Sony Xperia Z

[The_Gza]

Recently announced at CES but couldn't see anything on here about them - I think they look really promising: http://www.sonymobile.com/gb/products/phones/xperi...

I've had every iteration of the iPhone from the first to my current 4, but the 4S and even 5 haven't really floated my boat. Out of contract now and itching to upgrade, but the S3 and One X didn't quite push me into an upgrade - however, I think the Xperia Z could be the one! Some good initial reviews on the phone:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/48940/sony-xperia-...
http://www.techradar.com/reviews/phones/mobile-pho...

Any thoughts?

[The_Gza]

I did wonder if it's going to be a bit too big, but this comparison with the Samsung Galaxy S3 indicates that despite the 5" screen, the overall dimensions are very similar:
http://www.gizmag.com/galaxy-s3-vs-sony-xperia-z/2...

[The_Gza]

Looking like a 27th Feb release date for the Xperia Z:

http://www.knowyourmobile.com/blog/1766168/sony_xp...

[The_Gza]

I had a quick look at the dummy version in CPW last week to try it out for size - felt okay to me, certainly no bigger in the hand than the S3. Made the fatal error of giving my details to a Vodafone sales person so they could let me know when the had one in to actually demo and then received 5 or 6 calls over the next 24 hours from Vodafone trying to flog me a Galaxy S3

[The_Gza]

More user reviews starting to trickle out now: http://www.gizmodo.co.uk/2013/02/sony-xperia-z-rev...

Must admit, I was poised to hit the buy button but the HTC One looks tempting - so I'll probably wait until I can have a play with both and make up my mind.

[The_Gza]

Had a quick look at one on Sunday in a P4U shop, and they had a dummy HTC One there also. The Xperia Z is still an impressive looking beastie, but I've got some reservations about the ergonomics. The sheer size of it, combined with its squarer profile and profusion of glass meant the Xperia Z was less comfortable in hand - to the extend I even dropped the bloomin' demo one!

The HTC One on the other hand felt much more at home and I didn't feel like I was on the verge of dropping it. Fair enough, the 4.7 screen means it is a tad smaller, but I felt the curved back and thinner sides, combined with the alu material resulted in it feeling a lot better 'in hand'. So for me, definitely leaning towards the HTC One now, but final judgement will wait until I've tried a 'live' one.