Sony answers the important questions about the 4K display on the Xperia Z5 Premium

Sony’s Xperia Z5 Premium features an extremely high resolution 4k display, which is the highest we’ve seen on a smartphone yet. If you’re a pixel junkie, it’s gonna be hard to top Sony’s flagship in that regard, but there are some other concerns about such a high resolution screen on a mobile device.

Fortunately the company has taken to their blog to answer some of the biggest questions, including about battery life and resolution of apps and video.

For starters, any 4k content that you’re watching, whether that’s been shot from your camera or from Netflix or another service, will completely utilize that 4k resolution. However, on the home screen and in apps, the Z5 lowers the rendered resolution to just 1080p for a few reasons. Performance is a big concern, as well as battery life, and having to push 4k resolution all the time would absolutely murder battery life on a smartphone.

Sony didn’t pull any punches with their Z5 lineup, offering the first ever mobile 4k screen, a massive battery, and insane specs to back everything up. Hopefully it turns the company’s smartphone market troubles around.

source: Sony

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