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I live in Europe and the Xperia S has been out for a while but quite a while I've been doubting about the fact if I should get the Xperia S or wait for a new device by Sony. Lots of phones get announced. But a lot of these are not coming to Europe or take way to long to get released.
I currently got a HTC Desire and its becoming really slow and annoying so its really time to upgrades.
If you spend all your life waiting for the next phone you will never buy one, the Xperia S is brilliant.
Go with the XPS. We're not getting the GX (confirmed-ish), and you can maybe hope for the Ion. But not much else from Sony really.
If you want a smartphone that in 10 hours with a medium use drain the battery completely, buy Xperia S.
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If you spend all your life waiting for the next phone you will never buy one, the Xperia S is brilliant.
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I understand that. But for example, I wouldn't want to get a Galaxy S II a month ago just to have the S III be released this month. Trying to avoid that happening.
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If you want a smartphone that in 10 hours with a medium use drain the battery completely, buy Xperia S.
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Is this supposed to be positive or negative?
sssache said:
If you want a smartphone that in 10 hours with a medium use drain the battery completely, buy Xperia S.
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BS!
SXS battery won't be worse than Desire's!
I bought SXS less than a month ago, switched from Galaxy Nexus and I don't regret it. You shouldn't focus only on hardware. User Experience is the most important thing. It's UX what makes you pleased when you use your phone and Sony (SE) knows how to make good UX. Aaaand it will get 4.0.4 soon, so you will have latest and greatest with better copy,cut,paste and way better google apps.
Hardware-wise this phone is gorgeous. It's got that "it", that cool-factor which makes everybody look twice on it and it's transparent bar on he bottom is just wow!
One more thing. It's got one of the best auto brightness I've ever seen on Android device. You don't hear something like this very often, but I think it is a detail which makes using YOUR phone pleasant. You don't have to fight with it. Finally it just works and you can forget about it
Just my 2 cents ^^
The XS is Sony's most powerful phone for this year (at least concerning Europe...)!
If you like it, I can absolutely recommend it.
Coming from a SGSII, there are TONS of reasons why I like Sony a lot more then Samsung... (Including the auto brightness, which IS brilliant!)
The Xperia S is great, and it recently dropped in price too (at least in Belgium). From €499 to €449 RRP. You can find it for around €400 easily. Which is a steal for this phone!
Get the store attendant to open the box and show you the build code before you buy, make sure you dont get an early one that will likely have the tint.
buy it....
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I live in Europe and the Xperia S has been out for a while but quite a while I've been doubting about the fact if I should get the Xperia S or wait for a new device by Sony. Lots of phones get announced. But a lot of these are not coming to Europe or take way to long to get released.
I currently got a HTC Desire and its becoming really slow and annoying so its really time to upgrades.
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well, xperia S is international version of xperia ion ( well not exactly the same but you can say so). so as long as I know there is no ion for europe. and believe me if there is a place that xperia S is worth buying in, is europe. I wish I lived in europe so I could use any phone I liked. right now Im using xperia play r800i and its not working well here since its international version and not U.S version. so yea bro buy it. if u listen to me, dont buy it the same day it comes, let it b for a month then buy it, because at first they boost the price to jump the selling. i did this mistake with tablet s and bought it for 400 and now they sell it for 300 to students.. i bought it the very first day it came out.
Well, I've just been to the store again to check everything there is and still the Xperia S is my most wanted phone. My only thing against it now is the fact that the battery can't be replaced.
Is it really unreplaceable even when voiding warranty?
kekkle said:
Well, I've just been to the store again to check everything there is and still the Xperia S is my most wanted phone. My only thing against it now is the fact that the battery can't be replaced.
Is it really unreplaceable even when voiding warranty?
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You can change it, but there arent any available YET. Its not simple either, so its not like you'd carry a spare, but if say in 18 months you wanted to replace the pack it'd be straight forward enough as long as you have the write screw bits for getting into a phone.
kekkle said:
Well, I've just been to the store again to check everything there is and still the Xperia S is my most wanted phone. My only thing against it now is the fact that the battery can't be replaced.
Is it really unreplaceable even when voiding warranty?
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I understand that it may be a issue for you, but seriously why would you want to replace it? It's a integral part of the phone so it's covered by the same 2 year warranty. If it will brake you will have it replaced
I have decided. I will be ordering my black Xperia S tomorrow morning.
I'm very happy
Hi,
I'm considering an Xperia S as my next handset, moving on from a 2 year old Dell Streak. I've discovered it's currently cheaper than the P on sonymobile.com and was about to go for it when I read the rumours about the "SL" version.
Does anyone think the SL will bring enough changes to make it worth waiting, or is the S basically capable of everything I'm likely to want anyway? (decent camera, productivity, connectivity, games, media etc)
I just wondered if the online price was due to an imminent upgrade or replacement launch.....
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Hi,
I'm considering an Xperia S as my next handset, moving on from a 2 year old Dell Streak. I've discovered it's currently cheaper than the P on sonymobile.com and was about to go for it when I read the rumours about the "SL" version.
Does anyone think the SL will bring enough changes to make it worth waiting, or is the S basically capable of everything I'm likely to want anyway? (decent camera, productivity, connectivity, games, media etc)
I just wondered if the online price was due to an imminent upgrade or replacement launch.....
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If you're not in a hurry I'd say wait.
Athough the Xperia S is a brilliant device. I enjoy using it myself.
So if you really want a phone right now the Xperia S wont let you down.
But the Xperia SL will be better!
buy ..... :good:
Ok this is a bit older Thread, But what about right now, if I buy it tomorrow or wait ?
if you have more money, go for xperia T, if you havent you can buy the xperia S or wait till 2013 for new device,
but if i have to choose i will wait till 2013.
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Ok this is a bit older Thread, But what about right now, if I buy it tomorrow or wait ?
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Please use the existing Device Suggestion Thread so as to keep the device forums tidier. Thanks.
"My badboy megazord whip's got more features than iOS5"
for those interested
http://www.ubergizmo.com/2014/04/xperia-z-ultra-google-play-edition-price-cut-by-200/
This drop makes it a REALLY tempting purchase... I have a 32GB White Nexus 5 that I could maybe sell for it. I've always liked the “phablet" form-factor and the two have near identical specs. It would just be at the expense of getting updates first... Thanks for the heads-up OP!
B&H is also running a promotion on SBH52 bluetooth headset at ~$64 which will go very well with the Z Ultra :good:
http://www.bhphotovideo.com/bnh/controller/home?O=invoice&A=details&Q=&sku=1006519&is=REG
This is awesome. Just purchased one. I’ve been eyeing this forever but finally decided to make the switch. Coming from an iPhone 5 this is going to be a hell of a change lol.
EDIT: Slightly confused with the ROMS selection though. I see the GPe basically has nothing. Can I flash regular Z ultra rome on the GPe?
This is kind of making me hesitant on the purchase now.
was thinking of getting the ZU, but now with the price drop, the ZU GPe is similar price to an official set here in my country. FYI, Google does not sell their Nexus nor GPe devices in my country
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was thinking of getting the ZU, but now with the price drop, the ZU GPe is similar price to an official set here in my country. FYI, Google does not sell their Nexus nor GPe devices in my country
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If you want to buy ZU GPE edition, you can buy second hand in mudah.my. That people just use for few days and sell it to cheap price. Lol, i thought gonna buy it, but i have XZU already .
Speederoff said:
If you want to buy ZU GPE edition, you can buy second hand in mudah.my. That people just use for few days and sell it to cheap price. Lol, i thought gonna buy it, but i have XZU already .
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I tried searching, but cant seem to find any GPes now asking a forumer in Lowyat forum for his/her LTE set..haha
insane08 said:
This is awesome. Just purchased one. I’ve been eyeing this forever but finally decided to make the switch. Coming from an iPhone 5 this is going to be a hell of a change lol.
EDIT: Slightly confused with the ROMS selection though. I see the GPe basically has nothing. Can I flash regular Z ultra rome on the GPe?
This is kind of making me hesitant on the purchase now.
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I'm afraid you can't do that. It's probably not that hard to make it work, but no devs have looked at it yet, so we don't know.
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tornado6 said:
I tried searching, but cant seem to find any GPes now asking a forumer in Lowyat forum for his/her LTE set..haha
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I had seen 2 GPE over mudah.my they sell for RM1.1k around, maybe you're not the lucky person. :silly:
I sold my Z Ultra several months ago and totally regret it. I have had iPhones, a Note 3 and now have a Nexus 5 but I am selling it and getting another Ultra - I really loved the phone particularly the media and gaming experience on it and I was an idiot to sell it! I'm also going to get the bluetooth headset too as I think it will be really useful particularly as it can be used as a phone (so I read) :good:
The same think happened to me exactly as this I now have another new white z ultra loving best phone out there.
I got the HTC one max after selling my z ultra and most nights I do cry my self to sleep... haha. I have got myself a Z1 compact aswell to handle my cravings for Xperia xperience but it is not near the level of the ULTRA but expected. Plus the missus got the all new flashy z2 so I'm upset. I'm hoping there will be a new ultra to go with the very few rumours out therw
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why dont you try waiting and get Z2 Ultra when it is launched
MXR2 said:
why dont you try waiting and get Z2 Ultra when it is launched
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if it is ever launched. Nothing has been leaked yet
nathlynn22 said:
I do cry my self to sleep. The missus got the all new flashy z2 so I'm upset.
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Why don't you swap phones? Anything she says, just deny it all. :laugh:
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why dont you try waiting and get Z2 Ultra when it is launched
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Really because I can now buy a brand new one in the UK for around £250 - less than half what it was when it first released. I wont be able to afford the ZU2 straight away.
If there is a new 1 I will have to try save for it hoping there is quite a few changes
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Really because I can now buy a brand new one in the UK for around £250 - less than half what it was when it first released. I wont be able to afford the ZU2 straight away.
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The SXUltra has dropped in price by well over 60%, they are now cheaper than any other comparable phablet. To me its a no brainer. If you like the Ultra buy it yesterday at those prices!
I am not privy to any inside information from Sony. As the Ultra has not been a particular success for the company I would question if they are going to release a second Ultra? They are a very niche market product and expensive when they where introduced. It will be interesting to see if Sony do produce some sort of Ultra 2. The company is losing millions per day though is greatly improving.
Ryland
I've heard a 6.2 inch is in the works. I had a Z2 but swopped it for a Z1 so that it matched my Z Ultra. Anyway I now have best of both worlds, great camera in one and huge screen in the other
Hi all, as a picky customer ive been following the z ultra forum as of a week now, i still havent ordered the phone yet but its the prime contender for me as the system specs are similar to the ones on my now broken LG G2 (r.i.p) it seems like a optimal replacement (and a bargain at the price it carries!!)
i have to say that ive never really had a sony handset before so im not that familiar with th UI, its perks and of course its bugs..
just needed you guys to put the final nail in the coffin on the deal for me as i find that its always best to get some info from "professional" users rather than "over the counter".
soooooo...
could you please tell me some of your praises for this device?? is the sony UI as restrictive as ive heard it to be? is the battery really that good?? decent accessories that you feel are worth getting??
cheers in advance!!!
zubeedubs said:
Hi all, as a picky customer ive been following the z ultra forum as of a week now, i still havent ordered the phone yet but its the prime contender for me as the system specs are similar to the ones on my now broken LG G2 (r.i.p) it seems like a optimal replacement (and a bargain at the price it carries!!)
i have to say that ive never really had a sony handset before so im not that familiar with th UI, its perks and of course its bugs..
just needed you guys to put the final nail in the coffin on the deal for me as i find that its always best to get some info from "professional" users rather than "over the counter".
soooooo...
could you please tell me some of your praises for this device?? is the sony UI as restrictive as ive heard it to be? is the battery really that good?? decent accessories that you feel are worth getting??
cheers in advance!!!
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Get the GPE version of the Z Ultra which I believe should be cheaper than the international version and runs stock Android.
However if you prefer to have the Sony suites of software then by all means go for the international version.
For the international version, you can flash a port of the GPE rom but you can't flash a port of stock rom onto a GPE set.
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If you want to run different ROMs - get the international version. The GPe 4.4.4 and Lollipop is already ported so they are available.
The problem with the GPe is that it uses a different partition scheme making it unable to use ROMs for the rest of the crowd (C6802/6806-nonGPe/6833). I would therefore recommend a C6806 or C6833 depending on what bands (LTE) you want and need.
Because of the superior selection of ROMs including GPe, I would simply go for a C6833 unless you are absolutely sure that everything else than the GPe ROM is of no interest.
With the "Sony Edition" (C6833 et al) you have great options: Sony ROMs, GPe or AOSP/CM based ones in different flavors. I think this selection is reason enough to go for the Xperia rather than the GPe.
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Get the GPE version of the Z Ultra which I believe should be cheaper than the international version and runs stock Android.
However if you prefer to have the Sony suites of software then by all means go for the international version.
For the international version, you can flash a port of the GPE rom but you can't flash a port of stock rom onto a GPE set.
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As they are in Italy I would not recommend the c6806 in either the Sony version or the GPe, get the c6833 (international). Sony's UI is very 'stock' android with very little bloat and packaged apps. As for battery life, expect 4 to 8 hours of screen on time depending on what you are doing. My GPe version on Lollipop has 5 days uptime, ~20% battery used and it says 13 days remaining on standby with the wifi on - no real use this week as I'm using my other phone.
thanks to all of you for your input.. its really apreciated!!!i think i'll go for the international variant as it seems i have a bit more to play with modding wise... now all i need to do is reach payday and order it!!!
zubeedubs said:
thanks to all of you for your input.. its really apreciated!!!i think i'll go for the international variant as it seems i have a bit more to play with modding wise... now all i need to do is reach payday and order it!!!
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Just looking at your sig, I think we could be the same boat.
I had 4 years all with HTC phones ( HD2, Ruby, One) and I recently made a first move to Sony phone, this Z Ultra C6833 and have no regret, even one bit. I personally think Sony phone has great battery, very responsive touchscreen, premium quality hardware built etc...which on par with HTC at least, or better.
Sony brand is somehow underestimated on smartphone markets. I didn't think about buying one, until I had one in my hands to try, and I was sold in 3 minutes. With the heavy dropped price on this Z Ultra these days, it's a steal, you'll be more than happy.
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Sony brand is somehow underestimated on smartphone markets.
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In Australasia, Asia and western Europe Sony has very good market penetration. Other than work phones I know more people that have an Xperia than have an ifone here in NZ
Here in italy its not as highly regarded as samsung or LG neither is HTC but i look at specs affidability and price over the usual consumer jargon.. im sure ill be pleased with this device!!!
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In Australasia, Asia and western Europe Sony has very good market penetration. Other than work phones I know more people that have an Xperia than have an ifone here in NZ
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I agree that Sony is still a big name of the game, what I mean was Sony deserves more than that. It could be one of top 3 players. Here in Canada Sony doesn't seem to do much comparing to other brands name. I wished I'd knew how good Sony phones was sooner. It's great to know that Sony phones are doing well in other countries.
I dont know if there is amazon in italy, but I bought mine for €260.- on amazon.
The alternative was the LG G2 for €300.-
If you really like to use big phones, go for it. I actually wanted a big phone and really like sony Z line design of phones, not to mention the extremely appealing price. Snapdragon 800 and a huge phone for €260? It was a no brainer for me.
Not to mention the advantage of having a GPe Version, portable lolipop roms. Just in case you miss it, this phone has an IPS display, unlike the Z and Z1 of sony.
There are complaints though, so for those, you can find enough information. Personally, I am very satisfied.
just as an update i ordered the C6833 variant just now at 239 euro (im still rubbing my hands like monty burns!!) thanks to all for your input!!!
i'll look forward to sharing the z ultra sub section with you guys!!
i enjoyed the xperia z ultra for the three months i had it.
it broke not too long ago.
i will see that the camera is horrid, and that i a now on a iphone 6 plus space gray 128gb and i do not think ill be looking back.
looking fwd to future ultra releases.
time will tell.
asadkhanduhh said:
i enjoyed the xperia z ultra for the three months i had it.
it broke not too long ago.
i will see that the camera is horrid, and that i a now on a iphone 6 plus space gray 128gb and i do not think ill be looking back.
looking fwd to future ultra releases.
time will tell.
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I don't think I would be able to enjoy an iPhone 6 Plus in comparison with my 240 DPI phablet mode Ultra with MultiWindow and floating apps.
Edit: It seems like Sony start to list the Ultra as being "discontinued" so I think every interested buyer should pull the trigger soon. It gives me an indication that they finally stopped the production and that the stock isn't going to be replenished anymore.
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I don't think I would be able to enjoy an iPhone 6 Plus in comparison with my 240 DPI phablet mode Ultra with MultiWindow and floating apps.
Edit: It seems like Sony start to list the Ultra as being "discontinued" so I think every interested buyer should pull the trigger soon. It gives me an indication that they finally stopped the production and that the stock isn't going to be replenished anymore.
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And getting ready for Z4 Ultra production. Yay!
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I haven't seen it for sale here in the US lately, as it was on sale here for Christmas ? .
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Expansys USA had the 6833 for $285 a couple of days ago.
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Flaco05 said:
Expansys USA had the 6833 for $285 a couple of days ago.
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I have Nexus 5 as a primary one and looking at Ultra Z as my secondary phone in Inda we have a great deal which makes the phone at around 300 dollars
I want the existing users who have used it to suggest whether its worth buying or not
A definite buy
samir_a said:
I have Nexus 5 as a primary one and looking at Ultra Z as my secondary phone in Inda we have a great deal which makes the phone at around 300 dollars
I want the existing users who have used it to suggest whether its worth buying or not
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I have recently purchased Z Ultra after having a lot of comparison with other devices and I have no regret that I have bought this device. The price was a major factor.
The screen size is something It would take time for to adjust with(First time using a phone with such a form factor, all previous devices were around 4.5 inches)
The phone is butter smooth and no lag at all. Battery lasts around 2-2.5 days with moderate usage(Have stamina mode ON for the full time).
I will surely recommend to get a ZU.
Just got mine
As a long time android user, recent windows phone user, I am glad I got this device. Was on winphone with tether to nexus 7, and figured I would stop messing around and start carrying a tablet (phablet) with the phone. I have always wanted a Sony device but couldnt justify the price. With an unlocked device at around $300 I figured it was a no lose situation.
I love it. The screen is magnificent. And there really isnt too much bloatware from Sony. Such great build quality so far, Ive been using it for about 3 weeks. (early Christmas present to myself)
I would say go for it.
Its great to be back to Android full time, I like MS, I really liked Nokia...but it just didnt do it for me.
Thanks so that should be my next device, I have been waiting for a pass for One Plus, actualy was the very first one to get it when it was launched in India but didnt have the money to buy it now I tired waiting endlessly for it and have decided to go for ZU
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As a long time android user, recent windows phone user, I am glad I got this device. Was on winphone with tether to nexus 7, and figured I would stop messing around and start carrying a tablet (phablet) with the phone. I have always wanted a Sony device but couldnt justify the price. With an unlocked device at around $300 I figured it was a no lose situation.
I love it. The screen is magnificent. And there really isnt too much bloatware from Sony. Such great build quality so far, Ive been using it for about 3 weeks. (early Christmas present to myself)
I would say go for it.
Its great to be back to Android full time, I like MS, I really liked Nokia...but it just didnt do it for me.
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