![]() ![]() But that doesn’t tell the whole story, obviously. Sony’s flagship is the real deal as far as benchmarks go, then. In fact, this might just be the first phone in South Africa with the Snapdragon 835 chip - the LG G6 ( review) uses last year’s silicon while Samsung uses its own chipset for the Galaxy S8.Īntutu tests yielded results of just over 164 000 points, putting it at number ten on the list - although number eight is also occupied by the XZ Premium. Pay R15 000 for a phone and you’d better be getting powerful internals, right? Mobile enthusiasts won’t be left wanting here (at least for a few months, when the industry inevitably moves on), packing a powerful Snapdragon 835 processor, 4GB of RAM and that aforementioned 4K HDR screen. Seriously, the phone dropped from my laptop’s palm rest twice, and threatened to drop off the top of its own box on the first day I got it.Īs for the usual I/O rundown, we’ve got a USB Type C port at the bottom, a camera key (sweet), power button/fingerprint scanner and volume rocker on the right, headphone jack at the top and SIM/microSD door (all you need is a fingernail). In fact, the only other qualm from a visual perspective is that the rear is a fingerprint magnet of note, bringing to mind the OG PS3 in this department.ĭo be warned that the phone suffers from Galaxy S6 syndrome though. So expect a massive phone that actually features a smaller display than the smaller Galaxy S8 ( review).īorders aside, the new flagship delivers an inoffensive, even pleasant, glass design. The Xperia XZ Premium doesn’t follow the trend of shrinking bezels, which might disappoint some. But it certainly seems like you’ll want to buy a phone featuring the second generation of this tech, hopefully being more fleshed out and capable. The feature really gives us an exciting glimpse at what’s possible on a smartphone, pushing the limit when other brands seem content to merely shrink bezels. But you do have brightness and contrast to work with, so that’s something, I guess. There is one other downside though, and that’s the fact that the slow-mo mode doesn’t seem to let the user adjust focus at all (every now and again, slow-mo fails to focus). ![]() ![]() And nothing stops you from hitting the slow-mo button multiple times in one clip. For one, you can hit “record” to film a normal clip, then tap an on-screen key to record slow-mo for a tenth of second. Nevertheless, Sony has done a decent job of working around these restrictions. Our detailed comparison of the three phones across all areas of their performance is coming up later today.A post shared by Hadlee Simons on at 4:19am PDT The Xperia struggles in the dark, evidently due to the lack of optical stabilization.Īs for 4K videos, the numbers of votes mimic the first daylight scene - a clear win for the Galaxy, a bit more than a quarter of upvotes in the G6's favor, and one out of twelve votes for the Xperia. The Xperia isn't doing a great job indeed, as its 1% of total votes clearly indicates.Īnother overwhelming victory for the Galaxy S8 with the G6's low numbers not necessarily corresponding to the difference in image quality. In this one you likely appreciated the Galaxy S8's cleaner image, though the G6's more laid back approach to noise reduction does have its advantages. Oddly, the Galaxy S8 wins by a landslide in this scene - honestly, the way the Samsung camera renders the blinds is our least favorite. The Xperia got the most likes in this scene too, in absolute numbers. This one was the closest that the G6 got to reaching the Galaxy S8 in terms of votes of all 5 scenes, though the S8 was still the choice of more than twice as many voters. We've also added the full-sized images this time around. Phone A is the LG G6, Phone B is the Sony Xperia XZ Premium, and Phone C is the Samsung Galaxy S8, as a lot of you rightly guessed. Voting is now closed, here are the results. ![]()
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