Sony Xperia Z3 Compact Review

Sony Xperia Z3 Compact is a very high quality device launched back in the year 2014, counting with a very powerful Quad-Core processor speeding at 2.5 GHz, a 4.6 inches capacitive display, and 2 cameras, a 20.7 mega-pixels back facing camera and a 2.2 megapixels front side camera. That's everything we have to say? No, it's only the shortest summary in the world.

The Sony Xperia Z3 Compact comes with a very fast 2.5 gigahertz Quad-Core CPU, packed into the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 8974-AC chip with a great 2 GB RAM memory. Graphic rendering generally uses a lot of CPU cycles, so it has an additional Adreno 330 graphic processing unit running at 450 MHz to take care of them, leaving the processor free for other tasks. A nice advantage of this device is the 16 GB quite large internal storage memory and a slot for external memory cards, which allows the user to install hundreds of games and applications without worrying about space.

Sony didn't seem to put much effort to reduce weight in this 4.55 ounces phone. Sony sells this cellphone in lots of colors like black, orange, green and white. The Sony Xperia Z3 Compact is a very compact cellphone, taking into consideration it presents a 4.6" display and it has just 5" long and 2.56 inches wide. This cellphone is extremely slim and stilized, with a thickness of just 0.34".

This phone has two cameras, a 20.7 mega-pixels back facing camera and a 2.2 megapixels front facing camera. Its back facing camera has a maximum F2 aperture so it can capture great pictures even in low lighting environments. It is also able to shoot videos in 4K 3840x2160. This camera also features a large number of great features: flash, auto-focus, fast burst mode, digital image stabilization, face detection shooting, smile detection shooting, HDR mode and geo tagging.

The Sony Xperia Z3 Compact is equipped with a gorgeous 4.6-inches screen with a 1280 x 720 (HD) resolution, which makes all images and videos look completely perfect. Its screen uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and can detect multi touch gestures.

The Sony Xperia Z3 Compact features a 2600 mAh incredible removable battery that can keep it running for many hours without having to charge it. Sony says this phone has a 880 hs stand by time and a 12 hours talk time.

This phone provides wifi capability (which can be shared with other devices around, acting as a wireless modem or router), LTE 4G great performance connection and also HSPA+ data connection, a bit slower 4G variation and fast 3G data connection, supported by HSDPA, HSUPA, UMTS and EDGE technologies. This cellphone works with a Nano SIM card to connect to GSM networks.

This cellphone also includes some nice characteristics as Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth (4.0) and GPS (Global Positioning System), and plenty of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Barometer and Compass.

The Sony Xperia Z3 Compact is very overpriced considering it is offerred for 440 dollars, while other similar cellphones are a lot cheaper than that. No matter if you want this phone to take many pictures, are looking for a work device, want this phone for gaming or will use this phone mainly for social networks and internet browsing, you will probably love this cellphone.