Sony Honami surfaces on GFXBench: Snapdragon 800 and Adreno 330 on board

12. akki20892 (Posts: 3902; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)

This phone will land soon in my home. Already have gs4, htc one in my home. Sony, this phone will rock for sure.

13. TakashiDeo (banned) (Posts: 26; Member since: 20 Jul 2013)

yes really waiting for.this beast packed with sd800

17. akki20892 (Posts: 3902; Member since: 04 Feb 2013)

1080p display with the Triluminos technology with X-reality ,s800, huge battery and of course huge camera sensor & great camera like hit version of cybershot......!!!

32. SmartPhoneSpirit (Posts: 8; Member since: 30 Jul 2013)

The best battle in android's history:Lg G2 vs Samsung Galaxy S4 vs Sony Xperia I1 Honami.Yep i can't wait for this one

3. tech2 (Posts: 3487; Member since: 26 Oct 2012)

it literally took me 3 minutes to understand that little statement of yours' !

RIP English !

6. VJo003 (Posts: 360; Member since: 11 Mar 2012)

hahahahhahhaahaha............

30. mayur007 (Posts: 577; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)

haha.. :P
but still they got me :P

4. dan86 (Posts: 298; Member since: 17 Mar 2012)

Pure skills comes from finland in original. Don't expect it be a direct competitor to Lumia 1020.

5. TakashiDeo (banned) (Posts: 26; Member since: 20 Jul 2013)

again nokia fanboy jumping here ...

7. Kurai (unregistered)

yeah, Against the camera . . .but with everything else, nokia can't match with the honami

31. mayur007 (Posts: 577; Member since: 10 Apr 2012)

true..

9. Dr.Phil (Posts: 1642; Member since: 14 Feb 2011)

Well if you read PA's comparison between the Lumia 1020 and other devices like the Galaxy S4, you would know that the 1020 was really only slightly better than the S4's camera. PA mostly only gave the 1020 a one point advantage over the S4 (and occasionally the S4 beat or tied the 1020 in the comparison). So, given the fact that the Sony Honami is suppose to put more emphasis on the camera than Samsung did with the S4 (let's face it, Samsung mostly just wanted to put an HDR camera in the S4 without really giving it much thought) I would say that there is a chance the Honami could compete with the 1020. Not to mention the fact that the 1020 is still running on old hardware such as the Adreno 225 (which I think the Adreno 330 either gives 5 times or 10 times the performance, I don't have time to really double check) gives the Honami somewhat of an advantage because it's more future proof when it comes to modern mobile gaming or being able to run more intensive applications that may have yet to be released.

So, yes, I do believe the Honami can be a direct competitor to the 1020 if you make it to be by your own accord.

19. PhansMuneeb (Posts: 371; Member since: 28 Jan 2012)

ROFL...PA's comparison :-P

28. glentomas123 (Posts: 70; Member since: 01 Jun 2011)

Shot to Shot performance in 1020 is slow (~3 to 4 seconds). Tried this for myself in ATT store on a newly displayed nokia. Nice camera, however, with that performance issue, I'm out. Hopefully, they can fix this with OTA firmware update. Not to mention I was willing to sacrifice my google cloud ecosystem to buy into the MS ecosystem. Android camera shot to shot rocks! Looking for a great camera phone. I've grown tired of waiting for Sammy to get it right. Sony FTW!!

22. jackhammeR (Posts: 1548; Member since: 17 Oct 2011)

you must be kidding yourself if you rely on PA' tests....Jesus Christ....

24. Dr.Phil (Posts: 1642; Member since: 14 Feb 2011)

I didn't have to rely on their assessment, I looked at the photos myself and agreed for the most part with their assessment.

Here is Techno Buffalo's comparison:
http://www.technobuffalo.com/2013/07/26/nokia-lumia-1020-vs-samsung-galaxy-s4-camera-comparison/

Looking at their pictures, there seems to be pros and cons for both devices. The S4 produces better color representation that can be seen in the Frito's picture (the red on the bag looks more like the red you would actually see instead of the pinkish red on the 1020's photo) while the Lumia 1020 offers better low-light pictures (which to be fair the 1020 does have a Xenon flash versus the LED one found on the S4). All I am saying is that in a comparison between a device that emphasizes it's camera and a device that emphasizes all around performance, while the 1020 does offer better camera performance it is not by much in my opinion. Your opinion may be different. However, it still doesn't take away from the fact that when comparing devices you have to decide whether you just want a device that offers a good camera or a device that offers all around performance.

http://blog.laptopmag.com/nokia-lumia-1020-camera-shootout

Here is another comparison. Again, the Lumia 1020 wins but it doesn't seem by that much.

25. rgxVOiD (Posts: 440; Member since: 30 Aug 2012)

Great insight from Dr.Phil there

29. JaroB (Posts: 111; Member since: 13 Feb 2013)

what???

23. freebee269 (Posts: 539; Member since: 10 Aug 2012)

i think it could be because sony is not known to bring out OS updates in a timely manner. so if this does have 4.2.2 you may need to wait for the xda community to bring 4.3 to it before you see sony bring 4.3 to it months later. but i suspect you will not want to go to 4.3 without it being a sony rom because you will be losing the sony ui camera interface. just like how it is on gs4 if you go with an aosp rom you dont get all the goodies in the camera interface that you do from touchwiz.

26. rgxVOiD (Posts: 440; Member since: 30 Aug 2012)

920 and 1020?