Sony Xperia Z3 Compact - Your Thoughts . . .
Discussion
ETA - Just thought I'd mention this thread was originally titled for the Z1 Compact but is now morphing in to a Z3 Compact thread. 
Looking to replace my Galaxy Note 2 with this phone. Given up on my Nexus 4 due to its woeful battery life. I doubt the Nexus 5 will be any better.
Basically looking for a top spec compact-ish phone with excellent battery life, which the Z1C seems to fulfil.
Anybody got this phone and care to share their experiences with it so far?
Looking to replace my Galaxy Note 2 with this phone. Given up on my Nexus 4 due to its woeful battery life. I doubt the Nexus 5 will be any better.
Basically looking for a top spec compact-ish phone with excellent battery life, which the Z1C seems to fulfil.
Anybody got this phone and care to share their experiences with it so far?
Edited by Digger on Friday 26th September 15:59
Seems like a no-brainer at £372 (just been an Amazon price drop, they'll refund the difference to that which I paid earlier today ) for a top end smartphone (apart from the screen, which is still 720p FFS 
) compared with £500+ for the M8 et al!
I had a play in CPW earlier. It's a lovely device, although the flaps might get on my tits after a while.
) for a top end smartphone (apart from the screen, which is still 720p FFS ) compared with £500+ for the M8 et al!I had a play in CPW earlier. It's a lovely device, although the flaps might get on my tits after a while.
What a cracking little device! All that I wanted really. Battery life using STAMINA mode appears to make it the equal at least of my Note 2, trouncing my Nexus 4!
Cases have arrived over the last couple of days. Used in anger for the first time today.
Excellent sound quality (through buds), which was an important consideration given the vast majority of use will be in the gym or walking out and about listening to Spotify Premium downloads or TuneIn Radio.
Welcomely (may not be a real word ), speedier and more responsive than recent phones, as you'd expect.
Earlier today I downloaded London Grammar via Amazon Cloud player app, and I've just 'thrown' it to my Panny vt50 which is pretty cool. What I didn't expect was to be able to 'throw' it to my Sonos Play devices. Now that really is cool!!
Only downside is the reduction in screen size which means my 45 year old contact lensed eyes struggle sometimes to read stuff. Hey ho. I can live with that for the time being.
Highly recommended.
Cases have arrived over the last couple of days. Used in anger for the first time today.
Excellent sound quality (through buds), which was an important consideration given the vast majority of use will be in the gym or walking out and about listening to Spotify Premium downloads or TuneIn Radio.
Welcomely (may not be a real word
), speedier and more responsive than recent phones, as you'd expect. Earlier today I downloaded London Grammar via Amazon Cloud player app, and I've just 'thrown' it to my Panny vt50 which is pretty cool. What I didn't expect was to be able to 'throw' it to my Sonos Play devices. Now that really is cool!!
Only downside is the reduction in screen size which means my 45 year old contact lensed eyes struggle sometimes to read stuff. Hey ho. I can live with that for the time being.
Highly recommended.
Edited by Digger on Thursday 10th April 10:49
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?
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?
gizard said:
Digger said:
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?
Slide your finger from the top - from Quick settings there is a toggle for Auto-Rotate - if not there select edit and add the button....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?
Soooo. . . fancy getting the updated Z3 Compact! Having always had black/grey phones seriously tempted by either the green or mandarin (red) versions.
Clove appear to have stock, at a very low price and apparently ahead of the scheduled release date. Am I missing something here, never having bought from Clove before!
http://www.clove.co.uk/sony-xperia-z3-compact
Clove appear to have stock, at a very low price and apparently ahead of the scheduled release date. Am I missing something here, never having bought from Clove before!
http://www.clove.co.uk/sony-xperia-z3-compact
^ I thought that might happen! sorry.
A red/mandarin/orange (depending who you ask) Z3C should be in my mitts tomorrow morning, courtesy of Handtec. Will make a change from all my previous greyscale devices.
A headsup for anyone ordering sim free, the Z3C requires a nano-sim so you might need to get an adapter if like me you switch between phones every now and again.
sorry. A red/mandarin/orange (depending who you ask) Z3C should be in my mitts tomorrow morning, courtesy of Handtec. Will make a change from all my previous greyscale devices.
A headsup for anyone ordering sim free, the Z3C requires a nano-sim so you might need to get an adapter if like me you switch between phones every now and again.
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