Sony Xperia XZ - Unlocked Smartphone - 32GB - Platinum (US Warranty)

Sony, Sony is a very strange company sometimes and can really make you wonder what in the world they are doing, but one thing has seemed to always hold true throughout their insane decisions, quality. Everything Sony has ever made has absolutely flawless quality, all of their products are the epitome of perfection, and the Xperia XZ absolutely continues that tradition.I had an Xperia Z3 for two years before buying this phone, and I was stuck on outdated Android 5 because of T-Mobile pretending they never sold it, and I refused to switch to another brand, even with old, outdated Android, and it starting to show its age (although, still running fantastically well, and if I could get a newer OS on it, would probably still be using). Sony's Xperia line of phones are just so far ahead of everything Samsung, LG, or whatever else is out there it's unbelievable. My Z3, after *two years* still managed at least two days worth of battery life, no problem. And I have no doubts that the XZ will live up to the greatness that has been established.One thing that absolutely floored me as soon as I started using the XZ was its camera, now my Z3 had a pretty damn good camera too, and before that I had a Lumia 925 as my daily driver, but the XZ's camera is *scary* how great the pictures come out, from my testing I have a damn hard time believing that a phone took them. Obviously a DSLR can still do better, but for something you will always have on you? The camera on this phone is unbelievable, and the "laser autofocus" system is stupidly fast and very accurate, in under a second the focus is perfect and right where it needs to be, even in low light conditions. Some testing I did was in a room with just a 40w lightbulb on and it had focus almost instantly, every time.Performance is stellar too, it just flies through everything I even try throwing at it, even while downloading all of my apps onto it there was barely any stutter, and now that everything is installed and up to date, everything just glides.I also like how out of the box the default configuration pushes you towards full device encryption, and when you put in a microSD card it pops up a notification asking it you would like it encrypted as well, massive props to Sony for pushing for privacy there.The only real negative thing I can even think of saying about it would be that the fingerprint reader is disabled on the US version of the ROM, which, honestly doesn't really bother me that much, but would be a nice feature to have. Luckily, if I do want it, flashing the UK ROM enables it no problem.Overall, it is a stunningly gorgeous phone that completely exceeds all of my already high expectations from previous Sony phones, it's a damn shame that there are no carriers that still offer Sony phones in the US so that more people can see how great they are. Even paying full price upfront, it's still worth it.Stop looking at the garbage that LG and Samsung put out that die after a year (more of a jab towards LG there, everyone I know has had at least one LG phone die to bootloop woes, and Samsung isn't much better), and go with Sony, you won't regret it.

Beautiful design. Feels expensive and good in the hand, not too big not too small but of course is is relative as we all have difference size hands.Amazing screen! The colors are rich and vibrant when using it, viewing pics, or watching videos.Powerful! It flew threw setup and installing my last Android backup in record time. Also it updated to Nougat while I was setting it up for the first time, so the latest Android OS right from the start was a great bonus!Yes the international version is 64GB of internal memory vs the US's 32, but with up to 256 MicroSD expandable memory, that's not really an issue. Plus not all US carriers provide full bandwidth support for the international version (i.e. you might not get LTE, only 4G) so do your research before buying based on specs alone.Price is right compared to other phones on the market, i.e. the new Google Pixel. I had already pre-ordered my XZ but watched the Pixel announcement and really liked what they are finally doing, but also had some concerns: 1) it's first gen tech. Google is an amazing company but i've been burned before and make it a point to never buy 'the first' of any new tech that's released. 2) it's expensive! if you get the big 128GB model and the insurance it's going to sent you back just under $900 bucks. That's asking a lot for a smartphone, even one that's 100% Google made. So when i looked at the two, i stuck with my XZ and couldn't be happier.And battery life has been really good. Using it all day (8AM to 9PM) without charging and still have 30-40% juice left. Mine came with Sony's rapid charging wall-plug, and I bought some Anker 3.0 USB-C cables (bought through Amazon of course ^_^), so she charges very quickly. I think in under 10 minutes I went from under 50% battery life to 100%.I'm not a tech professional by any means, I'm just your average consumer that's tech savvy and values my dollars going to quality products that I'll get at least 2-3 years solid use out. Yes, there are other Android phones on the market with bigger/better technical specs, but not everything needs to be 100% top-end. If you do that you get crap battery life because that bigger processor and better screen and finger print scanner and all those other 'nice to haves' need juice to run. The more you tack on, the harder the phone has to work, the hotter it runs and the crappier the battery life is. So I'm happy with the Sony XZ because it takes advantage of everything I want in a premium phone, has high-end specs that work in its beautiful design, and they made it so it works as hard without over doing it.All in all it's one of the best Android phones I've ever used, and I've used all the majors (Samsung, Motorola, and HTC) and none of them compare to this. I only hope it sells well so that Sony further invests in the US market because we've been waiting for high-end Android phones like the XZ for years.