Sony Xperia Z3 Compact - Your Thoughts . . .

[Digger]

Anyone ordered and received from Handtec been informed when they're despatching the bundled case and charger? Customer Services is closed at the weekend! Would like to get a case fairly quick.

[Digger]

For gym use, the only time where it's relatively easy to accidentally yank the headphone cable and drop it to the floor when it's resting on the cardio equipment. Colour is great by the way.

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Yesterday also ordered a red and black one of these. Used the same case for my Z1C, nice and slim.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=sr_nr_p_6_1?rh=n%3A5...

Luckily the magnetic dock for the Z1 Compact works with the Z3. A bit looser as the phone is a fraction slimmer.

Edited by Digger on Sunday 28th September 16:03

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Jon321 said:

I'm going to get one of these, I've made my mind up!

Is Clove still the cheapest place to buy one? I can't see anywhere cheaper having searched about.

As above Clove and Handtec, they were both throwing in the same case and car charger although may ship after you receive the phone. On mine I did notice some app language settings were set to chinese, but that may have been caused by updating those apps, still the possibility that these early batches of Z3C's came from China, who knows?! Having said that £70 off plus the bundled accessories make it a no brainer IMO

[Digger]

One tip I learnt, to ensure your Spotify Playlists gets stored on your SD card is, within the app, to delete all the cache and make sure your Music Quality setting for Downloads is set to Extreme Quality. Then just re-download your Playlists.

[Digger]

^^^

Stream of consciousness

Glad you've come to like it.

[Digger]

Finally got around to sticking a new nano sim in to my Z3C . . . think I've broken it already!!!!!

OOPS!

Pulled the fiddly sim tray holder out and it came right out of the body. I didn't feel it snap, but it looks as though it has.

Can anyone confirm whether it should have stayed fixed to a slider mechanism or is it designed to come right out!?

If snapped, will get in touch with Handtech and see if they'll swap the phone!

[Digger]

Yep just found my Z1C and it does indeed come right out.

[Digger]

Could you try copying over the settings from your old phone?


http://www.geeksquad.co.uk/articles/ee-apn-setting...

[Digger]

AGK said:

I'm swaying toward an orange/red one.

I quite like the colour.



Anyone got their freebie extras from Handtec yet?

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The way the case is designed, the sides have an almost translucent quality which means the red/mandarin colour seems like a soft orange on the sides. Looks nice as it breaks up the solid colour of the front and back. There are some videos about which show it off.

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Digger said:

Anyone got their freebie extras from Handtec yet?

Mine arrived today as well.

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Anyone have an idea when Lollipop is coming to the Z3C?

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Am I blind / dumb, or is there not a default widget for Quick Settings? I want a widget to turn off WiFi without having to faff doing it within Settings.

Do I need to download an app instead?

[Digger]

Sorted. Downloaded the Power Toggles app / widget instead.

[Digger]

Thanks I knew that except I didn't know about the 2 finger swipe What's great about the Power Toggles is that you can add a quick settings widget bar into the single swipe down notifications area, as well as the normal multi-adjustable homepages widget.

[Digger]

Does that involve a change of ROM?

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Sat here bored recovering from a minor op at the weekend and now itchy for a new piece of gadge!

First look at Smart Watches. Are they all much of a muchness or will a Sony smart watch offer more features when paired with my Z3C than an LG etc?

Is there a new batch of watches out soon worth holding out for?

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Reviews plus battery life seem reasonable.

Looks a bit dull compared with the competition.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B00N9OAQI0

Until I saw this version albeit at a premium.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Sony-3-SWR50-Metal-SmartWa...

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Hmmm . . . given that I'm quite happy with my Polar HRM for my fitness needs and have no real need for GPS although could be useful for navigation maps I guess, it does seem as though it would only be used as a £150+ Notifications Tray. Although control of my phone's Spotify and TuneIn Radio apps might be quite handy although I have no idea how good their integration with Android Wear is atm.

I wonder what future iterations of Android Wear will serve up?

Edited by Digger on Wednesday 4th March 16:48