Since Sony hasn’t departed from a more conventional 16:9 aspect ratio, the Xperia XZ Premium’s display doesn’t need to use black bars to display apps and videos properly, which is the case on the LG G6 and Samsung Galaxy S8. As a phone that supports the HDR standard this means a high top-level brightness, which, even when not displaying HDR content, is still useful for visibility on a bright day outdoors. Wistfully watching back old holiday videos, the colours popped from the IPS Triluminos 5.5-inch display and videos looked sharp. Still, the almost ridiculous 807ppi pixel density of the screen made light work of showing off my own 4K, non-HDR content shot on a GoPro Hero 5 Black. Needless to say, it’s still not quite ready. Even when selecting this, content would still download at 1080p and actually only require a fraction over 1GB of storage space.ĭiving into the settings menu and opting for ‘Best’ quality downloads without a prompt still didn’t force 4K downloads. Trying to download the content for offline viewing wouldn’t let me save in 4K/HDR, even though the on-screen prompt offered me the choice of ‘Best’ quality where 1 hour of content would rack up more than 6GB of storage. This was even after getting my hopes up when a notification popped up saying 4K HDR content was available and directing me through how to install the Amazon Prime Video app, which in itself is still a slightly involved process.īut even though the Prime Video app had a section dedicated to content in 4K and HDR, I could never get it to stream in anything but1080p and standard dynamic range. Support for 4K resolution alongside HDR (10-bit, to boot) is also meant to be available through Amazon Prime Video, but during testing I wasn’t served any suitable content. Rendering 4K resolution every waking minute would absolutely decimate battery life, so instead you’ll see native 4K resolution in certain instances: when watching native 4K resolution videos in the pre-installed Sony app, for example. You might rightly be asking why this is the case – and the answer would be battery life. While the screen is technically a 3840 x 2160 resolution panel, the vast majority of the time you’ll be looking at an upscaled 1080p version of the Android operating system. Sony Xperia XZ Premium – Displayįirst to that caveat I’ve just mentioned. Unfortunately, this alone isn’t enough to make the Xperia XZ Premium stand out in a competitive crowd. This by far eclipses the slow-motion available on other handsets, which typically tops out at 240fps. The headline feature is its 960fps slow-motion capabilities for dramatic videos. Like Sony’s previous flagship, the Z5 Premium, there’s a 5.5-inch screen with 4K resolution and HDR (with a caveat, mind), and a Snapdragon 835 processor that can give rival handsets such as the Samsung Galaxy S8, HTC U11 and LG G6 a run for their money.īut where Sony really wants to stand out is with its camera. This is Sony’s headline phone for 2017 and, as you’d expect, it comes with all the top specifications. Along with the usual Android Oreo features, you will now benefit from the face-scanning app introduced with the Xperia XZ1. Update: Android 8.0 Oreo is now rolling out to Sony’s 4K phone.
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