Sony Xperia Z3 Compact - Your Thoughts . . .

Sony Xperia Z3 Compact - Your Thoughts . . .

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Mr Will

13,719 posts

205 months

Thursday 10th April 2014
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I've had one for a few weeks now and really liking it. Plenty fast, great battery life, lots of nice little touches (small apps are great). If you have a 7" tablet as well then I can't honestly see a better choice for a phone at the moment.

Digger

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14,591 posts

190 months

Thursday 10th April 2014
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This is REALLY annoying. . .

On other devices not a problem but on my Compact I can find no way of getting PH to display in Desktop view rather than mobile no matter what I try. I've installed opera, opera mini, as well as the default chrome. I can't force PH to display in desktop, using the available menu options. Even using the Desktop link on the mobile PH homepage fails to work!! Grrr . . .

Any ideas?

onlynik

3,978 posts

192 months

Thursday 10th April 2014
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Digger said:
This is REALLY annoying. . .

On other devices not a problem but on my Compact I can find no way of getting PH to display in Desktop view rather than mobile no matter what I try. I've installed opera, opera mini, as well as the default chrome. I can't force PH to display in desktop, using the available menu options. Even using the Desktop link on the mobile PH homepage fails to work!! Grrr . . .

Any ideas?
Are you using the right URL?


I only get mobile if I use mobile.pistonheads.com if I use www.pistonheads.com I get the desktop site.

cuneus

5,963 posts

241 months

Thursday 10th April 2014
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Just ordered the magnetic charge dock - saves fiddling

Mr Will

13,719 posts

205 months

Thursday 10th April 2014
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cuneus said:
Just ordered the magnetic charge dock - saves fiddling
I have one for my desk at work. Like it so much I'm very tempted to order another for home.

Digger

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14,591 posts

190 months

Thursday 10th April 2014
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Sorted the mobile / desktop conundrum. smile

I ordered a magnetic charging cable. Wasn't sure the official dock was worth £20!

RizzoTheRat

25,085 posts

191 months

Thursday 10th April 2014
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Digger said:
Sorted the mobile / desktop conundrum. smile
How? I can't figure it out on mine

Digger

Original Poster:

14,591 posts

190 months

Thursday 10th April 2014
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As onlynik suggested I had to change the url, but shouldn't have to really what with the menu options and the desktop link on the PH homepage not working (for me).

RizzoTheRat

25,085 posts

191 months

Thursday 10th April 2014
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Weird. I go to www.pistonheads.com but as soon as I click on a link to go to the forum it takes me to the mobile site instead the normal one, but I've just tried typing in www.pistonheads.com/gassing and it takes me to the proper forum

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Thursday 10th April 18:25

bodhi

10,333 posts

228 months

Thursday 10th April 2014
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Digger said:
Sorted the mobile / desktop conundrum. smile

I ordered a magnetic charging cable. Wasn't sure the official dock was worth £20!
I wasn't sure, but I picked one up slightly cheaper in the States and it is pretty useful. Put phone in dock, turn on screen mirroring, watch film on big TV. Pretty damn easy to set up too.

RizzoTheRat

25,085 posts

191 months

Thursday 10th April 2014
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Ok that's pretty cool, I just plugged my compact camera in to it and automatically scanned the cameras SD card and allowed me to view or copy the photos. Plugged in a USB drive and it allows me to view it in the File Commander. Not enough power to run an external hard drive but I wonder if it would let me attach the camera and a USB drive if I could mind my small USB hub.

RizzoTheRat

25,085 posts

191 months

Friday 11th April 2014
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2% battery after 42 hours and a fair bit of use last night. Pretty good going.

Digger

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14,591 posts

190 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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340MB System Update downloading now. Looks like KitKat is now available! smile

RizzoTheRat

25,085 posts

191 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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Yep, 4.4.2 installed.

Only difference I've noticed so far is when you drag down to get the notifications screen, instead of having sound/bt/wifi/brigtness/settings icons at the top you have to go in to the Quick Setting stab first to get at them, seems like an unnecessary extra step.

Edited by RizzoTheRat on Friday 18th April 14:12

bodhi

10,333 posts

228 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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http://www.xperiablog.net/2014/04/17/sony-highligh...

Full list of KitKat features above - although please note, these are the Sony extras, there is more in KitKat itself.

The OH has just had her Z1 Compact in Acid Green, and apart from the colour I am very jealous. Compared to my Z it runs like lightning (and the Z is no slouch) and the battery seems to last forever - it managed 3 hours of Miracast streaming last night after a full day's use, and still had about 15% left. The big leap is the camera though, absolutely superb imo, even in low light.

cuneus

5,963 posts

241 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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Got the dock (with the magnetic charger) and have to say I find it frustratingly fiddly frown

bodhi

10,333 posts

228 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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cuneus said:
Got the dock (with the magnetic charger) and have to say I find it frustratingly fiddly frown
Really? I have the one for the Z and it just slides in and off you go?

Digger

Original Poster:

14,591 posts

190 months

Friday 18th April 2014
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I did actually stump up for the dock and annoyingly I can't charge with the slimline terrapin case I bought with the phone, so I have to take it off which is a pain!

RizzoTheRat

25,085 posts

191 months

Tuesday 22nd April 2014
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It appears the update the other day has made some significant changes to voice dialing so it's now nowhere near as good as before. It used to work perfectly, now it takes twice as long to tell it who you want to call!

Digger

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14,591 posts

190 months

Wednesday 23rd April 2014
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Am I missing a trick?!

When I place the phone in the Sony magnetic dock the home screen turns to landscape mode.
Is there a way of doing this when not in the dock?