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hey guys ash here it's been a while but today I'm here to talk about the Sony experience said three plus now Sony seemed to play a different game to the rest and this occasion is no different this is essentially the Zed 4 but branded as a Zed 3 + here in the EU so if you were to look at the device you wouldn't say much as change from the previous is ed 3 now this isn't a bad thing as Sony have some of the best designs despite the way it tends to feel in the hand the phone's exterior houses all the normal things you'd expect to find all the buttons feel great producing a nice solid click apart from the standby button it has a sense of looseness to it what is to note is the button that's dedicated to the camera shutter this is fantastic and we don't see enough of this simply it changes the way I use the phone to take pictures and what's best is that I can half press to focus awesome one of the things that makes this a Sony phone is the way that it looks and handles its sharp angular and like something straight out of 2001 these are things that people will both love and hate about this phone but it is absolutely distinct and feels unlike much else the body contains a metal trim but the inclusion of a glass back is a questionable one as nice as it is there's a higher risk of damaging the device not only that it's extremely slippery you have to be careful as it nearly slipped out of my hand quite a few times and also on various surfaces that I had it on the phone is smaller than most flagships these days and as nice as the design is it doesn't feel all that great in the hand I prefer the roundness of other phones such as the oneplus one the other slight oddity is the SIM card tray getting it out involves yanking it out with your fingernail and if you're like me and you keep it trim it's going to be a pain otherwise you'll have to get something else like a pin finally it's a small addition but one I like and that is the lanyard loop not enough phones have this so the most important technical stuff that you need to know for everyday use is that the screen is a 5.2 inch 1080p IPS panel which Sony claimed to have 130 percent srgb coverage which is through their triluminos technology it also contains the x-reality engine which analyzes the image and adds contrast saturation sharpness and more I don't use this as it's a bit heavy-handed other specs worth noting are the Snapdragon 810 processor 3 gigabytes of RAM expandable storage up to 128 gig and the 2913 milliamp battery there's a 5 megapixel front facing camera and on the rear there's a 20-point 7 megapixel camera which contains an eczema RS sensor which is capable of shooting 4k this is all wrapped up in the IP rating of 65 and 68 making it dust and waterproof but remember it's fresh water only so a pretty good spec list you might be thinking and it is especially when you consider the phone only weighs 144 grams and comes in at 6 point 9 millimeters thick using this phone is pretty much the same as any other decent SPECT phone so like any other flagship it ticks the boxes and contains the latest and greatest SOC the CPU is split with four cores running at 2 gigahertz and the other four at 1.5 it has adequate RAM to deal with a number of simultaneous tasks Windows and pretty much anything you decide to throw at it in my usage the phone never skip to B although there has been one standout issue that I've experienced time and time again and that is the heat mile or does this phone get hot just browsing the net made the phone hot but do anything strenuous like using the camera and you're looking at really high temperatures in no time at all us experiencing temps of up to 70 degrees Celsius easy overall it's been a pleasure using it but compared to most flagships and even some mid-range phones the difference isn't as great as it once was sony are trying to do a commendable job here and what makes their phone special is the software the best things about using phones from Sony is the integration with all of its services besides the design and quality this is a next best thing especially since the PlayStation integration you have all of the custom apps such as music videos social life etc which ties into one of the services so there's definitely something to find an app that I'm quite fond of this life log introduced a while back this essentially catalogs and quantifies your life if you let it it will give you data ranging from your calories and steps to how much time you spend socializing watching videos playing games that sort of thing unfortunately in typical Sony fashion it's not as deep as it could be and there's a little help about how it all works if you have a ps4 you'll definitely love the inclusion of remote play you can use your phone to stream your games and it works pretty well with a decent Wi-Fi connection although I wouldn't play any FPS is or anything to make it better though you can pair your DualShock 4 to your phone as a controller overall it's a great inclusion which I guess no other phone can really match all of this is wrapped up in Sony's UI which over time I have grown to find acceptable there are some logical inclusions such as the smart call which allows you to answer the phone by bringing up to your ear rejecting it by turning it over but there's also the ability to theme there's a customizable app drawer and lots of other stuff so it's not all bad nowadays almost all of us end up using our phones as our primary imaging devices the z3 plus includes a twenty point seven megapixel shooter with an eczema RS sensor technical details aside taking photos with this phone physically is a dream I love the dedicated camera shutter button with a half press to focus looking at the images though it's nothing too special photos look good in adequate light but fall apart completely in low-light or when you zoom in however the colors are accurate and there doesn't seem to be too much post-processing going on the camera software is one of the better implementations I've used and comparing to stock Android it's light years ahead there's a manual mode for both imaging and video which offers you some but not many controls for adjustment there's a bunch of novel modes such as a sound photo time shift video and all that stuff it's easy and it's fun should you need it the z3 plus records 4k video now let's take a minute the whole notion is pretty incredible and completely mind-boggling that is when it works recording in 4k lasted the best of 20 seconds before it had to stop to cool down well anyways however in good light the picture is fantastic detail is there and the phone doesn't continuously hunt for focus and to aid the shooting you've got software bass is called steady shot which like previous phones works great mind you this is at the cost of a cropped image though some of you may know that I mainly use my phone to listen to music I personally like how Sony seemed to be one of the very few manufacturers to pay attention to audio the z3 plus continues this with the support for high res audio basically this allows native support of high resolution audio formats that are encoded and sampled at higher rate sony include various audio enhancers such as clear Audio plus surround effects and a plugin to help compress audio match the quality of high res however I'd stay away from these as they tend to change the soundstage a bit too much it's also worth noting that besides the HTC One the z3 plus is one of the best phones I've used for audio all of this is nothing without the battery life to support it and this will obviously differ depending on your usage with heavy use the phone struggles to last a full day giving me roughly 3 hours of screen on time with lighter use I could get much further and so could you Sony include a number of battery saving options in addition to androids owned by personally refused to use any of these unless I have to because I really don't want to sacrifice my experience so here we are at the end of the day I'm not really or what to say about this phone it takes a lot these days to really push a high-end smartphone without doing something completely different unfortunately I don't think Sony will ever do as well as some of the other companies now that's a shame because the products that they put out find fans really really big fans and that is for good reason their products are fantastic it just doesn't tend to be for the mass market and if Sony are ok with that then they could capitalize on the niche highlighting things such as the high res audio and the IP certification there are some issues with this device but they're all ones that could be fixed via software updates so if you're invested in the Sony ecosystem then this phone could be great for you if you're not it still is a great smartphone overall it's just that there might be more competitive options out there for the same feature set anyways thanks for listening guys let us know what you think 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