The Sony Xperia Z2 along with the Tablet and xperia M2 was
showcased at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain this
year 2014, around February 24th.
The Sony Xperia Z2 released 6 months after the popular high end
Sony Xperia Z1 smartphone has slightly better specifications. Lets
have a look at those tiny improvement in more
detail!
Size
- The Sony Xperia Z2 has a dimension of about 146.8 x 73.3 x 8.2 mm
compared to Z1 which is about 144 x 74 x 8.5 mm! So we can say that
the Z2 is slightly longer in length, much smaller in width to cope
probably with holding the device in your palms. At about 0.3mm
thinner! quite impossible to differentiate if you are feeling it
for the first time.
Weight
- Xperia Z2 weights about 163g which is about 7 grams lighter than
z1 at 170 grams
Memory
- Here is probably a big improvement for Z2 and a good reason to
purchase the phone. Z2 has a Micro SD slot that can take up to
128GB external storage compared to Z1 at 64GB. In addition Z2 has a
internal RAM of about 3GB compared to Z2 at 2GB. 1 GB extra RAM is
a huge difference in terms of performance if you are frequently
switching between applications and doing multitasking make it feels
swift and quicker to load processes.
Camera
- Unfortunately both Z1 and Z2 have the same specifications so you
would be disappointed if you were looking for camera
improvements
Video capabilities.
Z2 has about 2160 pixels at 30 frames per second compared to the Z1
at 1080pixels at 30 frames per second. Meaning it will let you
record without much lag in the pixel frames at a much higher
resolution. The Xperia Z2 records 4K video thats 4 times the
details of a normal Full HD 1080pixel
footage
Battery -
Z2 has a slightly stronger battery than Z1 at 3200 mAH compared to
3000mAH. What this results in is extra 2 hrs of talk time on 2G
networks or 5hrs extra talktime on 3G cellular networks and extra
10 hrs of music play time on the mobile.
Digital Noise cancellation
- Xperia Z2 comes with earphone headsets that are designed to
cancels out noise. The headsets are quite high end stuff, so this
is also an improvement compared to the Xperia Z1.
Price
- The Z2 is much more expensive than Z1 however with all the high
end specifications and improvements to this phone it is easily
comparable to the iphone 5s series
models.
Built for durability and outdoors
- with the (IPX5
/ IPX8)
Waterproof and Dust resistant allows you to take the phone outdoors
without worrying about the device getting wet or
dirty.
Big Screen display
-
5.2 inch screen size its large enough to view videos on your phone,
play games to even record HD Videos. Also on of the greatest
experience with Xperia Z is the the Full HD TRILUMINOS™ Display at
1920 x 1080 pixels makes the colors on the phone
clearer.
High end Performance
- Xperia Z2 is built on 2.3GHZ
Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 801 processor on of the highest
specifications in the mobile market, making the smartphone very
snappy when loading and using
applications.
OS-
Xperia Z2 is preloaded with Android 4.4 KitKat®
a much improved Android OS compared to the JellyBean 4.3 in Z1.
This alone sets it apart because the upgrade version has
improvement many features of the User Interface
The Xperia Z2 performed very well and was given an excellent score
by AnTuTu Benchmark application. At a score of 29336 CPU is
recommended to support large apps, multitasking with an excellent
RAM and graphics.
Sony Xperia Z2 comparison to the top smartphones in the market is
slightly below in range of the Samsung LG G2 (on of the top
smartphones of 2014 not far off from its bigger Sony Xperia Z
ultra. Xperia Z2 is a much better performance to other phones such
as Samsung Galaxy S4, HTC One, and Sony Xperia Z which are also
high end phones quite impressive for Xperia Z2.
Reviewed by Expansys Singapore