Sony Xperia U.....crap!
James30
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I've only had the Phone for a year and it's as useful as a chocolate fireguard.
It's been looked after, but when Sony insisted on an Ice Cream Sandwich update on the Sony Companion and made out that it'll be a new experience, it turned to crap.
There has been no help to sort out the mess that is ICS on certain Sony Phones which are there for all to see......they have been far too busy with the PS4 to care i expect.
Has anyone else had this problem?
It's been looked after, but when Sony insisted on an Ice Cream Sandwich update on the Sony Companion and made out that it'll be a new experience, it turned to crap.
There has been no help to sort out the mess that is ICS on certain Sony Phones which are there for all to see......they have been far too busy with the PS4 to care i expect.
Has anyone else had this problem?
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Just some of the features of the crap Android experience.
Sod it, i'm off to iOS iPhone as my iPad works a treat.
I had the exact same problem when I updated my Xperia U to ICS which made it worthless.
I upgraded to the Xperia P and had much the same. I now have a Nexus 4.
But what happens when Sony (eventually) update the Z to Kit Kat and it becomes slower and bug ridden. Have you any confidence they will sort it in a timely fashion or will it be forgotten about for months on end as had happened countless times in the past? Or even quietly left in that state like the Xperia U.
So the OP is basically describing his bad experience with a Sony OS update and you advise him to spend £500 on their new model?? Right.....
We bought them SIM free at a cost of £840 for the carphone warehouse and it is one of the biggest regrets of my time on this planet, out of frustration i bought a Nexus 4 and man alive what a difference.
The reason I posted what I did in the 'Best Smartphone at the moment' thread. People just seem completely blinded by specs and 'desirability' without paying any attention to what happens 12 months down the road.
Seems to me all of Sonys phones are style over substance.
Or because the Nexus 4 has 2GB RAM and the Xperia S only has 1GB RAM. You really need 2GB RAM nowadays hence the top flagships from Sony, Samsung and HTC now have 2GB. It's more to do with the OS as Windows Phone's usually have only 512mb or 1GB, exception is the Lumnia 1020 but they all run pretty similar.
I know that doesn't exactly help you, nor is it fair of Sony to do so, but its the truth. It was a bad year to buy. The Sony phones from 2013 onwards will be much better on updates, etc.
There are plenty of 1GB Jelly Bean devices that run just fine and do not exhibit the behaviour of the the Xperia S, the original Nexus 7 for instance
Not a cat in hells chance.
I haven't tried the Xperia Z but it looks like Sony have learnt somewhat from their mistake. I would say the the first gen Xperia (S, P, U etc) were a sort of beta test... maybe.
James, I think you're unfairly judging the Android experience based on Sony's poor implementation. I can assure you that many other manufacturers have managed to get it right (Samsung, HTC etc) and that Android is far more mature than it was even a year ago.
And what would be your reason for stating that? Do you have a 2013 Sony Xperia phone?
Because I do, and i've received 2 updates since getting the phone in June, and Sony have said they are by-passing 4.2 and updating straight to 4.3 OS, which I think is pretty good.
The Xperia Z has already received 3 updates too and will be updated to 4.3 also.
The low end phones don't really get updates, but that can be said for most phone operators.
So so far, the 2013 phones have been better in the updating process, so I don't know where you are getting your information. Did you even read my whole post? I stated why the 2012 Sony Xperia phones were poor on updates and 2013 onwards would be better :rolleyes:
Think it is cute that you are simply dismissing everyone's views and past experiences in favour of your own and just ploughing on like you know best. The updates phones are getting are minor bug fixes to patch what Sony ballsed up on and not a major OS release.
The Xperia S was Sonys flagship model and its received many updates and fair play to Sony it is still getting them, trouble is they are all cobblers.
You do realise when SE went to just Sony they didnt sack everyone and start again dont you?