![]() The relatively high reflectivity of both screens limits their practicality in this respect. Both get decent scores, and while there is still a lot of room for improvement, the XZ Premium is better suited for use outdoors. In terms of sunlight legibility, the XZ Premium brings improvements over the Z5 Premium yet again. The level of blacks is deeper, though, which works out to a much better contrast ratio of 1238:1, as opposed to the Z5's 963:1. ![]() The maximum brightness of the screen (573nits) turned out quite in line with what we got from the Xperia Z5 Premium (566nits). Even at the maximum magnification that our microscope allows, the individual pixels are just barely visible - the screen is that pixel-dense! Sony has the same feature on its BRAVIA TVs.Īs usual, we looked at the screen under a microscope and it revealed the same RGB pixel arrangement we saw on the Xperia Z5 Premium. The phone also offers Adaptive Tone Mapping to ensure the bright screen contents don't get clipped when the screen brightness goes up in bright ambient light. Sony Xperia XZ Premium's screen is HDR10 compliant, which is another way of saying that there is no Dolby Vision support - these two HDR video standards are the most popular right now. ![]() HDR video content is still scarce but subscription video streaming services such as Amazon and Netflix are already offering HDR content, so you should be able to find some high-quality material to feast your eyes on right out of the box. There is no HDR support for YouTube, but even 4K on its own is good enough by our books. A side benefit from that screen is that YouTube will now offer you 4K quality setting on the Xperia XZ Premium. That's until you feed it with quality 4K footage where it really starts making use of all the pixels. In this case, however, it does not affect the performance as the phone runs in 1080p mode most of the time. With a 4K screen and a powerful GPU (courtesy of Qualcomm), the Sony Xperia XZ Premium is perfectly poised to rule the mobile VR market but we guess the PlayStation division did not want any sibling rivalry.Īt the normal distance that we use our phone, 4K resolution on the Xperia XZ Premium seems like an overkill simply because your eyes can't really tell the difference compared to the QHD resolution, which we've seen on most high-end phones. None of the current VR headsets have enough resolution, especially the mobile units. Sony however still hasn't found a way to put the insanely high resolution on that screen to good use in VR. Our entire point however is that both the 4K SDR and HDR videos, which we used, looked perfectly good in real life and you can't really tell any difference between the two unless you have them side by side.ĤK resolution on a small screen is not without its benefits, too, take virtual reality, for instance. Everything else is an approximation and the end result will more or less be affected by the camera settings we used and your own computer screen. Before you jump to quick conclusions, bear in mind that this comparison has an illustrative purpose only - the only way to appreciate an HDR video playing on an HDR-capable screen is in person with your own eyes. ![]() Unlike the ultra high resolution, which had its pros and cons, HDR has no shortcomings - highlights and shadows are rendered better, gradients are smoother, colors are richer.īelow you will see a comparative shot of how the 4K HDR and the 4K SDR video looks on the screen of the XZ Premium. ![]() Now, the Xperia XZ Premium is adding HDR video support. The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium was the first phone to come with a 4K display. ![]()
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