Oh Sony, how great it is that for the second time you have made a high-end smartphone with innovative technological features available. The Xperia XZ Premium impresses with high-resolution sound, noise cancelling with the appropriate headphones and a slow-motion function that works really well.

nice-looking case made of glass and metal; brilliant 4K HDR display; good front camera; nifty slow-motion videos; compatible with high-resolution audio; water and dust resistant; up-to-date operating system; 3.5 mm audio combo; fast Wi-Fi; large number of LTE frequencies; good battery runtime; high...

pressure-sensitive front; wide bezels; main camera lacks sharpness; super-slow-motion function has strong time limit; a lot of bloatware; Wi-Fi reception is only good close to the router; GPS module a little slow; mediocre and noisy call quality; slight blue cast on display; slow microSD card reader

Many people are loyal fans of the Sony brand, not just for their smartphones, but for their televisions, displays and image processors and sensors for cameras of all types. The Sony Xperia XZ Premium is the technological essence of almost all these areas.

High-quality manufacturing; Slow-motion recordings up to 960 fps; Very good performance; Good camera

Design; Software still needs improvement; Lacking content adapted to hardware

Sony's televisions and game consoles are incredibly popular, but its smartphones? Not so much. So the company went back to the drawing board with this year's model. The result, the $800 Xperia XZ Premium, combines the best of Sony's Bravia TVs and its PlayStation console.

Gorgeous 4K HDR display; Bright screen shows off lots of colors accurately; Solid front- and rear-facing cameras; Powerful performance

4K content is limited at this stage; No fingerprint sensor; So-so battery life; compared to other flagships; Super-slow-motion feature feels like a novelty

The Sony Xperia XZ Premium goes all in with features that the company dabbled in with recent offerings, making it a worthy consideration for anyone that is willing to overlook the lack of a fingerprint reader and basically non-existent carrier availability in the States.

Sleek design Powerful 4K display Top-notch performance Great audio experience Lightweight software is snappy and smooth Powerful Auto camera Dedicated camera button

Design is all too familiar No fingerprint reader in western units Software ROM cripples Android Pay Battery life average overall

What defines a premium product? To my mind, it's the added benefit or advantage of something that you wouldn't be able to obtain at a lower price. An example might be the $4,000 Focal Utopia headphones with beryllium drivers, whose sound is hard to rival and unobtainable without that extremely rigid...

Bright; pixel-dense display; Snappy performance; Good battery life

Underwhelming camera; Unergonomic design; Display bezels are huge by 2017 standards

Sony's top Android smartphone offering has all the bells and whistles to make it a viable contender against other top dogs. While Samsung and LG have opted to go with an all-screen phone, Sony is still taking the simple path.

Excellent performance; Great camera; Good multimedia features

Emmanuel shares his opinions in this detailed Sony Xperia XZ Premium review – all the juicy details about what he loves and hates. The Sony Xperia XZ Premium is an Android smartphone with the latest processors as well as cameras. How does it fare in day-to-day use? Keep reading to find out.

Solid 4K display; Really good battery life; Good camera with amazing stabilization

Fingerprint magnet; Somewhat outdated design; Low loudspeaker volume

The Xperia XZ Premium is worth putting on your wishlist thanks to its sheer power and a fantastic camera experience that approaches (but doesn't quite surpass) Samsung and Apple's best.

The Sony Xperia XZ Premium has a gorgeous 4K display. Better yet, a 4K HDR display! The latest Snapdragon 835 chipset is pulling the strings and delivering lightning-fast LTE while the Adreno 540 is firing up millions of pixels in a heartbeat.

Sony Xperia XZ Premium is a top notch phone, there's no doubt. The camera ticks the right boxes, the overall UI and performance is not bad, though it could be smoother. As far as premium goes, this phone covers it all, offering the complete package.