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Sony Xperia Z Ultra Review

(C6806)     See other variants reviews Score: 68.8 / 100

Sony Xperia Z Ultra is a great Android device released in June 2013, which features a very powerful 2200 megahertz Quad-Core CPU, a large 6.4-inches multi touch display, an 8 mega-pixels back-facing camera and a 2 mega-pixels front camera.

Regarding its body design materials, this cellphone is built with Glass. This cellphone is thin, being just 0.26 inches thick. This cellphone just has 7.06 inches long and 3.63 inches wide, but it's able to fit a a 6.4" display. Sony is offering the Sony Xperia Z Ultra in three color options, black, purple and white. Sony has made an amazing job making the Sony Xperia Z Ultra weight just 7.48 ounces.

Sony decided to power this cellphone with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974 chip, including a high-tech Quad-Core CPU clocking at 2200 MHz and a big 2 GB RAM. Graphic intensive games and applications often uses a lot of processing power, so this cellphone uses an extra 450 MHz Adreno 330 graphics processing unit to improve overall performance. This phone counts with aquite big 16 GB internal storage and a slot for SD memory cards, which allows the user to install hundreds of applications and games without any problem.

The Sony Xperia Z Ultra is equipped with two cameras, an 8 MP back-facing camera and a 2 MP front side camera. It also shoots videos in Full HD 1920x1080. This phone also counts with a large number of useful characteristics: auto-focus, digital image stabilization, fast burst mode, face detection shooting, smile detection shooting, HDR mode and geo tagging.

Sony designed the Sony Xperia Z Ultra with an awesome 6.4 inches screen, and a 1920 x 1080 (Full HD) resolution, which makes all images and videos look brightful and colorful. This screen uses TFT capacitive technology, and allows multi-touch for gestures like pinch and zoom.

This device counts with WiFi connection (which it can share with other devices around, as a mobile hotspot), 4G LTE high performance connection and also HSPA+ connectivity, which is a bit slower 4G network and the fastest 3G connectivity, over HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. This phone works with a Micro SIM card for GSM networks.

This phone uses amassive 3050 mAh Li-Ion removable battery that can keep it running for many hours and even reach the end of the day without having to charge it at all. According to Sony, this cellphone has a reported stand by time of 870 hours and a talk time of 14 hours.

This device also comes with a couple of cool characteristics as NFC, Bluetooth (4.0) and GPS Localization, and plenty of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Compass.

Sony is selling this cellphone for 270 dollars, which is not very cheap for a phone this level. No matter whether you love photography, will use this device for work, will use it as a gaming cellphone or are looking for a social device, you will probably be very happy with it. Sony sells this cellphone with microUSB cable, User documentation and Charger.



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Specifications

Device Type:Phone
Brand:Sony
Operating System (OS):Android 4.4, 4.3, 4.2.2
Variant:See other variants reviews
Product code:C6806
Dimensions:7.06 x 3.63 x 0.26 inchesMetric17.93 x 9.22 x 0.66 cmImperial
Weight:7.48 ouncesMetric212.05 gImperial
Colors:Black, Purple and White
Materials:Glass
Scratch Resistant Glass:Yes
Accessories:Charger, User documentation, microUSB cable
Release date:2013-06-25
Price:$ 270.00

Display

Screen Type:TFT (16M colors)
Size:6.4 inchesMetric16.3 cmImperial
Resolution:1080 x 1920 pixels (Full HD)
Pixel density:344 pixels per inchMetric135.43 pixels per cmImperial
Touch screen:Capacitive, Multi-touch

Hardware

Chipset:Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974
Processor:Krait 400 (Quad-Core 2200 MHz)
RAM Memory:2 GB (800 MHz)
Graphics Processor:Adreno 330 (450 MHz)
Internal Memory:16 GB
SD Card Slot:microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC (up to 64 GB)

Battery

Battery type:Li-Ion
Removable:Yes
Capacity:3050 mAh
Stand-by Time:870 hours
Talk Time:14 hours

Camera

Back camera:8 megapixels
Front camera:2 megapixels
Max video resolution:1920 x 1080 (Full HD)
Camera features:Auto-Focus, Digital Image Stabilization, Face Detection Shooting, Fast Burst Mode, Geo Tagging, HDR Mode and Smile Detection Shooting

Networks

Wi-Fi:Yes
    Mobile Hotspot:Yes
SIM Card Type:Micro SIM
LTE (4G) Bands:800 (band 18), 850 (band 5), 900 (band 8), 1700/2100 (band 4), 1800 (band 3), 1900 (band 2), 2100 (band 1), 2600 (band 7)
UMTS Bands:850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100
GSM Bands:850, 900, 1800, 1900
Technologies:LTE (4G), HSPA+ (4G), HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS and GSM

Other Features

Bluetooth:Version 4.0
GPS:Yes
NFC (Near Field Communication):Yes
Sensors:Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Light Sensor and Proximity Sensor