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KBG29 on 11 September 2015
Eddie_Raja said:
KBG29 said:
Better yet, don't use or buy an Xperia device at all. Call Sony out on this half explicitived, BS brand, on the Me Too OS, and show them they have to make a worthwhile product for a respectible price if they want your business.

I had an Xperia Play, then an XZ, and finally an XZ3. All 3 were worthles, and the 3 worst investments I have ever made. Lucky, I got most of my money back on the Z and Z3. The XP, unfourtunatly, I just have to live with the regret and lost interest.


So bad you bought them 3 times lol

Yeah, like I said, worst investments I ever made. Xperia Play I bought not knowing it was a bastard born of feudind between Sony and Ericsson. Turn out to be a complete pile of garbage. Finally gave that up and bought a Z, not sure what the issue was there, but it was even worse than the XP. Then I got excited about the idea of Remote Play on the Z3. After about two months of an absolutly worthless phone, I just decided to go back to my 3G Vita and Skype. Burned about $600 I could have used towards Vita and PS4 games, or Movies and TV. I will never buy another aos or me too slab phone.



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Mr Puggsly on 11 September 2015
Teeqoz said:
I know my friend does stuff like that with his Xperia all the time. It works, they just don't reccomend people to do it.

They advertised its ability to be underwater... but tell people not to do it?

You don't see an issue there?



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Jicale on 11 September 2015

I use my Z2 underwater, I've also used it in salt water plenty of times and it always comes with me in my K1 kayak emergencies, for music and special photo scenes I may come across. In the kayak I do keep it in a floating container as you never know when you may roll a K1.
They added an extra button so the camera would take photos underwater as the touch screen on the Z1 wouldn't work.



pokoko on 11 September 2015

I don't believe some people understand what false advertisement means.



Aeolus451 on 11 September 2015

The majority of products that say they are waterproof are more or less just water resistant. After a certain amount of time, water will get into it. A phone that could actually stay submerged in water for a long time and still work would be really expensive



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aLkaLiNE on 12 September 2015

False advertisement yet literally every Z owner that's posted uses their phone underwater? Seems legit.

I think this is more a case of - we don't trust you, the consumer to cover your ports (as a few others have stated)



Nettles on 12 September 2015

Personally i wouldn't have risked it even before the warning, i would have taken it to mean that it is OK to use in light rain.Not good practise to show such advertisements and then make this statement though.



Eddie_Raja on 12 September 2015
KBG29 said:
Eddie_Raja said:


So bad you bought them 3 times lol

Yeah, like I said, worst investments I ever made. Xperia Play I bought not knowing it was a bastard born of feudind between Sony and Ericsson. Turn out to be a complete pile of garbage. Finally gave that up and bought a Z, not sure what the issue was there, but it was even worse than the XP. Then I got excited about the idea of Remote Play on the Z3. After about two months of an absolutly worthless phone, I just decided to go back to my 3G Vita and Skype. Burned about $600 I could have used towards Vita and PS4 games, or Movies and TV. I will never buy another aos or me too slab phone.


It's funny because I couldn't disagree more.  The Xperia Z3 for me defeats the competition at absolutely everything a smartphone should be - Fast (But not excessively), simple as hell UI, sleek, LONG battery life (Cannot overemphasize this), and waterproof.  I could not ask for a better phone.



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binary solo on 12 September 2015
Eddie_Raja said:
I have put mine underwater all the time and it is fine. Hell I remember reading about this one guy who had one work after falling off a boat and sitting in the ocean for 6 weeks.

Dat battery life!

Could just be an urban legend.



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Eddie_Raja on 12 September 2015
binary solo said:
Eddie_Raja said:
I have put mine underwater all the time and it is fine. Hell I remember reading about this one guy who had one work after falling off a boat and sitting in the ocean for 6 weeks.

Dat batter life!

Could just be an urban legend.


It isn't.  3 days my friend.



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Wii:100-120 million, PS3:80-110 million, 360:70-100 million

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3DS: 65m, PSV: 22m, Wii U: 18-22m, PS4: 80-120m, X1: 35-55m

I gauruntee the PS5 comes out after only 5-6 years after the launch of the PS4.

[Prediction Made 6/18/2014]