Sony Xperia Z5 Compact - user opinions and reviews
- AndroidDev
- uT5b
Anonymous, 31 Jan 2017AndroidDev, flaming this comment section with "worst android phone ever" in all caps makes you... more"pretty sure", I guess you've used a lot more Android phones than me, you must have used a lot of phones then! Thanks for backing up your assertion with actual discussion about the device in question. I posit that you are in fact the noob here.
And please, name some other phones that send you advertising Notifications, so I can compare againt them.
IMO it is the worst Android phone ever when considering: price vs manufacturer vs features listed vs the actual experience + the fact it was a 2015/2016 device. I've worked extensively (about a year each) with 7 Android phones, and less so with around 30 more Android devices. That is where I'm coming from.
People will tell you Sony phones have great cameras. The hardware might be specified well, however the experience of having to force close the app in order to have the focus restored is, again, excruciating. The panorama feature is horrible as it will not allow you to take vertical panoramas (where Nexus and others do) and you are forced to sweep about 240degrees, you cannot end the sweep early. The software lets all of the great specs down.
Switching between apps and handling Intents can often see delays measured in seconds, not milliseconds. The device spends a lot of time dealing with memory cleanup, as a result you will often come back to an app restarted as it got killed to claim some memory - I can only imagine the Sony apps are big parts of that terrible behaviour.
Sony's tweaks to Android here achieve new levels of awkwardness. When Notifications are displayed they will often be reordered, shuffled, before your eyes like some kind of circus act. When you plug headphones in you will get a Notification or 5 telling you that you plugged headphones in...thanks for that.
Did I mention the popups? Popup when you plug usb in, not a discrete Notification but rather Sony chose to command your attention to their shit UX.
- Anonymous
- bf2Z
AndroidDev, 23 Jan 2017WORST ANDROID PHONE EVER CREATED I bought this phone to replace my long used n4, because of... moreAndroidDev, flaming this comment section with "worst android phone ever" in all caps makes you look like a n00b. I am pretty sure that the z5c is NOT the worst Android phone ever. Take your immature trolling somewhere else.
- lsddao
- 31Ju
Who knows what the problem can be?
Being at the initial setup dialog, no UI controls respond, but for ex. if you press Power button, this dialog reacts fine. So the touchscreen itself seems to be fine, physically... Also, after some time leaved in this state, message appears that the app Camera was closed. Software reset via Xperia Companion did not help.
- Ali Bashir
- X1Ea
djshanky, 27 Jan 2017It's a 6 months old phone. How come battery is defected? Just ONCE, JUST ONCE somehow it gave ... moreReally?!! Okay please explain the 86 hours endurance rate.
- djshanky
- XQt{
Ali Bashir, 29 Dec 2016Defected battery, or old in age....It's a 6 months old phone. How come battery is defected? Just ONCE, JUST ONCE somehow it gave me a standby of 24 hours and a SOT of 6 hours - since then, it has been a 20 hours standby with ~3 hours of SOT for me.
- Ali Bashir
- X1Ea
EDGMAUZ, 25 Jan 2017i am using a xperie z3 and i need to change, is the z5 compact more intelligent that the z3 i ... moreOffcourss it is.
- EDGMAUZ
- N9q@
i am using a xperie z3 and i need to change, is the z5 compact more intelligent that the z3 i am using ?
- EDMAUZ
- N9q@
i am using a xperie z3 and i need to change, is the z5 compact more intelligent that the z3 i am using ?
- Ali Bashir
- X1Ea
AndroidDev, 23 Jan 2017WORST ANDROID PHONE EVER CREATED I bought this phone to replace my long used n4, because of... moreHey there, what do you say about all of these posts down there from a lot of people thanking sony for this product and pleased with it??
- AndroidDev
- 7v%1
WORST ANDROID PHONE EVER CREATED
I bought this phone to replace my long used n4, because of the compact size.
The phone is top heavy and slippery AF, within a week it had slipped out of my pocket while getting into a car and tge back glass smashed.
The phone is horrendously laggy. Most everything you do will see excrutiating lag in opening or actioning an app.
Upon onboarding Sony will ask if you want to use their What's New app, if you say NO the What's New app and other related, useless bloatware will commence ruining your love of Android. You will recieve Notifications about horrible Sony games and apps, those Notifications may even be sent to you in the middle of the night. Sony don't think very hard about their users.
The phone app is the worst. Half the time when you open it to capture a rare opportunity you will miss the chance as you await the camera controls(including the 'take photo' button) to appear. After a year of usage I am writting this review having just missed aphoto opportunity because the camera controls broke, pressing 'take photo' did not take a photo. What a terrible phond and experience.
The phone will NOT transmit photos over a USB cable longer than about 8cm...Sony seem to have failed to properly isolate electromagnetic interference in the USB input. You must use a tiny cable, which is super annoying to use and very hard to find in most parts of the world (easiest to find in Japan).
This phone's build and software is amateur at best. I have a very low confidence in Sony as a result. It will take a miracle for me to sway towardsany form of Sony product in future.
- Ahmad najeb
- wMHH
Anonymous, 21 Jan 2017Cores don't matter for performance. Same goes for megapixels and image quality. Xperia Z5 C... moreThanks for your response , but i am not considering iphone SE for two reasons: firstly, no HD display, also, 4 inch is very small and screen to body ratio gets worse. so i prefer a compact phone from 4.3 to 4.7 inch, I prefer Android phones, then i have to choose between z5c and A3 2017 because X compact will not come to Qatar. I think i am going to buy the A3 2017 in few days, because i am comfortable with I9190 for more than 3 years.
- Ali Bashir
- X1Ea
Anonymous, 21 Jan 2017Cores don't matter for performance. Same goes for megapixels and image quality. Xperia Z5 C... moreThe man wants to choose between the z5c and the Galaxy A3(2017), he said that he doesn't care about camera quality, and he looks like he wants a water and dust proof phone then you come here to tell him to choose the iPhone se....please explain....
- Anonymous
- 3SLe
Ahmad najeb, 20 Jan 2017Galaxy A3 2017 is released this week in Qatar. It is for 315$ however, z5 compact is for 274$.... moreCores don't matter for performance. Same goes for megapixels and image quality.
Xperia Z5 Compact is a little older high end and much better han the new but low end Galaxy A3. However, if you want a compact phone, I would look out for iPhone SE. It may be a little bit pricier, but still has a much better value because it is technically an iPhone 6s and gets much longer updates, is much faster, better camera and overall a much better phone. Only battery performance may be just on par (if iOS 10.2.1 gets finally released with the battery issue fix)
- Ali Bashir
- X1Ea
AndroidDev, 20 Jan 2017WORST ANDROID PHONE EVER CREATED I bought this phone to replace my long used n4, because of... moreHey there, what do you say about all of these posts down there from a lot of people thanking sony for this product and pleased with it??
- Ahmad najeb
- JF5R
Galaxy A3 2017 is released this week in Qatar. It is for 315$ however, z5 compact is for 274$. A fast comparison would be: same 2Gb Ram, both Octa core, both android 6, both water and dust proof, both have fingerprint sensor, however, battery endurance for A3 2017 is better. For me, i am not interested in the camera quality. I have been using Galaxy I9190 for 3 years and 3 months and it was a great experience. Also, i am more into Samsung, What do you think ? shall i got with the new phone ? any suggestions ??
- AndroidDev
- 7v%1
WORST ANDROID PHONE EVER CREATED
I bought this phone to replace my long used n4, because of the compact size.
The phone is top heavy and slippery AF, within a week it had slipped out of my pocket while getting into a car and tge back glass smashed.
The phone is horrendously laggy. Most everything you do will see excrutiating lag in opening or actioning an app.
Upon onboarding Sony will ask if you want to use their What's New app, if you say NO the What's New app and other related, useless bloatware will commence ruining your love of Android. You will recieve Notifications about horrible Sony games and apps, those Notifications may even be sent to you in the middle of the night. Sony don't think very hard about their users.
The phone app is the worst. Half the time when you open it to capture a rare opportunity you will miss the chance as you await the camera controls(including the 'take photo' button) to appear. After a year of usage I am writting this review having just missed aphoto opportunity because the camera controls broke, pressing 'take photo' did not take a photo. What a terrible phond and experience.
The phone will NOT transmit photos over a USB cable longer than about 8cm...Sony seem to have failed to properly isolate electromagnetic interference in the USB input. You must use a tiny cable, which is super annoying to use and very hard to find in most parts of the world (easiest to find in Japan).
This phone's build and software is amateur at best. I have a very low confidence in Sony as a result. It will take a miracle for me to sway towardsany form of Sony product in future.
- AndroidDev
- 7v%1
joveen, 16 Jan 2017There's no heating issue and drain fast?The phone overheats a lot, A LOT. In fact, Sony baked-in to their terrible camera app, an overheating scenario whereby the app throws a popup before closing itself. You may be lucky, on a cold day to take 5 minutesof video but don't expect to be able to do that twice in a row.
- Ali Bashir
- X1Ea
Mark 1234, 18 Jan 2017The battery usually drains around 12 percent per hour, with stamina mode activated! Which means 8 hours and 20 minutes SOT (0_0), WAW!!
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