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April 2014
(87%)
642 Reviews
Average score from experts who have reviewed this product.
Users
(93%)
3 Reviews
Average score from owners of the product.
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The editors liked
Basically everything about the hardware. The lightness
The thinness
The lovely screen
The front-facing speakers
The waterproofiness
The Snapdragon 801
The 3GB RAM. All that stuff is just great. We also like that it can power noise canceling earbuds
Solid and eyepleasing design
Large and vibrant display
Streamlined and polished user experience
Quality camera
Improved screen from Xperia Z1
Lighter than you'd expect
Good battery – 11 hours
Good stereo speakers
Excellent camera
Night capture is great
Great video capture
Lots of voice call options
Better grip
Waterproof and dust proof
3 GB of RAM
And h
The Sony Xperia Z2 has a glorious screen
Tonnes of power
A great camera and a beautiful design. It's waterproof too
So it won't conk out when you drop it in the bath
Great camera
Takes fantastic photos with Superior Auto Mode
And has many manual options
Superb display
Excellent overall performance and battery life
Beautiful design with dedicated camera button
Much improved
Gorgeous screen
Beautiful water-resistant Sony design
Noise cancellation
Premium looks and elegant design
Impervious to water
Gorgeous full HD display Very good camera
Useful software features and loads of tweaking and customisation options
Fast
Speedy and zippy. Smooth too
Good battery life
Sleek and minimalistic design
Waterproof
Earphone and docking station are included
Brilliant camera
Long battery life
IP55/58 ingress protection
Stylish industrial design
Best overall camera experience on an Android phone
Top-tier specs
Impressive detail preservation outdoors. In low light
A high level of details remains visible even if a loss is noticeable compared to outdoors
Reasonable noise levels in all conditions. No chroma noise and fine grain size
Fast and responsive autofocus
The best Sony display to date. Great battery life and performance. Camera has improved upon an already solid offering. There wasn't a single thing the Z2 didn't do well.
Very nice design
High-quality materials
Waterproof and dust resistant
High performance reserves
Good battery runtimes
Useful additions for the OS
High-quality headset
Free movies and music
Navigation software
Very good camera
4K video recording
The editors didn't like
In contrast
It's basically all software. Again. The skin Sony puts on just doesn't work very well. It slows things down
It makes things look worse
And it's less intuitive to use than stock Android. In fact
If this thing was a Nexus device and ran stoc
A bit bulky
Slightly oversaturated screen
Average speakers
Low benchmarks
Same design format for about 2 years
Same UI for 2 years
Could be brighter
Big headphones coming out of the ears
A bit of overheating
Lots of bloatware
It's expensive
Its regular autofocus adjustments during shooting can spoil videos
And the camera resolution is throttled when using the full automatic mode
Some minor bugs
No option for 32GB
20.7 MP photo option only available in Manual Mode
Weak speakers
Still doesn't work in the rain
That SIM card flap
Blocky design and large size make it a tad unwieldy to hold
A few software features look obnoxious No exciting
Killer feature
The display is dim
The earphone is not a noise-cancelling model
Camera module placement is not ideal
Sometimes it is blocked by your fingers
Poor signal reception for both cellular and Wi-fi connections
Now
I can partly understand why the Sony Xperi
Software inconsistent
Somewhat bloaty
Endurance doesn't quite live up to battery capacity
Middling voice
Speaker quality
Occasional white balance inaccuracies indoors. Outdoors
A slight blue tint is noticeable in certain images
Slight color shading noticeable with tungsten lighting
Noticeable fringing
Ringing and maze artifacts
Camera software could still use some tweaking. A few design and software annoyances. Highend competitors offer similarly wellrounded packages.
All in all small changes compared to the predecessor
Published: 2014-04-15, Author: Andrew , review by: cnet.com.au
The Sony Xperia Z2 has a glorious screen, tonnes of power, a great camera and a beautiful design. It's waterproof too, so it won't conk out when you drop it in the bath
It's expensive, its regular autofocus adjustments during shooting can spoil videos, and the camera resolution is throttled when using the full automatic mode
Sure, it costs a bundle, but the Sony Xperia Z2 is everything you should expect from a top-end phone. Its impressive performance rivals the Samsung Galaxy S5 for smartphone top dog, but the Z2's slick glass and metal design trumps the S5's plastic body. ...
The Sony Xperia Z2 is a phone that can be viewed in two ways. On the one hand, it's an excellent upgrade over the Xperia Z, and features all the top end technology you could want in a very premium-feeling chassis. On the other, it's too much like the Xpe...
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Published: 2014-07-30, Author: David , review by: futurefive.co.nz
Abstract: No compromise for Sony's latest smartphoneSmartphones are all about compromise these days. Fitting a hi-res screen, camera and huge battery into increasingly lighter handsets isn't easy, and usually, something has to give.Unless, you're Sony. The Xperia Z...
Published: 2014-05-12, Author: Tony , review by: pcworld.co.nz
20.7MP Camera, Waterproof, Powerful CPU and RAM, 4.4 KitKat
Big in size
Sony's Xperia Z2 is a genuine contender in the competitive smartphone market. Sony's hallmarks are all there — the solid camera, excellent screen and refined software. Years of refinement has led to a product where the basics are spot on, and then there's...
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Abstract: The Sony Xperia Z2 is Sony's current range-topper, at least until the Xperia Z3 hits the shops. It gets a 5.2-inch Full HD screen, bettering the Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One (M8) when it comes to overall size, although it's also the bulkiest of the trio....
Abstract: The phone's sharp, angular edges aren't quite as pleasant to hold as other Sony phones such as the more rounded Xperia SP , but we were still able to use the Z2 comfortably in one hand without too much trouble. It's once you're holding the Z2 that the dif...
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Superb performance. Very high build quality. More waterproof than its rivals
Camera does too much postprocessing. Temperature issues with recording 4K video. Bulky design is uncomfortable to hold
With the biggest battery, the most RAM, the largest screen, the most extreme waterproofing and a camera with the highest megapixel count, the Sony Z2 should be the best phone on sale today - and on paper, it is. But, as much as it pains me to say it, the...
Despite differences between the three camera sensors, both in terms of megapixels and pixel size, the overall images produced are very good from each of the three devices. Overall images appear brighter from the Galaxy S5 than its rival devices whilst the...
