Comparison of the new Sony handsets announced at IFA 2014

One of the largest product announcements at this year’s IFA was by Sony when they unveiled the highly anticipated Z3, alongside the Z3 compact and Sony’s entry level Xperia E3.

Not sure which is for you? Read on to find out the details:

Xperia Z3:

As with its Z2 predecessor, the Sony Xperia Z3 runs on the same Snapdrogon 801 chip, with 3GB of Ram and 16GB of storage. The 5.2 inch screen is also unchanged and as before, the Z3 is fully waterproof.

However, we were pleased to see that Sony has offered enough improvements to make the upgrade worthwhile. The Z3 showcases a stylish, rounded metal frame, with special nylon corner caps for added protection for the aluminium frame. Battery life has also been improved, with a claim of a two day life.

The camera remains the same, at a whopping 20.7 MP, but ISO sensitivity has been increased to 12800 on the camera, with Intelligent Active mode that helps minimize movement blur during video recording.

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The biggest draw to entice an upgrade is aimed at gamers. With the Xperia Z3 you can play PlayStation 4 games on the device, if paired with your PS4. Transferring your existing PS4 games to your Z3, not only allows gaming portability, but frees up the TV for the rest of the family.

 

Xperia Z3 Compact

Despite being thinner and lighter than the Z3, the Sony Xperia Z3 Compact offers almost an exact match for the features provided on the flag-ship Z3. Users will enjoy the same processor, GPU and storage, as well as a 20.7MP camera with increased ISO sensitivity.

The main difference between the handsets is of course size. The Z3 compact houses a 4.3 inch screen (which is still larger than the iPhone 5s). RAM is also reduced to 2GB, which isn’t enough of a downgrade to impact hugely on performance. Other than that, the Xperia Z3 compact is a good competitor for its big brother.

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Xperia E3

The Sony Xperia E3 is a budget smartphone which bears a 4.5 inch IPS display, quad-core Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 processer (at 1.2GHz), 1GB of RAM and Adreno 305 GPU.

We were pleased to see that despite its budget label, the handset runs on Android 4.4 KitKat and offers users an acceptable 5 mega pixel rear camera.  Sony’s own photo and video editing app is a fun feature for those who love to share their snaps on social media.

A entertaining little feature on the handset is Sony’s ‘shake to start’ app that allows users to customise shortcuts to access apps at the flick of the wrist.

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All handsets are on pre-order now  and are expected in to stock end of next week.

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