Sony Xperia ZL

If you thought Xperia Z is amazing, but could make do without the waterproof part of it, Sony's got you covered, as it introduced the Xperia ZL sibling, with an even more compact design. With its 5.18" x 2.74" x 0.38", it is shorter than the Z, and a soft-touch curved back nestles it comfortably in your palm grip. The microSIM and microSD slots are situated under a large flap at the back bottom, and the phone is graced with a dedicated shutter key, unlike the glassy, watertight Z. Specswise it is identical - a 5" Full HD screen with Mobile BRAVIA Engine 2, and the typical for the tech weak viewing angles, a quad-core Snapdragon S4 Pro, and a 13 MP rear cam with HDR video capabilities. The funky part here is not only the circular power/lock key on the right, but also the front-facing camera, which is situated in the lower right corner of the phone, where you are used to find one of the Android navigational keys, which here are on-screen. Besides the shape and size, there is a slight difference in battery capacity between the two - the ZL has a sealed 2,370 mAh unit, which is a tad bigger than the one in the Z. The long-rumored IR blaster is indeed here, with the accompanying app that allows you to use the phone as a remote control for a wide variety of TVs, home stereos and other assorted electronics around the house.

DESIGN

• Device type:
  • Smart phone
  
• OS:
  • Android (4.2.2, 4.1.2)
• Dimensions:
  • 5.18 x 2.75 x 0.39 inches (131.6 x 69.8 x 9.8 mm)
• Weight:
  • 5.33 oz (151 g)
    the average is 4.6 oz (131 g)

DISPLAY

• Physical size:
  • 5.0 inches
  
• Resolution:
  • 1080 x 1920 pixels
• Pixel density:
  • 441 ppi
• Technology:
  • TFT
• Colors:
  • 16 777 216
• Touchscreen:
  • • Multi-touch
• Features:
  • Light sensor, Proximity sensor, Scratch-resistant glass

CAMERA

• Camera:
  • • 13 megapixels
  • Flash:
    • LED
  • Aperture size:
    • F2.4
  • Features:
    • Back-illuminated sensor (BSI), Auto focus, Touch to focus, Digital image stabilization, Face detection, Exposure compensation, White balance presets, Burst mode, Digital zoom, Geo tagging, High Dynamic Range mode (HDR), Panorama, Scenes, Effects
• Camcorder:
  • • 1920x1080 (1080p HD)
  • Features:
    • High Dynamic Range mode (HDR), Video calling
• Front-facing camera:
  • • 2 megapixels

HARDWARE

• System chip:
  • Qualcomm Snapdragon S4 Pro APQ8064
• Processor:
  • Quad core, 1500 MHz, Krait
• Graphics processor:
  • • Adreno 320
• System memory:
  • 2048 MB RAM
• Built-in storage:
  • 16 GB
• Storage expansion:
  • microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC up to 64 GB

BATTERY

• Talk time:
  • 10.00 hours
    the average is 12 h (730 min)
• Stand-by time:
  • 20.8 days (500 hours)
    the average is 20 days (484 h)
• Talk time (3G):
  • 13.00 hours
    the average is 12 h (704 min)
• Stand-by time (3G):
  • 20.8 days (500 hours)
    the average is 19 days (461 h)
• Capacity:
  • 2370 mAh

MULTIMEDIA

• Music player:
  • Filter by:
    • Album, Artist, Playlists
  • Features:
    • Album art cover, Background playback, Music recognition
• Speakers:
  • Earpiece, Loudspeaker
• YouTube player:
  • Yes

INTERNET BROWSING

• Built-in online services support:
  • YouTube (upload), Picasa/Google+

TECHNOLOGY

• GSM:
  • 850, 900, 1800, 1900 MHz
• UMTS:
  • 850, 900, 1700/2100, 1900, 2100 MHz
• FDD LTE:
  • 850 (band 5), 1700/2100 (band 4), 1900 (band 2), 2100 (band 1), 2600 (band 7) MHz
• Data:
  • LTE, HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s, UMTS, EDGE, GPRS
• Micro SIM:
  • Yes
• Positioning:
  • GPS, A-GPS, Glonass
• Navigation:
  • Yes
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