Sony’s ecosystem, similarly to Apple’s, works best when you embrace it wholly. Your enjoyment of the Z1 Compact won’t be ruined should you prefer 3rd-party alternatives, but there’s no way to remove ...

When he's not testing the latest phones or phone cameras, Andrew can normally be found with his own camera in hand or behind his drums or eating his stash of home-cooked food -- sometimes all at once.

“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, ...

The Sony Xperia Z1 Compact takes the supercharged processor and 20-megapixel camera of its big brother, but packs it into a more pocketable 4.3-inch, waterproof body. Andrew Lanxon Editor At Large, ...

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 ...

For some time now, Sony has been offering some of the more underrated Android phones around, led by the water-resistant Sony Xperia Z1. The latest addition to the line is the Xperia Z1 Compact with ...

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 ...

At first glance the original Z1 and the Compact are nearly identical -- apart from the physical dimensions, of course. Look a little closer, however, and you'll spot a few small differences. For ...

Sony has been doing a lot of research on its customers. The first thing it found was that “the consumer who’d prefer to have a smaller device doesn’t want fewer features.” So the company took the ...

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 ...

At last year's CES, Sony introduced us to the Xperia Z, which would be its flagship phone for most of 2013, until the Xperia Z1 was unveiled at IFA. Here at CES 2014, Sony is giving the Z1 some ...