Sony Xperia Z1

The Sony Xperia Z1 was unveiled at IFA 2013. He succeeds famous smartphone Xperia Z Japanese manufacturer. Xperia Z1 combines sophisticated design OmniBalance Sony with high-quality materials and precision engineering into a slim smartphone, waterproof and dust resistant (IP55 and IP58). It is designed in a rigid frame to withstand the shocks with 6 faces mineral tempered glass and its protective film on the front and back. This smartphone animated Android 4.2 (Jelly Bean), incorporates a Triluminos 5 inch full HD 1080p display. It also incorporates the X-Reality Engine for mobile that analyzes each image and optimizes quality for sharper videos. Xperia Z1 also benefits from Clearaudio + Sony technology that automatically optimizes the sound without adjusting the settings. Under the hood is a quad-core processor Qualcomm Snapdragon 800, clocked at 2.2 GHz and a dual image signal processor (ISP).

Xperia Z1 has a G lens with a wide angle of 27 mm and large F2.0 aperture, which was made especially for the Exmor CMOS sensor for mobile RS size 1/2, 3'' and 20.7 million pixels. The camera also has the BIONZ processor for mobile. The combination of these technologies offers the same level of quality and performance than conventional compact digital camera but in a waterproof and ultra smartphone. Sony has also put forward innovative photo applications: Social Live (diffusion via Facebook), Info-eye (visual search function), Timeshift burst (to capture 61 pictures in 2 seconds) or AR effect (animations at superimposed over his shots). 

Pre-loaded on the Xperia Z1, the "WALKMAN" "ALBUM" and "MOVIES" applications, allow to discover on-line and off-line content from a single access point. The "WALKMAN" application provides access to all your downloaded music as well as a library of 18 million tracks to explore with Music Unlimited and incorporates sharing features on Facebook. The "MOVIES" application provides access to over 100,000 movies and TV shows from Video Unlimited while the "ALBUM" application allows easy access to all your photos stored or posted on Facebook and the browse by location. The Sony Xperia Z1 comes with a variety of accessories and complementary products outstanding. All these accessories are compatible with the One-touch function Sony with NFC and their number will increase to 100 loan compatible products at the end of the year. Among these accessories are compatible televisions, speakers, tablets and many others such as cameras and QX100.

Goodies: HD Wallpaper, 20 MP camera, Water Resistant
Cons: Battery Life
Price: $599.99