Sony Xperia Z3 review

Has Sony added enough to warrant a Z2 sequel already?

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By Gareth Beavis
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Sony Xperia Z3
A much better phone - but needs some tweaking

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Sony Xperia Z3 review

The focusing is strong and able to pick out detail well

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Low light performance is OK, if a bit noisy, and you'll still need to fiddle with the white balance

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With low light mode activated, things get a lot clearer, if still noisy to a degree

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Still shots work well for low light mode

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Fast moving images are OK with it turned off, but not exactly bright

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The macro mode takes a few attempts, and while not sharply defined is passable

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Taken from the Xperia Z3

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Taken from the iPhone 6, which you can see has better low light sensitivity and equal clarity and colour reproduction

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Background defocus works very well with still images

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It does work with moving subjects, but the blurring does get confused

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Gareth Beavis
Gareth Beavis
Formerly Global Editor in Chief

Gareth has been part of the consumer technology world in a career spanning three decades. He started life as a staff writer on the fledgling TechRadar, and has grown with the site (primarily as phones, tablets and wearables editor) until becoming Global Editor in Chief in 2018. Gareth has written over 4,000 articles for TechRadar, has contributed expert insight to a number of other publications, chaired panels on zeitgeist technologies, presented at the Gadget Show Live as well as representing the brand on TV and radio for multiple channels including Sky, BBC, ITV and Al-Jazeera. Passionate about fitness, he can bore anyone rigid about stress management, sleep tracking, heart rate variance as well as bemoaning something about the latest iPhone, Galaxy or OLED TV.