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Sony Xperia Z Ultra Specs

8.7

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Sony Xperia Z Ultra Review

8.8

User Score (17 reviews)

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OS

Android 5.1 Lollipop

Display

6.4-inch
1920 x 1080 px

Camera

8 MP Main
2 MP Selfie

Battery

3050 mAh

Storage

16GB

Hardware

Qualcomm Snapdragon 800
2GB RAM

Description

The Japanese have not only made the thinnest 6.5mm watertight phone with the largest 6.44" screen and fastest 2.2 GHz quad-core Snapdragon 800 processor with the Xperia Z Ultra at launch, but it also wanted to diversify its phablet functionalities beyond what is possible with Samsung's Note family, for instance. As such, they have employed a technology that allows you to write on the screen with any regular pen or pencil whose tip is more than 1mm in diameter, besides gracing it with stylus input functionality.

This device is also known as Sony Xperia ZU, Sony Togari, Sony C6802, Sony C6806, Sony C6833

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I have it 33 users

I had it 32 users

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Display Benchmarks
Size:	6.4-inch
Resolution:	1920 x 1080 px, 342 PPI
Technology:	TFT
Screen-to-body:	69.15 %
Colors:	16 777 216
Features:	Scratch-resistant glass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor

Hardware Benchmarks
System chip:	Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 MSM8974
Processor:	Quad-core, 2200 MHz, Krait 400
GPU:	Adreno 330
RAM:	2GB (LPDDR3)
Internal storage:	16GB, available to use: 11 GB
Storage expansion:	microSDXC up to 64 GB
OS:	Android (5.1 Lollipop, 5.0 Lollipop, 4.4, 4.3, 4.2.2) Screenshots
Device type:	Smartphone

Battery
Capacity:	3050 mAh
Type:	Li - Ion, Not user replaceable

Camera
Rear:	Single camera Camera samples
Main camera:	8 MP (Autofocus, BSI sensor)
Video recording:	1920x1080 (Full HD)
Features:	HDR, Picture-taking during video recording, EIS
Front:	2 MP
Video capture:	1920x1080 (Full HD)

Design Size comparison
Dimensions:	7.06 x 3.63 x 0.26 inches (179.4 x 92.2 x 6.5 mm)
Weight:	7.48 oz (212.0 g)
Materials:	Back: Glass
Resistance:	Water, Dust; IP58
Colors:	Black, Purple, White

Cellular
4G (FDD):	Bands 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(AWS-1), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 18(800 Lower)
3G:	Bands 5(850), 8(900), 4(1700/2100), 2(1900), 1(2100)
Data Speed:	LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS
SIM type:	Micro SIM

Multimedia Benchmarks
Headphones:	3.5mm jack
Speakers:	Earpiece, Loudspeaker
Features:	Album art cover, Background playback, Music recognition
Screen mirroring:	DLNA, MHL, MirrorLink, TV-out
Radio:	FM, Stereo, RDS
Additional microphone(s):	Noise cancellation

Connectivity & Features
Bluetooth:	4.0
Wi-Fi:	802.11 a, b, g, n, ac, dual-band Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct
USB:	microUSB, USB 2.0
Features:	Mass storage device, Video out, Charging
Location:	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
Sensors:	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Compass
Other:	NFC, ANT+, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync

Phone features
Notifications:	Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features:	Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Regulatory Approval
FCC approval:
Date approved:	Dec 22, 2013
FCC ID value:	PY7PM-0530
Measured SAR:
Head:	0.33 W/kg
Body:	1.22 W/kg
Simultaneous Transmission:	1.54 W/kg
Wireless Router:	1.54 W/kg

Buyers information
In The Box:	Charger, microUSB cable, User documentation

Availability
Officially announced:	Jun 25, 2013

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Alternative variants

Sony Xperia Z Ultra Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi only

Differences from the main variant:
Device type:	Tablet

News

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Check out these first images of the Sony Xperia Z Ultra GPe running on Android 5.0 Lollipop

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Sony Xperia Z Ultra Google Play edition receiving Android 5.0 Lollipop as we speak

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Overall User Rating

(17 reviews)

8.8

Build quality

9.2

Camera quality

6.6

Performance

9.2

Display

9.2

Battery life and charging

8.5

Loneken

Arena Apprentice

First phablet!

Posted: May 13, 2016, 7:24 AM

Phone owned for more than a year

I've used it for 2years. And still is my backup phone today with CM12.1.
Globally great experience, just screen/body ratio and battery were not that good at that time. Even bad with nowadays standards.
Hope Z5Ultra would be out soon.

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What I like

Build quality
RAM quantity (at that time)
Big screen

What I don't like

Battery
screen/body ratio

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ronald_loulan

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Sony Xperia Z Ultra

Edited: Jul 07, 2015, 12:59 AM

Phone owned for more than a year

Is a really really good device till date! big and nice 2k display. Camera was bad in previous OS but improved after updated to Lollipop.
Is a really sexy device if use naked without any case and it definitely catch some attention like "Wow! Is that a phone?"
Played 4K video and show it around and ppl were amazed with it!

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What I like

Big Screen
2K Display
Waterproof
Touch Sensitive (Use Pencil)

What I don't like

Cant fit in some pocket
No LED Flash

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theevil951

Arena Apprentice

Same as Sconerad said

Posted: Jul 03, 2015, 2:34 AM

Phone owned for less than a year

Bought this phone at Christmas, and having come from the HTC one, it felt massive, but after about a week, I got used the the size and felt like it was an actual phone, it has amazingly nice colours and its a joy to watch movies on it, checking facebook is super nice as well as its easier to read everything. the camera isnt to bad, but it lacks detail, audio is a bit muffled as well, but im guessing thats because if the water proof or something. I have shot video under water in my pool and its pretty cool to do that with a phone. The phone feels of quality and my only negative would be that the protective sheet over the screen is hard to clean from fingerprints and oils. But awesome phone and would recommend to anyone looking for a large phone