Sony Xperia Z2 is it better than the S5 Galaxy and HTC One … – Challenges.fr

Sony smartphones become extremely convincing. Since the first Xperia Z, that path. The users have understood. Long gone are the days when Sony Ericsson was associated with more or less success … The Japanese giant is an actor who relies on this extremely competitive market. Sales have also increased in 2013-2014, to 39 million units, 6 million units. It now expects 50 million this year.

With the Z2, Sony offers the finest equipment, the most successful and certainly the most formidable competition for the top end. For this, it confirms the choice of Z1 while improving them. It should therefore not expect a revolution. At most developments. But they make the difference.

glass and aluminum

The design of the new flagship of the Japanese brand does not settle with that of his predecessors. It resembles the Z1, with the same glass finish and aluminum edging. Fingerprints are a real nuisance. The old cloth becomes indispensable.

It also has a slightly larger screen, 5.2 inch full HD with Triluminos technology. It is against slightly thinner (8.2 mm thick) and lighter (163 grams).

It is equipped with a Quad-core Snapdragon 801 processor clocked at 2.3 GHz, 3 GB of RAM and an extremely significant autonomy (3,100 mAh). The camera reacts quickly and is ideal for heavy users of video games or movies.

4K Registration and helmet noise reduction

Z2 also brings a lot of innovations: video recording in 4K helmet with integrated noise reduction. The latter is a real plus compared to rivals as it is provided without inflating the final bill.

The camera remains a priority of the Japanese house with a sensor 20.7 million pixels. It reacts like clockwork for pictures of very good quality. With the added bonus a lot of effects more or less necessary but very playful, like augmented reality.

The smartphone is of course waterproof. Sony was among the first to capitalize on this feature. It is now copied. Samsung Galaxy S5 (see test) is also waterproof. A first for the Korean group.

Sold 699 euros, the unit ranks among the top 3 in the high-end market and plays an equal footing with the Samsung Galaxy S5 and HTC One M8 (see test). It is the stated objective of Sony since more generally aims third place in the market, behind Samsung and Apple. A place that is very expensive. It is currently occupied by China’s Huawei. But competition is fierce, with ambush Lenovo and LG. It must also present the G3, its new flagship, which will no doubt come to fight with the current trio of smartphone market evolving Android.

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