Sony Z3 Compact

Mistaken

I would like to sell my iphone and purchase a new Sim Free Sony Z3 Compact.


The best price for a green one I can find is on ebay at £270


The seller says this phone is sim free from new and has not been unlocked by them.


I am just worried that they say the factory seal is always removed by them for quality control?


Is this normal for business sellers to remove the original seal?


Or is there another place selling them around £270 or cheaper?

nidO

Personally i'd spend the extra £30 to order it at:

http://www.handtec.co.uk/sony-xperia-z3-compact-16gb-black.html

Edit for clarity: No affiliation to handtec, they're simply a known reputable shop who currently have the phone the cheapest I can easily find outside of the ebay/grey import shop route.

Edit again: Sorry, didn't see you were after a green one. That's £40 more:

http://www.handtec.co.uk/sony-xperia-z3-compact-16gb-green.html

To more directly answer your question, ebay sellers are a mixed bag. Sometimes they'll be perfectly fine, sometimes you're getting grey imports, sometimes the phones are just plain dodgy.

Dreamnine

I've had this phone for 10 months (the green one).

Personally, I don't think it's worth anything like £270.

Mistaken

Dreamnine wrote: »

I've had this phone for 10 months (the green one).

Personally, I don't think it's worth anything like £270.

Thanks for your reply, I would be interested to know why you would say that?


Any problems with the phone operation or build?

woody2234

Sony Z3 Compact has screen size 4.6" for around £270 but you can get a Sony Xperia E4 with 5" screen for around £85 yes its slower , I guess you need the 2.5ghz quadcore because its faster but if not the E4 has 1.3ghz quadcore.
this link shows a Sony E4

http://www.ebuyer.com/702588-sony-xperia-e4-smartphone-1294-6297?utm_source=google&utm_medium=products&gclid=Cj0KEQjwgLGuBRCqptLsnJCvh-wBEiQAiNRjsVLhHfDsPD02trDku7BhR859vaz6d3GWjAggNt3WPoEaAi108P8HAQ#fo_c=951&fo_k=708f6c5648ddf0280c51cc5b02db6846&fo_s=gplauk&mkwid=sWA3N2WiH_dc&pcrid=51630194939&pkw=&pmt=

cpheonix

I've had one for 2 months, got it new (EU not UK though) from an Italian seller on amazon for 275. Best phone for my needs and had no problems at all thus far.


Main plus is that I'm a light user and phone battery will last almost 3 days!

Mistaken

Thanks everyone, I currently have an iphone 5. Paid £599 for that one. I hate itunes, I have many mp3 files on my computer and find itunes not very friendly. Also the iphone will not stream music via dlna to my Panasonic theatre but my friends android phones work fine.


I like the size of the iphone and thought the z3 looks okay for my needs.


I will be looking at an E4 first for comparison though

Zebrdee

The Z3C is expected to be replaced by an updated version next month.

kamalaggi

Have you had a look at the Xperia M4 Aqua. Its a similar phone but not available in green.

donnajunkie

kamalaggi wrote: »

Have you had a look at the Xperia M4 Aqua. Its a similar phone but not available in green.

dont get a m4 aqua. it does not have enough room on it for new apps. its only 8gb.
edit.
i wouldnt say its similar either. its a thinner larger phone than a z3 compact and has a different version of android in it, it doesnt run quite as well. the m4 aqua is a mid range phone and the z3's are top of the range of sony phones. well until the z4's come along anyway.

donnajunkie

Zebrdee wrote: »

The Z3C is expected to be replaced by an updated version next month.

it will no doubt be very pricey though. worth waiting for if you can afford it i guess.