Sony Xperia Z Ultra
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Sony Xperia Z Ultra Mobile Price in India
Announced on June 2013, Sony Xperia Z Ultra is one of the biggest handset from Sony with a massive 6.4 inches wide Full HD display with 342ppi pixel density and ultra slim & sleek design. This LTE capable Smartphone is a powerful addition to the Sony Xperia family rocking with its big size and exciting features. Not only the big screen size of the Sony Xperia Z Ultra but the TRILUMINOS™ Display powered by the Sony’s advanced image processing engine X-Reality™ make the phone an ultimate Smartphone for premium entertainment. Runs on Android Jelly Bean v4.2 OS, this outdated version of Android is now upgradable to the latest Android OS v5.0.2 Lollipop.
Features and Specifications
Sony Xperia Z Ultra is a revolutionary Smartphone with most exciting features that a Smartphone can have. The phone has 6.4 inches large display and wins the title of the largest Smartphone at the time of its release. It is also the first Smartphone to have 1080p resolution Full HD TRILUMINOS™ display powered by X-Reality™ picture engine for mobile by Sony to deliver razor sharp and crisp images and ensure the most immersive possible viewing experience for the user. The Adreno 330 Graphic processing unit delivers breathtaking graphics. Not only the HD display but the HD Voice is at the place to deliver exceptional audio quality. To provide seamless experience to the users, the phone is integrated with powerful 2.2 GHz Quad Core Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 800 processor and 2GB RAM for an amazing speed and performance. The 8MP rear camera with autofocus, Geo-tagging and face detection features is capable to capture and record HD shots and videos with stunning clarity, more vivid colors and low noise. With an impressive 16GB internal memory, the user will not face any storage problem and this can be easily extended up to 64GB using microSD card.
Design and Quality
Although the big screen of Xperia Z Ultra seems bulky but it is actually an ultra slim lightweight phone with dimensions of 179.4 x 92.2 x 6.5 mm and weighing only 212 g so it doesn’t feel much heavy on the hands. To confine the impressive hardware in 6.5mm frame, the company removes extra layers out of the phone. Both front and back are coated with reflective glass with solid metal panels at the sides hold Aluminum phone lock buttons and volume key. Being slim doesn’t mean being frail for Xperia Z Ultra but this lightweight Smartphone is durable and water resistant. To make this ultra slim Smartphone more attractive, it comes in three vibrant eye catching colors Black, White and Purple.
OS and Tech
This ultra slim Smartphone is powered with ultra-fast 2.2GHz Quad Core Qualcomm® Snapdragon™ 800 processor which yields more performance with less battery power consumption. To add a bit more to the performance, each core of this Quad core processor is independent and work asynchronously make the phone able to run multiple apps simultaneously and let the user to enjoy the video streaming on Full HD display seamlessly. To get most out of the Sony Xperia Z Ultra Hardware specs, the phone runs on Android v4.2 Jelly Bean OS with custom Sony skin. This outdates OS is now upgradable to the latest Version of Android OS Lollipop to become one of the few Smartphones on Lollipop.
Camera and Multimedia
Integrated the same specs as used in high quality Sony cameras, the 8MP rear camera is able to take highly detailed razor sharp images with low noise. With Exmor RS™ for mobile and BSI light sensor, the phone is capable to take superior quality photos with more vivid colors and clarity even in low lighting and record 1080p Full HD videos. The HDR technology let the phone to take clear images in natural colors against heavy backlight. Other impressive features integrated with camera section are Face detection, Scene recognition, Smile shutter, Sweep panorama, Image stabilizer and Continue burst mode to take quality images of your choice. The 2MP front camera is best for video calling and fine to take selfie. With support to all the audio and video formats the user don’t need to install any third party app to play their favorite songs and videos. The Sony’s WALKMAN, Movies and Album application installed on Xperia Z Ultra let the user to access and enjoy millions of songs and movies from Sony’s cloud-based library.
Battery and Memory
With impressive features and powerful performance, this Smartphone uses lot of power and even after screen lock, the backgrounds apps draining the battery. To cope with this and keep the phone alive for a long time, Xperia Z Ultra powered with a large 3000mAh battery which seems fit well with this oversized Smartphone gives the phone 13 hours talk time and up to 32 days standby time, which is enough to keep all its components and apps working for long. To give the battery extra life, the smart Battery STAMINA mode is there which recognizes and automatically turns off the unnecessary apps and functions, significantly improves the battery time. While the 16GB internal storage is enough for an average user, but the power user who need more storage space can upgrade the storage up to 64GB using microSD card. 2GB RAM is another performance boost by Sony so that the user can’t experience performance lag.
Pros and Cons
For Pros
- TRILUMINOS™ HD display
- Ultra slim and sleek design
- Waterproof, Dust Resistance Durable Design.
- Powerful performance
- Excellent Graphics
- Upgradable OS
For Cons
- Seems bulky
- No LED flash
- Much costly
- Non-replaceable battery
Verdict
With no-doubt, the Sony Xperia Z Ultra is an excellent merge of Design and technology with many distinct features that no one else offers like its Waterproof, Dust resistant design and lightweight slim & sleek body. It seems that the Sony has put lots of efforts to make the Xperia Z Ultra a revolutionary Smartphone and to give tough time to other models from top Smartphone manufacturer brands including Galaxy Note 3, HTC One Max and Samsung S4. Although the phone is more costly but the price seems less when compare with the features and specs of Xperia Z Ultra and most of the Smartphone user will die for it.