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what's up guys lon here from Android Authority and it was bound to happen eventually but we finally have our first 4k smartphone this is your first look and hands on of the sony xperia z5 premium so starting with a design the sony xperia z5 premium looks and feels a lot like many other Sony devices in the past it has the same iconic design with a clean rectangular slab and it's mostly made of metal and glass so you have a metal frame around the sides and you have glass on the front and back like many other Sony phones as well it's also completely waterproof so the biggest difference with this device is that you'll notice that it's a lot larger than usual at least for Sony standards it's a 5.5 inch smartphone and it's actually similar in size to the Galaxy Note 5 but it's a little bit taller and just a little bit thicker but just feel really good in the hand the metal glass does feel really nice but like many other phones that have a glass back it does tend to be a little bit of a fingerprint magnet now the star of the show is obviously the display so it's a 5.5 inch screen with 4k resolution making the Xperia z5 premium the first phone in the world with a 4k display and that puts out a whopping 806 PPI which is totally insane and with this pixel density and with this resolution it's an extremely sharp and crisp looking display it's also very vibrant very saturated has great viewing angles the only thing I noticed was that it doesn't get all that bright especially come in comparison to something like the note 5 or the galaxy s6 it doesn't get quite as bright so it's a little bit difficult to see outdoors but otherwise it's a fantastic looking screen and it's something you really have to see for yourself in order to really appreciate but to be honest I'm not really entirely sure if I can really see the difference between a 4k screen and a quad HD screen but regardless it is a fantastic looking display no matter how you look at it the remaining parts of the z5 premium are pretty similar to the regular z5 so inside you're looking at a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor paired with three gigabytes of RAM so performance shouldn't really be in issue at all and in my little short time with the z5 premium it seemed very fast and snappy and fluid I didn't notice any sort of lag or stutters or anything like that so it should be fast enough to keep up with the rest of the competition for storage on the z5 premium you're looking at 32 gigabytes of internal storage but if that is not enough for you there is a micro SD card slot to give you extra storage and there's also a fingerprint scanner that is embedded in the power button that is basically another differentiator with the z5 here and this is very different from all the other fingerprint scanners that we've seen which normally have them mounted in the home button or on the backside but having it on the side where the power button is definitely makes a lot of sense because that's where your thumb normally rests to power on the phone so it makes a lot of sense to have it here and it's actually really convenient and it works extremely well it's actually very fast at unlocking the device and setting it up is pretty simple as well you basically just sort of keep on tapping on the button until it registers your fingerprint it's very similar to other implementations that we've seen on other devices of course with the rest of the hardware it comes with the usual stuff that you might expect like Wi-Fi Bluetooth GPS and just in case you are wondering a does ship with NFC onboard now with all these power-hungry specs and the insane 4k screen a lot of people are expecting that the z5 premium is probably going to take a pretty big hit in the battery life Department but obviously we can't really say too much about it right now but the handset does have a 30 for 30 milliamp hour battery inside and that should hopefully do the trick and Sony actually swears that the phone will provide two days worth of battery life on a single charge but we're definitely going to have to wait and see if those claims are actually true now although we haven't had a chance to test out the camera on the z5 premium we do have pretty high hopes for it just due to the fact that Sony has a pretty good track record when it comes to cameras and of course this one happens to be a 23 megapixel Exmor RS sensor with a super fast autofocus some say glass is more important in this camera is well equipped with a 23 millimeter wide angle F 2.0 G lens and if you like selfies that 5 megapixel front facing shooter should be good enough likely not amazing but on what front-facing camera is as far as the software goes you're looking to android 5.1.1 with Sony's Xperia Y on top and the Xperia Y will feel very familiar to you if you've used it before in the past and it's very close to stock Android experience with just a few Sony customizations put on top like these small apps for easier multitasking and the built-in PlayStation integration which is great if you are a gamer but otherwise it's a very clean experience and you'll definitely enjoy if you enjoyed that closest dock experience with a few extra bells and whistles so there you have it guys the sony xperia z5 premium is posed to go against the big guys literally and it does seem to have all the right weapons for a good battle exact us pricing and availability is still up in the air but do you expect to pay a premium price as always thank you guys so much for watching this video if you did enjoy it please give it a thumbs up down below we definitely appreciate it and also subscribe to the channel which is also down below if you haven't already and if you want to see more here from us at Android authority make sure to check out the rest of the videos that we have here from FIFA 2015 and stay tuned for more coverage because we are your source for all things Android and Aoife 2015 Oh