Dream of my sleepless nights!

Dream of my sleepless nights!

Sony Xperia Z1 Compact Smartphone (10.9 cm (4.3 inches) HD TRILUMINOS display, 2.2GHz, 2GB RAM, 20.7-megapixel camera, Android 4.3) Black (Wireless Phone)

Customer Review

After I have my Samsung Galaxy SII sunk for the second time (unintentionally) in the bathtub, was for me one clear: a waterproof cell phone is needed.
I looked around for a while in the market and make comparisons, as I had known it. Accordingly, the decision was made relatively quickly for me:
There is a Sony. The S4 Active is indeed quite nifty, but the technical advantage of the Z1 Compact is unrivaled.

The claim by Sony was to pack the technical advantages of the "big brother" Z1 without losses in a smaller format.
What had been the soft Full HD resolution (which on such a small screen anyway not particularly make much difference in my opinion - in direct comparison I find the display of Compact even better than the Great) and the battery decreases (to I would like to say something further below).

That's it.

I have the Compact now for almost two weeks in daily use. I was pleasantly surprised alone the fact that he immediately drew the information I had on the old phone (synchronization makes it possible). Within a short time I had all my apps and information on the phone without I have done only a finger.

The appearance of the UI is very pleasant and differs only slightly from the Samsung interface. You can personalize colors and backgrounds, use different styles, create folders, create pages and so on ... So everything that the SII also could. Depends indeed rather with the operating system (Android Jelly Bean) together, rather than the device itself - best example: apple phones. Personalization = zero.

The sound quality is great and telephony, the touch panel reacts super and the whole phone runs and runs and runs. No crashes, no hanging, no problems.

The photo quality can convince me. In addition, there are a few fun effects for the camera, although no one really needs, can make eerie fun but - for example, you can let show 3D effects like little men running across the kitchen table or the feet hang in the coffee cup ,

At first I was not sure if it is an advantage if there is no "right" button more on the display side, but I have found nothing negative about it.

On the subject Bloadware I can say that there are far fewer pre-installed crap on the Compact than Samsung. Because there's so much stuff that nobody needs and you can not uninstall - this is where the really holds very limited.

The placement of buttons and switches on the side is in any phone exchange a matter of habit, so I want to comment on that neither positive nor negative.

From the processing I can find nothing negative. Everything is solid and firm.

As far as all this is nothing new.
What makes the Compact for me a special telephone?

1. It looks megaschnieke and is in spite of everything waterproof! No ugly outdoor phone with rubber matting and what-do-I-but what a normal, modern (!) Smartphone optics.

2. the battery lasts in Stamina mode for several days! I grew up getting impatient, as it still happily worked for two and a half days to himself. I'm not used to.
In STAMINA mode, when the display is off, stopped all background activities that feed electricity. One can of course exceptions set (Email, Whatsapp, alarm clock ... etc), otherwise they will be no beep of itself. I have two days to, but until I found out that it is more useful.
In addition, the Compact can automate the wifi - when he realizes that you're in a place where you have saved an access wifi, it provides a connected and the WLAN when you go away again, it is switched off. Very useful and very intelligent.

3. The Compact has a glove-mode!
Due to the lack of winter I have not yet tested, but find the mere fact that someone thinks, commendable.

4. The small but smart button at the bottom right of the Home button takes you directly to a kind of Task Manager, where you back comfortably between active apps and can herwechseln. When Samsung went the when you press the Home button longer. Click here faster and easier, it had the 'Settings' button (located at Samsung devices at this point) soft, but you get used to very quickly.
Another advantage of the task manager: it will default down a number of useful functions such as a calculator buttons available.

5. The lock screen is useful supplements. With an up or down a wipe you unlock the screen, if one wipes in the upper half of the left or right, as the camera or the calendar you can access shortcuts. Thought along!

What it indicates negative points to say?

There are two things that I would have liked a bit different, but the jack of all trades can not give even gold failed * s:

1) The Ladekabelanschuss is top left on the side and thus unhappy place in my eyes a little bit ... just who knows the problem in the car, will be able to understand the:
Most charger cable have a squiggle or cable are not very long. When inserting it in the top left, the tension of the cable pulls on the device and it can happen, depending on how loosely you set the car mount, that it tends eventually left.

2) You can not replace the battery.
That's for me, but only half a downside - the Samsung I've always had my second battery case, as he has usually kept less than 24 hours - even more so when I was not traveling, pictures did was on the internet and so on. Smartphone users know that.
Here I can not change the battery, but it also keeps forever.

I hope I could be a little help with the review.
For me, the Compact is the best mobile phone that there is currently, and I speak from a very strong buy recommendation.
Of the 500 Euro price is worth every penny.

So I like art!

Addendum of 05/06/2014:

I have the phone now three months in continuous use and wanted to tell a little how my impression has held.

Even after three months, I am completely satisfied with the Z1C. It has hung one, twice what was fixed with a reboot but immediately. Since you a cell phone but should one way or another restart now and then, I do not see it necessarily as a negative.

Gross failures there were no, is broken nothing.
In the dark, the camera is little to use (I'm not a fan of Rumgeblitze, I would use him the pictures would probably be better), but since a cell phone is "just", I do not, at least not really care. If I want to take pictures in the dark, I take my DSLR and turn the iso and the aperture or use other high-light technology. ;)

I have absolutely nothing to complain about, the battery is still incredibly powerful and one of the points that let my friend go pale with envy when he thinks of his apple.

Can confirm the five stars with a clear conscience so after the three months.

LG :)

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