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Sony recently ditched ericsson and not a moment too soon, the product line since that merger has been diluted down and for those that know Sony has been losing (not just in smartphones) around a billion a year since they recently solved off their PC division (a sad day for owners of Sony Vaios) The sony brand has focused heavily on mobile along with the other billion items they manufacture.

The Xperia Z range (including the 1, s, ultra and compact) has been their best in a long time, the likes of the ones before it the S and F ranges were very average devices with little to shout about however the First Xperia Z struck a clear message my concern with Sony is how quickly they are releasing updates I would like to see them scale back and focus on 4-5 releases at the same time i.e when they release the Z1s they could could have released the rest of the brand at the same time.

Furthermore taking this device out of water it’s 20 megapixel camera needs improvement, under water it’s fantastic, lack of OIS is a bit off too given Sony’s massive experience in the camera game. Lastly the Ultra.. certainly needs to stay as a tablet, remove the mobile radio once and for all .. nobody wants an 8 inch phone!

In terms of build quality you cannot fault Sony of recent, the double glass is a bit much but the device is a great device in terms of build and one day it would be cool to see what they have lined up next.. tho personally I’d go with their nice all white models.

in terms of call and in general mic quality at the moment the Nokia Icon is by far the best, it’s quite a new phone and has an interesting design too to be honest sadly it is a windows based phone but the mics on this thing have won praise everywhere 4 noise cancelling mics around the device..impressive.

I think you need to goto a nokia store and ask to use the Nokia Icon, sony offers some great mics, indeed the Z2 is awesome but the Nokia icon on paper, in reviews and everywhere else due to it’s 3 HIGH QUALITY mics (note 3, most only use 1, sometimes 2) are killing call quality – sony have responses via accessories however.

Sony have produced a modern windows phone for the past 2 years, the modern day sony and even the sony of past do have good mics, they do have some of the worlds best sound engineers so of course great.. nokia however has always been good in this area, but the icon is better than anything they have done before.