another phone as a loan collateral. most phones i acquired (yes, considered all loan collateral as such) in 2021 are, anyway. this was released in 2013, like the sony xperia sp, nokia lumia 1020, asus fonepad note fhd6, and htc desire 200. so, it took me about 8 years before having it.
i was informed that it is refurbished, too. quite obvious on
the body. the back glass panel seemed to be some millimeter short to fit on the
frame and dried adhesives are visible. flaps do not fit well. did it change the
experience? i am not sure since i have no xperia z ultra way back when it was
released. but, read on as i mention some things that affected the experience
on the use cases under my battery testing.
speaking of battery testing, the phone was fully charged for
a little over 4 hours. it managed to last for a day and 40 minutes. 5 hours and
40 minutes of which is screen on time.
battery score card
music play is fine. the placement of the loudspeaker just missed the opportunity of making this phone immersive, at least on the audio side. the mono down firing loudspeaker is loud enough but i wish they went for a stereo front firing speaker. quality is good as well. and as for all xperia handsets with flagship specifications, bluetooth wireless and 3.5mm wired audio is impressive.
web browsing is also a nice experience on this phone with
its large 6.4 inches display at 16:9 aspect ratio. it would be a nice
alternative as an ereader, if you are okay with it not being on 4:3 aspect
ratio. texts and images are crisp. even sharper than 14 inches laptop with
1080p resolution. loading of pages is fast enough including the navigation.
casual games are handled nicely as well. lags are not
obvious when playing subway surfer. it might handle some modern games in 2021,
as long as those are not needing much raw power and graphics. game play is also
immersive with such display size, but you have to settle with wired audio,
since the loudspeaker is, again, not that immersive being single downfiring.
photo shoots and video recording are not the strength of this
phone. especially on dark scenes, since it does not even have an led flash. low
light performance is also weak. on daylight, at least i can say that the
resulting shots and videos are usable. include here, a selfie camera that also
performs okayish.
for video play, that loudspeaker placement, again decreases
the immersive experience the phone should have. the display is excellent. you
can bump the contrast and saturation if you want to. but colors are already
good by default. it really resembles sony tv when placed on table. viewing
angles are also good for sharing movie time to about 2-3 people.
there are a lot of things to love about this phone, even
considering that this phone is a refurbished one. if only it has a stereo front
firing loudspeaker, it would be an equal alternative to my asus fonepad note fhd6 for some small group movie time. there are some issues i found on it
though. one is on the display. when unlocking the phone, it is either images
will not emerge, just the backlight, or it flickers for some time. second, the
touchscreen is quite inconsistent. it is not as bad as the xperia sp. include
to that the capability to use a pencil. while using a pencil on the sketch app,
there are times when the input on a certain part of the touchscreen is not
processed. at times, when writing, using a pencil, lines are cut on some places.
in 2021, this phone might still be of good use. with online
classes and work from home setup, this is good enough. it can also be nice as
an extra device to handle music play and movie time on the side.
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