Sony Mobile exec hints that the Xperia Compact line has been axed
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- Anonymous
- KI2
- 12 Jan 2019
alex, 12 Jan 2019Hardly surprising they're having to economise... The softwa... moreThe only positive thing for me is the software,, hands down to the most stable android oem out there.. you can call camera or anything which is horrendous but software is top notch without bugs and fluidity only pixels excel sometimes otherwise same
and the proof is that my xz2 gave 293k antutu and 395k antutu for xz4 is simply insane
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- Anonymous
- JEe
- 12 Jan 2019
AnonD-803861, 12 Jan 2019Nokia 8 scirocco? 73 mm wide, seriously?
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- Anonymous
- vV5
- 12 Jan 2019
boo sony, i will stick to my overheat xcompact then!
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- AnonD-803861
- mtY
- 12 Jan 2019
Xhxhyy, 12 Jan 2019Only Pixel 3 (small enough) and Galaxy S9 (if you call it s... moreNokia 8 scirocco?
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- Anonymous
- JEe
- 12 Jan 2019
regs, 12 Jan 2019We can safely say that whole Xperia business has been axed.... moreThe devices are great. But yeah, if they kill Compacts then the existence of Sony Mobile becomes pointless.
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- AnonD-807890
- 6u7
- 12 Jan 2019
As long as they keep the XZ4 flagship at a manageable width (>70mm), then it's fine. There's the Plus/Premium for the Goliaths among us.
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- Blob
- LHe
- 12 Jan 2019
alex, 12 Jan 2019Hardly surprising they're having to economise... The softwa... moreI wonder where you would take it to
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- regs
- pRV
- 12 Jan 2019
We can safely say that whole Xperia business has been axed. It's dead. No sales at all, poor devices.
- Walter C. Dornez
- qig
- 12 Jan 2019
EskeRahn, 12 Jan 2019Indeed that is an optimistic view, I hope you are right. :)... moreThat would actually be really nice. In general, Sony hands down makes the best compact phones next to Apple
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- Anonymous
- LaT
- 12 Jan 2019
Sony all the way, I never liked compact phones they're prone to accidental touches.
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- Anonymous
- gJj
- 12 Jan 2019
yeah but not everybody has big hands and huge pockets
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- alex
- nFK
- 12 Jan 2019
Hardly surprising they're having to economise... The software on their mobiles for the last 4 - 5 years has been getting increasingly horrendous. I've had enough of being frustrated at their programming. I'll take my hard earned somewhere else.
- EskeRahn
- s0D
- 12 Jan 2019
Anonymous, 12 Jan 2019>There are a multitude of mediocre devices in phone-size... moreWith a lower limit of 50mm to exclude most watches, there are still 452 available devices between 50 and 65mm....
https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nWidthMin=50&nWidthMax=65&sAvailabilities=1
Limiting to 2015 or newer it's still 178
https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nYearMin=2015&nWidthMin=50&nWidthMax=65&sAvailabilities=1
I would call that a multitude
But I agree if we are talking from 2018 onwards, there are only a few, and most below 'mediocre'
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- Xhxhyy
- 61g
- 12 Jan 2019
Only Pixel 3 (small enough) and Galaxy S9 (if you call it small) that lives in 5" world. Others just entered phablet range. Guess I'm convinced to trust in Google.
- EskeRahn
- s0D
- 12 Jan 2019
Walter C. Dornez, 12 Jan 2019It doesn't necessarily mean axing. It could mean that they'... moreIndeed that is an optimistic view, I hope you are right. :)
Maybe not only side bezels, but even more elongated display aspect ratio, that could also match the "a lot more surface area for their content"
(a theoretic edge-to-edge variant of the XZ2C would be 5.9" 18.7:9)
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- Anonymous
- JEe
- 12 Jan 2019
EskeRahn, 12 Jan 2019Well, that IS axing it... There are a multitude of mediocre... more>There are a multitude of mediocre devices in phone-size.
There aren't. There are two mid-range devices between phone-size and phablet-size (XA2 and LG Q7 or something), there are two flagships (S9 and Pixel 3) and there are a few low-end devices with 2 GB RAM for which mediocre would be a compliment.
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- g5f
- 12 Jan 2019
EskeRahn, 12 Jan 2019That might be, But unfortunately I still has not grown thre... moreUI Must change, even w10m fail did better in beta for notification panel. Touch on the back would be also great, but that may be as well first in ms devices.
There is another kind of interaction and kind of device sony miss, gaming phone and psp like control buttons. There is a lot what can be done, however depends on ideas sony got, if it got any for future...
- Walter C. Dornez
- qig
- 12 Jan 2019
It doesn't necessarily mean axing. It could mean that they're reducing the bezels
- EskeRahn
- s0D
- 12 Jan 2019
Boot, 12 Jan 2019It's not axing the line but more of a repositioning from fl... moreWell, that IS axing it... There are a multitude of mediocre devices in phone-size. Just as there is a multitude of highly speced phablets.
Until now Sonys Compact-line have been the only highly speced phones available outside Japan.