Sony Xperia Z5, all carriers, 32gb, Compact SIM-Free Smartphone (UK Version) - Graphite Black

I started with a Iphone 4 way back in 2010 and then moved onto Note 2 after 3 years. My Note 2 was amazing until it started to develop issues recently. So I had to use my old iphone 4 as a stop gap briefly. It made me realize that though the note 2 experience has been very good, I have been 'heaving' a heavy phone around for years now. Iphone 4 size was so compact that I hardly felt it on me. So I started looking for compact phones again. Iphone SE was an option, But having got one for my partner recently and my keenness to get an android phone (SD card, OTG connectivity and few other freedom aspects with android which I enjoyed with note 2), I decided to go with Z5 compact, the other contender in the compact space. I had read both the positive and negative reviews. The key thing I was looking for was a) battery life b)compact size c)External storage d)dedicated camera button e)fingerprint sensor and of course android experience. Having used the phone for a week now, I feel it is pretty good - makes me feel that this phone is really overlooked.- Battery life - I have not updated to Marshmallow yet for the fear of losing stamina mode. I hear that a new build is now available for marshmallow to bring stamina mode back, but will wait for some more time until this is rolled out widely. But for now, I get around ~26 hours with ~5 hours screen time (in stamina mode). Which in my experience is pretty good. Not as good as Sony claims ~2 days, but still good.e- Fingerprint sensor - contrary to many negative reviews, I have had a very good experience with the sensor. I configured my left and right hand fingers and the positioning of the sensor could not have been more apt. The only time it did not work is when my hands were wet.- Compact size - The phone is very convenient for one handed use.- Camera - I am not a geek in photography - just a normal user, but I should say that I expected more from the camera. Seems average to me for the advertised 23 mp. Still have to figure out the settings (have been reading up some articles on this)- Heating issue - This has been the most talked about issue. The device gets hot only when the usage is heavy (recording 4k, trying AR mode of camera etc.,) but I have felt the same with iphone SE and Note 2 as well under similar usage conditions. So I am perfectly fine with it for now (will update if this changes with time).It's been a week till now and I would recommend this phone with no qualms. Just make sure that you get a case when you order the phone as it slips out of your hand very easily. Will edit my experience after a month or so.

So this review is for a specific group of people (that I was previously a member of): worried Z3 Compact owners. If you don't have the Z3 Compact (Z3C), then the review is simply yes, get this phone, it's powerful with great battery life and fits easily in the average human hand - these three things cannot be said about any other phone i'm aware of.But for the Z3C owners... So you've got your Z3C, it's a great phone, you heard the Z5C is out - it's good to know that there's a nice new version for when you have to upgrade.But disaster! Some random internet commenter tells you the new Z5C runs warm. Another random internet commenter tells you battery life is shorter. If you had to replace your beloved Z3C, what should you do?As someone who was in that position two months ago, the answer is get the Z5 Compact and don't worry about it.On the "running warm", bear in mind I don't watch many films or play games on my phone. But I surf the web a lot, use a number of apps. The first time I noticed the phone running particularly warm was tonight when I was downloading a file.That was 10 mins ago, the phone is back to cool and battery is down by 1%.Basically, it's nothing. Even when it was warm ... we are talking warm here. Not hot. It's not uncomfortable, it's just noticeable.As for battery life, I haven't noticed the difference. I'm definitely avoiding the system upgrade to Marshmallow as it lacks Stamina mode (Sony have said they are working to get Stamina into Marshmallow, I'm waiting till they do) but on Lollipop I don't notice the battery life difference between the Z3C & Z5C.So my summary is this. If you don't have the Z3C or Z5C, then yes, buy this phone, it's great and has unmatched battery life for a phone of its screen size & power. If you have the Z3C, I wouldn't force an upgrade (though personally I really like the fingerprint scanner. It doesn't always work, but works more than enough for me to feel log-in is now, on average, much easier), but when you need to get a new phone, don't worry about the Z5C switch.The changes are small, and apart from the volume rocker being less convenient, are in the right direction.

Received Sony Xperia Z5 Compact yesterday. Ordered despite Which? having removed it's 'Best Buy' status due to brand reliability issues - my error. Worked briefly. Quite tricky to insert SIM card but may be to do with waterproofing. Glitch appeared in software leaving phone mic muted and unable to unmute after a few hours use.I have been talking to Sony customer support through the morning. They suggest actioning steps sent by them on email. I am not the most tech savy person, however, this is like entering a distant Android world where only Geeks could make tech work. Not intuitive, not a patch on interface on Samsung/Google/Motorola/Apple products. Unclear (to me) directions on various web pages. Just given up on 3rd attempt to update software. Finally software update installed at 4th attempt, and lots of help over phone from Sony. BUT phone not fixed!! Genuinely the worst experience I've ever had with a new phone. Very unfortunate as the camera, the battery life, waterproofing - all great features in what is a pretty cool device - just not any use as a phone. Sony, you should be able to do better than this surely?Amazon returns exemplary as ever.Update 29th January 2016. Second phone is still working, and I am really getting to appreciate the features, but I thought best to check 2yr warranty due to Which? having flagged the high fail rate. Logged into my account with Sony to discover the returned faulty phone had balance of 24 mth warranty, 1yr and 50 weeks to be precise left to run. Whereas the replacement only had some 20 mths warranty. On contacting Sony customer services they stated warranty is to reseller/Amazon not the end purchaser. I suggested this probably contravened retail legislation in the UK. Next email from Sony stated new phone now did have 2yrs warranty - to be verified by proof of purchase - not by the actual stated warranty bizarrely. A smallish point but could be worth checking as may be the difference between a free repair and a billed one.Phone really is very good to use. Small keyboard a bit tricky after larger phones, but camera is superb and waterproofing already paying dividends on wet cycle rides. Battery lasts a day of solid use (12% left) so perhaps two days if very lightly used could be possible - not as claimed but vast improvement over my last phone.

Perfect new phone BUT. Charging port very loose, very hard to make work. Battery hot and so has pushed the sealed screen out of the body, it's very stressful and I'm desperate from my data and my precious information to be safe so it can either be repaired or replaced but when you phone Amazon you have people in India blessed as they are who for some reason think you need to be told that they're not American and who then in their American behavior accuse you of being a racist which doesn't help get the phone repaired or replaced so I daren't phone them and I'm very distressed am lonely vulnerable and exhausted I'm incredibly stressed by this and I don't know what to do I will have to try and phone Amazon again tomorrow and I don't want as happened to day to end up in tears because of the sheer abuse thrown at me down the phone never mind tomorrow is a new day but today was also a new day. Before this I got a phone for the same reason in December which within half an hour had broken it was a Sony Z3 compact I'd like to support Amazon but they don't support you if this difficult situations

Superb phone. Very, very fast. Of course it puts heat out when you are first booting it - it's massively powerful in a tiny package. Tough and waterproof. Dropped it a bunch of times onto tiles - with a hard shell on because I am not stupid and I keep a case on it all the time - with no problems with screen breakage or any kind of damage. Sony make very tough phones in a sleek, even pretty form. Fingerprint sensor works great and I remember my PIN as an alternative security because why wouldn't you? With the latest Android it's easy to turn off all the annoying Sony garbage if you don't want it - personally I really appreciate the Walkman music player and I'm sure other people would like at least some of the other guff Sony load for your convenience. My mates all have Apple phones and they all think this phone is nicer to look at and hold. What more can I say, buy one.

First impressions:1) beautiful phone, just the right size, feels great in my hands2) fingerprint sensor works flawlessly and really fast3) phone is fast4) overheats all the time. It's just st not funny. It's getting more and more hot while I'm writing thus review here5) camera? Disappointed. Really disappointed (BUT I tried it indoors only with my children). It does not perform as good as my LGG4 did. 7 out of 10 of.my children's pictures came out bad and I have an experience with lots of smartphones now including iPhone 5s, LGG4, iPhone 6plus. I want to love the camera but I can't. It's just not on the level indoors. Let's see what outdoors shots look like.Verdict: it's still the best phone out there for me, because I just can't use pallets and I want a normal size phone with Android. I hope that my experience with camera will get better with time

Sony do not get enough recognition they do great smartphones with best Android battery life it is just their cameras always suffer. Under medium conditions nearly get 2 days battery. The cam is a little better than Z3 compact but still can have over sharpening oil painting look.There is plenty of customisation and every now and then video things pop up and the phone has stitched photos/vids into a mini movie type thing. It is solid built 8/10 audio quality through headphones and will not really drive high impedance earphones, it only has medium volume with my 32 ohm TT-Pod earbuds,earpiece is bit tinny in phone calls. Flash is same as Z3C not that bright. Screen detailed colourful but only giving it 6/10 for screen legibility in sunlight outdoors.Overall competent, sturdy, stable good battery life phone.

Absolutely great phone, size, features, camera - if it didn't get warm enough to toast marshmallows on.During 1st time setup it got very hot while downloading all the apps and syncing contacts etc - I could forgive that, it's not really normal everyday behaviour. But during normal browsing/usage it gets noticeably warm and when I tried a 4k video (once I got past the "This device might overheat and shutdown" warning) it got really warm, really quickly. A browse of internet and there are a lot of sites complaining about the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor getting hot. I'd read a few reviews that mentioned this but thought it was for heavy download/gaming - not what I'd planned to use phone for. But it even gets warm in just general everyday use.It's not going to burn you or set fire to your house but the constant heating/cooling cycles and the device running hot will not be great for component stability & therefore long-term viability of a >£400 phone. I decided to ditch it and get my money back before that could become my problem. As a chip design engineer myself, kind of amazed they are shipping regardless. Don't know what to go for now, most other recent Androids are enormous.

Zu Beginn hatte ich ein paar Probleme, welche ich fälschlicherweise dem z5c zugerechnet habe. Manche Apps (z.B. Kamera) haben sich selbstständig und ohne ersichtlichen Grund geschlossen, manche ließen sich gar nicht erst starten und das Gerät wurde tlw. sehr heiß. Als ich resignierend mein altes z3c reaktivieren wollte kam der nächste Schock. Das Gerät hat sich ständig aus- und eingeschaltet und ein arbeiten war unmöglich. Als ich dann die Speicherkarte entfernte um die Daten darauf zu retten stellte ich fest, dass das alte z3c plötzlich wieder funktioniert. Also habe ich auch das z5c (bereits zur Rücksendung eingepackt) wieder ausgepackt und ohne Speicherkarte getestet und siehe da, es hat tadellos funktioniert. Nachdem ich das Gerät wieder eingerichtet und eine (neue) Speicherkarte eingesetzt hatte folgte eine 2tägige Testphase und alle vorherigen Probleme waren verschwunden. Zum Glück konnte ich die Fotos der alten Speicherkarte noch retten.Zum Gerät selbst (nach meiner 2tägigen Testphase):PRO:Sämtliche Apps laufen einwandfrei und die Bedienung ist sehr flott und flüssig. Vor allem die Übernahme der Einstellung über NFC von meinem alten z3c hat mir sehr gut gefallen und spart etwas Zeit (sollte mit allen NFC-fähigen Android-Geräten funktionieren).Wichtig war mir auch eine gute Akku-Laufzeit und die ist beim z5c - auch ohne STAMINA-Modus (siehe weiter unten) - sehr gut. Bei durchschnittlicher Nutzung schaffe ich derzeit fast 2 Tage (wobei sicher noch die eine oder andere App hinzukommen wird, welche dann die Akku-Laufzeit verringern wird). Freu mich wenn STAMINA wieder da ist.Sehr positiv und praktisch ist der Fingerprint-Sensor seitlich am Ein-/Ausschalt-Knopf. Vor allem, da man den rechten Daum (als Rechtshänder) automatisch an der richtigen Stelle hat. Bisher wurde er immer erkannt und zur Sicherheit kann man ja eine alternative Methode (Muster, PIN, ...) definieren.Das Format und damit die Größe sind für mich optimal. Bei annähernd gleicher Displaygröße wie das iPhone 6 ist das z5c (dank der seitlichen Ein-/Aus-Taste) etwa 1cm kleiner (dafür 2 mm dicker, was meiner Meinung nach haptisch aber sehr gut ist).Für mich ein absolutes PRO-Kriterium ist die Kamera. Da man in den meisten Situationen keine eigene Kamera bei der Hand hat, bietet das z5c eine super Alternative für Fotoalbum-taugliche Fotos. Gerade mit kleinen Kindern ist man so immer bereit.CONTRA:Der STAMINA-Modus (Stromsparmodus, der abgeschaltetem Display die Datenverbindung kappt - vereinfacht erklärt) ist unter Android 6.0 plötzlich weg. Ich habe zwar bereits im Netz gelesen, dass er auch unter Android 6.0 wieder kommen soll, aber das fällt mir störend auf.Bei der Stummschaltung habe ich beim z3c bzw. dem älteren Android die Option "bis zum nächsten Weckruf" einstellen können. Jetzt kann ich "nur" mehr die Stunden auswählen (was aber auch ganz gut funktioniert).Ansonsten ist mir nichts negatives aufgefallen und auch die angeführten Punkte sollten noch nachgereicht werden bzw. sind nicht so störend, dass sie einen Sterneabzug rechtfertigen.FAZIT:Für Android-Anhänger ein Top-Handy zum absolut fairen Preis. Für mich sind Akku-Laufzeit und gute Fotos besonders wichtig und beides ist beim z5c super. Die Apps laufen einwandfrei und flüssig und das Format / die Größe ist perfekt. Der seitliche Fingerprint-Sensor ist eine praktische Ergänzung und habe ich in der kurzen Zeit bereits schätzen gelernt.

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Sono soddisfatto dell'acquisto. Il prezzo non è proprio basso ma almeno c'è la garanzia di Amazon, spero di non averne bisogno.Il telefono funziona bene, ha un bell'audio e una buona ricezione. La batteria dura abbastanza, perché si fa un giorno di uso intenso o due giorni di uso moderato. L'ultimo aggiornamento software/firmware mi pare abbia allungato la durata della batteria.Non scalda più di tanto. Credevo che potesse surriscaldare durante l'uso intenso e avere blocchi o malfunzionamenti ma, invece, è abbastanza difficile che succeda.La fotocamera è di ottimo livello, ce ne saranno anche di migliori ma non c'è da lamentarsi. Di base viene impostata a 8 megapixel e va bene così.Ottimo schermo, ottima la funzione di auto regolazione della luminosità. Prestazioni buone, non un fulmine ma sempre veloce.Bello esteticamente ma un po' scivoloso. Ho comperato una cover in gomma della Ringke che va molto bene, ma ovviamente lo rende un po' meno elegante.L'unico difetto, al momento, è che ogni tanto perde qualche tocco al display, come se non si avesse toccato lo schermo. L'avevo letto in qualche recensione e lo fa anche a me, ma non tanto frequentemente.Anche il sensore per le impronte digitali non sempre riconosce l'impronta, anzi sbaglia spesso e il pulsante di accensione essendo molto morbido causa qualche accensione involontaria quando si tiene il telefono in tasca, per questo ho attivato l'uso delle impronte. Ma non sono difetti gravi.Nel complesso sono contento. Del resto tra i compatti non c'è altra scelta e tanto piccolo non è.

el enchufe no es para españa necesita adaptador, el telefono bien, pero tienes que comprar un adaptador,tampoco hay auriculares, lo he devuelto

Acheté ce Z5C il y a qques jours j'en suis très satisfait il est comme neuf (je n'ai remarqué absolument aucune rayure), dans la boîte d'origine avec un chargeur et une paire d'écouteurs. Seul petit bémol il a une légère tendance à chauffer lorsque je mets une coque derrière. A voir si ça passera.