User: bofis
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Developer Option to Hide Hole Punch?
Hi, on this device (and the Razr+) does Motorola have the Developer Option to hide the selfie camera hole punch and keep a black bar across the top of the screen in order to better-hide it? I know past phones and other devices usually have this setting, but cannot find any confirmation that is still the case here. I really hate seeing the hole punch, as does my wife, and I'd like to know that she'd be ...
How very carrier of them
So much for being un-carrier and not ever raising the prices of our plans...guess I'll be waiting on hold to opt out of this change.
Stop putting holes in the screen
"Dynamic Island" is the most bullshit marketing term for a very large hole punch in the screen, a trend I do not approve of! The screen is the most important single component of the phone, and the part you look at, and interact with, 100% of the time while using the phone, other than while on a call maybe. I do not agree with sacrificing a piece of the screen for the front-facing camera I rarely if ...
holepunch :-(
When are we going to see more under-screen front-facing cameras, or even pop-up cameras, or just thin bezels with the camera, I'm tired of notches and hole punches ruining the beautiful screen you look at ALL DAY...
Glad someone still makes smaller flagships!
I loved all of the Sony Compact models, and enjoy my unfortunately larger Xperia 5 III, but have gotten used to it and am glad there's an upgrade path when I need it. Strange they dropped the optical zoom lens that provided 70mm and 105mm equivalent in favor of a fixed 60mm, but at least still has microSD slot, side fingerprint sensor, headphone port, and no notch!
Hopefully it continues to work on Google TV
I absolutely love using Duo to video chat with our family ever since the pandemic started...our daughter is much more responsive to chats up on the TV and also means she can move around the living room and still be caught on the camera. That said, all they have to do is merge in Google Chat and Messages and they can re-create Hangouts in it's glory days ;-)
Sad!!!
This is very sad as the Key2 is an excellent phone and my wife LOVES her's and would have bought a sequel too. I hope BlackBerry tries to come back and make really good Android-based phones with keyboards again, or licenses to someone else...
Incorrect dimensions on Phone Scoop
The 3a is supposed to be 6.0 x 2.8 x 0.3 inches
Where's the Xperia 1 Compact?
Though I much preferred the XZ1's metal back to glass...hopefully they announce a compact model again...
yay no notch!
The lack of notch makes this a better phone than the others, and might be something I recommend to my mom since Motorola abandoned her E4 and never ever updated it.
A worthy upgrade from Earn M1's
I Kickstarted the original Earins (now called M-1) and loved them, despite the issues with knowing if the pod had any charge left and bluetooth issues syncing between the two earbuds. These fix that, improve on sound and form factor, and add in microphones for calls and touch controls to boot. I'm not even sure I care about the touch controls as I have a smartwatch to pause things, and putting them into the pod also always ...
The best phone announced this year!
My wife LOVES her KeyONE, and will certainly be upgrading to this once it comes out. I'm glad they retained the size and headphone port. Maybe now they'll have 8.1 ready for the KeyONE since the Key2 is shipping with it.
Can you change where the clock is?
is there a setting or way to put the clock back on the right side instead of on the left where notifications go?
How about allowing us to set a custom keyword?
So we could say "Computer..." instead of "Hey Google..." or "Okay Google..." like Alexa let's you do
Sad about the lack of headphone jacks
And also the loss of the side-mounted fingerprint sensor on the power button, which is really the best design. Could you maybe show side-by-sides of the XZ2 Compact next to prior Compact models like the XZ1?
Why do they even bother with non-keyboard phones?
The KeyONE is the best BlackBerry to date, and they should just continue to support and improve upon that design, without making it any larger and I think they could carve out a niche again of people who value having a great keyboard, and a modern OS ;-)
Or have a headphone port with DAC built into the phone
I really cannot see myself buying a phone without a headphone port, and if anything, having a decent DAC is a feature I'd value.
The small phone lives on!
I've had most of the Sony Compacts, starting with the Z3c, Z5c, and Xc and am very excited that I have another phone to look forward to in this line. I'm glad they're using the same chip inside as in it's larger sibling, and cannot wait to upgrade. Glad they're still certifying waterproof ratings, but might import to get the fingerprint sensor (or use global firmware)
Best BlackBerry yet!
I set my wife's up last night and was very impressed with the keyboard, fingerprint sensor in the space bar, and overall how great the phone performed and felt in my hand.
Where's the Compact model?
Would be nice if they released an XZ Compact along with this with similar specs and waterproofing again unlike the X Compact :-\
But where's the keyboard?
If they want to differentiate themselves, BlackBerry needs to stop wasting time with phones like this and put these specs into a slab-style keyboard phone like an Android Classic 2
no headphone jack, no purchase
There is really no reason to have removed the headphone jack besides spite for customers and wanting to force more expensive options onto people, while limiting their choices and freedom to use their current, maybe really nice, headphones.
fingerprint sensor?
Does this still not have a fingerprint sensor on the power button like the original Z5 Compact sold overseas?
Wooo compact phones
However, if this is using a 650 chip, this makes the Z5 Compact still a compelling upgrade from my Z3 Compact and cheaper...just lacking usb-c, but as I have way more microUSB cables, that's not an issue imo
should have a keyboard...
I really don't get why BlackBerry bothers making devices without a keyboard...they should release a sequel to the Classic in a slab form factor running Android
Why are they wasting time on phones without a keyboard?
Security is nice and all, but BlackBerry should ONLY make phones with their excellent keyboards to stand out...where's the sequel to the BlackBerry Classic running Android plz/!
NOT a good trend!
Ugh, I refuse to ever buy a phone without a headphone port, and really, a good DAC for that matter. Now that I enjoy my Sony Z3 Compact I really am spoiled by the size and performance, and the audio is great. I have expensive headphones, and do not want to rely on cheap adapters that put strain on the usb port and prevent charging at the same time.
ugh
This is incredibly unfortunate considering that the BlackBerry Passport and Classic are, in many cases, less than a year old for most people, and the FB app worked great, in fact, better than it does on the Priv since everything showed up in the Hub. It's frustrating, and annoying, that FB would ditch those users and toss them to a web view instead, seemingly out of laziness since BB10 can run Android apps so couldn't they have updated ...
My next phone
Thank you for reviewing the Z5 Compact, it's by far the only phone I'd want to upgrade from my Z3 Compact...though I wanted the fingerprint sensor, which makes me think importing a European model is the answer...
Am I the only one who hates cuved glass fronts?
I really really dislike the curved glass on the front of phones, it makes putting a glass screen protector much harder as it can't go all the way to the edges :-\
New Compacts?
I hope this means that whatever new higher-end devices, Z6 Compact or the like, also comes to the US, with all features like the fingerprint sensor. Though I like the metal back of the new phones they just announced, I'm way too addicted to glass screen protectors to ever want something with a curved front glass, since then you can't ever cover it and have it look normal like on a flat glass screen.
Noooooo!!!
I hope that they reconsider abandoning the Picasa app, which I still very much use on my desktop to upload to Google Photos and Facebook since like to organize albums with captions before uploading. Also, they really need to make a public URL to your public albums that I can share, like I can in Picasa, perhaps that isn't really messy if they really want to replace Picasa and compete as a dedicated Photos service.
FCC Violation?
So this violates Net Neutrality...why will the FCC find the time to crack down on this b.s.?
Best Small Phone!
I'm so glad Sony is finally releasing these, officially, in the US so I won't have to import one...though the price has come down on the imports so hopefully they'll sell for lower than the stated MSRPs. Either way, Sony is the only company making GOOD small phones, and really, the only company making anything remotely small in the first place, which is unfortunate, but means the Z5 Compact has been on my radar a while. :-D
How is this a 2016 phone?
The size and durability are great, but how are they still putting Snapdragon 400's in phones THIS YEAR??? That makes the older Kyocera Brigadier seem more attractive really since it's more compact and has a sapphire screen with basically the same internals and cheaper!
Why are two apps better than one?
THEY'RE NOT, this is dumb, I love using Wallet to pay where I can tap, but why would I want to have to have TWO apps installed and two icons for the SAME functions as are presently inside of ONE single, nice app?
shame there's no MicroSD or smaller model
For how big the phone is, why isn't there a microSD slot? And for that matter, why don't they make a SMALLER model too?
since when is the BlackBerry Classic mid-range?
The BlackBerry Classic is by far the best phone BlackBerry has made in YEARS. I hope that at least, if they are focusing on nicer devices that one of them continues the Classic's line
Now if only people would stop filming videos vertically...
The camera app should just crop the sensor and produce a wide video regardless of orientation so vertical videos go away
Long Live Picasa?
Seemngly Picasa's website and application will continue to work fine, and upload photos into the same place they always have...this really only affects the G+ Photos app within the G+ main app, which has now been replaced by the standalone Google Photos app, which otherwise is the same...
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