Sony Xperia Z1 review

Ever since Sony bought off Ericsson’s stake in their handset business, Sony Ericsson, Sony CEO Kaz Hirai has been actively pushing the notion of ‘One Sony’ that would amalgamate the knowhow of various divisions of the electronics behemoth into every product that sports the company’s branding. The Xperia Z launched earlier this year was the beginning of the “One Sony-ness” and the Xperia Z1 marks the first true device that brings out the best of Sony. So the Xperia Z1 gets the Triluminous Display and X-Reality image and video processing from the Bravia team while the 20.7-megapixel camera gets the F/2.0 G Lens, Bionz image processing and Exmor RS sensor from the Cyber-shot division. Learning from its Japanese smartphone division, like the Xperia Z, even the Xperia Z1 is waterproof though it takes it a step further with users no longer needing to cover the 3.5mm headset port anymore. The company is marketing the Xperia Z1 as the “Best of Sony” but is it really the best Android smartphone out there?