Sony debuted the Xperia Z1 Compact at CES, noting that the consumer who prefers to have a smaller device does not want fewer features. Could Sony take the experience in their flagship smartphone and ...

For the longest time, the prevailing trend with mobile phones was to take last year’s handset and make it smaller. Shave a few millimeters off, shed a couple of grams, and give users the same ...

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Sony is also making the jump into the “mini” market. We’ve seen Samsung, Motorola, and HTC make “mini” devices in 2013. And well, Sony did actually make a Xperia Z1 mini a.k.a. Xperia Z1f, but it was ...

Sony's rewarding early adopters of its new Xperia Z1 Compact phone with a free SmartWatch 2, its latest connected wristwatch. Preorder the Z1 Compact direct from the Japanese company's website for ...

About that branding: “Compact” might not be the sexiest suffix we’ve ever heard, but if nothing else it’s accurate. This incarnation of Sony’s premium smartphone line maintains the glass sandwich ...

Users of the Sony Xperia Z1 and Z1 Compact have a lot going for them. First they’ve got an excellent water-resistant Sony phone with a fantastic build quality. They’ve also got a camera that is better ...

“Sony has nailed a market segment that needs some love. The Z1 Compact is the best small smartphone running Android.” “Why you can trust Digital Trends – We have a 20-year history of testing, ...

Sony, clearly aware of this fact has taken an ‘if it ain’t broke’ approach to the Z1 Compact’s main camera. The same 20.7-megapixel Exmor RS image sensor, paired to the same Sony G Lens and BIONZ ...

It seems the companies have figured it out – smaller form factors aren’t a fringe product but are in very real demand. But “mini” versions of flagships tend to lose some of what make their bigger ...