Sony Xperia Z3
Conclusion: In the test, the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact conquered the Silver. This makes it the best compact smartphone in the test. High quality workmanship, long battery life, a bright bright display and many other hardware and software features provide for massive points on the account of the Compact.
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact: Strong successor
The new Z3 Compact dissolves only in January in Germany published the Z1 Compact from. So it is not even a year between the two models (a Z2 Compact there was never the way). Nevertheless, there are major differences. The Z3 Compact has been improved in many ways and pulls the predecessor already in view of the housing and the display off. The new Compact is lighter and slimmer than its predecessor, but has a larger display. Sony uses the front surface from perfect. In addition, the 4.6-inch screen dissolves in HD and extremely light radiates with 600 cd / m². Like the great Sony Xperia Z3 of bluish current white point is the only weakness of the beautiful Sony screens. A new design element is the milky plastic frame. The back is made ??of hardened mineral glass, so it should not be as prone to scratches as the plastic back of the predecessor. The valves for microSD slot and Nano-SIM include clean and can also be easily opened due to small notches. The mobile phone housing meets the standard IP 68. This makes the smartphone dustproof and allows “continuous immersion”. Sony Xperia Z3 is selling the smartphone with 16 GB of internal memory. A reasonable price, which is now certainly fall shortly after the market launch.
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact: Clear sound, very suspicious endurance
The little Sony Xperia Z3 smartphone with stereo front speakers is a strong sound sensation especially with the headset connected. The music player impresses with clear sound, deep bass and very high maximum volume. By telephone, you hear the other party always good. The voice from the line acts close and natural. An extra praise deserves the Z3 Compact for the exceptional battery life of the Z3 Compact. For in spite of his enormous bright screens it made ??an online run time of 8:23 hours at full screen brightness. By comparison, the iPhone 6 creates it with minimal larger, but less bright display only 5:49 hours. The phone-term of the Z3 is small with 8:31 hours also very good, but the charging time is 2:34 hours with a little above average.
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact Camera & Connectivity
Sony Xperia Z3 built again the 20.7-megapixel sensor, but turns on the screws. In daylight and artificial light we get great images with realistic colors. In low light and complete darkness with flash, the camera can not produce optimally sharp images, the images are also very noisy. The physical shutter button for the camera has a good tactile feedback, feedback’s by vibration. The maximum resolution of the camcorder is 3840 x 2160 pixels. So you can record videos in 4K quality. Compact the Sony Xperia Z3 has a large amount of interfaces. In addition to the usual physical slots offers the smartphone Bluetooth 4.0, NFC, Wi-Fi ac and also PS4 Remote Play. So you can save the picture output from your PlayStation 4 stream to your mobile. Is controlled by a PS controller. Screen mirroring by Miracast and the TV stick Chrome cast are also supported.
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact: Android with Sony UI
Sony delivers the Compact with the current Android version 4.4.4. The system runs smoothly, stable and offers a lot of features. Widgets choose for a longer pressure on the home screen, giving different styles of UI your smartphone a completely new look. The settings are clearly laid out, Shortcuts, click the drop-down menu. The app launcher is sortable by alphabet or popular applications. Sony packs his services like Video Unlimited or the Sony Xperia lounge with a. You get exclusive deals and have access to your purchased via other media platforms.
Sony Xperia Z3 Compact: Top Performance
In small mobile phone housing a strong power CPU works. The Snapdragon 801 with four cores and 2.5 GHz clock speed is usually only found in large high-end mobile phones. In compact, it delivers along with 2 GB of RAM from an excellent idea. The Compact runs smoothly and quickly, all apps start fast. It is one of the best performing smartphones on the market. And also on the Web, because the Compact supports HSPA + and LTE category 4th
Sony Xperia Z3 Mobile Specification: –
Tested with | Android 4.4.4 with Sony UI |
Current operating system | 4.4.4 |
Planned update for the operating system | not known |
Manual | – |
App Store link | Google Play |
Processor | Qualcomm MSM8974 Snapdragon 801 |
Processor cores | 4 cores |
Processor clock | 2,500 MHz |
Main memory | 2,048 MB |
SAR | 0.83 W / kg |
Battery: Talk time | 8:31 hours |
Battery: Online-term | 8:23 hours |
Battery: Charging time | 2:34 hours |
Battery: Capacity | 2600 mAh |
Battery: Replaceable | – |
Overall: Battery | 85.5 points |
Weight | 129 grams |
Height x width | 127 x 65 mm |
Thickness | 9 mm |
Appearance | very good |
Wi-Fi | 802.11ac / n / g / b / a |
GSM frequency bands | Quad-band |
EDGE | yes |
UMTS: data received | 42.2 Mbit / s |
UMTS: send data | 5.8 Mbit / s |
LTE: Supported frequency bands | 800, 1,800, 2,600 MHz |
LTE: Cat-4 | yes |
Video Phone | WLAN and UMTS |
Touchscreen | Capacitive (multitouch) |
Touchscreen: responsiveness | very good |
Display: Type | LCD |
Display: Dimensions | 57 x 101 mm |
Display: Diagonal | 4.6 inches |
Display: Resolution | 720 x 1280 pixels |
Display: Pixel density | 321 ppi |
Ratio display for mobile surface | 69.7 percent |
Display: Color Number | 16,777,216 colors |
Display: reflection contrast | 3.3: 1 |
Display: Brightness with ambient light | 600 cd / m² |
Display: checkerboard contrast | 145: 1 |
Voice Recording | yes |
Profiles | yes |
Push email | yes |
E-mail via Exchange | yes |
Memory | 10.004 MB |
Memory card slot | for microSD cards |
USB version | USB 2.0 |
USB jack | Micro-USB connector |
USB: time for transfer of 100 MB | 14 s |
SIM Slot | for Nano-SIM |
Bluetooth | 4.0 (with A2DP) |
NFC | Open NFC |
Camera: Resolution | 20.7 megapixels |
Front camera: resolution | 1920 x 1080 pixels |
Camera: minimum distance macro | 8 cm |
Camera: Auto Focus | yes |
Camera Flashes type | LED flash |
Camcorder resolution | 2,160 x 3,840 pixels |
TV out | HDMI via microUSB (MHL) |
Music Player: Formats | MP3, AAC |
Headphone out | 3.5 mm |
Video player | yes |
FM Radio | yes |
Navi: GPS receiver | yes |
Navi: Software | preinstalled |
Navi: Full Version | Full Version |
Navi: Software Type | Offboard (Google Maps) |
Navi: Maps | Offboard |
Navi: GPS Fix | 8 seconds |
Benchmark: Mark browser 1.0 | – |
Benchmark: Mark browser 2.0 | – |
Scope of delivery | USB Cable, In-Ear Headset, User Manual on CD / memory card |