the battery life on these are great, i can really go a few days if i have to
ive read mixed reports about the camera but again i find it amazing
screen is only 720 but for its size i doubt youd notice the difference if it was 1080 or whatever as its bright & good crisp colours, not sure what else youd want on a screen this size :smirk:
also going by the wifes z2 which has had plenty of updates, i expect this to be well supported for a while too, not abandoned like HTC do after 6 months

How about unlocking this?

12months before they'll unlock it directly through o2

A minimum of £10 on ebay to unlock

Are the eBay unlocks reliable? Great prices but I'm in no rush to upgrade from my Z1 Compact though. But I know someone who is...

Heat OP!

No way to unlock other than through eBay, add another £10 on top. No fast software updates as they'll have to go through O2 first, and no way to unlock the bootloader (should you ever want to).

will this take a tesco mob sim? Tempted, though it's above my £300 budget.

good phone.i got my z3 off o2 last year when it was on offer for 240 with free chromecast.great little phones.easy equal of iphones.brilliant battery.i imagine this one is even better with having less flaps they are annoying.battery is slightly larger than z3 yet from what i have read online battery life isnt quite as good as the z3 i think the snapdragon 810 may be to blame as the screen is the same.so much for 64 bit octacore little big been more efficient.

I bought a Z3 Compact from O2 last year. Unlocked it via eBay and then flashed the standard firmware onto it, instead of the custom O2 firmware.

Haven't had any issues at all.

Few years ago when I got my Xperia S through O2 the bootloader was locked. So I was stuck with outdated versions of Android and buggy software from Sony (when third party ROMs could do so much better). Have fun with that.

Nice phone does everything, only downside is that it is chunky/brick-like, obviously good size screen. I still find it hilarious seeing people put 6" tablets to their ears thinking they have a bigger ***b, lol

the battery life on these are great, i can really go a few days if i have to
ive read mixed reports about the camera but again i find it amazing
screen is only 720 but for its size i doubt youd notice the difference if it was 1080 or whatever as its bright & good crisp colours, not sure what else youd want on a screen this size :smirk:
also going by the wifes z2 which has had plenty of updates, i expect this to be well supported for a while too, not abandoned like HTC do after 6 months

Got the Z3 Compact, Brilliant Phone.
Looking at the new Z5 Compact, Kinda don't see the point in Upgrading to this yet. very little difference and would ust be doing it for the point of having a newer model. But with not much noticeable difference for it.
SO, will leave will maybe another model appears & maybe one after this.
Happy with the Z3 Compact i have, and still punches above the other phones on the market..

Great spot there j3remy42. You should be boss of HUKF.

Snapdragon 810 for a 720p display! Overkill or not?

Let me guess...Simply Electronics (loud lol)

you can get unlocked version of this phone at very for £319 with 20% code on first credit order (and pay within 12 months) and includes free Sony headphones worth £30 too

Heard some real horror stories about this turning into a mobile radiator in your pocket ....

This or the Samsung s6?

hows the battery life and volume from headphones ????

this it LG g4 which voda don't have in stock

good find op, think I might finally have found one at a reasonable price, thank you :smile:

​battery is decent but not as impressive as it's older brother the z3c.
speakers are really good and volume is fine through headphones.
Camera is slow but takes some great pictures.
Android 6 update is around the corner.
my only complaint is the RAM they really shouldn't have cut corners there. but then that's why it's not 600 quid

I understand that unlocking is quite straight forward, but does this phone come with o2 branding that is easy to remove?

Does the z5 compact still have overheating issues?

Contract? Pay as you go needs to be with them for 12months as far as I've been told

On their website it says the handset must remain on pay as you go for 12 months before they'll unlock it

Slightly off the z5c topic, but I've got a z3c and love it. As for the flaps, I got a magnet charger dock to save using the flaps, which didn't stop the USB from breaking with little use (connecting to pc for photos ((I hate google backup photos)), but I found a replacement for about £6 on Amazon and it fits even better than the original. I wouldn't go for the z5c based on what you're all saying about it.

^ pretty much my experience.

If you have, or know someone that has, an o2 contract use the details for that on the unlock request form online. I did it this way for both my Z3C (on o2 contract) and a family members iPhone (o2 payg) when we landed in Hong Kong and found both handsets were network locked. I used the account details for my Z3, which I'd had for about 4 months and the iPhone was less than a year old.

Can't remember exact time frame, but was absolutely less than 24 hours when the unlock was processed.

Sony do. O2 don't.

Despite the price drop on the phone itself the contract deals still work out cheaper through third parties, such as mobiles, etc if you trust autocashback. (redemption deal is even better if it works).

Even the 4GB/1000-mins giffgaff combination is cheaper over 24months even though the phone is now £38 cheaper on o2 since they charge £6pm more for their 3Gb/unlimited-calls tariff (£21pm vs £15pm). Though you could maybe buy the o2 phone and use the giffgaff sim as its the same carrier. I guess you'd need to add the cost of the cheapest o2 PAYG sim, as I doubt they'd sell it simfree. There's possible £30 quidco on the giffgaff phone+sim package versus 2% = £6 on the o2. Which closes the upfront cost.

Oddly the o2 website makes you pick a PAYG bundle tariff (cheapest = £10) but then doesn't charge you anything for it.... As others have noted the o2 phone may well have a locked bootloader and rely on o2 software updates.

I got the full sized Z5 for the same price and it's very nice. My colleague sat next to me has the compact, and the full sized is much thinner with a better screen

The bootloader is very likely to be locked (so no custom ROMs), but you can easily install generic UK software on this. Search google for "XperiFirm and Flashtool guide". This means you can get the same updates as those on SIM free handsets.

Id say stay away from sony, had tablet that broke (6 weeks in for repair), uncle had smartphone, broke in first month (took 7 weeks to fix)

Soonest I got tablet back sold it

Never buying sony again, got an iPad now, should have straight away

(Unless I ever want console, the only thing I would ever consider)

2gb is plenty. This has a 720p screen and snapdragon 810 making it the fastest phone out there. Itll blitz through games.

That's not true. Sony only lets you unlock your bootloader if it's allowed on the device. Phones from networks (not just o2) prevent the bootloader from being unlocked.

My z3c is on ebay at the moment, but I can say hand on heart, it has been the best smartphone I've ever owned. Worked flawlessly, ran really fast and smooth, camera and video is top notch. If you have z3c just get magnetic dock charger that will save you opening the flaps, that's what I used. I think the z5c battery is not quite as good as z3c due to the fingerprint reader constantly on, that's a feature I'd happily sacrifice a tiny bit of battery usage for.

not really, all phones get hot, although its not any hotter than plenty of other phones ive tried
i mean its not like they can have a giant fan on em to cool down is it
even with some pretty intense gaming its still ok to hold so dont panic and under normal use, like making a phone call, its as cool as a cucumber
thinking about this phone, my only issue so far is its a little bit slippy to hold, glass like back etc so im thinking of a rubber case before the inevitable happens

Uncle has the Z3, the tablet was Z2 10.1inch. I personally have an iP6 after having iP5 and iP4 in the past.

HOT! Just bought for £ 340 a week ago! Gonna return it/ask for a price difference.

You can unlock immediately as it's a pay monthly. Just go through My O2 or use the online form. Then you can pay for your device in full and cancel the contract.

thanks mate ... such a shame, the battery life has actually got worse throughout the compact series, the z1c was unreal !!!

Glad I got the z3c on the cheap six months ago then. :smiley:

​this is against ofcom rules....

​if modern soc,s are more power efficient then it makes no sense that the z5c has worse battery life than the z3c yet runs same screen and same software and is thicker and has larger battery.i doubt very much modern octacore soc,s are more power efficient than krait soc,s

​if modern soc,s are more power efficient then it makes no sense that the z5c has worse battery life than the z3c yet runs same screen and same software and is thicker and has larger battery.i doubt very much modern octacore soc,s are more power efficient than krait soc,s

I have a Z2. Minor issues, like flap seals, but thats all
I also own a Z2 10" tablet, worked flawless
Same with my Z3 tablet
Couple of minor issues with the wifes Z1compact, camera freeze until reset, occasionally.
I won't even tell you how great my TV, DVD, Video recorder, surround sound, headphones, wired and Bluetooth have been.
Or how my sister was given a straight replacement for her old TV because it failed 1 month out of warranty

I won't even go there with the issues my daughters have with their iphones on and off ( 4s/5/6s). I will never buy another HTC ever.
Every product has a horror story. Your experience isn't widespread, and shouldn't put anyone of any of the above products

On Z2 10 inch facebook messenger app wont record audio or take photos, and sony dont seem to give a toss about this either, dont mind there tv's but look what happened to vaio...