xz1 compact love & don't love

[aier]

love:

- the body is a copy of z3c, which i really love. thick and light, very comfortable on hand.

- fingerprint scanner is very speedy.

- no complain on back camera, there must be other gimmicks like object tracking which i haven't tested yet.

- the home screen grid fit alot of apps

- i love the UI presentation

- very fast

- love the color, it can be brighter

don't love:

- the top and bottom line color looks cheap (gleaming)

- the front camera is curved, especially on wide angle

- album home can't exclude folder, very annoying for images from whatsapp and other unwanted sources. i think album app leaves a lot on user friendliness to be improved.

can't set other page as home if u enable google bar as the left screen

[najodleglejszy]

@aier regarding Album - you can hide individual photos, not folders by opening the photo, tapping three dots in the bottom corner, and choosing Hide. if you hide all photos and videos in that folder, it won't appear there anymore.

another thing you can try is creating an empty file and naming it .nomedia - make sure to include the period in front of the name. when you put the file inside a folder you want to hide, the photos and videos in the folder won't show up in any media gallery.

[aier]

thats a good idea, however i think its tiring to hide photo 1 by 1 from whatsapp.

i like .nomedia but sometimes i want to link a photo in whatsapp, which can't happen when i put .nomedia

[aier]

Love: the speaker is comforably loud.

Hate:

the text is a little bit blurred when scrolling

Manual Clock widget has no minute mark.

About album, if Sony allows what folder to include in the home page, thag will be terrific.