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
Battery Tests
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.
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the phone has great performance but it is not preferable to many people bcz of following reasons:-
1) the screen is too large to hold and holding in one hand and pocketing it the user feels a bit uncomfortable and affects the ergonomic factor
2)the camera does not have a flash which makes images shot in night or low light to blacken out or reduce the visibility causing the image to be blur.the images shot in daylight are crisp and clear
3)the camera is 8 MP ,the resolution factor counts for better image which is better in its counterpart sony xperia z
4)the battery life is average and the phone lasts for a day on normal usage
5)the sound quality is good but an additional speaker would be of great help
apart from that the phone has great features like
1)2.2 ghz snapdragon quad core processor which runs multiple apps with ease
2)a 6.4 inch screen which gives it a edge ahead of other smartphones
3)a better touch wiz for greater accessibility
4)the latest version of android which gives it a edge over note 2
what else to say sony have done a great job in various departments to make this phone a worthwhile experience.but it would be better to wait to buy until the release of note 3 next month or so