Sony Xperia Z3 Compact
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- AnonD-564227
- 4$w
- 25 Jul 2016
This is by far the worst phone I have ever owned. I bought this because it was the only phone on the market(in the US) the size I wanted, and with wireless charging, would have gotten the z5c if it had this. Charging ports are always a weakness so I wanted to avoid that on a more expensive device if I could. The big issues with this phone:
1. The build quality and materials are subpar for the job. The back panel was a clear and obvious engineering fail. How they could possibly think the material they used was up to the task is beyond me. The phone also has way way too much flex, which is part of why the glass cracks so easily.
2. The lollipop release for the phone was terrible, and caused significant battery drain. This you can solve by flashing back to kitkat, which is what I did. Marshmallow is not proving to be any different from what I've seen on the web thus far.
3. The microphone firmware has significant issues, it will not function correctly when making/taking a call. I have tried reinstalling firmware and all other suggestions on the web, none of which work to resolve the issue. This essentially makes this phone, unusable as a phone, unless you can always have it on speaker, in which case the mic works fine.
4. The auto mode for the camera is complete garbage, using manual mode resolves most of the issues for the camera, but switching between video and picture is poorly implemented.
5. The back light bleed at the top of screen is super annoying, this isn't an issue if you always keep the phone perpendicular to your face, but if you angle it away from you it is super visible, there's a perfectly white strip and it just makes the phone look cheap and again poorly engineered.
6. The signal indicator is another firmware fail, it often shows very weak signal when in fact you have excellent signal, this isn't a big issue, but is an annoyance.
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- Hihi
- KZ8
- 23 Jul 2016
riramiro, 20 Jul 2016Touch screen fails on some area after 14 months!That's right
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- Dm
- JKP
- 23 Jul 2016
Very bad camera quality :(
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- riramiro
- xTJ
- 20 Jul 2016
Touch screen fails on some area after 14 months!
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- Felip
- nvq
- 18 Jul 2016
Anonymous, 09 Jul 2016This phone is eggshell fragile. If you look at it wrong the... moreI've heard about people saying this, but my Z3 Compact has been dropped from my bunk bed about 1,70meters up, or 5.5feet (yeah that's right, 5 point 5 feet, you do the fucking math if you want inches to follow your feet up :P) and nothing happened.
This has happened twice; once without any type of cellphone case, but the second time i had a soft plastic case for it.
I've also dropped it several times from around my waistline without suffering any type of broken casing, screen or even touch screen problems.
The first time it dropped on the floor from 1,7m up it went straight fucking screen down on the floor and sounded like it made a perfect high five, and I was sure that must've broken it, but almost 2 years later it's still going strong.
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- AnonD-122669
- KxL
- 18 Jul 2016
Anonymous, 15 Jul 2016Hi all,
I'm using Sony Xperia Z3 Compact for 18 months a... moreDude U are not supposed to use the phone in sea & chlorinated pool water; but only in clean water.
Also, which tracking software do U use for treking ?
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- Anonymous
- snP
- 15 Jul 2016
Hi all,
I'm using Sony Xperia Z3 Compact for 18 months alerady. Overall satisfied with phone and camera quality. Get issues with SD card popping out of slot, faulty headphone jack and charging cover like others. I used phone heavily for pictures (in the sea and pools) and no complaints. Also using phone with tracking apps for hiking&running and battery life is much better than on other phones (iPhone 5S, Samsung S4 etc). Using protective glass from beginning and no problems with broken display despite it dropped me few times. Protective glass was broken but not display. I hope that this info will be useful for someone who wants to buy it.
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- AnonD-122669
- U2f
- 14 Jul 2016
All the people complaining about fragile glass, use tempered glass protector on front & back of the phones & then Enjoy.
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- AnonD-122669
- U2f
- 14 Jul 2016
Teefah.k, 21 Jun 2016I have a Z3 for a year now. The camera was brilliant at fir... moreCheck if dust or moisture has gone into camera. It happened to me with my old phone in rains. After I got it removed, it started working fine again.
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- AnonD-122669
- U2f
- 14 Jul 2016
Anonymous, 09 Jul 2016This phone is eggshell fragile. If you look at it wrong the... moreEver heard about Tempered Glass ?
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- AnonD-122669
- U2f
- 14 Jul 2016
Ever heard about using Tempered Glass ?
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- anon.
- nGC
- 12 Jul 2016
This phone is ridiculously fragile. Had it fixed 3 times and each times within a few weeks (or a few days) a hairline crack would appear no drops, no even being in my pocket. I wouldn't really mind this is it was just a cosmetic issue but the tiniest hairline crack completely disables the use of the screen. Please do yourself a favour and don't buy this phone.
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- Anonymous
- 49Z
- 09 Jul 2016
This phone is eggshell fragile. If you look at it wrong the touch screen will break.
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- Anonymous7814
- n4L
- 08 Jul 2016
okay first of all every one who says this phone is not water proof is beacuse they don't know what they're talking about im having it with me it bath every time i got yo bath im taking alot of 5k pictures with it yes 5k in the mauel option and it works perfect! i love this phone there isn't a game it cant take on highest quality but offcorse if you got 441 apps like i do no wait 413 apps just installed two more games an hour ago it will begin to get a few lag spike but just a few so in my opinion its a fine phone even if there have come alot of new and faster phones this phone will still work the next many years and keep up and for the money its cheap and ive dropped it way to many time it havent got a scrach (offcorse im using a back cover) but still it's not invisible nothing is i just like the phone and im gonna keep it for as long as possible the only problem with it is the apps there are so many pre installed apps like mail and sony apps i like sony so the sony apps dosent matter beacuse i use it alot but mail apps no thank im using google for watching mails offcorse i could root it but that would mean loosiing all my apps wich would be sad i would give this phone 5 stars out of 5
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- 4$w
- 08 Jul 2016
After just 10 minutes of actual use the back panel was cracked. Not a robust build quality that's for sure. If you put your phone in your pocket this is not a good choice, despite the perfect size for doing just that.
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- johnny
- 0U2
- 07 Jul 2016
Goodbye Sony!
- Underwater capabilities - some, but none;
- Pink dot on pictures - got it after a while;
- Faulty audio jack - checked;
- Loose SIM and SD_Card cover - checked;
- Broken touch display - only 1 mm on the right side;
- Battery life - 1.5 days without heavy use (it was 2.5 in the beginning)
I bought the phone in 2014, from Hong Kong and, seeing the commercials with underwater capabilities, I went to the swimming pool to take some cool photos. Bang! The phone went black out. I've changed it.
I've read on the forums about a problem with a pink dot, but I said that there might be some haters out there because my phone, my second phone, was working fine. After a few months I started to see the pink dot.
Same, on the forums, people were complaining about audio jack. They fixed it at a local service but after a while the problem came back. After exactly 6 months (like the "haters" from the forum) my jack started to behave strange.
Because the magnetic charger broke, i've used USB charger for a while, now I cannot close properly the SIM cover. Again, this problem was present on forums.
I've stopped checking the forums, but now I have another problem: the touch screen is broke on the right side for just 1mm.
People warned me about Sony's bad quality products.
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- kubino77
- S1%
- 05 Jul 2016
My wife accidentally dropped Z3c through elevator shaft, the fall was about 1,5 floor. She had the device protected by Frosted shield case and 9H protection glass, both from Nillkin. The phone did survive the fall and works alright, only the protective glass is shattered, and the case has 1 cm crack in one corner.
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- Anonymous
- u{U
- 04 Jul 2016
Danielpepo, 04 Jul 2016My first xperia z3 compact fell and the glass broke, the gl... moreI didn't even drop it and the screen had a minute crack which caused the status bar not able to be dragged down. I changed 2 screens and they still crack easily. The Phone is a Great Phone, just that it needs help with durability........................
I do love my Z3 Compact after all. But really why do phones have to be glued together but not using old school screws and nuts...
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- Danielpepo
- PvC
- 04 Jul 2016
My first xperia z3 compact fell and the glass broke, the glass and the LCD in this phone are glued together so the repair is not easy. I sent it to a tech shop for repair also knowing that I would lose the waterproof feature. They couldn't repair it somehow so I bought a new one. Now after three months the second phone suddenly crashes without notice and I can't restart it right away, I have to wait for some time until it's able to turn on again. It hast lasted a couple of days on, down to about two minutes, the crashes I believe are totally random and I haven't been able to find what's causing them. I used to love Sony, but now I won't be buying anything from them again.
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- 19avg81
- Ki}
- 01 Jul 2016
Z3 compact LCD touch are somekind of disposable. I've purchased 3 in a row and all same problem. I dnt put in my pocket or drop. This phone is bad