A flawless premium phablet with excellent settings is the Sony Xperia Z Ultra. The characteristics of this smartphone in terms of software and hardware will be given as part of this review article.
Phablet Niche
Smartphone Sony Xperia Z Ultra is a device from the premium segment. It has a large and high-quality display, excellent technical specifications and a fairly fresh software component. But the cost of such a masterpiece of engineering cannot be small. As a result, we get a phablet of impressive size with a good hardware “stuffing”. It is for users with high needs and was released Sony Xperia Z Ultra. The price for it at the start of sales reached $ 600, and this is another proof of the premium of this phablet.
Design, dimensions and management
The front panel of the phablet is mostly occupied by the touch screen in the Sony Xperia Z Ultra. Display It has an impressive diagonal, which is equal to 6.44 inches. Its matrix is made on the basis of IPS technology and has a resolution of 1920 x 1080. The lower part of the screen replaces the familiar control panel. That is, there are three buttons familiar to Android users. The front camera, sensors and earpiece are displayed above the screen. On the left side of the phablet are volume controls, a lock button and a slot for memory cards. Also here is a port for connecting a stereo headset to the device.
On the opposite side there is a SIM card slot and a MicroUSB port. On the back cover of the gadget is the main camera. Another plus is the body in the Sony Xperia Z Ultra. The characteristics of its technical specifications indicate that it is manufactured according to the requirements of IP55 / IP58. That is, it is dustproof and waterproof.
Phablet hardware
Sony Xperia Z Ultra is based on a very productive processor, even by today's standards. Characteristic The technical parameters of the central processor device Snapdragon 800 from the leading manufacturer of chips for mobile devices company Kualkom are really impressive. He has 4 computing units of the Krait architecture, which are capable of accelerating to 2.2 GHz at the highest load. The only negative of this semiconductor solution is the lack of support for 64-bit programs. But do not forget that this CPU was released a long time ago, and at the time of its development, this issue was not relevant. For the rest, this CPU will cope with any urgent task that can be solved using the phablet without any problems. The same can be said about the graphics accelerator "Adreno 330".
The amount of RAM in the gadget is 2 GB, and the capacity of the integrated file storage is 16 GB. Some of them (about 4 GB) are occupied by system software, the rest the user can use completely and completely for his needs. There is also a slot for memory cards, the maximum size of which can reach a fantastic 64 GB. The main camera has a “modest” sensor of 8 megapixels, and the front camera has a 2 megapixel sensor. But do not forget that in this case we are talking about real values, and not those obtained on a more modest sensor by interpolation. The quality of the photo of the main camera is excellent. The same can be said about the video. The capabilities of the front camera are quite enough for a selfie. Well, for a video call this is more than enough.
Autonomy
The capacity of the built-in battery in the Sony Xperia Z Ultra C6833 is 3000 mAh. Now it is necessary to take into account the diagonal of the display (6.44 inches), its resolution (“FullHechDi”) and the very powerful, but very weak CPU in terms of energy efficiency. The only positive thing in this situation is the optimization of system software by Japanese programmers.
All this in total allows even with an average level of load at best stretch for 14-16 hours on a single battery charge. With minimal use of the phablet, the battery life will increase to 2 days. Well, when you start some modern demanding three-dimensional game, this value will decrease to 3-4 hours. The only possible way to solve the problem with autonomy in this case is an external backup battery. Alas, it is not included in the package of delivery, and it will have to be bought separately. But just such a solution will allow the owner of this device not to worry about its autonomy and use it to the fullest.
Software components
Sony Xperia Z Ultra C6833, as expected, is running the most popular Android mobile software platform. Version 4.2 was installed from the box on it. But this Japanese manufacturer is famous primarily for not forgetting about its customers. This is reflected in the fact that his mobile devices, even “not of the first freshness,” receive regular software updates. At the moment, the software of this phablet can be updated to the very latest version 5.1. Thus, there will definitely not be any problems with running programs in this case.
User opinions and cost of the communicator
According to reviews, the first obvious drawback in this case is the autonomy of the phablet. This minus can be eliminated by purchasing an additional external battery for Sony Xperia Z Ultra. Price is the second minus of this device. At the start of sales, it was equal to 600 dollars. But an extra-class gadget cannot be cheap. The last stock of this smartphone was available for sale in October 2015, and then it could already be purchased for $ 330. Now new devices of this model cannot be purchased. But a used such phablet without any problems can be bought on most trading Internet sites. Moreover, its cost is in the range from 200 to 300 dollars.
Another significant minus of this “smart” phone is the case materials. More precisely, the front panel, which breaks at the slightest drop. The only way to solve this problem is a reliable case, which would ensure the safety of all components of the device. But the advantages in this gadget are: powerful hardware, fresh software component, excellent display and perfect cameras.
Summary
To summarize, we can safely say that the next perfect smartphone from the legendary Japanese manufacturer was Sony Xperia Z Ultra. The characteristics of its software and hardware components prove it once again.