XZ2 Compact - Still a good phone to buy?

[Raven_Yen]

Hi guys, I'm currently planning to settle on a new, smaller phone (currently a 5.5 inch user).
But as you all know, the market is currently dominated by large screen phones.
Comparing to Pixel 3a which is recently launched, would you guys still go for XZ2 Compact?

My priority is small phone and accurate screen colour.
I do like the fact that XZ2C is LCD (screen colour is closer to real life? Since OLED are vivid), handy size, except that this phone is more than a year old
Personally I'm a root user, high chance going for custom rom if the stock rom is not vanilla enough for me.

 

[thsieh]

I just bought mine 3 weeks ago me am happy I did!

 

[landsome]

My priority is small phone and accurate screen]

If you want a small, fast Android, it's the only option (next to the XZ1c
And yes, it's pretty good.

 

[MartinX3]

Yes, the SMD845 is very fast.
And you won't find another compact phone with the same hardware has its big brother easily.

 

[the fez]

absolutely recommended!

i had all compact series and this phone is the best!
maybe I only envy the battery life of the z3c, but for the rest is better.

fast and smooth also after an year of hard use
And above all, the glass is absolutely resistant!

 

[hgoldner]

And price just dropped to $400 for some models.

 

[pintness]

Got mine on the weekend for 320€ (upgrading from XZ Compact) and am super happy for now.
I like the screen ratio and the display, the built quality feels nice even though it's made of plastic, everything runs snappy, camera quality is great and I love the new Sony UI with the little animations.

The only disadvantages for me are that it is quite thick and heavy and I haven't found any decent protections glasses (all I tried were to small or ****ty in some other way) and cases.
But if you want a small powerful phone, you can't be too picky these days. The Galaxy S8 looks pretty nice too and isn't that much bigger, but with the European variant having an Exynos CPU, there's no custom Rom support.

 

[Raven_Yen]

Got mine on the weekend for 320€ (upgrading from XZ Compact) and am super happy for now.
I like the screen ratio and the display, the built quality feels nice even though it's made of plastic, everything runs snappy, camera quality is great and I love the new Sony UI with the little animations.

The only disadvantages for me are that it is quite thick and heavy and I haven't found any decent protections glasses (all I tried were to small or ****ty in some other way) and cases.
But if you want a small powerful phone, you can't be too picky these days. The Galaxy S8 looks pretty nice too and isn't that much bigger, but with the European variant having an Exynos CPU, there's no custom Rom support.

I'm open to any idea except OLED screen
Don't enjoy their vividness and unnatural colour despite the changeable colour profile in system

 

[landsome]

I'm open to any idea except OLED screen
Don't enjoy their vividness and unnatural colour despite the changeable colour profile in system

No OLED drastically limits your options, as the smallish Google and Samsung phones are all OLED. (But trust me, the sRGB option on the Pixels takes all of the vividness away and makes everything perfectly bland.)

But those are smallish phones, not small/compact. For me even the XZ2c stretches the limit at 65x135cm, but that is the absolute largest that would qualify, in my book. In terms of size, I find the XZ1c ideal, though the XZ2c has other qualities that make it a better option. Oh, and it has a great screen too.

 

[vtrally]

Mine arrived from Amazon today and so far I am very impressed!