Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Hands On


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Sony unveiled the Xperia Z1 compact, the smaller version of their flagship Xperia Z1 at the CES earlier this week. We already brought you the live images of the Xperia Z1 Compact yesterday, here we have the hands-on video of the smartphone. The phone has the same solid build with single aluminium frame with tempered glass on the front and back that we had seen on the Xperia Z1. It has a smaller, 4.3-inch 720p  Triluminos Display with with X-Reality engine. Check out the hands on video below.

httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCXUn804vJM

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As you can see the dimensions of the phone is much smaller when compared to the Z1. It has dimensions of 127 x 64.9 x 9.5 mm and it weighs just 137 grams.

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On the back you have the 20.7-megapixel rear camera with Sony G lens with a 27mm wide angle f/2.0 aperture custom 1/2.3″ Sony Exmor RS image sensor and  BIONZ image processing engine. The same module you have in the Xperia Z1.

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Even though it has 16GB of internal storage, you have Upto 64GB expandable memory via microSD card on the side.

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You have the Sony’s signature power key, volume rocker and a dedicated camera button.

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On the bottom you have the speaker. Instead of a  3000 mAh battery, you have the 2300 mAh battery under the back cover, which is pretty good for a 4.3-inch devices.

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That’s the Xperia Z1 compect next to the Xperia Z1. Follow our YouTube Channel for more hands-on videos.

Image and video credits to Varun and Sandeep.


Author: Srivatsan Sridhar

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