New renders show off the Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact

The Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact has appeared in a series of renders ahead of its officially announcement at IFA 2017.

 

[Hadron]

If Sony are returning to the "compact flagship" model after last year's "compact midrange" deviation this is good news.

Want to see this for real. If they can avoid compromising something important (like including reduced storage, as they sometimes have in the past) then this could be an interesting option.

 

[Hadron]

Though when I visit other phone sites I'm amazed how many people are posting "too thick", as if they don't realise:

1) it's the same thickness as previous Sony Compacts (Sony are very conservative with their designs).

2) a smaller phone looks thicker than a larger one when you only look at proportions and have nothing to compare against

3) if you reduce the length and width of the phone the volume goes down, but internal components don't magically get smaller. So if you make it thin as well then the battery has to shrink.

4) big phones need to be thin to make them manageable. That's less important with small ones.

I guess there are a lot of clueless people out there...

 

[admyrick]

I think it's time for Some to shake things up in the design department.

 

[admyrick]

I meant to say Sony....stupid auto correct

 

[Hadron]

I've given up even wondering what the next Sony phones will look like, because it's always pretty much the same as the previous ones...