Introduction
The latest flagship smartphone devices from most manufacturers are using the Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 processor. While many of them have been announced, only a fraction of them are currently available in the market. I'm glad to say that Sony has equipped this 6.44 inch device with a Snapdragon 800 CPU as well, making it one of the fastest ever large screen smartphone in the world. How is the performance of the new Snapdragon 800? How about the other hardware features on the Sony Xperia Z Ultra? Let's take a deeper look into the smartphone by putting it to benchmark tests.[Part 1] Introduction, Specifications and Design
[Part 2] 4 Core Differentiation factors of the Sony Xperia Z Ultra
[Part 3] Camera tests - Videos and Photos
[Part 4] Hardware and Performance Tests
[Part 5] Usability and Conclusion
Touch Points Test
First up, we put the Sony Xperia Z Ultra to a multi-touch test, and true enough, it supports up to 10 points at a time just like what is stated on the box. This makes games like Fruit Ninja extremely simple since you can have 10 chops at a time.
Performance Tests
We then ran a simple AnTuTu suite of benchmark which gave us an overall score of 29748. It is the highest we've seen out of all the Android smartphones we've tested on. Just for the sake of comparison, Galaxy S IV equipped with Samsung's Exynos 5 Octa yields only a score of 28000.
3D Tests
To specifically test out the 3D performance on the Sony Xperia Z Ultra, we ran 3DMark IceStorm and did a comparison to the online database. 3D performance equates to the smoothness in games you will get on the smartphones. A higher score also means that the graphics intensive games can be more playable on the device.
On 3DMark IceStorm, the device achieved a score of 16603, just a bit below Nvidia's handheld gaming console. This also means that this device is ready for all Android games on the market as it is of similar calibre to Nvidia Shield.
The smartphone was ranked 2nd, losing out a little to the brainchild from Nvidia with their own Tegra 4 processor.
However, when we tested the device on extreme presets, Xperia Z Ultra outshone its competitors and reached the top of the charts.
We're getting excellent performance out from Xperia Z Ultra and there is no doubt about speed on the new smartphone.
Battery Tests
However, good performance also comes at the expense of shorter battery life. Putting the smartphone to AnTuTu battery test, we only managed to get a score of 384.
As compared to other smartphones, the Sony Xperia Z Ultra seem to perform badly in the battery test, being ranked lower than previous generation phones such as Samsung Galaxy S2. It could be due to its large screen size and the amount of electricity and energy the display takes up.
* Sony has already responded to this and has provided a software update which improves battery life.
NFC Features
Of course, smartphones today are all built with NFC readers/writers in them. This has allowed easy pairing of bluetooth devices, making it extremely quick and simple to share files. We tested the NFC feature on the Sony Xperia Z Ultra and honestly speaking, exchanging files on smartphones have never been so simple. When another smartphone is trying to send files over, a "Touch to beam" selection will appear and the files will be beamed over within seconds.
Conclusion
The Sony Xperia Z Ultra is currently one of the fastest smartphones on the market. It performs extremely well in games and users will get to have a "no-lag" user experience on the phone. nuff said.For the LATEST tech updates,
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