Sony Xperia Z5 Dual (Gold, 32 GB)3 GB RAM

My favourites while selection were iphones 6s, galaxy s6 edge, g4, one m9 plus. Pros: 1) Camera: z5's 23mp produces 100% pure natural colours in daytime. Its photo quality in auto mode is the best for daytime photos. Its wide lens produces very accurate images of objects even 35-40 metres away, as it got lossless image processing tech. I was bit worried the small flash won’t help even a bit for night photography. But Z5 produces marvellous images even in too low light (even in 20% of lighting). I compared my friends 6s, s6 with z5, and both can’t even match to 50% of this phones quality. This phone is the most best for wildlife photography. Took this phone for my friend’s wedding, and a highly reputed photographer from Bangalore who was doing the wedding coverage was amazed at z5’s camera quality after he clicked some pictures. Its 4k recording is beast. Did 10mins of 4k recording with phone getting light warm (not hot). Get some image samples from internet and verify yourself. 10/10 2) Build: Very Premium build. Never compare z5’s build with others. The phone gets warm on heavy usage, because of its tight packaging. It cools off immediately as it got heat pipes and thermal paste applied over processor. 10/10 3) Battery: The phone was discharging very fast after 1st charge. Lasted only one day (may be due to firmware update). On 2nd charge, watched movie for 2.5 hours, listened to music for 4 hours, browsed for around 2 hrs, took around 9-10 snaps with flash and had a talk time of almost 45 mins, But phone had discharged to only 47 %. Battery lasts easily a day even on heavy usage. On slightly above normal usage it lasts 1.5 -2 days. 10/10 4) Colour: I bought graphite black. In image it seems to be dull coloured. But in real, black is awesome. Even gold is awesome. 5) Sound: Phone got dual speaker both at the top and bottom (front of phone). The sound is very crisp and bass effect is good. Due to the speakers, the phone size is bigger.10/10 6) Display: The display is too crisp compared to other phones of same size. And colours are natural (10/10). 7) Performance: Since my first usage, none of the apps ever hanged. Played all high end games, but after playing for around 20mins, the phone gets warm to hot. But it cools down quickly once app is exited. Don’t go with benchmarking as this is a 3gb model. 9/10 Cons: 1) Only while updating phone for the first time, it heats up a lot. 2) Phone gets warm (not hot) on heavy usage. 3) Pricy but not too pricy when taken its feature into consideration. If govt reduces tax the phone might cost less.

Following are my observations/views: 1 Dual sim ( dual sim option is rare in High end phones in India) ( i bought because of this) 2 Premium look 3 Heats up (it is made airtight for waterproofing) Software updates may improve heating issues 4 Ringer is not so high. ( in traffic we may miss ringtones) Not an issue 5 Battery lasts for one day only even with 2G network ( may be improved by updates) 6 At software level features are not large as compared to Samsung phones of same level 7 23 MP camera. (It has G Lens) It is not as great. 16 MP cameras from other phones may have good result over this. 8 It has dual sterio speakers ( top and bottom) 9 Sound quality is good. 10 Finger sensor works great. (at present we can not use app lock that uses finger sensor in this phone) However Android 6 (Marshmallow) will have finger sensor in OS. So third party application will be available I will update my new experiences soon Second Update: I have been using Xperia Z5 Dual for the last 9 months: 1. Marshmallow has opened its finger sensor to many third party applications. ( I am using Lockdown Pro for apps lock) 2. Battery lasts longer now. 3. Ringer loudness is sufficient. 4. Camera quality is also increased. 5 Heating issue is not much. As as whole phone is worth to buy ( price also slashed). It looks quite premium in hand. I dont like four corners of the phone. These are of polycarbonate. The edges of corners from the back of the phone has given off their golden color.

Pros: 1. The Matte Finish of the screen and Glossy Back makes the Design Perfectly premium. 2. I am a Photo-Freak and Loved the SLR equaled 23MP Camera. 3. Snapdragon 810 Octa Core packed with 3GB RAM make it a beast. 4. Water Proof, FingerPrint and what else would you need !!! Awesome. 5. One of the only Dual SIM Supported Premium Phones. Cons: 1. Heating issues are lesser compared to my Xperia Z1 but still heats up a little too much on heavy usage. 2. Takes great selfie shots but no Flash on the Front Camera is a Drawback. Overall I loved it soooooo much...