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welcome back to the lab Sony getting our first look at the Xperia XE and we're already happy to see a few improvements over the last Xperia we reviewed general reactions to the X performance were pretty underwhelming and the XE looks to address several of our complaints we're not doing the full unboxing thing here as this wasn't really a sealed unit when it arrived it didn't have a charger in the box but we do have some early thoughts to share first of all we're digging the subtle design touches and updates wrapping edges and rounding off corners this is still a monolithic slab look but it feels like a fresh take on what we've seen from previous Sony's it's repetitive to say but we really do enjoy Sony engineering these phones are sharp clean modern and professional the XZ continues to reinforce that opinion on first glance this gadget feels better pieced together than the X performance it replaces our review unit which had issues around the SIM card tray none of the trim on this device is separating from the main phone body but we're not sure what this panel is for perhaps additional clearance for radio reception it feels a little different than the rest of the phone back but maybe we should invest in some of those fancy picks for scratch tests now probably not the tech specs are well-worn Xperia territory the screen size increases over the X performance nowI 5.2 inch diagonal but the resolution stays the same at 1080p we've got a Qualcomm 820 on tap with three gigabytes of RAM and 32 gigabytes of storage the whole affair powered by a 2900 milliamp hour battery stereo speakers bookend the front faced with a 13 megapixel camera for selfies up top the rear of the phone holds a 23 megapixel shooter with a new combo of sensors which we talked about after this phone was announced out at Aoife this year the right side of the phone holds the usual Xperia power button a lower mounted volume rocker and a dedicated camera button all phones should have dedicated camera buttons the headphone jacks up top and new for this product line a USB C port on the bottom of the phone ooh-la-la the setup was fast enough first boot was quick Wi-Fi scanning was fully fast and we only got nagged by one screen to sign up for Sony services well done there a once we're delivered to the home screens we're happy to see the default wallpaper isn't that fuchsia mess that previous ex phones have featured this is a much more calming blue wallpaper a performance update greeted us after the set up and we're off and running the software also very familiar for folks who have used a recent Sony phone there are lots of little areas for search like in the app drawer swiping down on a home screen even for Sony's additions navigation through notifications and settings is familiar and there doesn't seem to be a lot of blow pre-installed some value-added software like AVG Spotify and Amazon but nothing too egregious eating up your storage and that's about where we should leave this hands-on but these first impressions are always so dull we've spent less than 20 hours with the phone there's not a lot of info or experiences to share yet instead let's play a little game I'm going to make some predictions about this phone given what we know about Sony phones we've reviewed in the past and we'll see how right I was during the full review first two Hardware issues are going to really bug me 1 this phone does not have a fingerprint sensor this is an obnoxious omission for how many people have gotten used to unlocking their phones with fingerprint sensors and 2 Sony phones are still super aggressive about rebooting once the sim card tray is pulled a mild annoyance for most but there are plenty of times that I will need to swap a memory card I'm guessing this will be a phenomenally good camera sensor but I'm worried this camera app will get in the way of great hardware likewise for audio these speakers will compare well against many stereo speaker phones but I'm guessing the headphone jack will probably land somewhere in galaxy s7 territory lastly I expect battery life will probably fall slightly behind the galaxy s7 given the difference in battery capacity and display technology but any improvement over the X performance will be a welcome upgrade so there you have folks my predictions for the Xperia XZ drop me a comment down below with what penalties I should face if I get most of these wrong if you come up with something really creative maybe we'll use it for the full review as always thanks so much for watching be sure to subscribe to this channel for more videos like these and help us out with some sharing on your favorite social networks for PocketNow I'm Juan Carlos now some gadget guy on Twitter and Instagram and I will catch you all on the next video