Sony Xperia Z5 Compact - user opinions and reviews
- AnonD-637875
- 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 ?
- AnonD-481725
- X1E
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%
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
- wMH
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.
- AnonD-481725
- X1E
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
- 3SL
Ahmad najeb, 20 Jan 2017Galaxy A3 2017 is released this week in Qatar. It is for 315$ however, z5 compact is for 274$.... moreCores don't matter for performance. Same goes for megapixels and image quality.
Xperia Z5 Compact is a little older high end and much better han the new but low end Galaxy A3. However, if you want a compact phone, I would look out for iPhone SE. It may be a little bit pricier, but still has a much better value because it is technically an iPhone 6s and gets much longer updates, is much faster, better camera and overall a much better phone. Only battery performance may be just on par (if iOS 10.2.1 gets finally released with the battery issue fix)
- AnonD-481725
- X1E
AndroidDev, 20 Jan 2017WORST ANDROID PHONE EVER CREATED I bought this phone to replace my long used n4, because of... moreHey there, what do you say about all of these posts down there from a lot of people thanking sony for this product and pleased with it??
- Ahmad najeb
- JF5
Galaxy A3 2017 is released this week in Qatar. It is for 315$ 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%
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%
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.
- AnonD-481725
- X1E
AnonD-633176, 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!!
- AnonD-633176
- S0b
The battery usually drains around 12 percent per hour, with stamina mode activated!
- Cabrengot
- Kg{
Iam using z5compact 1month from now.... Ive noticed that the battery are gettimg better compare to the first few days.
This phone is handy and with a high resolution rear camera, worth to buy even if its not newly released.
- joveen
- wYx
Water, 12 Jan 20171 year after i use this phone, still no lagging issue, perfomance is great. I love this phone. There's no heating issue and drain fast?
- AnonD-633176
- S0b
I'm giving this phone, 75 out of a hundred, based on the display, browsing performance, build quality and looks. The display is excellent, even though it's not full H.D, offering deep, saturated colours, which are displayed with "perfect" clarity, but it's not upto the panel found on The Samsung Galaxy S7, then again, nothing else is! The performance is patchy, but the same applies to any device, so that's no doubt down to the software! The build quality is good to very good, and the phone is a looker, so buy with confidence!!!!!!!
- Anonymous
- 3sE
The amount of times the iPhone SE was mentioned in this Sony Xperia Z5 Compact thread speaks volumes... (besides the complaints I read here) Whereas in the iPhone SE thread the Sony Xperia Z5 Compact was not mentioned once except in GSMArena's Review... That's where I saw it when I was reading GSMArena's Review on the iPhone SE. Guess I shouldn't change my mind then.
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