Hacker News Reader

On one side I'm sorry because the Xperia Compact X was the only good compact Android phone left. On the other side the last iterations of the Compact were too heavy and I wouldn't consider buying them. So there was nothing compelling in Sony's products anymore.

View on HN

The last good one they made was the Z3 Compact. But it had an unfortunate flaw which caused the screen to peel off. That forced me to "upgrade" to the X Compact which is awful in so many ways compared to the Z3. They really screwed up something good.

I couldn't believe that more people didn't use Z3 (Compact), though. I would use other Android phones and they were all shockingly bad in comparison.

I went from Z3C to XZ1C last year when the rubber on the USB cover piece stopped working right. After getting used to the look, I like it a lot. It's a more physically solid design.

The XZ1 compact is only 5g heavier than the X compact. Does it really make that much of a difference?

The XZ2 compact is quite a bit heavier. That would be great if the battery were larger, but it isn't (at least not by much).

Reply on news.ycombinator.com