I saw someone else (AXIS of Reality) ask over on the GS2 forums and would also like to see how many users came from what devices.
Please only select the main phone you used and the phone you used directly before the Xperia S
Should be interesting to gather the results
Edit: Please only select a manufacture if you had an ANDROID phone, for WP7 etc. tick the respective boxes for those OS's
An X10 but I have to say it was one hell rollercoaster ride. It began with the lows of 1.6 which became pure agony and frustration. Then 2.1 came too late and we felt indifferent about it.
In the end gingerbread arrived but after well over a year on dated software, there was just a bad taste that never really went away.
We hoped never to see a repeat, and indeed Sony Ericsson promised to do better in future but hey, 2 years later and we are back to dated software.
It really is hard work liking the company. Don't have many problems with the phones themselves, just the philosophy of the company behind them that stinks to high heaven.
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HTC Desire. I went from the phone with the best screen available at release, to the phone with the best screen available at release.
I love my Desire, but I tried to use it last week and it felt so slow.
I moved from an Xperia arc, I don't normally upgrade that soon but I won the Xperia S from Sony so that's why I upgraded.
@zodiac100 my brother got a cheap X10 off ebay couple months back, with 2.3 it works its just a lot slower than what I'm used too.
X10
Loved it until the end. Updates were slow, but XDA made me really not care, I still found it to be a great phone without the latest of the latest.
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I had a Samsung Galaxy S. It was a phone with decent harware but horrible software in the beginning. Needed to tweak and flash it constantly. But compared to the x10 and desire it was the better choice.
I had the xperia neo, my first taste of android which I hacked to death I sold it to my brother and he loves it, its his first taste of android to or a smart phone for that matter
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I had a Nokia N8. Its the best camera phone i've ever had! The only regret i have is that the Sony Xperia S can't match the quality! Apart from that, the Xperia S is a superb mobile phone!
Sony Ericsson K770i.
Samsung Galaxy Nexus here...once you go 720p you never go back
Hi, I moved from Omnia lite ....Never heard it ....right anyways it was a windows phone and switching from windows to android is a bit difficult but will get used to it
I was using an Xperia Arc before, but back to using the Arc now while my Xperia S has been at the service centre now for the last 3 weeks.
HTC Desire. It's a great phone, the community is really nice, the screen and the sound quality is great (worse than 720p on XPS though). Still maintaining AOKP for it and not going anywhere.
I've beemn on my x10 mini for 2 years, running cm7mini for about a year and updated it with cm9 ics rom 2 weeks before i got this phone.
Thé differences is endless, 2 years of missing buttons, worn out physical buttons and just plain slowness...
This phone is the one i dreamed of. I just Hope Sony doesn't keep us waiting too long for the ice Cream sandwich update :/
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I had and i have the best phone ever: HTC HD2!
Iphone 4S and what a huge mistake I made. I hate that everyone has apple thats why i sold it, but the fact of the matter is that the 4s is a much better phone. I bought xperia s for the look and for the screen. had no ideea the battery was so lousy. i dont like the camera either. kinda sad actualy, not because of iphone (i hate apple), because it,s really a good phone. why ruin it with the stupid camera and battery
I had LG optimus 2x before the XS.
i regret that the screen is too large on the XS.
I maybe buy a xperia P for that.
Coming from the iPhone 4 32gb and...regret it!!
iPhone 4s 32GB
and i dont regret it.
I have gone from an HTC Desire S to the XS.
The Sony is so much better
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I am buying it as a gift for my GF who had been an ardent blackberry user ,, and finally wishes to jump into the "real" smartphone market ..
she already has an Ipad so an Iphone4s is a no no ... and the choices pretty much come down to Sony Xperia S vs Galaxy nexus ...
Which is better and why ?
galaxy nexus, since this us a galaxy nexus forums
but i think girls usually prefer the looks of sony
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Xperia S is probably better for girls with its Facebook interaction and social stuff. The nexus would be better if your girlfriend like flashing roms and root and has big hands.
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Why is an iPhone a no-no because she has an iPad? They compliment each other great.
Just let her decide.. Don't think it'll matter that much since she's coming from BB.
Iphones are made for girls....well imho anyways
The answer is Galaxy Nexus. It's always Galaxy Nexus.
Unless she really wants an Xperia S... for some reason. And I have to agree that an iPhone 4S isn't a bad idea if she's used to iOS. There are pros to both views.
naha…
Girls like Android even if I do not know why… *shrugs*
My sister got pulled from iOS to Android by an HTC Wildfire (which really isn't a great experience).
She now uses an HTC Legend instead of an iPhone4 and will get some HTC One flavour with the ending of her old contract. (I would recommend the V) which does espc. affect women with all the Sense stuff…
A friends GF got an HTC Sensation XE/XT or whatever and her first move was to get to him and have it rooted because she missed some features he had on his phone (with CM7.x)
If you go the Sony route get her the Xperia P not the S. The aluminum on it super svelte.
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Girls like Android even if I do not know why… *shrugs*
My sister got pulled from iOS to Android by an HTC Wildfire (which really isn't a great experience).
She now uses an HTC Legend instead of an iPhone4 and will get some HTC One flavour with the ending of her old contract. (I would recommend the V) which does espc. affect women with all the Sense stuff…
A friends GF got an HTC Sensation XE/XT or whatever and her first move was to get to him and have it rooted because she missed some features he had on his phone (with CM7.x)
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Most girls then....hehe
Don't get galaxy nexus. Get Sony or the iphone.
Dude just get here a galaxy s2 bro
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I'm a girl who jumped from Blackberry to Xperia to Samsung. My son also has an Xperia Play. I love my Gnex, but I'd honestly recommend one of the new Xperias as an introduction to Android.
The build quality on Sony phones feels a lot more solid than Samsung phones. Samsungs just feel kinda cheap and plasticky, IMO. I have a Gnex now simply because I wanted pure stock ICS and updates direct from Google. If that were not important to me, I'd have waited a bit and gotten an Xperia S instead, simply because it's pretty much equivalent as far as hardware goes, and it's also prettier (IMO).
So my vote is to get her the Sony....maybe she'll want a Nexus eventually, like I did, and maybe by then the current Nexus will be something other than a Samsung.
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GIFT? Get her a G1 and take your cash to a strip club. Problem solved. Or let her pick one. Tbh, all the android I brought my missus are "not white" or "too big"
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I bought an Xperia S a couple of weeks ago, originally for my wife.
She hated it so I ended up using it.
If you're going to get one, at least wait for the ICS upgrade to see if it fixes the battery issues with Sony's GB rom (or even better, hang on for a good custom rom).
As it stood, I didn't get on with the Xperia S at all, so it sadly ended up on eBay.
I've just replaced it with a gnex, and couldn't I be happier.
The reasons my wife hated it?
The hardware buttons are a bit fiddly. She was forever pressing the back button again and again, trying to get it to register. I found this problem too.
The battery life (as mentioned above, this should be fixed by a software update, eventually)
Performance: the stock .67 sony rom is laden with rubbish. The launcher is laggy and the gb menus are awfully choppy. Again, hopefully the ICS update will cure this.
The screen was excellent though, and the camera was very good, for a phone. A potentially great phone, ruined by the software.
I am a BlackBerry user (please don't hate ). I use a BB on my main line and the Nexus One on my second line. I plan on getting the Galaxy Nexus. The reason why I chose the GNex is because it uses a regular sim and you can remove the battery. The Xperia S uses a micro sim and I change phones often on my second line. I have many micro sim adaptors and they don't work properly. Also correct me if I'm wrong, but the battery of the Xperia S is non removable. That's a dealbreaker for me. I can deal with the internal memory and eventually when all manufacturer's switches over to the micro sim or nano sim. But I like the choice to be able to buy an extended battery or extra battery if I need one. I have small hands and I played around with the GNex. It's not as big as I thought it would be. Also by looking at the specs of both devices, the Xperia S is not that much smaller.
Another thing to keep in mind is your GF is a BB user which means I'm sure she loves the led notification light. The GNex has it and I'm pretty sure the Xperia S has one has well. Sony has been known to have an led notification light. Thought I point that out to you just in case you change your mind and get her an iPhone or the SGSII and she's wondering where the led notification light is, because there isn't one.
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are "not white" or "too big"
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Talking about the phones or your ex girlfriends?
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Talking about the phones or your ex girlfriends?
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On some occasions, both
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Xperia S is probably better for girls with its Facebook interaction and social stuff. The nexus would be better if your girlfriend like flashing roms and root and has big hands.
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LMFAO, best post, ever!
Even the girlfriend laughed when I read her that!
I stand corrected, I was unaware that the Xperia S has a non-removable battery.That would be a deal-breaker for me, as well.
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I bought my Xperia S last year in May, and unfortunately I'm very upset with the phone, the design is very good but battery cover started moving in 3 months after that soft touch on the battery cover became glossy and not soft anymore,I had to buy one from Amazon, now looks as new. As for the phone it's very laggy, luckily I don't have any yellow tint or other problems with the phone, the major problem is dust coming through camera hole and touch buttons at the bottom sometimes lag. So I want to get rid of SONY Products once and for all, I don't even wont the new Xperia Z, because I know that it will disappoint me soon, I had almost 20 Sony Ericsson Phones including X10 and Arc, and I got disappointed in all of them, I was thinking of HTC one X+ but in the end I understood that there is nothing special in it, the best choice for performance and style would be Nexus 4, because it has great CPU, GPU, Design, Camera, it's the best phone for it's price. And if someone has an opinion about this please feel free to comment. I'll appreciate your help!!! :cyclops:
If you want an opinion... at least ask for a realistic challenge!
Nexus 4 is comparable to Xperia Z, Galaxy S3... not with Xperia S.
It is completely ridiculous to compare a model from 2013 with one from 2012, doesn't make any sense.
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If you want an opinion... at least ask for a realistic challenge!
Nexus 4 is comparable to Xperia Z, Galaxy S3... not with Xperia S.
It is completely ridiculous to compare a model from 2013 with one from 2012, doesn't make any sense.
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Xperia z is the only one of those phones thats from 2013 haha.....
Anyways... Nexus 4! Theres not even a debate. Aosp, great specs, gigantic dev community, haha I wish I had One.
Unless lte is a deal breaker of course.
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Nexus 4 is the best phone in Android developers community:
Not expensive, good specs, lots of resources!:good::good::good:
I really wish N4 is available in my region:crying:
Get the Nexus 4... Its not available officially in India and unofficial (online store) price is too much.... I would have bought it if it was available here.
Nexus 4 is better in almost every way compared to XS. Every tech site gave it a high score..
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Xperia z is the only one of those phones thats from 2013 haha.....
Anyways... Nexus 4! Theres not even a debate. Aosp, great specs, gigantic dev community, haha I wish I had One.
Unless lte is a deal breaker of course.
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I was obviously referring to S4...
But the rest remains...
For me the choice would also be Nexus 4
Thank you everyone for your opinions! I'll definitely go for Nexus 4 and forget SONY forever.
Go for nexus 4, but dont forget about sony forever
who knows maybe next will be sony nexus 5 or 6. :good:
Don't even go near the xperia s!
Look at what's happening with just jelly bean update.
Xperia s is worst my friend bought it 2 months ago now he wants to sell it I asked him the reason but he is always numb. Its led flash is not bright as compared to my sgs2. Nexus 4 is immortal. If you have few more thousands to spend go for htc butterfly or droid dna.
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Gor for Nexus 4!
I got fed up with this sony mobiles. My xperia s not yet completed 7 months. It already died. I got it from UK now i cannot get the replacement also. It was already went two times for service. What the F mobiles it is. My previous mobile motorola is way better than this one. Don't go for beauty Look for how much it worth for long life.
Yea, you are right, just waste of money, you buy Xperia S in two weeks comes out Xperia S something with almost same price but with better performance, this drives me crazy! In 2011 I bought Xperia Arc, and Arc S came out in 2 weeks without announcement and I had to live with it. Don't trust sony!!!
Dunno what's with you guys I've been a Sony user for the past 10 years and never had problems with em.I've had the x8 which was great and also the arc S (smart phone era). 4 months ago i bought the S and so far it has been rock solid.
Hello guys,
after the long wait for Jelly bean on my Xperia S ive had enough of that phone. It lags a lot in the Homescreen, its slow very often, the walkman random pauses, its sluggish and the support is as good as dead. So now im Thinking of buying a new phone in mid Juli. So my question is: What phone do you think i should get? Ive got my eye on the Z and the SP. I know SP is only a midrange phone, but I completely love the design of it. The Z is more expensive, but probably the better phone. I like Sony a lot, because of the general design and the UI. I wont even start about the support because,... well you know.. And im begging you, no Samsung suggestions )
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Hello guys,
after the long wait for Jelly bean on my Xperia S ive had enough of that phone. It lags a lot in the Homescreen, its slow very often, the walkman random pauses, its sluggish and the support is as good as dead. So now im Thinking of buying a new phone in mid Juli. So my question is: What phone do you think i should get? Ive got my eye on the Z and the SP. I know SP is only a midrange phone, but I completely love the design of it. The Z is more expensive, but probably the better phone. I like Sony a lot, because of the general design and the UI. I wont even start about the support because,... well you know.. And im begging you, no Samsung suggestions )
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might as well go all out and buy the Z. Its flagship status pretty much guarantees it will be first in line for updates (at least for this year, cant say anything bout next year). better specs and great design, plus water(Proof/resistant).
Yeah I thought so.. I just hope Sony fixes everything in Jelly Bean..
noo!! i refer you to uy SP i know Z is better in everything than sp but SP is simple and just like the S u can use it with 1 hand and its battery life is incredible than the Z so i refer you to go with SP
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noo!! i refer you to uy SP i know Z is better in everything than sp but SP is simple and just like the S u can use it with 1 hand and its battery life is incredible than the Z so i refer you to go with SP
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+1 me to the xperia sp is my next phone
If you are going to spend your bucks on Xperia Z range phones, I would suggest you to buy the HTC One...
Don't buy the SP, it's a mid - range non flagship phone - - - - - SO FORGET ABOUT LONG TERM SUPPORT(Look how Sony is treating their last year flagship XS, so SP will suck big time in terms of support from Sony)..
Yeah the xperia S is almost dead to Sony, thats the only thing ( except the the bugs) that i really hate about this phone..
Don't think and just go for Z. It has amazing support from Sony and should even have long term support. I think that it even has good developer support on XDA, No need to say anything about the performance. I can easily run any game or app without a single lag on my XZ. There is enough ram to anything that you want. Around 1-1.2 GB free ram is perfect for all user apps. XZ and SP are not comparable. If money doesn't matter to you, just go for a XZ. Believe me, you won't regret it.
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If you are going to spend your bucks on Xperia Z range phones, I would suggest you to buy the HTC One...
Don't buy the SP, it's a mid - range non flagship phone - - - - - SO FORGET ABOUT LONG TERM SUPPORT(Look how Sony is treating their last year flagship XS, so SP will suck big time in terms of support from Sony)..
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If your gonna shell out the money for a Z why on earth wouldnt you get the HTC One? Its definatly better in my opinion.
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If your gonna shell out the money for a Z why on earth wouldnt you get the HTC One? Its definatly better in my opinion.
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Yeah HTC One is better in my opinion (even though I'm a total Sony fan). It's chipset and display is top-notch. Battery life is also better than Z.
HTC One - over 10 hours of video playback, almost 10 hrs of web browsing and 13 hrs of 3G talk time
Xperia Z - 5 and a half hour of video playback, 6 and a half hour of web browsing, 16 hrs of 3G talk time.
(source: GSMArena's battery tests)
Despite its 4MP Ultrapixel camera...HTC is trying to provide continuous software updates to provide better camera quality and improvements.
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That was one of the bigger dilemmas i was facing HTC one or z.. I just dont really like the ui htc provides and i simply love all the things sony adds to the roms.. The walkman app for instance. It is by far the best music app
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HTC one is a better opinion I think
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Wait until Sony releases thier next flagship.
Sent from my sunken ship xperia s.
That will take a while i guess...
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Wait until Sony releases thier next flagship.
Sent from my sunken ship xperia s.
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And when that happens the next flagship rumours will start to pop and someone will say: "Wait for next flagship". You can't wait for the best around the corner, because there will always be one"
Yeah, thats what I was thinking.. Lets just hope the JB for Xperia S really fixes everything
Leaving my own personal rants on Sony's software support out of it; i too am in the same boat currently owning an Ion.
As far as the big Android phones for 2013, this is all i've noticed so far...still have plenty of time to figure it out before my upgrade, and i'm hoping i'm happy enough with JB to just wait it out until next year.
Sony Xperia Z/ZL: by far the absolute best physical design i've seen so far in a phone. 5" screen freaked me out at first, but its barely bigger than my Ion, just much more screen. I haven't held a ZL yet, but the Z is pretty incredible if you haven't seen it in person yet. At the same time, its a big 'who knows' on its support. Going by 2012, it'll get one update late summer...then barely ever get mentioned again...Soon after 18 more phones will be available, and Sony will continue having no realistic way of supporting devices they already sold.
HTC One: Good design overall. Most are reporting its very durable, good for me as i love dropping things that are expensive. Not sure about all that layered UI stuff they're up to yet though. Only bad thing for me would be the lack of SD card support.
Samsung Galaxy S4: By far the most popular choice, creating a community of users that rivals Apple, and the support that comes with it. Too bad, though, it looks like a toy. I wouldn't be surprised if the box included a Sesame Street DVD.
for all the above reasons, i'd be very happy just waiting it out and seeing what 2014 brings. maybe sony will turn it around company wise, maybe not. But i still think the Z is too early in this mess for it not to share the EXACT same fate as last years flagship.
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Leaving my own personal rants on Sony's software support out of it; i too am in the same boat currently owning an Ion.
As far as the big Android phones for 2013, this is all i've noticed so far...still have plenty of time to figure it out before my upgrade, and i'm hoping i'm happy enough with JB to just wait it out until next year.
Sony Xperia Z/ZL: by far the absolute best physical design i've seen so far in a phone. 5" screen freaked me out at first, but its barely bigger than my Ion, just much more screen. I haven't held a ZL yet, but the Z is pretty incredible if you haven't seen it in person yet. At the same time, its a big 'who knows' on its support. Going by 2012, it'll get one update late summer...then barely ever get mentioned again...Soon after 18 more phones will be available, and Sony will continue having no realistic way of supporting devices they already sold.
HTC One: Good design overall. Most are reporting its very durable, good for me as i love dropping things that are expensive. Not sure about all that layered UI stuff they're up to yet though. Only bad thing for me would be the lack of SD card support.
Samsung Galaxy S4: By far the most popular choice, creating a community of users that rivals Apple, and the support that comes with it. Too bad, though, it looks like a toy. I wouldn't be surprised if the box included a Sesame Street DVD.
for all the above reasons, i'd be very happy just waiting it out and seeing what 2014 brings. maybe sony will turn it around company wise, maybe not. But i still think the Z is too early in this mess for it not to share the EXACT same fate as last years flagship.
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Either you live long enough to buy it now,or regret not to buy it later
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If you are going to spend your bucks on Xperia Z range phones, I would suggest you to buy the HTC One...
Don't buy the SP, it's a mid - range non flagship phone - - - - - SO FORGET ABOUT LONG TERM SUPPORT(Look how Sony is treating their last year flagship XS, so SP will suck big time in terms of support from Sony)..
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Unfortunately, the midranger like XP are getting JB 1st before XS. Not to mention XS got ICS latter than 2011 devices.
The thing is the cost of XZ or HTC ONE is twice the price of XSP.
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Yes, of course those phones cost twice as much as the XS. But lets face it, the XS has horrible support and an extremley buggy ICS.. Why do you guys think the HTC one is so much better? It probably is a bit better, but id really like to know why. Andthe Z is now already available for 500€ which is a lot less than the HTC
Good day everyone!
For the past two years I've been using Xperia Arc, and it lived a long and exciting life, but not it came the time to move on to something faster. Unfortunately, I am very limited in the amount of money I want to spend on my new phone, but I want to continue the tradition and keep with sony products. That is why I am here asking a question, what would be the best alternative for Xperia arc, which will be both quick and relatively cheap. I've considered Xperia V, Xperia Acro S and Xperia T, but i haven't found much of a difference between them, therefore, i need your help. What is the best Arc-like smartphone currently on the market for the cheap? ( I do apologize if I've wrote the question in the different thread, but I thought that it would be best asking Arc users for their advice)
if you want it with similar specs then get xperia J, it has a JB update and its cheap, plus has an appealing sony look
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if you want it with similar specs then get xperia J, it has a JB update and its cheap, plus has an appealing sony look
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He mentioned about Xperia T or V and you are suggesting J
@ op try posting here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620179
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he clearly said "What is the best Arc-like smartphone currently on the market for the cheap?"
so Xperia J would be the best match for his budget
well, yeah, But I ment looking like Arc, not being slow as it is now! That's why Xperia V looks like the best of them all, cz looks like Arc (curvy) and ahve quite enough power.
My T beats the heck out of S3 almost in every benchmark.so T or V but v looks like arc more than T.
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Thats what I have been looking for! and V does look like arc, so i guess, it should be v!
Is there any other similar smartphones on the market, similar to v
sorry for misleading you guys before, my English is not Brilliant
HTC has some dual-core alternatives, the One SV or the older One S. Basically any dual-core HTC from 2012 would be lightning fast compared to the Arc.
I'd stay away from LG altogether. Anything below an Optimus G is a junk. They all have horrible build quality.
I don't want to step any toes here but the Galaxy S3 Mini is a hell lot of phone for a very reasonable price. Phone prices depend on the market but in Europe, this phone sells less than the Xperia T (despite the price cuts on the T) and is a better phone (in my opinion).
Recently a friend bought an Acer. Forgot which model it was but it had 720p display in a 4.3 inch screen or something similar. He is pretty happy and I've seen the screen, it looks pretty clear and amazing. And the viewing angles are a million times better than the Arc (well, that's not fair, all Sony phones, the Z included, have terrible viewing angles. So maybe I shouldn't compare).
For that price no.there are some samsungs but they are heck ugly
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HTC has some dual-core alternatives, the One SV or the older One S. Basically any dual-core HTC from 2012 would be lightning fast compared to the Arc.
I'd stay away from LG altogether. Anything below an Optimus G is a junk. They all have horrible build quality.
I don't want to step any toes here but the Galaxy S3 Mini is a hell lot of phone for a very reasonable price. Phone prices depend on the market but in Europe, this phone sells less than the Xperia T (despite the price cuts on the T) and is a better phone (in my opinion).
Recently a friend bought an Acer. Forgot which model it was but it had 720p display in a 4.3 inch screen or something similar. He is pretty happy and I've seen the screen, it looks pretty clear and amazing. And the viewing angles are a million times better than the Arc (well, that's not fair, all Sony phones, the Z included, have terrible viewing angles. So maybe I shouldn't compare).
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I am currently living in Dubai, UAE, and prices on smartphones are quite cheap, however, I really dislike samsung design- they look too cheap, and a friend of mine owns S3 mini, says thats it's a great phone, but i dont like it looks. The thing why I like xperias was their UI, simple and usefull, compared to HTC Sense or Samsung UI. Thanks for your help anyways, I think I will have to go and look a bit more for them, or wait couple of month with Arc for now, which is barely living now( boot is slow, back cover broke, screen scratched, Overheating etc...)
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I am currently living in Dubai, UAE, and prices on smartphones are quite cheap, however, I really dislike samsung design- they look too cheap, and a friend of mine owns S3 mini, says thats it's a great phone, but i dont like it looks. The thing why I like xperias was their UI, simple and usefull, compared to HTC Sense or Samsung UI. Thanks for your help anyways, I think I will have to go and look a bit more for them, or wait couple of month with Arc for now, which is barely living now( boot is slow, back cover broke, screen scratched, Overheating etc...)
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Get a TX I'll be getting one in a couple of days :highfive:
if you want a good looking smartphone then go for HTC One, I know that is not sony, but it will provide you with a whole new experience. It is made out of aluminum so rock-hard. it has probably the best camera on an android smartphone (ultrapixels), and I read everywhere that the wifi range is breath-taking, the wifi range can simply blow our xperias away.
And you can see the rest of the specs HERE (not all info here are true, eg:camera)
Xperia SP (if affordable would be the best choice)
Xperia T
Xperia ion
Xperia L (cheapest of em all btw worth it)
So just wondering how everybody feels here, after your experience with the XZL, will you buy another Xperia device?
I myself am conflicted. I loved this device when I bought it, the way it's built and the hardware were awesome. Plus I love the screen.
But I actually feel like this was a bad investment now. Sony takes ages to make software updates, and then takes ages to actually really roll those out (seriously 2 months between starting it and it getting to me?).
The customer service is pretty awful, and on top of that the expensive laptop I bought from them last year is no-longer supported an I need to fiddle about with it now to install drivers.
So on the one hand I really like the hardware they make, but on the other hand I feel like I'm not getting any value from it past the first 6 months of its shelf life. And that's simply not something I want to experience when I pay the kind of money the stuff costs.
How about you?
I love sony and their products..
Their build quality is awesome, not crappy plastic like samsung.,
Lovely ui
But I hate the way they update us..
Sony makes good hardware and good software but every manufacturer needs a lot of time.
But I will not invest in one more Sony because there is one better investment. An unbeatable one:
Project ARA
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Build quality? Crappy screen for flagship phones! Bad viewing angles (xperia z, xperia z1 and my ZL). Even mid range Moto G had better screen. Thank God! now they fixed it in xperia z2. Severe heating issues in xperia z2 that force closes after 2 mins while recording 4k videos. Only good things are looks. Flagship phones for every 6 months. That's insane. Sony releases n number of phones. Instead they should concentrate on few phones.
Yeah absolutely
I will buy XZ2...
Well not now, maybe couple years later xD
Probably not. Their phones are getting too big for my liking. Sucks though, as i love the camera and walkman apps.
Honestly the XZL is a nice phone, but owning one kind of feels like I've signed up for something that's nearly unsupported in the dev community... *shrug*...
It feels like we're constantly waiting for an update to actually push out... (eg .230 and now .233)
For me this is a perfect phone.
I don't care about viewing angles, when I look at my phone I look at it straight ahead and not from the side. In fact, I would prefer even worse viewing angles so when I'm using my phone in the train or bus my neighbour isn't able to see what I'm doing...
Updates are ok! I once had a lg phone, it took them two years to get android 4.0 running... And 2.3 was full of bugs, didn't get any bugfix release.
This phone has a great hardware and a very cool UI. No need for me to run any custom rom. Rooting is very easy, so the social media crap can be deleted (in fact facebook as a system app is the only negative point so far).
Short answer: yes, I will certainly buy Sony again. And again I will not get it through my provider, I will buy it in store to get an unlockable bootloader.
I will switch back to Samsung or go with a Nexus the next time. The CM support is just crap for my xperia zl and many other xperia device.
The XZL is my third xperia. After this, I'm going with nexus. I've been so disappointed in so many ways.
Xperia X8, X10Mini Pro, X10, Arc S, PLAY, Pro, Mini Pro, Live With Walkman, P and Xperia ZL..
this is my tenth xperia's phone, probably i would get Samsung Galaxy K Zoom after this.. it has 20.7MP with XENON Flash..
I really miss a phone with XENON flash.. last phone i owned with xenon is lumia 1020, before that is SE Satio..
My question, why sony didn't want to include Xenon flash to it's Xperia?
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The XZL is my second xperia and i like sony, the UI is one of the best i see in an android phone, the walkman app is amazing, i dont have any plans of change it anytime soon, but i will probably buy another xperia, or a nexus..
Love my ZL but I won't buy another unless they produce another the same size. All the newer stuff have giant bezels and make the device way to big. Also don't like the glass backs.
I think whatever I buy next will be a Google play edition...
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You know the main things that made me move towards the XZL over other phones were:
Camera
Walkman
IR blaster
The other specs were covered by other phones, but since I had this I noticed that while the camera is really nice, I bought a much better one from the store. Walkman seemed cool and all, but Poweramp which I still had from before was superior in pretty much every way. And Samsung is now putting IR blasters on everything they make.
And others use Sony's camera sensors as well. So the only way Sony could really persuade me to stay with them is if they made my experience with this phone so good, that I stay out of solidarity.
But so far they have done their level best to alienate me, slow as hell updates, which when they finally arrive are so buggy that they feel unfinished, and terrible customer service.
This entire time I feel like I have an unfinished product in my pocket or hand, it never feels complete or well finished. Which is not cool if you spent this kind of money in one go.
So really, I could just buy a Samsung and continue using the apps I bought and have a better experience than this.
If the next Xperia got a camera like Lumia1020 (manual focus/xenon), surely i'll cancel my order for Samsung K Zoom and go for another Xperia..that would my eleventh Xperia phone ?
i'm a die hard fan of sony product, even home theatre and tv at my home is sony branded..
even my car audio system also is sony branded.. ?
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Absolutely not - unfortunately, as it turns out, the Xperia Support is probably the most terrible you can get. I made a post on it in their forums, but I doubt it'll lead anywhere. If you're curious: http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z-ZL-ZR/Horrible-Support-Xperia-ZL/m-p/751775#U751775
Yes.
This is my second xperia (X10 was the first). The only thing with this phone I still not getting used to is the front camera. I love the size and if Sony releases another handset like this, I would give it a try.
Meister_Li said:
Absolutely not - unfortunately, as it turns out, the Xperia Support is probably the most terrible you can get. I made a post on it in their forums, but I doubt it'll lead anywhere. If you're curious: http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z-ZL-ZR/Horrible-Support-Xperia-ZL/m-p/751775#U751775
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oh damn, this made me lose all my trust to Sony.. well f**k you sony for terrible customer care..
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Personally I don't care much for the Sony software, I'm using PA 4.4 and I'm quite happy with it, and any other phone I get will probably end up being the same.
What it really depends on is if they make a phone with everything I want in terms of hardware, currently what comes closest is the Oppo Find 7, if that was 5" it'd be perfect, but alas there's the trend to make phones bigger...
I'm pretty happy with my ZL so I'll probably end up waiting another year at least before getting a new phone.