Xperia Z display comparison [Roundup]

In one of the tests you say xperia Z vs Galaxy S3, but thats the Note 2, fix that

Honestly, the first batch of pictures against the Butterfly, the latter one looks much more natural…

Again, I have to stress the fact that screen quality can not be fairly measured over a video. I’ve seen the screen in action and compared it to my own and my friends devices. And it’s outright spectacular. Check it out once it’s on display at your local retailer!

yeah, I agree with that, and have actually said that many times before, I mean dont get me wrong I do love the xperia screens, and actually despise superamoled for making whites look blue etc. but the poor viewing angles on my XS just irritate me, but true that’s not to say that the Xperia Z doesn’t have that issue, obviously Ill need to use one to see.

Edit: actually looking at the photos again, espically the ones at the start with brunette girl, her face on the XZ looks really white and washed out compared to the HTC and the last two with the girl with red in her hair, that just really bugs me… obviously each to their own but it looks pretty clear that sony still have this issue

If Xperia Z was released last year I would defiantly choose it more than GS3

the only problem with the Z in the first video is brightness I think…´cause the colours are still there but I think because of TFT it´s to bright…the other devices are to dark – especially the nexus 4 and the one x…and if you look from the bottom of the devices only on the xpperia Z you can see something – other devices are again to dark

my xperia s doesn’t have tis issue. large group??? sum 50 odd u show??? doesn’t make any sense

This is because an IPS panel maintains the colors till the 178-degree but the bright tends to be reduced.

In the Xperia Z TFT is the opposite! The bright go up and the colors wash out…

I really really like the Z and really want one, but I have to be true and say that an IPS panel
is much better!!!

Have to agree with carl. Just go and see the phone yourself and be amazed.. Decide and then buy.. I will buy one next month..

Pff their just jelly. They need something to bitch about

ok i see that their are a lot of people that are unhappy. but think this:

what screen brightness are the phones set to?

are the pictures from side angles all taken from the same angles or not meaning ( 45 degrees each one or what?)

is there a flash and being used in the dark? and if their is at what height is it at, is on the left or right top or bottom?

I think xperia blog should do a review of its own and maybe that way a lot of people will close their mouths.

The worst I’ve seen on a Sony phone is the xp ion. Tilt it to the side a couple of degrees and the screen turns all white and washed out. However I have a xperia u myself and suprisngly it has really good viewing angles compared to many of the pricier phones.

totally agree

i tell you the truth, viewing angle is clearly just for showing off, nothing else. cut the crap that you need more people to watch a movie with you on the phone. In this time and age, where individuality is praised more and more, i bet you won’t share the phone with other at the public space, but inside your head, you want people to look at you and your phone and envy for you, but don’t look at it for too long please, or else i’ll turn my body around. LOL

Well it does lag when you try to change the theme or put other widgets.. But it is snappy when everything is loaded. I dont know if it has the 4.1.2 os because the settings is locked. Can pre order now in sony stores but I will wait for our carrier for my recontract

yeah i share that thought though you know how people these days are. they want their phones to look good to other people. it’s about bragging rights, they say. having a washed out screen does make you feel having a slightly inferior phone.

i hope sony adopts the igzo panels that sharp has just developed. they’re the same japanese companies anyway. they should be helping each other and not giving the tech to american or korean companies.

if my phone can survive for 30mins if I accidentally drop it or leave it in water, then I wont mind watching the screen little less tilted.

and since my phone is not fixed on the wall or on a stand, like TV, neither that heavy, I could move the phone around to show it to large group of people.

In truth, TFT is not a panel technology in comparison with IPS, so we cannot compare TFT vs IPS. Sony have not confirmed any panel of Xperia series, and we should not claim it as TN or IPS or….

More information that, the Amoled also contains a TFT layer.

Dont simply conclude anything from the review site. just visit sony retail shop and have hands on then provide ur valuable feedback..

Thisarticle is pointless. The fact that Sony decices have the weakest viewing angles of any high end devices iss a given. Not up for debate.
The only question is does it matter?
In my opinion it does, Sony fanboys are like fanboys the world over, they will continue to dismiss it until Sony actually starts using ips panels like others. Then and only then, will they see any benefit to it.
My advice to Sony is, ignore your fanboys, they”ll buy whatever you put out even if it’s poor. The folks you need to listen to are your critics because they point out your faults and not excuse them. It is only by addressing your faults will you improve.
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All devices suffer when viewed from an off centre angle. Some screens become too dark? Some wash out. Nobody really uses their phone more than 20 degrees off centre. All are fine at that angle. Just Haters trying to bring the Z down

lol I know right? its ridiculous, I get people are fans of Sony, like me, but it starts becoming really, really sad when people are so subjective, and anything said bad of Sony must be wrong because they can do no wrong. I mean, its my opinion just commenting my thoughts, if you don’t agree reply saying your thoughts. Said to see so many Sony fan boys are no different then crApple ones haha

All phones suffer if screens are viewed off centre. Some wash out others go dark. No screen is perfect. Until u got the Z in your hands don’t make statements. I’m using an Iphone 5 for your information. It’s screen isn’t the same when viewed off centre. Same as S3 which my wife has. What brightness was the Sony Z set in those videos and pics?

It supposed to have a calibration tool, or it was only for ZL?

I have tried the iPhone 4s, and as much as I hate to say it (hate apple) there is very little loss of colour when viewed off centre. As I assumed you haven’t actually used a sony device, go into a phone shop and try one out, you’ll soon seen the issue that I (and others here) have mentioned. My xperia arc suffered from the issue so badly, that when playing games where you instinctively move, even a slight degree out and colours became washed out.

There’s nothing wrong with being a fanboy, but at least be a objective fan boy. I am happy to admit I love Sony products, and want them as a company to do well in the phone market, but I can also see areas where they need to improve. There is no point blindly assuming everything the company does is great, how would products ever evolve and compete in the market without constructive criticisms. At the end of the day that is whats best for the consumer!

I also use a Sony Xperia Acro HD and Xperia T. Both screens are good and yes there is a slight wash out of colours when viewed at an angle but hardly to the extent where it might affect use. Obviously you didn’t get my sarcasm about fanboy!

TX is better than all !!!

yeah, it needs a viewing angle so i can sit next to you and see what you are doing, hopefully I can catch you using your credit card information…magic of having a viewing angle!!!!

should I get the BLACK or WHITE Xperia Z ? help!

Fact 1: your hand will hold the device likely about 20-30 centimeters away from your eyes every time when you and friends look at the phone at the same time. No viewing angel problem.

Fact 2: Friends are likely to stick their heads right next to yours in most cases (when viewing images or reading a paragraph, FB comments). And if you guys were watching a movie (music clip in my case) I would even put the phone like 40 centimeters away (I don’t use hand to hold my phone anymore). No viewing angel problem.

Fact 3: I don’t want my mother, or my sister, or anyone else who sometime sit next to me and read whatever I chit chat flirting with a girl. In case I want to, I do Fact 1.

Fact 4: you won’t be showing off your phone to others the whole day so the chance they see your phone off angel is not much.

Fact 5: the chance you view your own device off angel by yourself, once a month, or none.

Fact 6: IT DOES LOOK WASHED OUT, I admit. According to the 5 above facts, how many time should you be able to see it washed out?

Fact 7: people have too much time, don’t know what to do so they exaggerate the problem, have other people to debate and kill time. Viewing angles is never a problem to me, none of my friends or anyone ever complained to me that my screen was black, washed out bla bla bla. Most of the complaints I heard were from Iphone/SS fanboys on those forums I’ve been through.

peace out.

all? really? your comment just doesn’t make sense. you said all xperia flagships but in the same time you saying sony using cheap displays???? so who’s the fool right now? why did you brought all xperia flagship when you realize that it using cheap display?if someone had all flagship phone from single mobile company most of the reason is because good quality. if the flagship phone cannot fulfill expectation of the buyers (poor quality, cheap display) there’s no reason to buy another flagship phone from the same brand so i think you’re really love sony or you just some rich dude loves to buy something and then blame everything in the end.

Gud One…

comparing with xperia s, xperia z improved the view angle of the screen, but it still worse than the other flagships.

I totally understand your frustration. It’s such an irritating aspect of Sony devices especially when you know there is such a simple solution available.
Sony just try to maximise their profit magins by using such old tech which must be very cheap to source. Understandable to an extent but sorry not to the point of tft. 1st generation ips panels should be a minimum for high and even mid range devices.
Other manufacturers only ever use tft in their budget offerings but Sony seem to think they can get away with it on a £500+ device.
The good news is sony look more willing to respond to criticism than SE ever were so hopefully this will the last time they takeqq the piss

Sony Xperia Z display isn’t that bright! especially on the “whites” the “whites” on HTC One x & iPhone 5 are brighter than the “whites” on Xperia Z.

you r correct ze_raketes .here is the link that XZ is not TN panel. it was an IPS

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=36852469&postcount=100

http://www.j-display.com/english/news/2012/20121004.html

did you read Fact 1? if you hold the device far enough, the angel is not big at all. Want to know another fact? Not everyone is interested in what you are doing or watching on the phone ( different tastes – K-pop clip, cartoon, short movie, or your pictures travelling somewhere). They might rather look at the device instead, this is where the phone design takes place.

arg nononono, my reply has nothing to do with Sony, dont worry. I’m just telling my ordinary behavior with phone and others. I want to share some facts, from my own observation

I have Xperia Ion and I have no problem with the viewing angle because I always looked at the phone directly to the screen and NOT from different angle. IF there is a phone that 100x better on viewing angle people still look at the phone directly.

That Xperia on bottom video is Japanese version with black (not grey as europan version) android display buttons and that version has absolutely different angles than europan version (I have mine here). The black colours are going to shadow in angles, while Blacks on that Japan Xperia in the video are still black in angles. Very strange and disappointing

I think it is pretty obvious that the viewing angles of the Xperia Z are far from good… colors looks washed out in those pictures

Dude I compared Xperia S and Xperia Z display… ThE videos were much better on the Xperia S… The Sony staff also agreed… colours were washed out on the Xperia Z display… The Xperia S display is much much bette… Ok I agree that the screen size is larger on the Xperia Z but other than that the Xperia S display is much much better… Visit a Sony outlet and compare yourself…

Yeah, the screen on the Xperia Z is totally the worst part of that phone, and it’s really poor. I hope Sony embraces OLED, like they did with Vita.

I agree,, i compared my customized Xperia Acro S with Bravia 2 to the Z… and i can say ill stick to my acro s this time… same waterproof and the camera customization ive done is better than the Z or equivalent.

cant imagine how disappointing the washed out colors …, ive set the same wallpaper to z and to my acro s and the home screen colors is a way better on my acro s… no offese., just sharing my experience.

You need to understand cinematics before you can fully appreciate this screen. Your xperia s May of stood out more for the artificial aspects that make people say “ooh shiny” but this screen is the closest to what film makers and directors expect to be visualized when they are designing their movie/production from scratch! Also make sure you have auto screen brightness adjust turned off! It unnecessarily dims the screen! Don’t have your screen too bright and maybe get educated on how a director intended their productions to look. It’s about natural colour reproduction and image smoothness! Trust me when you get onto this way you will no longer care about burn your retinas out over the top vividness! Quality isn’t about wow it’s so bright jumping out the screen that I can’t see.

The case design and specs are great. Just for the case design, I’d buy the Z, but the main part of the modern smartphone todays is the display, and for some, most idiotic reason, Sony decides to build-in the worst display technology available. That is the reason I will not buy it. I will not invest in TN technology (or whatever crap they put in there) because it is utter crap.
I don’t understand why would someone post above images and videos and think it will go in favour of Xperia Z, when it shows that viewing angles are terrible. The colors start to change slightly with smallest angle change, and then degrade exponentially. The screen itself is very bright. Seems to bright even, at least for the cameras. But that doesn’t fix the viewing angles. It just glows. The viewing angle in general is not problematic because you don’t see the content at all from extreme angles but that the colors change with slightest angles changes. This is the problem. To make the long story short; Xperia Z display SUCKS big time, and will as long as they use inferior display technology.