Why Xperia Z2 Phone and Tablet are Sony's Best Mobiles Yet

[Marcus Yam]

Sony's best efforts yet culminate in its Xperia Z2 series.

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[xenol]

Of course, the real question is who's going to get this phone. Which happens to be of course, not my carrier.

 

[Morbus]

I'm probably blind or something, but the first picture shows a Z1 with a MUCH better picture than the Z2. On the Z2, it's like that less colors or something, you can't see a lot of the details you can see in the Z1, everything is just amplified, like it'd be in a non-true-color picture...That picture makes me want the Z1..... Considering it'll drop in price considerably, after the release of the Z2.

 

[JD88]

The glass back scares me a bit since all of the durability issues with the iPhone 4 and 4s. A case would definitely be necessary, but seems a shame to cover up such a nice looking phone.

 

[kapitalistas]

u cant even make a call from tablet.

 

[walter770527]

I like that you like this phone, because getting my Z as an upgrade to my S4 has turned me into an absolute Sony fanatic (it's just so great). But that brings me to the one gripe I have with the article: one of the big reasons I took the Z was because I found the display to be fantastic. Crisp, clear and bright, and it really comes to life when looking at photos or watching movies.. I didn't notice the viewing angles thing till some reviewer brought it up the first time, and it still doesn't bother me one bit. I've never in my 13 + years of using a cell phone used it at such crazy skew angles. Oh, and to one of the other commentators; I've Dropped mine from dizzy heights and neither front back or insides have damaged at all, so it's pretty tough..

 

[Solandri]

I'm probably blind or something, but the first picture shows a Z1 with a MUCH better picture than the Z2. On the Z2, it's like that less colors or something, you can't see a lot of the details you can see in the Z1, everything is just amplified, like it'd be in a non-true-color picture..

Are you using a color-calibrated display? I calibrate my screen for Lightroom/Photoshop work, and the Z2's image is clearly brighter, more saturated, but contains just as much (if not more) color detail than the Z1 image. I even pulled it into Photoshop and the really-magenta sections of the flower on the Z2 has gradients just like on the Z1.

If your screen isn't calibrated, it may be clipping the colors at the high end to try to make the intermediate colors pop more. e.g. Instead of dividing its range of red from 0 to 255, it divides it from 0 to 230. That way anything that's mostly red (230) shows up on your screen as really red. The drawback being that anything that's redder than 230 (everything from 230 to 255) is shown as the same (max) shade of red. That clipping is what usually causes the loss of details you're describing.

If Android ever implements color profiles, this is why a screen with a too-wide gamut (like OLED) is better than a screen with a too-small gamut. You can always tone down the colors in software with a color profile to make them more realistic. You cannot "crank up" the colors on a poor screen without clipping.

 

[outlw6669]

To me, the old display looks much closer to calibrated.
That new display looks hideous; way oversaturated.

 

[vaughn2k]

Well... Ballmer was replaced, and Microsoft started listening again... good job for Microsoft...