Sony used to make compact variants of their flagship Xperia phones. Good specs. Good battery life. Good camera. Good sound. Good reception. Headphone jack. SD card slot. Unlockable bootloader, so they could be de-googled.
Sadly, the “compact” models grew slightly larger with each model year, and even a not-so-compact one hasn’t been released in a while.
The Z5 Compact absolutely destroyed that lineup unfortunately. That SD810 was just terrible and never should have been released. I had one and it was hot garbage. After that they started going all weird - I believe the next compact was a mid-range SOC, then they did a few flagships, then they went midrange and went some strange curved shape, then they went to compact-in-name-only with their tall boi 5 series.
Sony used to make compact variants of their flagship Xperia phones. Good specs. Good battery life. Good camera. Good sound. Good reception. Headphone jack. SD card slot. Unlockable bootloader, so they could be de-googled.
Sadly, the “compact” models grew slightly larger with each model year, and even a not-so-compact one hasn’t been released in a while.
The Z5 Compact absolutely destroyed that lineup unfortunately. That SD810 was just terrible and never should have been released. I had one and it was hot garbage. After that they started going all weird - I believe the next compact was a mid-range SOC, then they did a few flagships, then they went midrange and went some strange curved shape, then they went to compact-in-name-only with their tall boi 5 series.
Yeah I have an xperia 5 iii. It’s not compact, it’s just narrow (seriously hate the ultra wide phone displays). Also heavy as a brick.