Don’t be bummed about the Xperia 5 V not coming to the US, there are many other great alternatives
  • ominouslemon@lemm.eeEnglish
    40·
    9 months ago

    Sony could do wonders with these phones, if only they would market them properly. And yet…

    • pfannkuchen_gesicht@lemmy.oneEnglish
      46·
      9 months ago

      They aren’t really very special phones. Pretty average tbh with a below average flash light (it’s basically useless) and terrible fingerprint reader. I only got an xperia because it doesn’t have a punch-hole or notch.

      • ComradeWeebelo@lemm.eeEnglish
        3·
        9 months ago

        Not sure why you’re being down voted tbh. I had a chance to fiddle around with the 1 IV when Sony sent me the wrong phone by mistake with my online store order.

        I have no idea why they are priced as high as they are either. I was not impressed by it at all.

  • Illecors@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    211·
    9 months ago

    As a massively disappointed xperia 1 iii owner I can say good ridance. Great hardware with dogshit software that literally kills said hardware. Backlight inconsistencies, fp scanner inconsistencies, dead fp scanner, random warnings about water in charging port when phone is sitting on a table, massive delays waking up if screen was locked with maps, camera or some other heavy app running, clueless support, shit battery reporting, no way to take quality video quickly, no way to take any video quickly, 60MB updates taking half an hour to install, phone being useless for 2-3 minutes after a reboot, phone being useless for ~5 minutes after an update an reboot, etc.

    TL;DR: never buying a sony phone ever again. A grand for this piece of shit! Ridiculous.

    • Natanael@slrpnk.netEnglish
      6·
      9 months ago

      My 1V is a solid improvement over the 1III, a lot of small issues have been fixed (although I’m still missing a lot of customization options from Samsung phones)

    • CouncilOfFriends@slrpnk.netEnglish
      2·
      9 months ago

      Anecdotally, I had good experiences with my Xperia Z3 and Z5 compact phones. They were the only small form-factor phones with waterproofing I could find at the time, the cameras had high frame rates for slow motion, and weren’t painfully difficult to root and get rid of some UI annoyances.

    • ominouslemon@lemm.eeEnglish
      1·
      9 months ago

      The hardware is great, though. Have you tried installing LineageOS on your phone? I’m guessing a lot of your issues would disappear

      • Illecors@lemmy.cafeEnglish
        2·
        9 months ago

        I haven’t as, for the first time in my life, I have an actual use for a camera. I don’t want to lose it.

  • dingleberry@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
    17·
    9 months ago

    MKBHD’s yearly video lamenting Xperia Phones are my only reminder that Sony still makes phones.

    My first smartphone was an Xperia, so I still have a soft spot for them. But it’s unlikely for them thrive in this market with cutthroat margins.