Sony Xperia X Compact Review

The Sony Xperia X Compact  looks very similar to another device of the prestigious brand Xperia X. In reality, it is derived from it, and therefore presents several similarities. However, it should not be forgotten that we have a medium-range phone, and therefore has its own characteristics and features. But, to know more about him, I decided to put the device to the test to see what it has in the belly, and here are the results as well as my opinions. This will most definitely let you know whether you should buy or not the Xperia X Compact from Sony.


Design of the Sony Xperia X Compact

The Sony Xperia X Compact is a 129 x 65 x 9.5 mm camera for 135 g, which for a smartphone can actually be considered compact. The manufacturer has opted for a somewhat singular aesthetics here, because the phone has straight corners, with sharp lines and contours, and edges still slightly rounded. It is the grip that is improved, even if the layout of the keys (very low for the volume and the photo) does not allow full enjoyment, at least not for right-handers.

If the plastic shell has importance in the lightness of this phone, it is not waterproof. What is deplorable, the brand having accustomed us to this characteristic. It frames all the same a screen of 4.6 inches that I would have preferred a little wider. It is to wonder what serves the large space left above and below the slab. At the finish, the manufacturer presented a design much perfectible for his phone. Now let's see what the screen offers!

Sony Xperia X Compact screen

It is a 4.6-inch IPS LCD screen using Triluminos technology (purer and sharper colors) and offering a resolution of 1280 x 720 pixels. It is not bad certainly, but I consider that for a product of its range, one can expect a higher resolution. However, the visual quality is good, although not the best in the market, and Sony could do better. Moreover, it is due to the small size of its screen, the comfort of use of the Sony Xperia X Compact seems to me a little too just. It is common knowledge that the wider the slab, the better, and if you are happy to have a Sony Xperia X Compact Displayrelatively compact Smartphone, I find again that the space could have been better exploited on the front.

Sony Xperia X Compact Software and Performance

As you will see, it is right with the Sony Xperia X Compact to a performance of good invoice. The Smartphone is powered by a 64-bit Qualcomm Snapdragon 650 six-core processor, including 2 ARM Cortex-A72 and 4 ARM Cortex-A53. It is powerful enough to offer a smooth and lag-free use, especially as it is reinforced by an Adreno 510 graphics chip that can be seen during game sessions or video viewing . The RAM is 3 GB while the internal memory is 32 GB.

Sony Xperia X Compact

The Sony Xperia X Compact runs on Android 6.0 Marshmallow and displays the home interface that many have come to appreciate because of its simplicity and charm, myself included. There are a lot of interesting features and features here, including the very successful fingerprint sensor, the Gorilla Glass screen protector and the microSD slot where the drawer also houses the sim card. Note that storage can be expanded up to 256 GB with a memory card, and that the 2700 mAh battery incorporating Qnovo Adaptive Charging technology can hold up to 9 hours in intensive use. Other devices offer a much better range than that!

Sony Xperia X Compact Camera

It is at this level of the Sony Xperia X Compact that the manufacturer has chosen to put the package. The lovers of the catch of the beautiful images will certainly be delighted. For my part, it's really a pleasant surprise to see that the camera displays 23 Mpixels of definition, performance that is clearly superior to that of many high-end phones. The manufacturer has integrated the triple-image detection technology, which makes it possible to obtain sharp pictures even when photographing a moving target.


Who Should Use And Why Should I Buy The Sony Xperia X Compact?

In short, we have here a solid Smartphone that, without defraying the chronicle, has however some features and functionality that are worth it. I particularly liked the USB connector which is very convenient for fast data transfer, and also the fact that the device supports 4G LTE. The user interface is very simple, and you can play, browse or watch videos without observing bugs. Also, the captures of photos are rather cool with its camera of 23 Mpixels. You can say that the Sony Xperia X Compact is the ideal Smartphone for anyone looking for a powerful device without being terrible, and that could help them make beautiful pictures.

Samsung new Galaxy S4

Samsung came quiet. The new Galaxy S4 is a beautiful piece of hardware, there's no doubt about it. But the heart of the device, of course, is in the software. And TouchWiz brings experience that no other Android device can bring.

The peculiarities of the Galaxy S4 become very competitive in the market of smatphones. The device has the same dimensions as the Galaxy S3, but is a bit thinner.

The phone is very portable and easy to hold in hand. Its edges are a little more square than the S3 and also has the effect tuned equal to the predecessor. It is made of high quality plastic, although it is the same that you find in other Samsung devices. More than anything else, it seems that design came to compete with the LG Optimus Pro G

The Super AMOLED display 1080p HD is very bright for AMOLED and pixel density is incredibly high with 441 ppi and you certainly could not see any fault in this screen.

It is not seen any really impressive hardware like the camera of the Nokia Lumia 920 low-light or unibody metal One of HTC's. Instead, Samsung seems to arouse passions by adding several features to the Android 4.2.2 software, while maintaining compatibility with other devices.

Note + Camera + TV = Galaxy S4

Samsung has made it clear that the new button is inspired by the Galaxy Camera (would be nice if they also had imported the camera's shutter speed and aperture ring). New modes include a picture that registers nine seconds of audio along with your picture, one that erases photobombers (seriously!) and another called "cinemagraph"-like animated gifs, where part of the image is moving and the other not. They are all easy to use!

Now you can also use the front and rear cameras together, creating images combined. Ditto for the video. I just have found a nice feature for dual-camera: when I'm in business, I do daily videos to send to my daughter and this feature allows me to film my face and everything around me at the same time.

However, I am disappointed about one aspect of the camera. His performance in dim light will not be the same as Nokia and HTC. I'll test this, of course, but I'm tired of this continuous increase of resolutions to get a really good picture.

The TV remote is S4 Galaxy line of Samsung tablet. The application WatchOn combines real-time listings of programs along with information streaming from Netflix, Blockbuster and Samsung Store.

What about the ability to "float" your finger on an email message and see a preview? This function came from the Galaxy Note and my control was the favorite of many that Samsung played here.

The culmination of all this is the new Samsung Hub, and the name comes from Samsung Tvs. This is an ambitious attempt by Samsung to become the Amazon and supplant Google. Obvious that Samsung will deny it, but why would you throw your store music, videos, books and apps for Android?

I really like how Samsung has extended one of my favorite resources'' invisible'' to the Galaxy S3, the "Let's Talk" which costs $ 99.99, that the ability to customize the audio to their range of hearing. It applies to video and music now, not just phone calls. Another interesting thing related videos, and when the screen changes color according to the content type. This is really cool.

Samsung is also struggling in the area of ​​health'' wireless'', with an application that involves together a pedometer, environmental sensors and diet. The app is bright and clean, and most important, is preloaded.

However, all these embedded software has a cost. In the 16GB model, there was only 9.62GB of storage available to the user. At least there is an SD card slot.

What I think

I spent about half an hour with the Galaxy S4 and gave notice that Samsung does not need to provide anything surprising in a matter of hardware to sell millions of these smartphones. With their influence and massive marketing dynamics, the S4 hardware only needs to be good enough, and it is. Many people will appreciate the removable battery and MicroSD card slot. The screen is sharp and clear. The hardware is good enough and is becoming a commodity. Improvements from Samsung with Android is that it will make a difference here, take this trick dual camera as an example.

Like I said, my son would like to see videos made that way. I use the email preview hovering a hundred times a day. The integration of language translation in e-mail will help anyone who travels a lot.

The Samsung Hub makes me wary. We do not need another app store. Obviously this is just a game to snatch revenue from Google stores with no real consumer benefit. At which point the competition will cause confusion in healthy choice?

The Samsung Galaxy S4 embraces and extends many of the current trends in cell phones. Samsung changes the Android tirelessly to add a lot of small conveniences. This will be a great smatphone deserving of Samsung success.