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Over a series of three articles, we take a detailed look at this important smartphone. Design The Xperia Z feels solid with very few plastic parts and those which are present are of high quality. It is certainly a good looking phone, easily Sony’s best-looking smartphone ever, although compromises have been made to get these slender good looks. The lack of a removable battery panel limits the ability to carry a spare battery and makes it harder to replace failing batteries, but is does allow the components to be squeezed together in order to achieve the impressively thin 7.9mm (0.31 inch) thick chassis which weighs just 145g (or 5.16 ounces). The glass-coated rear casing brings the Sony up to the quality levels achieved by the HTC One and Apple iPhone 5, although to give the handset a unique element Sony has extended these glass panels around the sides. The back panel and front screen are made of shatter-resistant glass (although not Corning Gorilla Glass), while a glass-fibre polyamide chassis with slightly rounded corners connects the glass panels together.

Overall the Sony comes across as a high end smartphone, only bettered in terms of quality and feel by the fabulous HTC One. In our opinion the Xperia is a nicer device than the iPhone 5 and a great deal better than Samsung’s top smartphone, the Galaxy S4 which just has too much average feeling plastic to appeal to those looking for a quality feel to their phone. Although it’s a good looking device, the lager casing dictated by that huge 5-inch screen and associated bezel mean that it isn’t very comfortable to hold unless you happen to have gigantic hands and reaching the phone’s top edge is a bit of a stretch during one-handed use. The sharp 90-degree corners also hinder usability a little. It is worth noting that Sony plan to introduce a slightly smaller version, dubbed the Xperia ZR, for those who feel the full sized Z is a little too large. Other design features worth mentioning are the (unfortunately) tiny speaker which doesn’t really offer anything other than acceptable sound quality, with the HTC One and its front facing stereo speakers still well ahead of the smartphone pack when it comes to sonic performance. The rear mounted 13MP camera lens is slightly recessed, which it a nice touch that will help to prevent it from getting scratched whilst the front-facing 2MP camera is situated just above the screen.

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Apart from the microphone there is nothing below the screen as the Xperia Z employs on-screen buttons rather than any physical keys. The handset will be available in black or white, with a purple edition soon to join the line up. 5-inch 1080p HD screen While several manufactures have announced handsets with 5-inch, 1080p screens, the Xperia Z is one of the first to be made available. Thanks to the upgrade to a 1080p resolution screen, the Xperia Z offers a higher screen density than its predecessor the Xperia T (at 443 pixels per inch).