Put the Xperia XZ3 next to these other kings and it won’t come out on top. The camera is great, but worse in most areas. Its battery life is fine, but doesn’t match the Note9’s. You can’t ignore that price, though.
The Sony Xperia XZ3 is a whole £400 less than an iPhone XS Max and £170 less than a Note9. That means something. This is also the first time Sony has crammed an OLED screen into a phone. And we’d rather that than the mostly pointless 4K displays Sony packed in to show off in the past. It’s a stunner, although this six-incher fills out the front less than any other screen here.
Sony has embraced curved glass like no-one else, mind. The XZ3 is smooth as anything and, yes, does have a habit of slipping down surfaces you swore were flat. Get bored and you could use it as a spirit level.