Sony Xperia Z1 Compact
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- 13 Mar 2015
Phil, 01 Mar 2015Sony Xperia Z1 Compact – one of the most annoying phones I’... morewhich phone do u suggest
what abt nexus 5 >
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- Akshat
- rKJ
- 10 Mar 2015
is there any phone which is less than of size 4.5 inch except of this z1 compact amd of this range.
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- Daniel
- Nm$
- 10 Mar 2015
The phone is overheating,the screen cracked.There is a message to say you must download
an app to prevent it from heating.What crap is this? Must i pay for the screen to be repaired?
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- 06 Mar 2015
Phil, 01 Mar 2015Sony Xperia Z1 Compact – one of the most annoying phones I’... moreyou are right phil camera quality so bad its not 20 mpixel quality and also sometimes gave me error cam not available really this fone disappointed me i will never buy sony smartphones again
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- 05 Mar 2015
This phone is still Worth buying imo, five days of office use, without charging, not many contenders in that aspect. On heavy useage i dont have a clue if battery time is better than other brands.
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- AnonD-371507
- 7je
- 05 Mar 2015
What has made this phone a BIG step up from earlier "waterproof" phones is the availability of a magnetic charger cable. No little doors to wear out and fail like my Xperia GO did. Got a $4 device with telltale led, it works brilliantly. Also, if the power lead is accidently hooked it disconnects and doesn't flick the phone across the room.
This magnetic cable is a big plus on any mobile device.
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- Jeb
- vp2
- 05 Mar 2015
It's a super good phone spec's wise but mine didn't last the month screen became unresponsive really quickly. had water damage done to it too, only used it for 20 minutes in the bathroom not even underwater just away on the basin while water was running. Overall it is a 5/10 just because it doesn't last as long
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- AnonD-368924
- LfD
- 04 Mar 2015
is this phone still worth buying?
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- Kg%
- 03 Mar 2015
if the phone accidentally over charging let us say 3 hrs, what will be happen to my phone?... i cannot turn On my phone, what shall I do?
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- 03 Mar 2015
Phil, 01 Mar 2015Sony Xperia Z1 Compact – one of the most annoying phones I’... moreIf you want to go direct to quick settings just swipe down with 2 fingers same time.Alarm can be stopped with side keys also if you choose this setting...
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- 03 Mar 2015
heh fanboys wil never change @ Phil
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- Nicky
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- 02 Mar 2015
How do I switch to manual mode?
I upgraded to KitKat and now I can´t connect directly to facebook. It says "connection lost" Someone???
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- Nikhil
- U27
- 02 Mar 2015
Anonymous, 28 Feb 2015Can you guys tell me if this phone has any major problems? ... moreThere are a few bugs:- Can't delete Messages in bulk ( multiple select), can't delete sms threads.
Camera crashes frequently. Have notified xperia dev team in Nov 2014 but no resolution yet.
Overall a nice device if you ignore above bugs.
If you can spend little extra, go for xperia z3 compact
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- nau
- 02 Mar 2015
AnonD-368255, 26 Feb 2015I want to buy a sony smartphone is this one worth my money?... morebattery is normal not wow, Xperia Z is also too batter if you did not update, otherwise u'll cry about battery low.
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- nau
- 02 Mar 2015
Really its good phone, if u'll wash ur phone or use underwater so @ur phone Valium will be temporary decrease.
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- LfD
- 02 Mar 2015
AnonD-238151, 02 Mar 2015I am using this phone ,really its good phone, U can buy. Ac... moreCan you tell me how is the battery life? and does it have any lag, crash of freeze after the update?
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- AnonD-238151
- nau
- 02 Mar 2015
I am using this phone ,really its good phone, U can buy. Actually I need this phone in dual sims. If you will put this phone under water or wash this phone, ur phone's loudspeaker will be decrease the Valium temporary .
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- 01 Mar 2015
Sony Xperia Z1 Compact – one of the most annoying phones I’ve ever had. First of all the camera performs very poorly - 20,7 mpx doesn’t mean that it takes good pictures. They’re just big and that’s it. And it doesn’t really give you much. In the daylight they’re comparable to photos from other phones but when there’s a little less light, everything is always blurred. And I mean always. Only putting it on a tripod would help but still not enough for it to take sharp pictures when there’s little light. Then there is the flash which is useless – again I mean it. You cannot use it as pictures are becoming blue. So forget about pictures after dark. This issue has been reported to Sony ever since the phone appeared on the market and thousands of people bought it and started complaining. No reaction from the manufacturer, no adequate software update to address this issue. Check other comments on this phone and you’ll see that every Z1 Compact fails here. Video recording is ok though. The quality is decent but it often cannot focus properly and struggles for several seconds. Also, the view is very narrow (doesn’t apply to photos – it’s much better there) which has just ruined my yesterday’s video when I tried to record something from the top with a stretched arm – this has led me to finally writing this review after a year of using the phone to warn the potential buyers about what lemon Sony has introduced to the market.
Another thing it the additional camera button (which not always works properly by the way) which if you hold opens automatically a camera app. Nice thing to have but it sets the camera only to 8 mpx mode/720p video. No way to switch so that you can take a full res picture or a video. I’ve search for that with no success. If you want to use 20,7 mpx and full HD, you need to unlock the screen and choose the camera app or after holding the button and starting the 8 mpx/720p mode you need to go to camera settings and switch to 20,7/full HD. Putting it simply – there’s no way of quickly taking a full resolution photo/video. Great!
Generally the phone doesn’t freeze at all. After having it for a full year, it has never frozen during all kind of actions. Never – and that’s a nice thing. Some apps happened to die several times but I think it’s no the phone’s fault but some issue with the apps themselves. The phone runs on 4.4 Android KitKat software which is the latest available so far.
And here I have to get back to the camera app which sometimes (5% of the time you run it) says that the camera is unavailable. Of course it usually happens when you want to take a picture quickly. No, you have to restart the phone and hope for the camera app to work this time.
This software has made the quick settings menu to split to two parts (tabs). If you open it (drag from the top) it only shows you notifications which I always read when they appear. I don’t store them so I’m not interested in seeing that 150 times a day. To get to the quick settings you need to click once more in the second tab. So you need to drag and click to get where you want. This has come with the 4.4 KitKat. Great improvement again! And now imagine that you do that every single time for almost a whole year (update was released later). This is just about the most annoying thing about this phone. If you want to open Internet connection, GPS, adjust brightness or anything other to work from that menu, you do not necessarily want to get through all kinds of different menus.
Speaking about speed, the reaction times are not bad. They’re not really impressive either. Switching through home screen’s pages is slower than in iPhone 1. Yes it is. It’s not a huge disadvantage but surprises me that a phone that is 6-7 (iPhone from 2007 or 2008) years younger does some simple things not as good as the “grandpa” iPhone (it’s battery still holds enough to use it as an music player :)).
Then there is the auto dimming screen that often doesn’t switch off. It just stays lit up all the time if you don’t turn it off manually using the side button. It will stay on until the battery dies, I checked. It’s like that since I bought the phone. Doesn’t always behave this way but it happened several times a week and the only solution to that is to reset it or completely turn off the phone. I thought it may be caused by some app running in the background and forcing the display to stay on but after turning all of them off, the problem didn’t disappear… So annoying. I’m now just waiting to swap it for a 2x as expensive iPhone which I do not need but the useless camera and the annoying way of the way the Sony works is too much for me and leaves me no choice. I had a Samsung Galaxy S before and it wasn’t perfect either. It was ok but was freezing a lot and that was its biggest problem. Some problems with reading the SD card also appeared (unfortunately Samsungs like to do that).
On the other hand the battery life is superb. Wi-Fi and data transmission work very fast. The screen quality is also good even though the factory brightness adjustment may not be enough for some of us and you’ll need to download an app that expands its range of adjustment.
The main speaker is rather quiet comparing to any Samsung which may not be a big deal bit it surprised me. The quality of sound (and music) is noticeably worse though (comparing to the SGS3 and a very old Galaxy S1).
The notification LED is barely seen so it’s basically useless unless you look at it directly. You may miss some messages because of that and it really, really bothers me in everyday life as I have to constantly look and check the phone being worried that I miss something important. Also, when you get a text message, the display doesn’t light up and all you get it that LED flashing from time to time. You also may not get any visual preview on the center of screen of what the message contains. Only after pushing the side button you may see an icon in the upper left corner and a part of a message at the time. Then the text disappears and all you’re left with is that tiny icon. Very frustrating, especially if your screen background is rather bright and it’s hard to see the little text message icon. These are the everyday problems living with the Xperia Z1 Compact.
If you use the alarm clock, you need to know that when it rings there’s only one way to turn it off – you have to slide your finger on the screen from a certain point to the side of the screen. It’s impossible to do that without looking at the phone because there’s no tolerance and you need to touch the screen in an exactly indicated spot. It usually takes several times to manage that especially if you’ve just opened your eyes. Better have something else for an alarm clock...
One last thing that is almost funny and ridiculous. When I grab the phone with one hand and hold it, I put my little finger underneath it to prevent it from slipping and falling on the ground. Now the bottom end has very sharp edges around the speaker and the microphone. You can feel them every single time. I just cannot comment on that…
This phone is just not well-thought and it makes using it very, very annoying. I really do not recommend this phone to anyone. I bought it because the camera was supposed to be so good. I’m never going to buy anything from Sony again, ever. It was released in 2014 and they still cannot get simple things to work. I spent some time to write all of that hoping that some of the ones that read it, avoid making a really bad decision.
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- AnonD-368924
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- 28 Feb 2015
AnonD-364026, 15 Feb 2015I really love Sony smartphone design, and the phone conside... moreYour kinda right but you know the new Lenovo P70? (it's a Chinese phone) It has killer specs but my friend bought it like a week ago and now it's lagging like crazy and apps and games freeze sometimes.
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- AnonD-368924
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- 28 Feb 2015
I want to buy this or the Z1 can you tell me does it have any problems? Lags, bugs, or crashes?