Dimensions 127 x 64.9 x 9.5 mm , weight 137 grams
Waterproof and dust with IP55/58 degree of resilience
Android 4.3 Jelly Bean
Qualcomm Snapdragon chipset 800 : 2.2 GHz quad-core MSM8974 processor , Adreno 330 GPU
2GB of RAM , 16GB of storage , micro SD slot
4.3 inch HD screen resolution of 1280x720 pixels
The main camera RS 20.7 MP Exmor sensor with FHD 1080p 30fps video recording
2MP front camera with 1080p video recording
HSPA + , LTE , NFC , Wi - Fi , Bluetooth 4.0
battery 2300mAh
Impression Design, Materials and Screen Quality
In terms of design, the Z1 Compact has the same design lines OmniBalance with Z1. If Z1 was stiff and more mature with this design, the Z1 Compact feel more sociable, especially for white, pink and lime. Compact Z1 Z1 looks stockier than the slim, because the body is thicker and shorter than the Z1.
While the impression you will feel when holding premium materials, with the front of the rear glass is surrounded by a metal frame on the side. However Z1 Compact is easy to get dirty, especially in the back, so it seems you need to be frequently wiped. Luxurious and elegant design of the Z1 Compact Xperia cause little sacrifice, because the design is very flat, it feels less comfortable when held, but because of its relatively small size, then it is not a problem. Typing can be done with one hand very easily.
While the impression you will feel when holding premium materials, with the front of the rear glass is surrounded by a metal frame on the side. However Z1 Compact is easy to get dirty, especially in the back, so it seems you need to be frequently wiped. Luxurious and elegant design of the Z1 Compact Xperia cause little sacrifice, because the design is very flat, it feels less comfortable when held, but because of its relatively small size, then it is not a problem. Typing can be done with one hand very easily.
From the screen, although smaller (4.3-inch vs. 5 inch) and losing resolution (1280x720 vs. 1920x1080 pixels), the display characteristics of the Z1 Compact has a natural screen as Xperia Z1, Z1 Compact well equipped especially Triluminos and Reality Display. Triluminos technology has a big hand to deliver a richer color and a wider color gamut for more vivid images. In addition to the X-Reality Mobile comes when you see a photo or video, to produce a sharper image reproduction, bright and quality.
Interface
Despite the smaller screen resolution, the Xperia Z1 Compact interface has a very similar design to the Xperia Z series. In features and customization arguably not too much, in other words, quite simple and there are no effects of all kinds, actually quite unfortunate given the potential of the hardware as well as Xperia Z1 Z1 Compact, very unusual. Starting from the lock screen widget that can be added on the right. You can directly access the camera by sweeping the camera icon to the left side. Or even easier, while the condition of the dead screen you can access directly to the camera by holding the shutter button.
After the lockscreen, you will be immediately confronted with a 4x4 Homescreen composed of shortcut icons, as well as four shortcut icons remain underneath. Although this iconic location is fixed, but can be substituted with other icons. 4x4 arrangement is the same as Xperia Z1, so although different resolutions and sizes, the interface is more or less remained the same. Do not have physical buttons below the screen, Z1 Compact uses virtual buttons Back, Home and Recent Apps. There are several Themes to choose from, which change the wallpaper
Meanwhile in the notification curtain there are five kinds of quick toggle, ie Sound, Bluetooth, WiFi, Brightness and Settings. The main menu consists of a 4x5 icon, which is locked in a setting kotak.Ada Main menu at the far left of the screen, which is active when you wipe the screen to the right. You can sort the icons by alphabetical, most used and installed the latest. Of course you can define the order of application.
For better multitasking capabilities, Z1 Compact comes with a Small Apps. How to access it is by pressing the Recent Apps button. Applications include mini Clip, Bookmarks, browser, calculator, calendar, Gmail and others. You can change certain widgets into a Small Apps. You can also add from PlayStore, there's quite a lot of applications in the Google apps store. JikaXperia Z1 can not open a lot of mini-applications at once, this time you can open multiple Small Apps at once, and can be minimized into a small icon on the screen.
Overall performance of the Xperia Z1 Compact as expected, very smooth and comparable to the Xperia Z1. Not surprising because the hardware used almost exactly the same, a lower screen resolution also relieve the processor and GPU performance.
Camera
Camera should indeed be a major advantage Xperia Z series , in addition to the premium design . Compact Z1 is equipped with a 20.7 megapixel camera and 1080p video recording . 27mm lens is a G lens with f/2.0 aperture . The sensor was larger than the average smartphone , and uses the Exmor 1/2.3 RS . From the software side , Sony Z1 equip with a special engine to process picture , the BIONZ .
The presence of the camera button and the Quick Launch feature is very very easy for you to shoot quickly . You can go to the camera app from anywhere , just need to hold it down, even when the screen is turned off . You can even choose to release the shutter instantly if you hold it down from anywhere . The physical button to take pictures even easier for you to take pictures , more stable , and certainly feel it is higher than simply touching a button on the screen . Displayed on the camera viewfinder screen displays a very different picture from the camera smartphone in general . Movement is very smooth , like using a higher refresh rate than other smartphones .
In
addition to intelligent auto mode , there is a manual mode , but
unfortunately setting standards and existing features , such as white
balance , brightness , resolution , self timer , smile shutter , focus
modes , ISO , metering , image stabilizer ( software ) , preview and
face registration . Focus mode used is single af , af multi face detection , touch focus and object tracking . While
the manual mode in addition there are some interesting modes such as
mode information eye ( This feature allows the phone to read the
landscape , certain products , as well as a business card ) , social
live ( live broadcast in a video uploaded to Facebook ) , timeshift
burst ( Cameras snapped just before and after the shutter button is pressed ) , ar effect , picture effects and sweep panorama . You can add an application via Sony's Select , to add features to the camera
The camera has the same characteristics as Xperia Z1, which is not surprising because the sensors due to the exact same. The images is quite good, in taking in a dark room could still be relied upon than the camera on most smartphones. But the noise that is present is quite disturbing. For outdoor conditions themselves, Superior Auto mode sometimes produce images that are not natural, but the rest, this mode of adaptation features help us to do a quick photo shoot.
The results present a video recording in mp4 format. By the late 17000 kbps bitrate and framerate of 29fps, duration 1 minute video takes up storage of 130MB. HDR video also generate similar sized files. HDR video quality is quite good, the software is able to sort out properly so the results are still somewhat natural. Which is quite noticeably SteadyShot mode, which makes shock when moving greatly reduced, although still limited stabilization software used alone.
Photo Gallery and Video Players
Sony uses the name of the album to the photo gallery Xperia Z1 Compact, which also displays the video. The interface is divided into two:
Picture:
Picture:
all the photos and videos in one place there appear. Can pinch and zoom to reduce or enlarge the size of a thumbnail.
Albums:
by folder in storage, as well as by Maps, face, Facebook, Picasa and Flickr and fashion globe is quite interesting, featuring the planet Earth and the points where your photos were taken. Album can display slideshows in a folder with the effects of panning, zooming and so that it becomes an attractive presentation
If the usual video player on the Xperia devices can not read the subtitles, this time Xperia Z1 Compact can read srt subtitle format, complete with settings such as font type and size, shadow on the letters, the background color of the subtitle and others. Quite a lot of files that can be read, among other things: mp4, mov, avi, mkv to 1080p resolution. To mp4 4K resolution (3840x2160 pixels) downloaded from Youtube can be enjoyed smoothly. There is a format that can not be read at all (does not appear) the wmv format.
Music Player
Big names pinned by Sony Walkman music player application in Xperia Z1 Compact . Without compressed audio format ( lossless ) like . Was able to play flac . There are some interesting features such as SensMe Walkman congenital split song by song properties , such as Energetic , Mellow , Lounge and so on . Background Walkman application also varies depending on the type of song . There are also features of the Visualizer with an attractive appearance . In the display , adjust the color theme with the album art in the songs you play . There is an option to share to facebook to share the song you're listening to.
For sound quality , there is a feature ClearAudio + ( make the song sound more clear , but for some types of headsets , the sound is heard to be slightly sharper ) , Clear Stereo ( reduce cross talk between channels, left and right to reproduce stereo sound original ) , Clear Phase and xLOUD ( both of these features for better quality loudspeaker ) . But his own loudspeaker output mediocre quality , fast and full of treble . Meanwhile, if you are using a headset , kicking bass output , typical Walkman . Remarkably , the Clear Bass setting the standard bass not to '' bury '' treble .
Web Browser
The only default browser on Xperia Z1 Compact is Google Chrome. In Chrome, the maximum that can open tabs no restrictions. The white color on the screen is nice and natural make relatively comfortable browsing. Performance when opening the desktop version of a website with a lot of content is fast and smooth, even for sites with heavy content still not as much as using a PC. Of course there are a few settings and standard features such as Incognito, setting cookies, history, cache and accessability.
Benchmark tests
Antutu: 34 892 points
Quadrant Standard: 21083 points
Nenamark 2: 59.2 fps
Multitouch Tester: maximum 8 touch
HTML5test.com: 488 out of 555 points
Pros:
Waterproof and dust (certain conditions)
Compact design with premium spec
Performance is very smooth
20MP camera
Micro SD Slot
Materials and premium finishing
shortage
The battery is not removable
Not a lot of additional features
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