if only it had adoptable storage Sony seem to be holding this back from 6.0

expensive to unlock. Currently ~£13 on ebay

no good reviews

good phones but storage lets them down!

After owning many Sony devices I give up with Sony. There support is terrible. Repairs were a joke. Never again a Sony device.

It's not a great phone and the price is terrible considering all the competition out there which regularly gets put up as deals on here. Personally I think you're a bit mental if you buy this phone.

I don't think 8gb of storage is acceptable nowadays, even my father who uses minimal apps is now struggling with his 8gb phone.

Does this phone offer full device encryption?

Its £100 phone, you think its GREAT to give it to the kids to run about with outside? Buy a football instead.

Friend has one. Overheats like a ****. Battery life poor (at best). Power button to unlock is the smallest thing known to man. A good deal? Maybe. A good phone? Absolutely not.

Also a bad choice for Pokemon GO due to it overheating so much.

i think this is a great phone - got for son on contract just over year ago and is great for playing pokemon - good size for a good cheap price x

I said its great for Pokemon GO. my kid has this phone, and he 'walks' about with it, i of course bought him a protective case,

See my son is autistic, he isn't very 'sporting' so I can buy him all the footballs I want he ain't going to play with them, my other son has serious problem with his legs he can't move very far or very fast, so again sports aren't really in his capability, as such they are very reclusive due to the mocking nature of other kids and since a young age have basically learnt to be together play together and do so in their rooms on their myriad of technology consoles, PC, TV's etc..

but now that there is something they can do outside (with a little supervision), something that socially allows them to interact with their peers without the usual mocking and judgements they receive from more adept children, then why wouldnt I invest £100.00 into that?

the funny thing is its now the adults such as yourself, who smear and look down on them because they are doing something that others do not understand.. seems they cannot win, with snide comments from the uneducated.

I bought this phone from vodafone at £125 a few months ago and it has been fine. £79 is a very good price for this device.
It does get warm on extensive use but nothing unbearable. The only downside is the 8GB.
Still worth it.
Also when I purchased it in store it came unlocked. Am using it with a Talk mobile sim, not sure if it's the same for all their stock.

Android 6 marshmallow apparently being rolled out to this phone in early August.

You seem like you've got a lot of pain inside mate.

Why do I **ing have to own one? Wtf has that got to do with anything? I don't own a Dacia Sandero, what's your point?

It would have taken you less time to google it than to write above. And yes Android 6 available, but I won't bother proving it to you.

It's a brilliant phone, got one for a family member. I'd have one myself if Sony hadn't screwed up and made it with 8GB storage, of which under 2GB is usable before you even start putting apps on. It's a shame they ruined a good thing.

If you do not own one, how can you state its not a good phone? in fact how can you state its a bad phone? your comment is backed by nothing but arrogance and ignorance, thats my point.

Ive no pain, but nice way to avoid actually apologising for your ignorant comments :smile:

I merely defend those whom cannot defend themselves.

You definitely don't need to own an item to appraise it. I don't own most of the phones I've sold and tested over the years. No idea why this fallacy of ownership comes in to things.

Ah everyone is ignorant if they don't agree with you. Have you heard of the word delusional? Your opinion like mine is just an opinion, it really doesn't matter.

Back your opinion up then, anyone can state anything, without facts its meaningless, the difference between our opinions is mine is backed up by the fact i own one, and have used one.

and the fact your quoting not a difference of opinions but the fact he made an assumption.. you also can't read very well it seems.

You made an assumption that I needed to own the phone to have an opinion about it, which is complete nonsense.

Seriously how many phone models do you want me to quote based on all the deals on this site?

Go look at the competition from:

Vodafone
Huawei
Multiple Chinese brands
Motorola

You're suffering technology bias due to the fact you've invested in the phone and are therefore hindered to consider objectively the purchase due to Ego getting in the way. "I have chosen therefore I'm right, there can't be any other reality". It's a psychological bias that the Chimp will persuade you to defend, know the Chimp, pacify him and put him to one side, then you can empathize receptiveness to other opinion. I'm willing to accede that you find the phone suitable for your requirements whilst I strongly state there's a massive amount of competition out there and any consumer should consider the alternatives. Whether I consider you mental or not for purchasing this phone is none of your business, then you afford yourself the permission to nullify the negativity you perceive from myself vis-a-vis a win for all.

Incorrect. Snapdragon 615 in these has a massive reputation for overheating.
Edit: Also, the power button on all of those devices is tiny. If doesn't feel as bad on the z3c because it is a smaller phone.

Reviewers don't generally use phones for a long time, the storage is a real issue which sony could've alleviated somewhat with adoptable storage, but chose not to.

It already rolled out, but it's flawed

I'm running marshmallow with adoptable storage, working great here, given the phone a new lease of life...

​As released adoptable storage is turned off, but you can enable it via adb. There is a guide on xda-developers. Only issue is incorrect reporting of free space in the storage interface, otherwise no problems.

I thought I would add into this.

I owned this phone for the last 6 months. I bought a z5 compact last week due to a number off issues with the phone.

I'm not going to vote cold even though I hate the m4 aqua cause the price ain't that bad. Please remember you pay for what you get.

The issues i have currently with the m4 aqua is, phone microphone only works on loudspeaker in calls, WiFi doesn't connect unless you open the WiFi setting menu where it then just happens to connect.

Phone overheats under normal strain ( I usually have the back light set at 75%) which adds to this problem
It overheats when being charged and leaves white staining on the back plastic as heat spots. The SD card mechanism failed and now only works as I have a small piece of paper wedged in to hold in place. The camera lens on the back cover can be easily scratched and has. This cause permanent lines on photos, but usually I get camera error most of the time when I try to open the app.

I was going to send back the phone to Vodafone last week for a repairs, but then the screen cracked after falling down the side of the seat in the car.

I got the z5 compact... Yeah alot more expensive than the m4 but really worth it. The build difference is Dat and night.

Sony were lucky I bought the z5 as my. Experience with the m4 aqua really put me off. Our of all the years of having numerous phones inc. Iphones I have never had any problems only ever with thia m4 aqua.

I approached other people may not have the issues I have had, but be aware of the build quality of this phone, it is nor great.

My 2 cents

Sorry the phone app will not let me me edit my spelling mistakes above.

I mean appreciate other people might not have these problems.

What's adb? I heard that after mm they weren't allowing. Is it easy to enable adaptable storage via xda developers. This phone has been ideal for os maps via mm tracker i have 2 and want a third but would want to use it as a daily driver but the restrictive app space makes this impossible