? Last few days I go there they only display x compact

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?...shmallow.X.blue

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?....Marshmallow.xz

For me personally, it's not so much as to which speaker is louder.

In my previous z1 which has a bottom speaker. Whenever I am watching video in landscape mode, the speaker will be firing to my right, which at night towards my wife and she'll always complain why I put the volume so loud. I end up having to cup my hand around the speaker to direct the sound to me. If I am watching a 10min video, I can't move my hand at all cos dking so I may not hear the sound clearly...

So to me having a front facing speaker is always better than a louder back/bottom facing speaker

Wanted to get my dad a xz at the curve. Mana tau all sold out! Xz very laku ke?