 Hey guys, I'm Vlad from The Verge here at IFA 2015 and as you can see we're just outside Sony's booth and the thing I hold in my hand is the new Xperia Z5, the brand new smartphone that the company has introduced and it's part of a family. There's the usual Xperia Z5 Compact, it's 4.6 inch display, let's say the standard Z5 is 5.2 inches and then there's a brand new Xperia Z5 Premium which is a 5.5 inch 4K display. Sony is calling this a super flagship for whatever that means and I really have no idea why it has a 4K display. I see 5.5 inch phones with 1080p displays and they're perfectly fine, but you know more pixels more power to Sony I guess. And there is one other feature about this phone which you will find pretty cool which is if you turn it around, this is the chrome version which means that Sony has literally put a mirror on the back of this phone. Again why you put a mirror or a 4K display on a phone I don't know, you have to ask Sony about that. This is it, it's the Xperia Z5 Premium. You notice on the side this thing has a fingerprint sensor on the power button which is also true of standard and compact Z5. The specs are pretty much universal with all of these, there's Snapdragon 810 processors, 3GB of RAM in the premium and the standard. I really think people are going to start calling the Z5 standard, standard after I've done it so many times. But yeah, same processor, same 23 megapixel camera, this brand new sensor, first new sensor in the Xperia series with the Z5 level and finally Sony has chosen to upgrade the sensor, go with a 23 megapixel one, it says it's the best mobile camera it's ever made. I would love that to be the case, I have to try it out for myself. The fingerprint sensor though, I want to get back to that because it works really well, it works surprisingly well in fact. It's just so smooth and quick and I'm a fan of having it on the side as well so it just unlocks your phone so quickly, you don't need to reach down for a home button and go up. It just makes a ton of sense to me. Also the design of these phones, again sitting inside the chrome one which is outlandish, they have these matte finishes on the back or singular matte finish on the back and these colors you've got this gold and this gray silverish one, I'm a huge fan of them I have to say. And I've always been a huge fan of the compact and that's still the case. I love the size of this, it really feels like a phone for a human being rather than an NBA player or whatever. But we'll set that aside for a moment and just take a closer look at the Z5 itself. It changes from the Z3 series that it's more angular, it has a more defined edge all around the sides, it's more of a rectangle, it's blockier and you know I can understand why Sony did that because with the Z3 it really smoothed out the corners and the curve and everything and made for slightly slipperier grip. So now you feel more of an edge right around the back there. It's not an uncomfortable thing, it kind of protrudes a little bit, the side kind of protrudes from the back but it's not an uncomfortable feeling, it's kind of reassuring honestly and I feel like the weight of these phones is also really good. I don't feel like the premium is too heavy, I don't feel like the compact is too light, they just kind of feel right. So Sony has done what Sony usually does is keep the Xperia series pretty much consistent all across generations but it's made a few tweaks and I think they're for the better. Also worth noticing the micro USB port is waterproof, the headphone jack is also waterproof, the entire thing is waterproof but they don't need that city cap that Sony used to have in previous generations. So I'm a big fan of that, small little tweak but makes a difference. So to be honest I find these exciting, I find these interesting, it was kind of an underwhelming presentation from Sony today, it didn't have all that many surprises mostly because these phones leaked but seeing them in person, you know set aside the 4K resolution and the premium, the clarity, the contrast and just the quality of these displays has impressed me and you know I'm excited to see and to spend more time with these, particularly with that new camera. If Sony lives up to its promise with the Z5 camera being amazing, particularly with the compact, I mean a phone of this size having an awesome 23 megapixel camera is something I've dreamed of for a long time and let's not forget Sony promises two days of battery life out of all these phones and it's usually lived up to that in its previous generations. So like I say there's a lot to live up to with these phones and I'm looking forward to seeing more of them.
 Hey guys, I'm Vlad from The Verge here at IFA 2015 and as you can see we're just outside
 Sony's booth and the thing I hold in my hand is the new Xperia Z5, the brand new smartphone
 that the company has introduced and it's part of a family.
 There's the usual Xperia Z5 Compact, it's 4.6 inch display, let's say the standard Z5
 is 5.2 inches and then there's a brand new Xperia Z5 Premium which is a 5.5 inch 4K display.
 Sony is calling this a super flagship for whatever that means and I really have no idea
 why it has a 4K display.
 I see 5.5 inch phones with 1080p displays and they're perfectly fine, but you know more
 pixels more power to Sony I guess.
 And there is one other feature about this phone which you will find pretty cool which
 is if you turn it around, this is the chrome version which means that Sony has literally
 put a mirror on the back of this phone.
 Again why you put a mirror or a 4K display on a phone I don't know, you have to ask Sony
 about that.
 This is it, it's the Xperia Z5 Premium.
 You notice on the side this thing has a fingerprint sensor on the power button which is also true
 of standard and compact Z5.
 The specs are pretty much universal with all of these, there's Snapdragon 810 processors,
 3GB of RAM in the premium and the standard.
 I really think people are going to start calling the Z5 standard, standard after I've done
 it so many times.
 But yeah, same processor, same 23 megapixel camera, this brand new sensor, first new sensor
 in the Xperia series with the Z5 level and finally Sony has chosen to upgrade the sensor,
 go with a 23 megapixel one, it says it's the best mobile camera it's ever made.
 I would love that to be the case, I have to try it out for myself.
 The fingerprint sensor though, I want to get back to that because it works really well,
 it works surprisingly well in fact.
 It's just so smooth and quick and I'm a fan of having it on the side as well so it just
 unlocks your phone so quickly, you don't need to reach down for a home button and go up.
 It just makes a ton of sense to me.
 Also the design of these phones, again sitting inside the chrome one which is outlandish,
 they have these matte finishes on the back or singular matte finish on the back and these
 colors you've got this gold and this gray silverish one, I'm a huge fan of them I have
 to say.
 And I've always been a huge fan of the compact and that's still the case.
 I love the size of this, it really feels like a phone for a human being rather than an NBA
 player or whatever.
 But we'll set that aside for a moment and just take a closer look at the Z5 itself.
 It changes from the Z3 series that it's more angular, it has a more defined edge all around
 the sides, it's more of a rectangle, it's blockier and you know I can understand why
 Sony did that because with the Z3 it really smoothed out the corners and the curve and
 everything and made for slightly slipperier grip.
 So now you feel more of an edge right around the back there.
 It's not an uncomfortable thing, it kind of protrudes a little bit, the side kind of protrudes
 from the back but it's not an uncomfortable feeling, it's kind of reassuring honestly
 and I feel like the weight of these phones is also really good.
 I don't feel like the premium is too heavy, I don't feel like the compact is too light,
 they just kind of feel right.
 So Sony has done what Sony usually does is keep the Xperia series pretty much consistent
 all across generations but it's made a few tweaks and I think they're for the better.
 Also worth noticing the micro USB port is waterproof, the headphone jack is also waterproof,
 the entire thing is waterproof but they don't need that city cap that Sony used to have
 in previous generations.
 So I'm a big fan of that, small little tweak but makes a difference.
 So to be honest I find these exciting, I find these interesting, it was kind of an underwhelming
 presentation from Sony today, it didn't have all that many surprises mostly because these
 phones leaked but seeing them in person, you know set aside the 4K resolution and the premium,
 the clarity, the contrast and just the quality of these displays has impressed me and you
 know I'm excited to see and to spend more time with these, particularly with that new
 camera.
 If Sony lives up to its promise with the Z5 camera being amazing, particularly with the
 compact, I mean a phone of this size having an awesome 23 megapixel camera is something
 I've dreamed of for a long time and let's not forget Sony promises two days of battery
 life out of all these phones and it's usually lived up to that in its previous generations.
 So like I say there's a lot to live up to with these phones and I'm looking forward
 to seeing more of them.