My beloved Sony Xperia Z3 compact (perfect size, water proof, and AMAZING battery life) decided to give up on me today. I’m NOT a happy camper

Apparently it take one perfectly timed itty bitty drop to make the Z3 Compact completely self destruct. Lesson learned – I’ll reluctantly use covers from now on!

I’m actually kind of impressed – a 50 cm drop (2 feet) made the screen crack (and breaking the touch display, rendering the phone useless), crack the back panel AND the frame. I guess it’s an “all or nothing” thing…

…actually it wasn’t a drop per se – it slid of an surface, due to the Xperia Z3 Compact annoyingly slippery glass back panel.. Grrrrr….

The results of a 50cm slide’n’drop

Sony Xperia Z3 Compact – Cracked display and touch digitizer

Sony Xperia Z3 Compact – Cracked back panel

Sony Xperia Z3 Compact – Cracked frame

Dear Sony Xperia Team

Why oh WHY have you made this excellent phone with an Ultra Slippery McSlipster glass back panel – it literally slides off every single surface I put it on. Why not an anti-slippery back surface that DOESN’T CRACK? I suggest the same back material as on the Z4 tablet – it is lighter,thinner, doesn’t crack and doesn’t slide off everything.

So – what Z3-Compact-similar-sized, non-Apple,  Android Device should I go for now?

Who am I kidding – I’ll get the exact same model again – and an thin anti-slippery cover

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