ALi-B

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Need a phone, as title.

Narrowed it down to; IP5S 32gb or Xperia Z3 compact.

What do you reckon?

dpb

Sony has some semblance of waterproofing

Funkii Munkii

As an owner of the full fat Z3, I can't complain on any front, it also has great build quality.

Of all the phones I looked at back in Feb this was the best build imo + it has a gorgeous Bravia 2 screen which again for me was the best screen of all of the phones I looked at, camera is really good, 4K video if you're that way inclined.

Dont know if the mini has full waterproofing but the bigger one does.

Littleted

I have Iphones and Z2...

Z2 is good, but its android I'm not a hater but its no way near an IPhone for functionality, and I'm fed up with Apps crashing to need resetting..

My Inlaws are 60s and they have both the IPhone and Xperia device same as Z series, they prefer the IPhone for ease...

IPhone gets my vote Ali, but the Sonys are very good, I just cant stand android based stuff....

boggissimo

Depends if you want Android or iOS. I have the Z3 compact and it's a great phone, very fast and well specced, good camera and lots of memory.

I have an iPhone 6 for work and don't really like it.

mrtheedge2u2

misses had Z3. She loved it till she dropped it under a tram and it was shattered

ALi-B

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I have a love-hate relationship with iOS. I like the concept, but in practice I just can't fully gel with it; It doesn't help that there is no other apple device in the house or work, except friends and family who have iPhone. Android is the other way round, more flexible, but not so coherent in multi-device connectivity.

So I'd lose facetime, no big deal, iMessage I could deal with, and I'd lose iTunes and iCloud which is another love-hate relationship; In principal its great, in practice its frustrating.

Z3 compact is bigger, but better spec, cheaper and newer. iP5S is smaller (good), but older tech and more expensive.

Or should I wait for when "small" phones become fashionable again? There is a demand, its only a matter of time. Thing is a brand spanking new model is going to cost more than one thats been around for a while like the above two....

dpb

Not even a Sony can cope with this ...

tarmac terror

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See if she had bought the IPhone instead the phone would have been fine and the tram would have been wrecked!

ALi-B

iTrader: (1)

I didn't know Chuck Norris made iPhones

Scotsman

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I've had a Z3 compact now for 3 months, love the phone, great size, very fast and the battery is excellent. Not disappointed at all.

Brun

My personal phone is an IP5 and the work mobile is a HTC android thing! I just don't understand how anyone can get on with android! I have that much hatred for it that I've chucked my shiny new HTC in the back of the drawer and have pulled a 2009 Sony Ericsson non smart (not even remotely clever) phone out of retirement. Never will I have another android!

JackClark

Yeah but you can't have flaming icons on your iPhone and it's not a real hobby like Android

ALi-B

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Well after waiting for the Xperia z5 compact in hope they would make it smaller, to find its just the same, and considering the iP5 is getting long in teh tooth, I had another good hard look at the iP6.

After some bartering with O2 I have a 6S 128gb on order. Not exactly what I want; but as always what I want doesn't exist

Brun

I've been looking a an ip6 now that they are a little cheaper with the s coming out but I still don't want to pay £10 more per month for something that does the same job as my ip5
ios 9 is ios 9 with little in the way of real world performance differences on what ever ip it happens to be installed on. Maybe if Apple brought out a 4" screen ip6s then I may have been swayed but they haven't so............ Till the ip7 arrives..........

ALi-B

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Yeah, for me it just maintains the status quo; my current phone is dying so I need a new one, but I really want something smaller. On the bright side I'm actually paying a few quid less a month (£4) than current for the same tarrif and I'm paying nothing to upgrade. Being a 128 gig model it should hold its value better so if something compact does get released, I should be able to sell it easier and buy what I really want when it finally gets produced.

JackClark

Buy an Apple Watch leave the large phone in your jacket.

dpb

Get stung twice why don't you

JackClark

Talking of why don't you, why don't you stop being a ****.

ALi-B

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Erm, no.

Any of these types of watches aren't suitable for my working environment anyway. And I don't wear a jacket either, I wear overalls.

We don't all drive desks for a living

JackClark

Just for real men http://www.spigen.co.uk/store/smart-...rmor-42mm.html and you can leave your phone in your lunchbox.

jonc

Oh my, a case for your watch, how to make yourself look even more of a Fantard! I'm sure you boys will lap it up!

dpb

So your bracelet concocted from the most exotic materials know/not know to man has be protected by a cheap bit 10 quid plastic . How bizarre

JackClark

You could protect it with a £600 case if that makes more sense to you.

JackClark

I don't need one for my watch but do have a case for my phone, such a fantard.

dpb

Is it in fact a cheap attempt to hide the thing from view? Save embarrassment

JackClark

No, I have the Quadlock case, it's incredibly good, great protection and mounts to my car and bike in milliseconds. It's the type of case that can't be manufactured economilally for anything but Apple products.

I believe the Watch case is for underwater cyclists.

dpb

Ah yes Garmin do those for proper sports watches ,

dpb

Twist an go , till you just snap it off

JackClark

They do, show me.

I'm talking about my phone case, not my Watch, so far Biking, Swimming, Kayaking, Gardening, Paragliding haven't been 'Extreme' enough for the Watch to need a case. The iPhone doesn't need one either but mine adds utility, I also have one with a built in retractable carabiner for easy selfies, that adds utility too.