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Since there's no dedicated thread for the Z1 Compact I figured I'd start one.
My main question is: Has anyone seen any price predictions?
Will be interesting to see just how similar they are on the inside, I'm guessing very!
549euro... But it's not sure
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It's pretty much the perfect phone IMO - apart from the frame... Something about it makes it look a little bit cheap-ish. I might change my opinion once I hold and try it in my own hands.
Too bad I just bought Z1 a couple of months ago.
Official price... 499 euro
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My new phone :laugh:
499 on preoder means 450 on the web. Perfect size, high end hardware, top quality build, sd card nfc and so on... Unlocked by sony as usual and well known hardware for custom rom
pretty enthusiast, go sony :good:
I think the Z1 Compact is a great phone. Smaller body, big specs.
But do you think it is a bit of a downgrade if a Z1 will be exchanged to a Z1 Compact due to screen size and battery? Just asking.
Should the screen of the Z1 Compact is very good compared than Z1 then that's a bit of sad for Z1 owners but nonetheless Z1 is a great phone and every owner of Z1 knows it right?
i saw somewhere around the netz that the z1 compact will have actually a bit better battery life than z1 simply coz biggest battery drainer in daily use is the screen.
cant wait for this one to come available, the white one looks so beautiful, i avoided the z1 for the size, and z1 compact is almost the size of my ex-phone .. arc s.
time to move sooon
Amazing work by Sony
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Amazing work by Sony
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Good one, but too small, battery 2300mha only...
eclyptos said:
Good one, but too small, battery 2300mha only...
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It's a smaller display. I think owners won't see a difference.
AntiDroid said:
It's a smaller display. I think owners won't see a difference.
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..ok..but they should leave 3000mha battery like in Z1, this will be huge difference...
eclyptos said:
..ok..but they should leave 3000mha battery like in Z1, this will be huge difference...
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Err... yeah, good luck with that buddy.
Gjole86 said:
the z1 compact will have actually a bit better battery life than z1 simply coz biggest battery drainer in daily use is the screen.
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+1 for that. 1/4 pixel, about 1/4 battery drain for screen
HTC One developer here going to Xperia Z1 Compact!
Finally after years of waiting someone finally decided to make a handyphone again lol! How I wish qwerty phone will be back soon too.
Riyal said:
HTC One developer here going to Xperia Z1 Compact!
Finally after years of waiting someone finally decided to make a handyphone again lol! How I wish qwerty phone will be back soon too.
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Sony started a new trend, with the popularity the Z1 compact is getting im pretty sure the other manufacturers WILL start making mini flagships with high end specs, starting with Samsung
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So glad, I've been waiting with buying the S4 Active, I mean awesome one everyone who has it is happy with it, but I need a HANDY not with some multimedia capabilities, not the other way around and 5' just is too big for me.
Thankfully Sony realized, that Mini doesn't need to be lesser it just mean SAME product in a smaller frame and that's essentially what they've done. Would have been nice to have a 1080p but other than that, really no complains great product. Heres hoping - yes I'm hinting at you Samsung - are going to follow suit with the S5 Mini/Compact.
Hopefully this is a trend and we are finally seeing the return to more handylike "Smartphones" and maybe an Androidphone with a QWERTZ keyboard. Let's hope this thing is selling well, so other developers are going to follow.
For such a high quality product 499 isn't too much.
Ordered it yesterday, it will be an awesome device!
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Hopefully this is a trend and we are finally seeing the return to more handylike "Smartphones" and maybe an Androidphone with a QWERTZ keyboard. Let's hope this thing is selling well, so other developers are going to follow.
For such a high quality product 499 isn't too much.
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+1 for that, I'm really impressed and glad to see Sony being the first one to realize that not everybody wants a >5" screen. I confess to you guys that after seeing every major brand going with huge screens I was starting to consider switch to iPhone. It's a relief to see the Xperia z1 compact "borning" and now I'm waiting anxiously it start selling in Brazil. Kudos to you Sony, well done.
Xperia Z1 can support that large battery because it is large phone. Z1 Compact is smaller phone there is no place for that large battery. But 2300Mah is HUGE (and best) for a phone with 4.3 inch so..no worries here friends. Also since smaller screen and res it will consume less power. The big Xperia Z had this 2300Mah battery capacity!!!
As for a display 1080p to 720p it's nothing. I've seen both Xperia T and Xperia Z. Compared screen res...the same.
Conclusion: It is not a downgrade it's the same only in different sizes. I have a hard time choosing size now. :/
Edit: Oh, and Z1 Compact screen is improved in terms of contrast and viewing angle compared to Z1.
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Edit: Oh, and Z1 Compact screen is improved in terms of contrast and viewing angle compared to Z1.
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Great to know, I thought that the only change was on size and resolution, could you please explain why contrast and viewing angles was improved?
About the other specs, I agree with you that's it's not a exactly a downgrade since it doesn't seem technically possible to fit a bigger battery or a 1080p resolution screen on such a small phone. If you compare with HTC one mini or galaxy s4 mini (both 4.3") have 1.800 and 1.900mAh only.
http://www.androidpit.com/sony-xperia-z1-compact-vs-samsung-galaxy-s4-mini-vs-htc-one-mini
I got a Xperia Z Original(tmobile) and just waiting for it to be delivered.
I use a Windows Phone now and only ever used like 10 apps total. Might use 20 at most in a day.
Is this phone still a good for casual performance. I mostly use music,video,email,social media apps, and not much else.
All else is done in the browser.
I won't be running multiple apps a lot,no new games.
Also I heard the screen is terrible at an angle, but also heard it's not the screen, but sonys settings.
So can it be made better at viewing angles with software tweaks or is really that bad.
I got for around $120, which looks good for 5 in. 1080p phone.
Just not too sure how the processor holds up.
edit: sorry I put this in wrong forum section, not sure how to move it. Please move.
Sure!
I'm using Xperia Z for daily use
It still perform well without any lag
I usually use it to listen musics.surf the net....
It can even run a lot of games!!
the only defect is it's poor screen and poor battery life...it too bad
but all in all, I think Xperia Z is still a execellent phone!
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Sure!
I'm using Xperia Z for daily use
It still perform well without any lag
I usually use it to listen musics.surf the net....
It can even run a lot of games!!
the only defect is it's poor screen and poor battery life...it too bad
but all in all, I think Xperia Z is still a execellent phone!
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What do you mean poor battery.
Is it okay or really bad?
I don't use my phone with screen on for too long.
I once had a galaxy nexus and that thing would drain like 1% a minute with screen on!
In the span of 30 minutes my battery was like a 70!
Xperia Z is good but it was a history..
i'm using Xperia ZL though, there no different between this Z and ZL since there are brother more like a twin..
both of it sucks at battery life if you upgrade to android 5.0.2 which means you have made one mistakes and you will experience phone overheating like you can put your pan and make omelette on it with the battery draining like hell when display remain on because i only got less than 4 hours if device screen remain on plus the camera won't be capturing nice photo anymore even the android version is rising up from 4.1.2 tp 5.02, but the camera quality is falling down and down..
Positive sides is...
The music? i admit my ZL in 5.0.2 sounds better..no scary sound like others, i got more clarity of my music..
i salute for this phone is still smooth eventhough 2 years old and quite satisfying performance but poor battery life.. Well that's it.. my opinion..
I'm migrating to Lenovo Vibe Shot until 5.1.1 is out.. Goodbye
Good to know, wasn't Sony supposed to roll out updates for Android 5.1 this month?
Not sure if it will updated or not, when I receive it.
As to me,the battery drop 1% in 2-3min
I think...if you use it just for receiving phone call
It can satisfy you of course.
But if you want to play games or surf the net
I would suggest you to do it with a powerbank
If you don't care about battery problem and photo quality
Xperia Z will be very suit for you !
The screen isn't that bad, only at angle viewing, not when viewing straightforward.
Also, battery should be replaced after 12 months, for every phones brand so..
And I use custom kernel which throttles the cpu when it gets warm so my phone stays cool
But I'm afraid with tmobile u can't unlock bootloader and therefore not flash custom kernels.
Anyway, I think this phone is still a good one to get. (better that windows phone lol xD)
It was actually sony's flagship in 2013..
Are the dock connectors on the side the same from Z-Z3?
Some of the magnetic cables that use the connectors say only Z1,Z2,Z3.
They never mention Original Z, so did they change the connectors for the dock after the Original Z?
Yes. The Z have different connectors than Z1, Z2 and Z3. Each Z phone have a specific dock for charging. I don't recommend the magnetic charging cables.
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If you set screen brightness to 70%, battery life isn't that bad. Screen is ok when you normally look at it. Also,you can downgrade Android version and everything will much better! No heating,better battery life, better photos...
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hmm since it will be getting tmobile version, is it that hard to downgrade?
One last thing, what docks do you use for the xperia Z.
The Sony docks are kind of expensive and have seen some cheaper ones for like $10.
Would a third-party dock work well?
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00DBVV8QA/ref=twister_B00DAV8Q1G?_encoding=UTF8&psc=1
Got this one for $3.86, since I had like $4 in amazon credit.
we'll see how slow it charges, most third party chargers charge really slow.
Also any big issues to be aware of?
I've seen some forum post of people saying the phone screen cracked without them touching it.
SD cards being killed by the phone.
http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperi...my-ear-Screen-cracked-from/m-p/317879#U317879
http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperi...-touching-or-dropping-it/m-p/1002815#U1002815
They seemed a bit far fetched.... kind of funny just reading the post.
Sony phones have very bad service centers. That's a big Sony's problem
daniLaLaLaLaLa said:
Xperia Z is good but it was a history..
i'm using Xperia ZL though, there no different between this Z and ZL since there are brother more like a twin..
both of it sucks at battery life if you upgrade to android 5.0.2 which means you have made one mistakes and you will experience phone overheating like you can put your pan and make omelette on it with the battery draining like hell when display remain on because i only got less than 4 hours if device screen remain on plus the camera won't be capturing nice photo anymore even the android version is rising up from 4.1.2 tp 5.02, but the camera quality is falling down and down..
Positive sides is...
The music? i admit my ZL in 5.0.2 sounds better..no scary sound like others, i got more clarity of my music..
i salute for this phone is still smooth eventhough 2 years old and quite satisfying performance but poor battery life.. Well that's it.. my opinion..
I'm migrating to Lenovo Vibe Shot until 5.1.1 is out.. Goodbye
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I just bought a 2nd hand Xperia Z,and it asked me to update so I pressed it and I end up with 5.0.2. Battery runs out on me twice a day pretty heavy user, I got the paid version of poweramp and about £20 worth of widgets and skins for poweramp player and I can only use the default skin and widget, and I mainly use it just for music, I tried to root my phonyyesterday with kingroot and it worked, I don't know what happened but I got rid of the root, as I didn't know what to do after I rooted, I want to use custom rom and delete unused apps what I never use, if anyone got any help for me after rooting, I wasn't able to update SuperSu it wouldn't update, I don't know what ideas doing really.
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I got the phone today and it's on 4.3.
Any way to root it?
edit: I rooted the phone, a lot easier than I thought.
Now since the tmobile version is locked bootloader.
What is the best Android version to have on on the Xperia Z?
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I got the phone today and it's on 4.3.
Any way to root it?
edit: I rooted the phone, a lot easier than I thought.
Now since the tmobile version is locked bootloader.
What is the best Android version to have on on the Xperia Z?
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4.3 is perfect. Stay with it until 5.1 is released.
Hi Guys,
just wanna thank everyone here in xperia z1 forum, im moving up now to xperia z5 premium, got my phone today including the freebies ,
still have the z1 but my father will be the one using it now. again thank you.
edit: for anyone curious about the freebies, case style cover, 5000mah powerbank and quick charge. the phone came with usual accessories, headset, cable and charger.
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Hi Guys,
just wanna thank everyone here in xperia z1 forum, im moving up now to xperia z5 premium, got my phone today including the freebies ,
still have the z1 but my father will be the one using it now. again thank you.
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Then ask you father to be active on z1 forum . , just joking .. congrats for new xperia z5 premium mate .:good:
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Then ask you father to be active on z1 forum . , just joking .. congrats for new xperia z5 premium mate .:good:
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hahaha... i'l visit still here once in a while just in case z1 has update.
see his smile on his face when i gave my phone to him.priceless
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Do a review / comparison to the z1
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well here's the comparison.
1. with regards to heating which is almost everyone is complaining, can say that the warm is the same as z1.
2. the screen is so clear and smoother when swiping.
3. everytime i lay it on the table and look into it, i tend to smile and think what a gorgeous phone it is.
4. about the battery, getting 1-1/2 days with standard use; phone call, messaging, wifi on all day even at home, sync always on, music about 2 hrs a day on a bluetooth headphone, 1 hr watching anime, didnt turn off any services. the battery will drop a lot when playing games and can last only about 2 hrs, but its usual because of the processor, but doesnt heat up so bad just like others say. the z3 will last longer but hey this is an octacore with 810 chip, so im happy with this.
5. Also, when full charged just like yesterday night, it only drop 2% from 10pm to 5 am.
6. well speaking of sound, its a stereo phone compared to mono on z1.
7. the pictures and movies were so clear, even on zoomed.
8. about the UI and other apps, cant compare because i installed z5 apps on my z1..hahaha..
9. its heavier than z1 but its ok.
10. the fingerprint scanner is one of the features i like, registered my fingers and my wife fingers, and no fail when using fingerprint when unlocking the phone.
so generally, its a great phone and recommend to everyone with z1.
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Thanks a lot! what about the sound ? what earphones does it come with an d how does it actually sound like compared to z1
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about the quality well the sound on z5 is better than z1.
i think the normal earphones only, didnt use the earphones cause i have my sony mdr1rbt-mk2 bluetooth headphone.
if you use a wired earphone there's an option of dsee-hx on audio settings above clear audio,it only works on wired phone but on my headphone its working also because it has dsee-hx too.
also, there's an option of automatic optimization on headphone settings.
and also, the stereo speaker also has an s-front sorround option.
Enjoy your z5! ??
Just sharing my thoughts, keen on what others think about some of these points.
The bad
- Feels sluggish. I dont know why as I am very careful about what apps I install but it takes longer to go from selecting a contact to talking to that contact than it did on my LG G2.
- Camera too slow to load up.
- Battery average at best.
- Fingerprint Scanner is poor.
The good
- Camera once launched is very good.
- Screen is great.
- Thats it really.
6 / 10.
It wont go down as one of 'the greats' and I will probably swap it once the new generation of phones arrive.
JK
Thanks for the review but here is z5 forum not premium.
Doh. Apologies, Moderator pls move.
That pretty much sums up what I've experienced too with my Z5 so far.
At first I was super happy: The phone is very well built and it feels very premium/solid when you hold it. I'm a fan of the Sony design and I think it's the best looking phone on the market right now (with the Moto X Pure). The Xperia UI doesn't look half-bad, it even looks better than the stock Android UI in my opinion. The camera snaps pretty solid pictures and the 1080p60 video mode is pure gold. The loudspeakers are impressive, the screen looks great and the IP67 rating is just awesome
But after a few weeks many issues and annoyances appeared and made me realize that the Z5 is far from being stellar or far from being a phone I would recommend...
The firmware in general feels very rough around the edges and unfinished once you start digging deeper and using more advanced functionalities/features:
-Wifi thetering has been broken since October for me, and it's annoying as hell because I used that feature a lot with my Surface Pro
-Bluetooth connectivity is very unstable and unreliable in my car. I can't blame my car, I've never had problems before with my OnePlus One and Note 3. Since I have the Z5, it disconnects a lot, sometimes refuse to connect and it requires a reboot, etc.
-Auto-brightness seems broken or works eratically.
-I notice UI lag here and there, and it shouldn't happen on a Snapdragon 810 device. My old OnePlus One (Snapdragon 801) felt snappier and CM12.1 was buttery smooth. I can't say the same about Sony's UI.
-Maybe once a a day, an app (always a different app) will freeze and require a Force Close. Once I force closed it, I won't be able to launch it again without rebooting the phone.
-When there's 7 or more notifications from the same app on the lock screen, instead of showing all the notifications when you expand, you will only see a "@" followed by a chain of character. That's a known bug that has been patched months ago on CyanogenMod, and it's always present on Sony's ROM after many updates. That's annoying, it feels "unfinished" and unrefined. It makes it feel like the Z5 is running a beta firmware. That left me a bad impression when I first saw that bug again, on the Z5... it has been patched for months on my OnePlus One.
-So far, battery life has been subpar and acceptable at best. I know about the Lollipop "mobile radio active" bug and all, but still... I expected a little bit more.
-Sometimes, for no apparent reason, the phone will become very sluggish, with many little "delays" here and there to execute some simple tasks (open an app, open the Notifications Center, etc.) That's something I've never experienced before with my older (and slower on paper) phones. I think the firmware is the culprit
That's what came to my mind, but there's more issues and inconsistencies.
You know, I've had a OnePlus One from day 1 (well almost) and I went through all the early firmware problems they had. I'm not the most exigent and demanding user, but I like to see some progress and bugfixes... I knew OnePlus was a new company and I knew the One were their first phone... with time, the ROM got better and better, and a year layer when I sold it, the One was a pretty solid and enjoyable device.
But the thing is... Sony isn't OnePlus... they've been selling phones for a while now and I expected a lot more. I didn't expect the impossible, but I think it was fair to expect a phone that wouldn't have bluetooth issues, auto-brightness that works, a lag free UI experience, etc.
Sadly, that's not what I got... The current Lollipop firmware feels very "beta-ish" to me... it feels like a firmware that would ship with a Chinese 150$ phone!
Now all I hope is that Marshmallow will be better. In the current state, and if these issues are still present in Marshmallow, I will get rid of that phone and get a Nexus.
As a matter of fact, I've been using my old Galaxy Note 3 + CM13 for the last 6 weeks now... It doesn't crash, bluetooth just works, I can go through the day easily on a single charge and, in general, I enjoy using it more than my Z5 despite the fact that it's an old phone by today's standards... I still prefer an older phone that just works, than a newer phone that has the issues I described earlier.
The Z5 is my first Sony phone and probably my last to be honest. They failed to leave me with a good impression... For those who use older models like the Z3 or Z3+: the Sony firmware was that buggy when you got your phone? Did it get better with time and updates?
Yes I have high hopes for Marshmallow - will be make or break for this device.
I never had any problems with my Z1 and when the Z5 was released I got one at launch and I have to this day not had any major or lesser problem with it.
The battery is great, the camera is just fantastic, the performance is just superb.
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Yes I have high hopes for Marshmallow - will be make or break for this device.
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Hahaha, that's hilarious...
So what you're saying is that your phone is more or less completely unusable in it's current state?
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Snaqejack said:
I never had any problems with my Z1 and when the Z5 was released I got one at launch and I have to this day not had any major or lesser problem with it.
The battery is great, the camera is just fantastic, the performance is just superb.
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Hahaha, that's hilarious...
So what you're saying is that your phone is more or less completely unusable in it's current state?
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My 750$ Z5 have been gathering dust in the last 6 weeks on my bed table because it's unusable for me in its current state (go read my post). I'm using my old Note 3 at the moment because it's more reliable and it actually works. And yes, I'm waiting to see if Marshmallow will fix these issues to decide if I keep that Z5 or throw it on a brick wall out of frustration.
To be honest, I don't think it's hilarious my friend
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My 750$ Z5 have been gathering dust in the last 6 weeks on my bed table because it's unusable for me in its current state (go read my post). I'm using my old Note 3 at the moment because it's more reliable and it actually works. And yes, I'm waiting to see if Marshmallow will fix these issues to decide if I keep that Z5 or throw it on a brick wall out of frustration.
To be honest, I don't think it's hilarious my friend.
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Might aswell write it, you tried flashing the phone with different firmwares?
I mean like a UK one, a Generic one etc etc?
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Same here, it's so sluggish most of the time now that it's unusable.
Sluggish? Sure is it a Z5? Any issue here, it works wonderfull
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Doh. Apologies, Moderator pls move.
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If u open this thread in browser and you hit the "!" triangle right under your post u can report to a mod and request thread movement.
I could do that too for u but telling u now so u could do it yourself next time
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Sluggish? Sure is it a Z5? Any issue here, it works wonderfull
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Z5 Premium actually. And I'm not the only one, read the forums. Hopefully marshmellow will fix is.
it seems we bought a different phone! i actually have the plain Z5 dual, i use it as work/personal phone, doing hours of conference call, call merging, and all what i need for an efficient day at work is there, it is true that i do not play games, no facebook no frills, but multiple email accounts, twitter, linkedin telegram whatsapp are there and i would recommend this phone for its build quality, call quality and signal, battery life more than enough, clean UI, top spec camera and video, for sure mine is not slaggish at all.
I also use it primarily for work, but it doesn't help. Sill sluggish. Sometimes just opening the task switcher can take 6-8 seconds.
Snapdragon 810 was a really bad idea and I miss my Z3.
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I also use it primarily for work, but it doesn't help. Sill sluggish. Sometimes just opening the task switcher can take 6-8 seconds. .
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send it back to repair, definitely.
Add me to the list of slugishness. To me it feels like a memory leak bug or something like that because right after boot phone is fluid and fast, but as you start doing things apps, animations start becoming laggy. It's not super slow for me, just something you'd expect from a 2 year old Moto G and not a premium device like this. I'm pretty sure it can be fixed with software though.
It's just a tad sad that 5 months after release this device is not running smoothly on Lollipop with some updates. I'm not even asking for Marshmallow, just that this runs as fast as my Z3 did. Other observations:
Device gets hot. Not uncomfortable, but come on, my battery is being used to heat this thing up instead of doing productive things
Auto brightness is FU
Sluggishness gets resolved on boot
SOTs are subpar
Camera startup lags
fingerprint scanner is super tricky
Dual z5 which I have has annoying double confirmation bug when phone calling. Come on SONY, does anyone QA your FW?
Hopefully all of this will get resolved with updates. This is such a beautiful phone.
Z was released 3 years ago, still usable but its always nice to have a new phone, me myself would probably wait for mine to be completely dead before replacing it, but i was wondering what would everyone get if they are gonna to replace their Z right now, OCT 2016?
tbh the Z is a very disappointing phone, after owning many sony phones i wont be buying from them again, or any flagship phones for that matter. i think the Zenfone 3 or Oneplus3 would be a great and cheap option right now, and i am asking for your opinion/suggestion
I bought a Xperia Z2 after my Z. The Z belongs now to my wife and after 3 years it's still rocking.
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ymc1988 said:
Z was released 3 years ago, still usable but its always nice to have a new phone, me myself would probably wait for mine to be completely dead before replacing it, but i was wondering what would everyone get if they are gonna to replace their Z right now, OCT 2016?
tbh the Z is a very disappointing phone, after owning many sony phones i wont be buying from them again, or any flagship phones for that matter. i think the Zenfone 3 or Oneplus3 would be a great and cheap option right now, and i am asking for your opinion/suggestion
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zuk z2 pro with 6g ram and snapdragon 820,
le pro3 with 6g ram and snapdragon 821,
xiaomi 5s plus with 6g ram and snapdragon 821.
I just ordered Nexus 5x, im moving from sony after 7 years using it[random sony phones]
None - I currently own 2 6603, just transfering the primary one to Resurraction Remix after 1/2 year testing on the secondary one. And Nougat will come from the same source. There is no real reason anymore for a new gadget - as long as the current one is supported here.
I upgraded to the T-Mobile LG G Stylo that I got used, via a local Facebook "yard sale" group, for $100 with some accessories.
The only thing I really miss is USB OTG, so I still use my Zperia Z for OTG with my SDR receivers (RTL-SDR, SDRPlay) and my FLIR One Thermal imaging camera.
I love the larger 5.7" screen, and the phone's not really that much bigger, band 12, which gives much better data coverage in many places for me, Marshmallow, better performance, longer battery life and replaceable battery, and more. And it has a stylus, which comes in handy for some web sites that don't have a good phone-friendly (large finger friendly) interface. It also charges quickly, though the Sony was also pretty quick on my higher current chargers.
I wouldn't need the Sony if the LG had OTG. Also, the notification LED is only red, not multi-color like the Z, but that is very minor.
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I just ordered Nexus 5x, im moving from sony after 7 years using it[random sony phones]
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Me too. I bought a Nexus 5x few months ago after using my Z.
codfx said:
Me too. I bought a Nexus 5x few months ago after using my Z.
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its a great phone, i rlly like it.
I just bought used Xperia Z3 Compact for 120€ and it works fine, i was thinking of xiaomi or other chinese phones but they are too sketchy to buy, so far this was a nice upgrade, especially screen wise
edit: also LG V20 would be a nice phone to have, if it ever comes in my country and price drops, a bit too expensive now
-CRO-Maher said:
I just bought used Xperia Z3 Compact for 120€ and it works fine, i was thinking of xiaomi or other chinese phones but they are too sketchy to buy, so far this was a nice upgrade, especially screen wise
edit: also LG V20 would be a nice phone to have, if it ever comes in my country and price drops, a bit too expensive now
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i really wanted to get xiaomi redmi too, their rom and price are very good, too bad they have been caught too many times for sending data back to china. i have read that lots of these chinese devices are used as DDOS attack zombie bots, its a big no no for me
codfx said:
Me too. I bought a Nexus 5x few months ago after using my Z.
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wow it seems like a great phone, great price and is nexus, too bad its only got 32g tho
DrT_Music said:
None - I currently own 2 6603, just transfering the primary one to Resurraction Remix after 1/2 year testing on the secondary one. And Nougat will come from the same source. There is no real reason anymore for a new gadget - as long as the current one is supported here.
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why would you get 2 Z brother, the screen is crap, the lag is horrible, the charging is slow etc.
got a LG G3 (with fulmics rom)
for the price it's awesome.
I cannot get ENOUGH of Xperia Z,
recently bought Z5P so I am using Z for people / contacts from WORK and using Z5p as my movies/social netowork phone.
Trivia both are rooted
Xperia z c660x is UB running on @shoey63 kernel having doubletap to wake feature! the fone is just amazing!!! it can be showcased as CLASSIC smartphones like we count nokia3310 as basic mobile phone , even after 3+years the mobile runs smoothly! , <3
ymc1988 said:
why would you get 2 Z brother, the screen is crap, the lag is horrible, the charging is slow etc.
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Easy answer: I am using the phone for navigation on my motorcycle. The second one is just a backup if something goes wrong during long trips. This happend once on my 3500 km trip to Russia this June and I was happy to have the second phone at hand - And I do like the screen, the phone works perfect with CM13 resurraction remix - no lags, just cheaper to keep this good running phone (got the second one used for 70€ ~ 80$US)
Come on - I am a physicist - and I have learned from experience: Never touch a running system - and my XZ is running smoothly
PS: with the current ROM my XZs support fast charging as well...probably I will not try this - I prefer non exploding Sony to Samsung
Z5c design with SD820 and XZ-like camera
ohh.. it's just in my dream
I think I'll go for XZ
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Easy answer: I am using the phone for navigation on my motorcycle. The second one is just a backup if something goes wrong during long trips. This happend once on my 3500 km trip to Russia this June and I was happy to have the second phone at hand - And I do like the screen, the phone works perfect with CM13 resurraction remix - no lags, just cheaper to keep this good running phone (got the second one used for 70€ ~ 80$US)
Come on - I am a physicist - and I have learned from experience: Never touch a running system - and my XZ is running smoothly
PS: with the current ROM my XZs support fast charging as well...probably I will not try this - I prefer non exploding Sony to Samsung
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haha i remember one day the speaker stopped working for some reason, i cant take phone calls all day, made me so mad and almost smashed the phone.
iirc the screen of Z is worse than any phone at the market at the time, i remember it was even worst than the then year old xperia v and mid range xperia phones, washed up colors, terrible viewing angle, terrible battery drain to name a few. idk maybe the screen resolution/cpu speed/battery wasnt ready at that point, i'd rather have 720 resolution and a smooth phone. i remember i was devastated finding out i cant play old games like GTA VC on this expensive premium phone
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haha i remember one day the speaker stopped working for some reason, i cant take phone calls all day, made me so mad and almost smashed the phone.
iirc the screen of Z is worse than any phone at the market at the time, i remember it was even worst than the then year old xperia v and mid range xperia phones, washed up colors, terrible viewing angle, terrible battery drain to name a few. idk maybe the screen resolution/cpu speed/battery wasnt ready at that point, i'd rather have 720 resolution and a smooth phone. i remember i was devastated finding out i cant play old games like GTA VC on this expensive premium phone
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Mine can play GTA SA smoothly
I got an iphone 6S and i am still using my Xperia Z as my work phone.
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i am actually now happy with iphone 6S but was wondering if anyone could team up with me to try and install iOS on xperia Z i have a feeling that it would be able to handle iOS without any problems as such. What are your opinions?
Mi5 S or Xperia XZ
Gesendet von meinem Xperia Z mit Tapatalk