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The world’s first 4K phone is here, and it will give you pause for reflection
● Mobillus narcissus Many phones have a shiny finish, but the back of the chrome version of the Z5 Premium is, for all intents and purposes, an actual mirror. So there you are, peering closer and closer at the 4K screen on the front in an attempt to discern pixels and… eek! You’ve absently flipped it over and caught an extreme close-up of your own fizzog. The shock of self-spying in better-than-4K might cause you to drop your phone into the gin. No matter: it’s a Sony, it’s waterproof.
● There will be trolls “Why would anyone need such a high-res screen?” is the clean summary of the troll community output. But if there’s one thing we know about trolls, it’s that they’ve got terrible eyesight and little sense of gadget joy. Granted, there are no content services capable of breaking the 5.5in, 3840x2160 screen into a sweat. But when they come, by the gods, you’ll be ready! And in the meantime you can have 806ppi fun downloading big photos or sticking in the microSD card from your 4K action cam and watching the footage. A giant 3840mAh battery should keep the lights on.
● Inside out Within the confines of the mostly cuboidical 7.8mm Z5, there’s a thrumming Snapdragon 810 processor and 3GB of RAM. But there’s also a new camera sensor: a 1/2.3in 23MP Exmor RS camera sensor with a f2.0 lens. Its autofocus works in 0.03secs, which is a fraction of the fraction of a second about which other manufacturers crow.
● Version aversion 4K too flashy? Try the 4.6in, 720p Z5 Compact or 5.2in, 1080p Z5. Both have the same Qualcomm chip and fast-focusing camera. But not the mirrored finish.
