* Sony Xperia Z3 Compact *

joelk2 · 6 May 2015 at 08:33

Yurka said:
Yes and no, I don't mind getting scratches on a phone as you'll have it a few years and replace it.. though all my phones have either broken or lost.

Hero - lost at snowbombing
S2 - broke
S4 - battery overheated and killed phone
Mini - threw in the bin after getting annoyed with it on a stag do
Nokia - slipped out my hand on site, hit some hard standing and broke
Z3C - slipped and broke

Think there are a couple of phones in there but forget Think the moral of the story is buy protection

Supercow · 6 May 2015 at 15:35

Has anyone else's battery life gone to pot with the latest update ?

Dis86 · 6 May 2015 at 16:18

Supercow said:
Has anyone else's battery life gone to pot with the latest update ?

Yeah. Used to last three days. Now barely lasts one. The last update has been utter gash for me. Desperate for them to issue a new one

Supercow · 6 May 2015 at 16:57

Same.. mine literally just died after taking it off the charger at 6 this morning. Been in the office all day, with some Facebooking and a couple videos watched in the bog... but nothing overly taxing. Also had it in Stamina mode.

Really not happy about this, as battery life was it's major selling point for me (on of them anyway) !

Jongo · 6 May 2015 at 16:57

Supercow said:
Has anyone else's battery life gone to pot with the latest update ?

Mine seemed to take a hit after the update but a couple of days later it seemed back to normal possibly slightly better, could be down to me just having a mess around more than usual with lollipop stuff though.

fretted · 8 May 2015 at 01:31

Is the z3 compact the recommeded smaller sized phone under 300 quid?

dbmzk1 · 8 May 2015 at 08:52

fretted said:
Is the z3 compact the recommeded smaller sized phone under 300 quid?

Yes, it's a fantastic phone and the only real viable smaller sized top-end phone

Tee Hee Johnson · 13 May 2015 at 13:17

Just had a wee OTA update to 23.1.A.1.28, was on 23.1.A.0.726.

Was only 10.1MB and took about 5 minutes, optimising apps was the slow bit as always

Scottland · 13 May 2015 at 13:39

Had the same thing, now have a different close all apps button unstead of a text button. Also fixed my issue with themes not working properly.

Supercow · 13 May 2015 at 14:12

Personally think Lollipop sucks as an update. Phone seems slower, battery drains like a mofo (especially on stamina) and the way the browser multi windows stack with the rest of the apps is crap too (I know, at elast that I could turn off)

Phone was sent today under warranty, hope they send me a brand new one back

ChocolateStarfishRammer · 13 May 2015 at 14:35

I see a lot of people on here saying about cracked screens..

Now I drop my iPhone a lot, and yet still less then my gf drops my iPhone. I actually threw it the other day quite hard at the wall when changing the duvet and its fine. I've never cracked the screen on an iPhone from any height on any flooring..

So it worries me, as a potential future buyer of the z3c, at how easier people say it cracks..

Especially as I hate cases!

Thoughts? Build quality or bad luck?

joelk2 · 13 May 2015 at 15:23

ChocolateStarfishRammer said:
I see a lot of people on here saying about cracked screens..

Now I drop my iPhone a lot, and yet still less then my gf drops my iPhone. I actually threw it the other day quite hard at the wall when changing the duvet and its fine. I've never cracked the screen on an iPhone from any height on any flooring..

So it worries me, as a potential future buyer of the z3c, at how easier people say it cracks..

Especially as I hate cases!

Thoughts? Build quality or bad luck?

buy insurance

Tee Hee Johnson · 13 May 2015 at 15:26

ChocolateStarfishRammer said:
I see a lot of people on here saying about cracked screens..

Now I drop my iPhone a lot, and yet still less then my gf drops my iPhone. I actually threw it the other day quite hard at the wall when changing the duvet and its fine. I've never cracked the screen on an iPhone from any height on any flooring..

So it worries me, as a potential future buyer of the z3c, at how easier people say it cracks..

Especially as I hate cases!

Thoughts? Build quality or bad luck?

Build quality sadly.

My orange one developed a crack on the back between the camera and the side of the phone.

Not impressed, no signs of damage whatsoever.

Sent to sony support, xperia care and it cam back about a week later looking perfect again

Repaired under warranty it seems.

Bossk128 · 13 May 2015 at 15:28

I do think (only evidence is my own cracked Z1C screen and reading the internet) that Xperia screens can crack more easily than the other handsets I've owned (HTC mainly).

Dis86 · 14 May 2015 at 19:36

Anyone had a new update on ee to fix the crap that is lollipop yet?

Tee Hee Johnson · 14 May 2015 at 22:49

Dis86 said:
Anyone had a new update on ee to fix the crap that is lollipop yet?

Is your's not working?

Broady21.pb · 15 May 2015 at 09:29

I got an update yesterday, but I haven't noticed any changes as yet. Mind you I haven't had some of the issues that you guys have since it updated to lollipop last month.

Mittens · 15 May 2015 at 10:58

had a small OTA update today (giffgaff)
still says 5.02 in about phone, if that helps

Jongo · 15 May 2015 at 11:10

Only thing I noticed with the update is the close all apps button is back on the app screen.

Dis86 · 15 May 2015 at 11:19

Jongo said:
Only thing I noticed with the update is the close all apps button is back on the app screen.

Yeah...don't have that one yet.

Battery life is still rubbish. L.e.d isn't working in silent mode. Has a memory leak and after about a day of being switched on becomes unresponsive and has to be restarted. Stupid 5.0.2.

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