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we just unboxed it a few hours ago and our full review is quite a ways away but after a few hours with Sony's latest flagship Android tablet we have a few early thoughts and we'd like to share them with you I'm Michael Fisher this is PocketNow and this is our first impressions pass of the sony xperia tablet z the very first concern I wanted to address on first powerup was the screen we know the Xperia Z smartphone doesn't have the best display as far as viewing angles go but Sony looks like its combating that issue here by using the Mobile BRAVIA Engine to really ramp up the saturation on this so-called HD Reality Display panel and using bright and colorful images throughout the UI that's one way to go and the effect is that I'm not thinking too much about the viewing angles when I use it I'm too busy thinking wow all this color in a light thin tablet this is amazing the initial setup process is simple and gets you on your feet with Google Twitter and Facebook and before long the tablet is synced and ready to go it's always interesting to see how an OEM tweaks Android and the layout of Sony's skin is interesting with shortcuts and widgets staying on the small side despite the ample screen size of this 224 PPI panel there's kind of a mix of bloatware and stock titles loaded on these home screens and Sony's taking the opportunity to pimp out its own offerings here with Walkman Sony select and social life but there's also chrome and calendar and email and so on and a weather app here with some subtle animation that's pretty cool it's been a while since I've used Android on a 10-inch screen and while stock apps look great others continue to look stretched scaled and well rough it's really awesome that Sony has kept the notifications and quick shortcuts in the lower right which is much more handy than guerrilla arming up to the upper left to deal with notifications as in stock Android this tablet is running 4.1.2 by the way and it's the 16 gigabyte version about nine and a half of those gigs are usable out of the box there's also a pair of custom soft keys down here one of them leading to a rack of customizable shortcuts and the other to a remote control application and presumably to take advantage of the IR port that's almost invisible along the top edge as you might expect the screen is a total smudge factory after just an hour of use there was a respectable film of filth on the glass but on the flip side that soft touch back feels amazing to hold that coating also inspires confidence that you're not going to scratch the thing to pieces the first time you casually drop it onto a table and the ip55 and ip57 immersion ratings I mean the tablet Z can even take a dunk in the sink but you'll have to wait for the full review to see that that's what we call little T's right there we can already tell the design of this hardware is probably going to be one of the bright spots of our review keep in mind this is just a first look but at this point it's absolutely one of the more comfortable 10 inch tablets we've handled ever in part thanks to its low mass compared to other tablets in its weight class the 495 grams isn't light but it's not heavy either the thing feels great and our preliminary and informal flex test gives us a good feeling about its durability battery life benchmarks daylight performance water resistance portrait usage and so much more there's a lot left to explore in the tablet sea and we've just barely scratched the surface here on day one keep it locked to pocket now for comparisons follow-ups and our full review coming soon and if you just can't wait to buy your own Xperia Z and you want one right now do what we did visit Negri electronics in the link down in the description and while you're waiting for more on the sony xperia tablet z follow us on social media so you don't miss a thing drop us a like if you did enjoy the video leave a comment if you have something to add or a question to ask us to cover in the final review and as always thank you for watching we'll see you next time you