In the case of the Sony, with x-Reality switched on in the settings photos look more vivid on your phone than they will elsewhere, so bear that in mind when tweaking. The Z1 Compact gives the HTC One Mini a run for its money in the screen department, too – both offer excellent HD screens that make apps, webpages and smartphone snaps look great. Video quality is also just pipped by the iPhone 5s, which has slightly better contrast and a more accurate colour palette.īut this is still a brilliantly crisp screen with pixels to spare – it's 342ppi which is higher than the iPhone 5s (sticking at 326ppi) and much higher than rivals such as the qHD Galaxy S4 Mini.
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Text doesn't look quite as pin-sharp on the Z1 Compact as on Full HD phones, and if you load it up with hi-res photos to manipulate or 1080p movie rips there is a slight but noticeable lack of detail.
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We said the Z1 Compact is a phone of almost zero compromises to the bigger Z1’s design, but there is one big point of difference - it’s got a 4.3in 720p screen rather than the 1080p whopper Sony chose for its Xperia Z and Z1 models in 2013. And, perhaps surprisingly, that could make this little phone one of the biggest threats to Apple's enormous profits in quite some time. That's what the Z1 Compact manages brilliantly and I reckon it could start an exodus of small-handed women, and men, from the iPhone. Carrying around a smartphone that doesn't require thumb stretches will simply save you time – swiping down notifications, messaging, even unlocking your phone will be quicker if you can access the whole screen with less finger gymnastics. But this isn't just a phone for girls it's for anyone who can't handle a phablet. The Z1 Compact got a firm thumbs up from the smallest hands I could find – belonging to What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision’s dinky Kashfia Kabir.
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Many even stick with the iPhone because they can't get on with the big ol' Android All Stars. And a fair few of us carry around handbags. I'm not pretending to speak for all womankind, but the average woman has smaller hands than the average man. But the Z1 Compact is more than manageable one-handed and at 137g it's lighter than nearly all of the smartphones it's competing with on specs. True, both the iPhone 5s and the toy-like “Mini” phones such as the Galaxy S4 Mini are slightly easier to hold thanks to curvier designs. The power button is halfway up the right-hand side, saving seconds spent hunting, and the Compact has the same waterproof rating – IP55 and IP58 - as the Z1, meaning it's good to go for a rain run or plonking in up to 1m of water for up to half an hour.Īnd unlike the Z1 the Compact feels right in the hand – any hand. Solidly built with a glass rear panel and subtle Sony styling, it's far from attention-seeking or shouty and not a million miles away from a Nexus.ĬHECK OUT OUR FULL SONY XPERIA Z1 COMPACT GALLERY The Z1 Compact feels like a different beast entirely to the Galaxy S4s, Nexus 5s and HTC Ones that small-handed Android fans have been juggling with for the past 12 months.Ī scaled down model of Sony's 5in Xperia Z1, it's a little fatter at 9.5mm but otherwise it's a faithful imitation.