Music, TV radio, books, film, art, dance photography. Weve noticed youre adblocking. We rely on advertising to help fund our award winning journalism. Junta Comercial Boa Vista Rr. We urge you to turn off your ad blocker for The Telegraph website so that you can continue to access our quality content in the future. Thank you for your support. Sony Xperia XZ Premium review. MWC 2. 01. 7 saw the introduction of many 2. Sony. While you might still be pining after the Xperia Z6, you might want to let that go and get to know the new Xperia XZ Premium. With less than a year between the launch of the standard Xperia XZ and XZ Premium, there is some debate as to whether its a second generation smartphone or whether its just a slightly higher specced version, like the i. Sentimental Shooting Premium Version' title='Sentimental Shooting Premium Version' />Phone 7 and i. Phone 7 Plus. Whether you want to call it the second generation model or not is up to you, but the XZ Premium is the firms new flagship smartphone for 2. Price and Availability. The Sony Xperia XZ Premium is available to order from Carphone Warehouse at 6. SIM free, or on contracts starting at 3. June 2. 01. 7 launch. This puts the Xperia XZ Premium in line with other 2. Samsung Galaxy S8 and the LG G6. Design and build. The XZ Premium is a bigger version of the XZ with improved specs. Like other Sony smartphones, the XZ Premium boasts a similar Loop Surface design which aims to mimic a seamless tube of glass. Its not quite as seamless as Sony would have you believe theres still a small seam between the display and the body, and between the sides and top of the device but its not big enough to be noticeable most of the time. The main thing is the very rounded sides that feel comfortable in the palm of our hand, an important factor when discussing a 5. Were also big fans of the beveled metal top and bottom, which further adds to the premium look of the smartphone. As if it makes any difference, the phone is a tiny 0. XZ this is mainly due to a larger screen and bigger battery, which might be a trade off youre fine with. HR0cHM6Ly9pLnNjZG4uY28vaW1hZ2UvNDNjMzc5MTNhYjZlZTExNTlhZGY4ZWZkZjUyZWI1YTdiNDA1MTgwNw%3D%3D' alt='Sentimental Shooting Premium Version' title='Sentimental Shooting Premium Version' />The XZ Premium is also IP6. Sony phones, a necessary step to compete with rival water resistant smartphones like the Samsung Galaxy S8 and i. Phone 7. Speaking of the i. Phone 7, we can confirm that the XZ Premium does include a 3. Hooray Sony has decided, quite literally to mirror, the style of the Z5 Premium. IIf you have either of the above two models it would be advisable to not use them much as parts that can break are obsolete. If it has sentimental value, hang it on. AAA, Toripuru, Triple A, a backronym for Attack All Around, is a 6member Japanese pop group signed to the label Avex Trax which debuted in. This is a story from Shooting Times on TrophyGrade Bullets. Both colour options, Deepsea Black and Luminous Chrome, are highly reflective and can get grubby quite quickly. We think the mirror finish looks absolutely stunning and it helps the smartphone stand out from a sea of metallic smartphones, but only when its completely smudge free and unless you carry a microfiber cloth with you, that wont be often. For those that arent a fan of Deepsea Black or Luminous Chrome, Sony has also announced a pink version of the premium smartphone. Beside the dedicated Camera button on the side of the XZ Premium is the power button. Its slightly dented in compared to the rest of the edge of the smartphone, making it easy to locate by touch, and hides a secret a fingerprint scanner. Thats right, youll unlock your smartphone at the same time as you turn on the display. Its quick and accurate, although the setup of the fingerprint scanner was a little bit fiddley for our liking. Specs and Hardware. So, now we know that the Sony Xperia XZ Premium is a gorgeous high end smartphone, what does it offer under the hoodLets start with the display. Display. One of the main features the XZ Premium borrows from the Z5 Premium is the large 5. K0DrTxmM4/hqdefault.jpg' alt='Sentimental Shooting Premium Version' title='Sentimental Shooting Premium Version' />K resolution. That means the device is bigger than the standard XZ, but is a worthy trade in our opinion. The 4. K display is gorgeous its bright, vibrant thanks to Sonys triluminos technology and has an eye melting pixel density of 8. The Sony Xperia XZ Premium supports 4. K HDR like many modern TVs and lends technology from Sonys own Bravia range. Sony says HDR provides better colour, contrast and detail, something that we can vouch for after spending time with the smartphone. However, theres a catch you can only take advantage of HDR with selected titles on Amazon Prime Video like The Grand Tour and The Man in the High Castle. If anything, we found the Xperia XZ Premiums display to be a little too over the top at times due to the intense colours displayed, although thats more of a personal issue and Sony does provide different display options for those that prefer something a little more subtle. Battery life and connectivity. Despite rumours of Qualcomms latest chip being reserved for the Samsung Galaxy S8, Sony has put it inside the Xperia XZ Premium alongside 4. GB of RAM and an Adreno 5. For unlimited access to expert opinion and unrivalled insight from The Telegraph, join Premium today. Free for 30 days. Latest environmental news, features and updates. Pictures, video and more. GPU. The Snapdragon 8. The XZ Premium is extremely responsive in use theres no lag when opening and switching between apps, playing power hungry games and accessing the camera. In fact, even when we tried our best to make the smartphone lag, it wasnt possible. Theres also noticeable improvements to battery life, as the XZ Premium lasted all day with standard use during our testing, including tasks like talking on the phone, texting, browsing social media, playing games and taking photos. The built in battery estimates suggest the non removable 3. Ah battery should last around 2 3 days on a single charge, and while that wasnt the case, it can quite easily break the 2. Its good to see 6. GB of storage as standard on the XZ Premium, and Sony continues to offer a Micro SD card slot so you can add up to 2. GB of additional storage. Plenty of specs from its predecessor remain including the fingerprint scanner built into the home button on the side of the smartphone, USB C now v. NFC and Bluetooth 4. Performance and benchmark results. According to our Geekbench 4 benchmark results, performance is very much the same as that of the Galaxy S8, which isnt entirely surprising as they both use the same chipset. In fact, the Xperia scored a little higher in both the multi core component 6. Generally speaking, the Xperia XZ is one of the most powerful smartphones on the market at the moment at least according to benchmarks. Along with Geekbench 4, we also ran a series of GFXBench tests to test the graphical power of the smartphone. Rather impressively, it seems the Xperia XZ Premium is also marginally better in this department than the Galaxy S8. It scored higher not only in Car Chase 2. Manhattan 3. 1 too 4. T Rex. Last but not least, we ran Jet. Stream, a benchmark that tests the speed of the smartphones built in browser. In the case of the Sony Xperia XZ, thats Google Chrome. It managed a respectable 6. Samsung Galaxy S8 Plus at 5. Phone 7 Pluss 1. Cameras and photography. Its the camera that Sony is really pushing here, aside from the gorgeous 4. K HDR screen. The resolution has dropped to 1. Mp, but the firm has some interesting innovations here in what it calls the Motion Eye camera that generally produces incredibly detailed images and videos, although it does have its strengths and weaknesses. You might be surprised that even though the resolution has dropped, pixels are 1. XZ. This means that low light photography on the XZ Premium is improved compared to the standard model, although we found that images taken in dark environments like at sunset looked noisy in places. The overall image quality isnt bad, but it struggles to capture the finer details in low light. Where the Xperia XZ Premiums camera does perform is with regards to its dynamic range. As you can see from the below photo, the XZ Premium can easily pick up details in the shadows of the bag, as well as the areas lit by bright sunlight, without being over or under exposed. Its a similar story with macro photography the XZ Premium can produce great macro shots with perfect focus thanks to predictive phase detection and laser autofocus.