Jan 28, 2017 03:15 AM
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It has been a week now that I have been using this gorgeous looking phone with superior build quality, great hardware internals and finally a Sony phone with the camera well done. The software is well optimised, decluttered and pretty straight forward as against some heavily skinned versions on other OEMs. But maybe Sony went a bit too far in cutting off some of the features which were actually helpful as seen in phones of previous generations, as old as 2012 or later. Now coming to the tough part, yes, it is quite disappointing and frustrating to see big brands like these screw up big time on their flagships. The reference here being to a lot of software bugs(maybe hardware too) that have started to show on the device, apparently across all regions. The Xperia XZ page on Sony Support Forums is riddled with various issues, few of which has been reported worldwide, not really something you want hear when shelling out a premium price tag device. Some of the issues most commonly users have been facing are:
1) The double Tap-to-Wake feature is a dud, you will only hurt your fingers tapping forever.
2) The fingerprint scanner is not really serving the purpose. You can set it up but the chances of you unlocking the phone using PIN/Password/Pattern is more than you getting to scan your FP and be led straight to your Home screen.
3) There is a major issue either with video rendering or video codec handling, because irrespective of where or how(YouTube, Facebook, Webpages or video file on phone memory) you are trying to play a video, it is likely to stutter more or not play at all. A restart of the phone only solves the issue temporarily.
