The Battle of phablets Their ring found on our website and we’re the judges staying on the sidelines, enjoying the spectacle. Our challengers are Sony’s giant Xperia Z Ultra and Samsung’s Galaxy Note 2 and this is how They present themeselves in our competition.
Displays, designs and sizes
The Xperia Ultra Z is a big, big phablet and Sony opted for a large display 6.44inches triluminos Which is Capable of Supporting a resolution of 1080x1920pixels with 344ppi. The colors are naturally Reproduced Thanks to the X-Reality Engine technology developed by Sony for its smartphones. And we’re surethat you’ll like the sharp, bright and vivid images seen on this device. The phone is extremely thin (6.5mm) and has polycarbonate rear panel covered with glass, Which gives a premium look. There’s a silver trim surrounding the display, reminding us of the original Xperia Z, but Which is thicker. The phone is water and dust resistant (IP58 certified), but it lacks an S Pen stylus and this could be Considered a small inconvenience. The Z Ultra has a height of 179.4mm, a width of 92.2mm and a weight of 212grams.
The Galaxy Note 2 is smaller, featuring a Super AMOLED display sized at 5.5inches with 720x1280pixels and 267ppi and it’s inseparable from its S Pen stylus. But you’ll have to be careful not to drop it in water, Because You’re Risking to “kill” your phone. In terms of design, there’s nothing special about this phone’s exterior, as it has a glossy rear panel with round edges and corners. The camera is located in the middle and below the display you’ll see one physical button, Which the Z Ultra does not have. This device Measures 151.1 × 80.5 × 9.4mm and weights 183grams.
Hardware and OS
The monster Xperia Z Ultra has some spectacular internal specifications, as it Comes With a quad core Krait processor 400 clocked at 2.2GHz, supported by a Qualcomm MSM8274 or MSM8974 Snapdragon chipset 800, plus an Adreno 330 GPU. It has a convenient internal memory of 16GB Which Supports expansion up to 64GB with a microSD card and it runs on the Android platform, v4.2 (Jelly Bean), Which is upgradable to v4.4.4 (KitKat), and has 2GB of RAM. The Phone Supports Bluetooth, WiFi, WiFi Direct, NFC, DLNA, microUSB, FM radio and GPS and uses its own interface on top of the Android OS.
The Note 2 runs smoothly with a quad core 1.6GHz Cortex-A9 processor, backed by an Exynos 4412 chipset and coupled with a Mali-400MP4 GPU and 2GB of RAM. It has three variants of internal memories The first two ones are 16 and 32, expandable up to 64GB and the third one has a capacity of 64GB. You will not experience any problems on the Android 4.1.1 (Jelly Bean) OS, but you’ll prefer to be up to date with the latest applications available on the v4.4.2 (KitKat). The phone has the same connectivity options.
Cameras
Both phones are equipped with 8MP back cameras with mutual featuressuch as auto focus, face detection, geo tagging etc. The Z Ultra has an Exmor RS BSI sensor with HDR, but it lacks LED flash and this is a major drawback for Sony. The other camera on this phone is 2MP with video recording capabilities at 1080p @ 30fps.
The Note 2 takes accurate photos and it’s Capable of Recording Simultaneously HD videos and images. The front camera is 1.9MP, Which is good enough for video calls.
Batteries
The Xperia Z Ultra has a built in battery of 3050mAh Which Provides 16 hours of talktime on 3G and 14 hours on 2G. The Note 2 has a user replaceable 3100mAh battery Which lasts 16 hours When talking on 3G and 35 hours on 2G.
Prices
The Xperia Ultra Z costs 380 dollars and for the 16GB variant of the Note 2 you’ll pay 449 dollars.
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