topic Re: Worth it to upgrade to Z5 Compact from Z3 Compact? in Z Series

Worth it to upgrade to Z5 Compact from Z3 Compact?

tbessie — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:41:17 GMT

Hey all...

I have a Z3 Compact and wonder if it's worth it to upgrade to a Z5 compact? Is it significantly more speedy than the Z3 Compact? I don't care so much about the camera, fingerprint sensor, or lack of USB covers - more about speed/performance, battery life and good connectivity.

- Tim

Re: Worth it to upgrade to Z5 Compact from Z3 Compact?

Uliwooly — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 17:42:06 GMT

@tbessie

You are good with the Z3 Compact since you don't care about the other features and improvements on the Z5 series.

Re: Worth it to upgrade to Z5 Compact from Z3 Compact?

benpearson — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:34:20 GMT

I upgraded from a z3c to a z5c.

It would be worth looking around the forum; lots of people (including me) are having problems with the z5c, specifically, there are huge performance drops and it becomes almost unusable. I've experienced things like Spotify cutting out, taking several seconds for the keyboard to pop up, etc.

I'm tempted to ditch the z5c and go back to my z3c until they pull their finger out and resolve these issues.

The battery life is a bit better.

Disapponted with the 'upgrade', I would hold off, for now.

Re: Worth it to upgrade to Z5 Compact from Z3 Compact?

absolut33 — Thu, 15 Oct 2015 19:43:40 GMT

I had Xperia z3c and I can say you that you are good with z3. Z5c have performance issues and the camera is slow

Re: Worth it to upgrade to Z5 Compact from Z3 Compact?

Proday83 — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 00:50:58 GMT

Stay at z3c and enjoy it. Mby in a few months when new firmware come you can transfer to newer z5c.

Re: Worth it to upgrade to Z5 Compact from Z3 Compact?

absolut33 — Fri, 16 Oct 2015 05:36:48 GMT

Re: Worth it to upgrade to Z5 Compact from Z3 Compact?

qw111 — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 00:58:52 GMT

Stay away from any 64 bit Sony phones until they get their stuff together.

You know, like make their mobile phone division profitable.

Re: Worth it to upgrade to Z5 Compact from Z3 Compact?

Rechargeee — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 03:47:08 GMT

No its not worth the upgrade. Not yet anyway maybey after a few firmware upgrades.

Re: Worth it to upgrade to Z5 Compact from Z3 Compact?

Phill2 — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 14:43:05 GMT

Don't upgrade!!! I did and I'm regretting it ever since.. Battery life is horrible!

Re: Worth it to upgrade to Z5 Compact from Z3 Compact?

pavelmayorga — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 18:02:16 GMT

Another advice...

Do not upgrade from lollipo to Marshmallow, yet; you will lose a very good battery administrator so your phone will have to recharge twice in a day, and many other cool features of this Sony Lollipop.

Re: Worth it to upgrade to Z5 Compact from Z3 Compact?

SebastianD — Mon, 11 Apr 2016 20:22:34 GMT

- You'll have less Free RAM because Z5 uses Android x64 (the difference could be something like 700-800MB vs 1100-1300MB on a cold boot). This will generate more app redraws.

- You'll have the USB port more accesible

- Fingerprint sensor.

- Better camera, but not great camera (IMO).

- And there is a bug I hate with the Adaptive Brightness that makes your black colors to become gray when you light sensor detects a lot of light (i.e.: outdoors). This is the worst bug in the Z5 line to me.