Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact review Comments
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After a Samsung A40 (small but slow), a very forgettable Honor Play, a Mi 9 T Pro (yeah... ok... why not) and a Note 10 Plus (far too big and not worth the money, though I like the screen), I come back again and again to the Compact line.
The writer of this review didn't like the X Compact, but for me it's the best phone to handle one hand. Smooth as a pebble, it won't hurt your palm like the ZX1 C does (I even rounded the edges with a wet stone). But I never liked the blueish tone of the screen : this device is my mobile library, and I've read dozens of books on it.
The ZX1 I bought brand new on January 2020 (yes, I kid you not : brand new) offers a better screen, a faster boot, better performances when swapping files with my PC, a battery that lasts a bit more, and still this handy compact format compared to all the other phones I have.
Sure, the Note 10 is a pretty phone, the 9T Pro has a better screen to read on, the A40 is cute and the Honor Play is forgettable, but still : I come back, again and again, to the X Compact I bought new in 2016 and the XZ1 Compact when it comes down to choosing a phone for everyday use.
- Brutal racing
- my%
i’m a breakdown recovery technician and the most important thing to me about a phone is battery life and the xz1 is the king of every phone i’ve had or tried
- Joejoe
- mcB
Just broked my old friend for 3 years by droping a mug on it. That is really sad because there is literally nothing to replace it on a market right now. Either some seriosly pricey stuff or ridiculously large cr🐵pphones, so my heart broke along with a screen of my xz1 compact.
- Cykosony
- ILK
I still have all my ex Sony's..waaaay back the slide phone-"Walkman" phone...an Xperia SP-yup, with the LED light bar at the bottom..loved it, and couldn't kill it, still works....then the XZ Premium, my fave all time, first phone with 4k screen and killer design, universes better than the non premium version...the design which, Samsung ripped off 2-3 years later and used for it's Note 10, look at the profiles, hold them..very similar..interesting though is how all the reviews were smug on it's design(build quality of which, as always destroyed Samsung, Apple, and Lg, even Huawei, in ip68 tests, dunking all of them in water 5' down for 30 min, and only the Sony still worked..that test was done with the non premium variant xz2, but judging from my experience with the xz prem., The same held true the year before, and maybe every year. I knew someone that had a Z3 or ,4 and had it for 4 yeas, and still worked well when I played with it
- Huttop
- qdW
Nothing much to say but sony experia xz1 apart from 😍😍😍💯💯💯for it 👌👌👌, thanks the design 👏👏👏
- Brian
- na1
One of The best phones out there up to this day. Great overall. It's my 5th smartphone and I'm using it over a year now. Best so far! Great battery time, super fast performance, brilliant camera, great connectivity, HD HDR screen is exactly what this screen size needs. No unnecessary full HD or even 4K.... No point in such small screen.
But 3 most important features does it for me:
1. it's THE ONLY compact smartphone on the market.
2. It's totally waterproof
3. It keeps working under considerable load a whole day without recharging.
My score - 9+/10
- Emeer
- sxs
it's about 2 years when i bought my xz1 compact, this phone is superb and amazing! small phone but terrible ;
- Anonymous
- b2y
I love my SONY XZ1 Compact!! I have been looking for a phone with a smaller screen than 5 inch. I have had this phone for over a year now. I have to say it is one of the best 3 phones I've ever had!!
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- pkj
I buy this phone because i utilised 3 years another model sony[zi compact] and i was verry satisfait .I want buy the new xz1 compact because the Procesor is more powerful and his memory too. the phone is magnific and i verry enchanted about performances.
- Reprotski
- YPb
Hi guys,
Any reported camera going black on this model yet. I'm hesitant to buy Sony as I had 2 Xperia Z3 compacts which the camera didn't last for a month on the first and about 3 month for the second. I had the Xperia Ion and Acro S which still running but very outdated.
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- nH{
Pas, 19 Oct 2018So cutting through all the rigmarole ... does this phone overheat?
Or is that all in the pastNo, it shouldn't.
And by XZ Compact I meant X Compact, sorry.
- Pas
- U2$
So cutting through all the rigmarole ... does this phone overheat?
Or is that all in the past
- Couch expert
- nC4
As of now, IMO, this is one legend of a phone, together with the original Z1 Compact. Z3 Compact would also be eternally awesome if not for screens and back panels falling off from heat. At the same time Z5 Compact overheated and had a weird cheapish design, XZ Compact was a midrange with flagship pricing. XZ2 Compact took another direction and it's just not my cup of tea, RIP jack and 16:9 screen.
- sportsman
- p}H
crentist, 11 Oct 2017If they had kept up the high quality compacts last year for the X Compact, I wouldn't have had... moreSo did you change from Z3C to Iphone SE? :-ss?
- alessandro
- 3mu
as is the reception of the signal, I resold the xz2 compact because compared to my BB priv often lost the signal, same card placed same hours. I would like to try this maybe it has a more stable signal
- Anonymous
- vV5
wild dawg, 28 Mar 2018which is better iphone 7 or xz1 compact? i have ip7 but damn battery life is sucks. planning t... moreXz1 compact much more better than ip7 totally.Not being biase but that's true because every update in ios will ruin older phones
- wild dawg
- FMY
which is better iphone 7 or xz1 compact? i have ip7 but damn battery life is sucks. planning to buy this phone.
- AnonD-171425
- Jd$
I'm not sure why the review ends by criticising that Sony didn't "keep up" in terms of increasing screen sizes and resolutions… hello, that's exactly the point of the Compact range. The rest of the review seems to understand this. It seems as if the conclusion was written by a different author. People such as me like the Compact series *exactly* because it doesn't follow on gimmicks and trends just because they're hyped. 1080p or HDR give absolutely no benefit on a screen this size, and most of its buyers would rather have the added battery life any day. The 4.6" screen is not "three years behind", it's made for people who don't want to carry around a window pane in their pockets all day.
The review mentions a lot of software details and changes as new, which however have been around on Xperias for at least one or two Android versions. Also, Track ID is no longer available from Google Play, since Sony have discontinued the service last year. Even if you still have the app installed on an older model, it won't work anymore.
USB 3.1 is mentioned, everywhere else I've read it only supports USB 2.0, including GSMArena's own spec sheet. That's a bit disappointing, and I wonder why Sony decided to switch to Type-C plugs right now, if they didn't also upgrade the speed. That means I'll have to replace a whole lot of USB cables for no benefit (and won't be able to borrow from friends or colleagues as easily).
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- Dk3
How much is the screen on time?
- AnonD-393912
- 61B
Scoop, 11 Nov 2017Why do phones sold in the USA not have fingerprint scanner?Sony have fingerprint scanner exclusivity contract with some barely alive carrier apparently.
It going to take quite amount of money to nullify the contract and somehow the ever so (un)wise Sony mobile division higher ups decide to not to bother to fight to nullify it.
Somehow they thought that Android Pay and some other stuff that require or will be much convenient with fingerprint scan is not worth the fight.
How they able to retain their position again? Maybe its like Sony other division whose units and higher ups have failed big time yet manage to convince Sony that they've do the best they could and any other management will not able to do better so lets abandon/shutdown this division. Sigh...
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