My favourite part of the z2 is the long battery life and front facing speakers what every phone needs. I think dbrands skin looks really good and suits the phone.
What really stands out about the Xperia Z2 to me is the feel of the phone. It feels rock solid, yet not too heavy. The reason I love Dbrand is that they are one of very few to make high quality skins for phones.
I really like how nice and crisp the camera is beautiful pictures can be taken with this beast. Not to mention the look of the phone it self and some of dbrands amazing skins. Top notch.
I've used this phone around 2 months and i can really recommend it! There's a lot of good features, while the best one is the battery (the screen and camera are close though). 3200mah is great. Even using the stamina mode (queues auto-syncs better by slowing down auto-syncs and push to happen less often and focused to when you're using the phone) gives you great performance. I'm seriously using this phone 1-2 full days without charging. And that's with some calls, lots of texting and auto-sync on many accounts, checking social media and listening to 1-2 hour of audiobooks/music each day. Normal day-to-day usage in my oppinion. Even when i drop to 20-30% battery i can get around 12 more hours on standby with stamina mode (still being able to get calls, texts etc.)
I liked the fact that Sony has front facing speakers major deal in my opinion as well as how nicely rapped the custom case work was it looked flawless great work on the skin and box
I liked how the Z2 is water proof and has settings for gloved use; some phones are incompatible with some gloves and it is frustrating. The "take 2 picture and able to adjust background blur" feature is also an option all phones with good cameras should have. Dbrand is awesome for sponsering you which contributes to us being able to enjoy your show!
the Sony xperia z2 looks awesome, love the crystal clear display and all the camera feature and to wrap the phone up is a wonderful and cool design from dbrand. GOOD LUCK EVERY BODY
my favorite thing about z2 is that it support dualshock 3 out of the box without rooting and beautiful design my favorite part of dbrand is that that skin is orange with white. thats awesome!!!
What I have really been looking forward to about this phone and the other xperia phones is that its completely water proof. That combined with its outstanding 20mp camera and 4k video resolution I plan on doing some awesome underwater filming. And the orange LinusTechTips skin is pretty sexy to :3
i just love the fact that the ips panel is combined with the dust and waterproof chasis. and it´s linus cover is realy eye catching. and the camera is very usefull on the road at concerts and festivals in the roof of the stage. and as audiofreek i realy like the front facing speakers.
One thing i think should be mentioned, is the ICE - in case of emergency in the phonebook. It lets you add multiple contacts and medical information, very nice feature from sony to add this.
I love the "Quick Settings"(I think you called them) on the Status bar pulldown in all the Cyanogenmod versions I've used since if you longpress them they open the full settings.
I've always been a Sony fan. Most of the products which I use is Sony, including my smartphone and TV. :) I've been using the Xperia V lately. Amazing phone, just love it. But when the Xperia Z2 came out, I was like WOW. There's a lot of things which I like about this phone. and there's a whole bunch of stuff which makes the phone superior from others. 1. Great design, Water and Dust Proof, The Lock/(ON-OFF) button is one of a kind. 2. Amazing 20.7 MP Camera, Large Sensor, 4K video recording. 3. Super sharp display producing accurate vivid colors, Triluminos display, X-Reality Engine. 4. Front facing stereo speakers that produce dynamic and clear sound. 5. Great processor, 3 gigs of Ram. So lag free and smooth user experience. 6. Huge 3200 mAh battery, lots of juice, lasts almost 2 days with a single charge. By the way, I've heard about dbrand a lot but never got a chance to use their products as it's not available where I live in (Bangladesh). But I gotta admit, that the custom skin on the Z2 looks freaking awesome. Wish I had an amazing phone like that. :( Anyways good job Linus. I've always liked your reviews. Keep up the good job bro.
what I like most is that they gave us (the viewer) the chance to get a good phone in the hands of a good reviewer. as Linus would say "thumbs up to you dbrand"! And i also love the 360 controller skins, kinda a nice flair to something I look at everyday!
The best thing about the Sony Xperia Z2 is that it is waterproof!! It totally rules the phone industry because it's amazing stats!! My favourite part about dbrand is that they have extremely durable skins and they look amazing!!
Such a nice phone. I like the fact that sony improved the screen to IPS that allows a better viewing experience and that custom casing from dubrand makes the phone look even better. Keep up the good work. Thank you Linus for all the awesome tips on everything tech. I always watch your channel and NCIX.
I have this phone myself and comparing to anything else i have used recently it blows them out of the water, i normally have enough battery to last 2 days without thinking of charging at all, even when using sat nav it hardly drains either which is a bonus as the screen is uber large to have for it!
I bought a Z2 on amazon a few days ago I can't wait for it to get here. This phone was the one that accomplished making me switch from an iPhone, let's see if it lives up to my expectations :)
The best thing of the skinned Xperia Z2 I think is that with the focus by the camera that you can change where he focus on, I really liked that. And my favorite part aboud dbrand is that your name is on the back. it is really cool
I really like the overall design, from the size of the screen, all the way to the 20.3 megapixel camera. The dbrand skin adds a great addition to the phone. I looked at all the other skins on their website and I loved them. Keep up the good reviews Linus and keep making cool skins dbrand. ☺
I like the way how the button placement is done on Xperia Z2. Nokia's Lumia devices have that camera shutter key but the optics of Sony phones are much better. And also the speakers are in great position now. I still own a Walkman music player from Sony (x-1050) which has great equalizer settings and the earphones of Sony are always good.
my favorite thing about the phone is the amazing camera. I like dbrands skins because there skins look nice and the logos for other youtubers look AMAZING!!!!!
I gotta love the IPS screen and front-facing speakers. I love the DBrand skin. It looks very well done; doesn't look like some cheap kid made it in their garage.
My favourite part about the Z2 is the quality of the camera! I love taking pictures and I hate bad quality so this camera is amazing! The rest of the phone is cool too. My favourite thing about dbrand is that they can give you high qualitym phone skins and that is awesome. And they sponsored the video which is pretty cool too
Z2 is my favourite phone now. It has all of the badass featuren, FRONT FACING speakers. And dbrand is really awesome for giving you this phone to give it away for me ! :D
I really like the camera of the Z2...Also dbrand makes a cool phone to look much much cooler...Totally awesome phone.. Thanks for Linus and dbrand for bringinh this up..
5:40 DO THE ANSWER! :D I really liked the Camera feature, where it was focusing the background and then the object itself i think i would use it pretty much.
I like it that Sony have done something different in the design especially. They have truly made a unique, sleek and striking product with glass on both sides. The glass on both sides to me makes the phone look real sleek and sexy. As an iPhone user I can say it looks a hundred times better than my iPhone 5s. I also think it has a better user experience because of those front facing speakers.
the camera is my favorit part of the Z2 and how responsive ti is overall. a love dbrands most awsome skins and the linus one looks great. so bye from sweden
I love the custom skin in this phone! and the fact that linustechtips had nothing bad to say abouit it makes wanna have it even if im not a sony fan myself xD
A lot of the things you said bad about the Z1 have actually been fixed and are almost the same as the Z2 now after updates. I myself have a Z1 with the constant updating it's great the Z1 also has features like quick settings and custom themes. I think its a great phone and won't be in a hurry to upgrade to the Z2
LinusTechTips I doubt the T1 panel has been fixed. Unless it's IPS I can't recommend the phone lol. The screen is most of what makes/breaks a phone for me.
I feel that the Z2 has a new and slick look to it and not only that it can compete with the other android phones which are in the market now. I hope i get the phone as honestly this is one of the top phones to have and not only that but having a minimalistic look to it with even the LinusTechTips cover to it is going to give me such a cool impression of the Phone. Not only that the new Xperia UI has its own Theme downloader which makes it much more impressive looking. I hope i win but honestly, This phone is really well built :D
my brother has this phone, and im really jealous. Having the s4 currently with a cracked screen i honestly loved everything about the phone. From the lag free experience (unlike samsung) to the exceptional camera. Even the dinosaur feature my little nephew loved haha. The build quality with the tempered glass is way ahead of any phone (in my opinion) even better then the m8. Hope i win it XD (btw skin is awesome)
wow, came here after wan show. Wild how everything has changed. Also love the Google Messenger Chat from Linus and Luke.
The first time mom and dad met.... God this phone is such a showcase to where our phones are now
My favourite part of the z2 is the long battery life and front facing speakers what every phone needs.
I think dbrands skin looks really good and suits the phone.
What really stands out about the Xperia Z2 to me is the feel of the phone. It feels rock solid, yet not too heavy.
The reason I love Dbrand is that they are one of very few to make high quality skins for phones.
Did anyone notice the sexy conversation he had with Slick?
Yeah!!!!
I lost my shit at that point
***** ^ WTF?
***** There is an anime style pic of Slick and Linus somewhere on the forums...
He does this EVERY phone review
I really like how nice and crisp the camera is beautiful pictures can be taken with this beast. Not to mention the look of the phone it self and some of dbrands amazing skins. Top notch.
I loved this review! A mix between information about the phone and humor all within about 10 minutes, one of the best reviews yet!
I've used this phone around 2 months and i can really recommend it!
There's a lot of good features, while the best one is the battery (the screen and camera are close though). 3200mah is great. Even using the stamina mode (queues auto-syncs better by slowing down auto-syncs and push to happen less often and focused to when you're using the phone) gives you great performance. I'm seriously using this phone 1-2 full days without charging. And that's with some calls, lots of texting and auto-sync on many accounts, checking social media and listening to 1-2 hour of audiobooks/music each day. Normal day-to-day usage in my oppinion.
Even when i drop to 20-30% battery i can get around 12 more hours on standby with stamina mode (still being able to get calls, texts etc.)
i love that chat you sent to luke at 3:50
Man this phone really kicks ass. I have the Xperia SP and find it great for many things, but this Z2 is so much beautiful, and functional.
I liked the fact that Sony has front facing speakers major deal in my opinion as well as how nicely rapped the custom case work was it looked flawless great work on the skin and box
Wow, That skin looks gorgeous, love the color and screen to boot! Good job dbrand!
I liked how the Z2 is water proof and has settings for gloved use; some phones are incompatible with some gloves and it is frustrating. The "take 2 picture and able to adjust background blur" feature is also an option all phones with good cameras should have.
Dbrand is awesome for sponsering you which contributes to us being able to enjoy your show!
Nice review linus, pointing out all the important need to know features of the phone. Good job!
the Sony xperia z2 looks awesome, love the crystal clear display and all the camera feature and to wrap the phone up is a wonderful and cool design from dbrand. GOOD LUCK EVERY BODY
my favorite thing about z2 is that it support dualshock 3 out of the box without rooting and beautiful design
my favorite part of dbrand is that that skin is orange with white. thats awesome!!!
What I have really been looking forward to about this phone and the other xperia phones is that its completely water proof. That combined with its outstanding 20mp camera and 4k video resolution I plan on doing some awesome underwater filming. And the orange LinusTechTips skin is pretty sexy to :3
The best think on the Z2 is that sound equalizer and front speakers. And of course the materials like glass. And its waterproof which is amazing.
i just love the fact that the ips panel is combined with the dust and waterproof chasis. and it´s linus cover is realy eye catching. and the camera is very usefull on the road at concerts and festivals in the roof of the stage. and as audiofreek i realy like the front facing speakers.
One thing i think should be mentioned, is the ICE - in case of emergency in the phonebook. It lets you add multiple contacts and medical information, very nice feature from sony to add this.
the fact that it is waterproof makes it easyer for me as a scout to just cross a river.
i like dbrand because they made this awesome ltt skin!
I actually blew my drink out of my nose when I saw the mirror speaker joke. Loooool
I absolutely love the camera on the Xperia Z2, and the dbrand skins look so amazing.
Best friend just got this phone. He loves it. I've had the pleasure of using it a bit, it's awesome
the fact that u can make slow sound higher and high sounds lower would help me so much with my youtube channel
I love the "Quick Settings"(I think you called them) on the Status bar pulldown in all the Cyanogenmod versions I've used since if you longpress them they open the full settings.
I've always been a Sony fan. Most of the products which I use is Sony, including my smartphone and TV. :)
I've been using the Xperia V lately. Amazing phone, just love it. But when the Xperia Z2 came out, I was like WOW. There's a lot of things which I like about this phone. and there's a whole bunch of stuff which makes the phone superior from others.
1. Great design, Water and Dust Proof, The Lock/(ON-OFF) button is one of a kind.
2. Amazing 20.7 MP Camera, Large Sensor, 4K video recording.
3. Super sharp display producing accurate vivid colors, Triluminos display, X-Reality Engine.
4. Front facing stereo speakers that produce dynamic and clear sound.
5. Great processor, 3 gigs of Ram. So lag free and smooth user experience.
6. Huge 3200 mAh battery, lots of juice, lasts almost 2 days with a single charge.
By the way, I've heard about dbrand a lot but never got a chance to use their products as it's not available where I live in (Bangladesh). But I gotta admit, that the custom skin on the Z2 looks freaking awesome.
Wish I had an amazing phone like that. :(
Anyways good job Linus. I've always liked your reviews. Keep up the good job bro.
what I like most is that they gave us (the viewer) the chance to get a good phone in the hands of a good reviewer. as Linus would say "thumbs up to you dbrand"! And i also love the 360 controller skins, kinda a nice flair to something I look at everyday!
That skin is so dope! I never liked Xperia's design but with that skin, it looked gorgeous!
nice improvement over the z1 and dbrand did make a good job with the custom skin
This Z2 edition is gorgeous considering that orarge seems to be a lovely color and especially the fact that the bezels have the same color.
The best thing about the Sony Xperia Z2 is that it is waterproof!!
It totally rules the phone industry because it's amazing stats!!
My favourite part about dbrand is that they have extremely durable skins and they look amazing!!
Such a nice phone. I like the fact that sony improved the screen to IPS that allows a better viewing experience and that custom casing from dubrand makes the phone look even better. Keep up the good work. Thank you Linus for all the awesome tips on everything tech. I always watch your channel and NCIX.
Nice! Didn't expect this phone to be as good as it is.
Looks great. Love that there is a system wide equalizer
Love the massive battery! Skins look great!
I have this phone myself and comparing to anything else i have used recently it blows them out of the water, i normally have enough battery to last 2 days without thinking of charging at all, even when using sat nav it hardly drains either which is a bonus as the screen is uber large to have for it!
Reviews just getting better and better Linus
The new screen seem far better! Can't wait to check out new sound on it
I bought a Z2 on amazon a few days ago I can't wait for it to get here.
This phone was the one that accomplished making me switch from an iPhone, let's see if it lives up to my expectations :)
The best thing of the skinned Xperia Z2 I think is that with the focus by the camera that you can change where he focus on, I really liked that. And my favorite part aboud dbrand is that your name is on the back. it is really cool
I don't know if my english is good because I'm dutch so don't blame me
max verhoeven It's better than some English people, well done! ;)
Jordan Richards thank you
max verhoeven Its better then most people who comment. =)
I really like the overall design, from the size of the screen, all the way to the 20.3 megapixel camera. The dbrand skin adds a great addition to the phone. I looked at all the other skins on their website and I loved them. Keep up the good reviews Linus and keep making cool skins dbrand. ☺
Excellent review, Linus. But are you going to buy yourself one of these since you liked it so much?
I spend so little time actually using my "daily driver" phone that I refuse to buy them. I just jump from review unit to review unit a lot these days.
LinusTechTips Fair enough. That would be a great way to do it.
does it still have taran's number in the contacts list?
I like the way how the button placement is done on Xperia Z2. Nokia's Lumia devices have that camera shutter key but the optics of Sony phones are much better. And also the speakers are in great position now. I still own a Walkman music player from Sony (x-1050) which has great equalizer settings and the earphones of Sony are always good.
Is it me or Intro music is much quieter now?! If so, huge thumbs up there, no more heart attacks !!
Loving dat water proofing, also that mod looks sick!
i like how they added that wireless data transfer
I like the front facing speakers in this phone.... Plus that skin is beautiful
The skin looks awesome and the whole underwater thing is really cool!
The waterproof and dust proof capability is awesome have a dbrand on my ipad looks swGgy and cool
The UI looks great and I'm loving the skin!
The thing i like the most about the Z2 is that it has the front facing speakers. And i like the skins dbrand i have one on my old htc
Dynamic normalizer seems like a useful. I like it.
my favorite thing about the phone is the amazing camera. I like dbrands skins because there skins look nice and the logos for other youtubers look AMAZING!!!!!
I gotta love the IPS screen and front-facing speakers. I love the DBrand skin. It looks very well done; doesn't look like some cheap kid made it in their garage.
This is the first video I saw from your channel. Loved it!!
I love the frame design und the Linus it's shipped with ..
Linus has his own phone, now he needs his own Desktop OS! This is awesome! This is why I love Linus!
The screen of the Z2 looks amazing compared to my lumia and the dbrand wrapping looks very, very awesome
The z2 is simple and clean looking which is awsome and dbrand makes really cool looking skins for your everyday gadgets
Thanks for all the awesome reviews!
Wow. I can honestly say you got me with the early outro...
I like it a lot, but there is just one significant thing missing, off screen buttons
Just ordered this phone. So excited for getting it! =)
Sony has really STYLISED this phone for customer perfection! Definitely it gets my attention! I'd love to Have it !!! I WANT IT!!!
My favourite part about the Z2 is the quality of the camera! I love taking pictures and I hate bad quality so this camera is amazing! The rest of the phone is cool too. My favourite thing about dbrand is that they can give you high qualitym phone skins and that is awesome. And they sponsored the video which is pretty cool too
Awesome phone, the cover is cool also. Keep it up Linus with these good reviews. Go go go
I think the camera looks amazing, and the skin looks awesome
LOL 3:50 THAT CONVO linus ur a smooth man
Wow, custom skins is like the best idea ever.
Z2 is my favourite phone now. It has all of the badass featuren, FRONT FACING speakers. And dbrand is really awesome for giving you this phone to give it away for me ! :D
Seems like an amazing phone. Good review!
i like the camrea and the genral look of it
I love the great ID of the phone, and thanks to dbrand for sponsoring this giveaway!
I really like the camera of the Z2...Also dbrand makes a cool phone to look much much cooler...Totally awesome phone.. Thanks for Linus and dbrand for bringinh this up..
That phone is way cool and that skin tops the cake.
5:40 DO THE ANSWER! :D
I really liked the Camera feature, where it was focusing the background and then the object itself i think i would use it pretty much.
More youtubers should do giveaways like this. So people don't just spam the views just to have a chance to win something
btw most of the software/firmware have also been improved in z1. you can also toggle flash in the camera app thing.
I like it that Sony have done something different in the design especially. They have truly made a unique, sleek and striking product with glass on both sides. The glass on both sides to me makes the phone look real sleek and sexy. As an iPhone user I can say it looks a hundred times better than my iPhone 5s. I also think it has a better user experience because of those front facing speakers.
The dirty talk with Luke, LOL.
Really happy with my Z2. Thank you Linus.
I have been waiting for this review nice work :)
the camera is my favorit part of the Z2 and how responsive ti is overall. a love dbrands most awsome skins and the linus one looks great. so bye from sweden
Their skins look awesome
Great review as always Linus.
I really like the front facing speakers and the new IPS screen :)
nice convo with luke
I love the custom skin in this phone! and the fact that linustechtips had nothing bad to say abouit it makes wanna have it even if im not a sony fan myself xD
Oh man I want this phone, it's almost the perfect phone. Good screen, battery, camera and performance
I really like z2:s camera and aluminium edges.
The 'watch videos in the mirror' thing made me lmao xD
A lot of the things you said bad about the Z1 have actually been fixed and are almost the same as the Z2 now after updates. I myself have a Z1 with the constant updating it's great the Z1 also has features like quick settings and custom themes. I think its a great phone and won't be in a hurry to upgrade to the Z2
Sony got me to send the Z1 back, so I couldn't do any longer term evaluation.
LinusTechTips I doubt the T1 panel has been fixed. Unless it's IPS I can't recommend the phone lol. The screen is most of what makes/breaks a phone for me.
That custom skin actually look's pretty good not gonna lie.
That custom skin site is pretty cool, but I do need more options. MORE!
I feel that the Z2 has a new and slick look to it and not only that it can compete with the other android phones which are in the market now. I hope i get the phone as honestly this is one of the top phones to have and not only that but having a minimalistic look to it with even the LinusTechTips cover to it is going to give me such a cool impression of the Phone. Not only that the new Xperia UI has its own Theme downloader which makes it much more impressive looking. I hope i win but honestly, This phone is really well built :D
The phone looks like Sony heard what were the issues with the Z1 and made an effort to fix them. Also, the custom skin makes it look awesome.
my brother has this phone, and im really jealous. Having the s4 currently with a cracked screen i honestly loved everything about the phone. From the lag free experience (unlike samsung) to the exceptional camera. Even the dinosaur feature my little nephew loved haha. The build quality with the tempered glass is way ahead of any phone (in my opinion) even better then the m8. Hope i win it XD (btw skin is awesome)
The Z2 is such a cool phone! Currently rocking a OnePlus One, and I would only upgrade to a Z2 if I could afford it
I love the z2's amazing camera
I love Dbrand they make skins that look awesome
Z2 audio jack is NOT WATERPROOF a ton of guys complain about it including myself... Just wanted to put it out there