**Unboxing the Xperia Z1 Compact: A Compact Powerhouse**

The setup was pretty quick, as we can see from this video. Let's take a look at the Android version that comes with this device. We have Android 4.4.3 Jelly Bean, which is a great starting point for this compact powerhouse.

One of the key features of the Xperia Z1 Compact is its quick toggles, which allow users to quickly switch between various settings and features on the fly. This is especially useful for those who want to be able to control their device without having to navigate through multiple menus. Additionally, the device comes with an auto-brightness sensor, which adjusts the screen's brightness based on the ambient light around it.

In terms of size, the Xperia Z1 Compact is compact but not too small. It measures 128 x 65 x 8.6mm, making it a great option for those who want a powerful Android device without the bulk of a larger phone. For comparison, this is roughly similar in height to the iPhone 5S, but slightly wider and taller.

**Specifications and Features**

The Xperia Z1 Compact comes with some impressive specs under the hood, including a quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM. The device also features a 20-megapixel camera, which should provide excellent image quality for users who want to take high-quality photos on the go.

Regarding storage, the device comes with internal storage of 16GB, but only 10.8GB is available for user use. This means that users will need to rely on their external storage options, such as a MicroSD card, to expand their storage capacity. The MicroSD card slot supports up to 64GB of additional storage.

The device also comes with some pre-installed apps, including Neo Reader, Backup Reader, and Social Life. These apps are specific to the Sony ecosystem and provide users with a range of features and functionality that can enhance their overall user experience.

**Performance and Battery Life**

In terms of performance, the Xperia Z1 Compact is smooth and responsive, even with multiple apps open at once. The device's custom Sony skin provides a lightweight and efficient user interface that shouldn't cause any lag or slowdowns.

The battery life on this device is also impressive, providing up to 7 hours and 30 minutes of talk time, as well as 1,220 hours of standby time. This makes it a great option for users who want a device that can last throughout the day without needing to be recharged too frequently.

**Web Browsing and Camera**

The web browsing experience on the Xperia Z1 Compact is smooth and responsive, even with heavy usage. The device's Chrome browser provides a range of features and functionality, including predictive text and pinch-to-zoom gestures.

In terms of camera performance, the 20-megapixel sensor on this device produces excellent image quality, with good color accuracy and detail retention. However, the speaker phone output could be better, and may require users to hold the device in a certain way to hear it clearly.

**Gaming Performance**

The Xperia Z1 Compact also provides excellent gaming performance, thanks to its powerful quad-core processor and 2GB of RAM. The device is capable of playing demanding games with ease, making it a great option for gamers who want a console-like experience on the go.

Overall, the Xperia Z1 Compact is an impressive compact powerhouse that provides users with a range of features and functionality in a small and portable package. With its powerful specs, excellent camera performance, and smooth user interface, this device is sure to be a hit among Android fans looking for a great alternative to larger phones.

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhi there this is Ranjit and I have this Xperia zed1 Compact and this is the Indian specific packaging hence we are getting this uh premium case cover uh which I also got when I purchased this one and the value for that is according to this is 1,990 so if you're purchasing this Xperia Z1 Compact in India make sure that you get this also it says that we do get accidental production with this Xperia zed1 uh so again make sure that you check with your dealers regarding this 1 and this is the compact version to the Xperia zed1 and again uh it's actually a lot different than many of the compact phones like the S4 Mini or the HTC1 mini uh what Sony did is that this is a no compromise model for example it Sports the uh leading specs like a Snapdragon 800 processor again that 20.7 megapix camera and uh it also comes in various colors as you can see and regarding the pricing the price quoted on the box is 36,990 but I purchased this unit from fezal Communications for rupees 32,000 again the pricing of these mobile phones fluctuate a lot in India from week to week so I'll have the link of flip card in the show notes so that you can get the current pricing so let me just quickly break the seal and let's look at the Xperia zed1 Compact and here we have one seal over here one over here actually too many seals so let's open the box and let's see see what do we get uh we get the handset itself I'll keep that to the side we'll come back to it a bit later uh let's see it initial Impressions it does have a lot of he for a compact size phone uh let us look at what else do we get uh we get some pamphlets first let's look at this one actually a lot of ones and this just shows us how to insert our uh micro SIM and the SD card also again this is also a water proof uh water resistant model and it says that we need to charge it for 30 minutes I hope it has a charge cuz I want just wanted to do the first boot for this device also and it also gives us the startup guide and the specific model number is d53 so this uh gives you an idea if you're new to the phones gives you the overview and the slots Etc so let me keep these things to the side and we also have the uh warranty certificate so let's keep these things to the side and let's uh look at this one we also do get uh earphones and these are inard style earphones we also have extra uh your tip so that's nice uh this is nothing but a standard usb2 micro USB cable and this is the wall charger and uh again it's a Sony branded one and you can attach your micro USB cable here so let's keep all these things aside and look at the Xperia zed1 itself so let me take this out and we have this protective uh cover so let us take that out and as I told you it feels a little bit heavy in the hand and on the back also we have this protective cover so let me take that out and it's glossy uh the back actually does not look like glass uh but looks like uh plastic I'll confirm that a bit later um let's try to power on this device then I'll give you a overview and this will be the first boot for this Xperia zed1 it gave me haptic feedback I just hope that it has enough charge so that we can do a Hands-On impression video by the time it boots let me give you an physical overview on the top we have the 3.5mm headphone jack and uh on this end we have the power button volume rocker we have a dedicated button for the camera this is for the lanard we have open for the speaker Grill it looks big but we'll see how effective is that and this is again a flap let us open that and see uh looks like our micro uh SD card will go in over here and it has actually booted and uh this is for the dog sorry this is for the Sim and the micro SD card goes over here uh and on the back we have that 20 map Sony gens camera it just says n that means it's NFC compatible Sony and xia logo so it has booted the front facing camera is over here so let's try to set it up and uh this is the initial setup again I haven't inserted any SIM card or a micr SD card so let's get on with this one I have selected the language and it says info I'll just quickly uh skip all these things and it says us to insert a Sim and some disclaimers I'll just quickly set it up so actually the setup was pretty quick uh and uh let's look at the Android version we do have quick toggles over here so that is interesting let's go and adjust the brightness it does have auto brightness sensor as you can see so that's nice uh to give you an idea about the size let me compare it with some other popular phones for example uh this is the what do you say iPhone 5S actually in the height Department uh it's very close to that but it is a bit wider and again this is a very popular phone that is the Galaxy S4 so this should give you an idea about the uh size of this uh zed1 compact again it supports some very good specs so I would say uh it'll be ideal for people who are looking for a high-end phone but don't want huge phones um let's look at the settings actually now and let's look at the Android version that comes with this one uh it says that the Android version is 4.4.3 that is Jelly Bean but I read somewhere that Sony will soon provide the KitKat update for this one regarding the storage uh it comes with internal storage of 16 GB uh let's look at how much do we actually get out of that and uh it says out of that 16 GB we just get 10.8 GB or that is available to you uh we can also add a Micro SD card up to what do you say 64GB is supported on this model so that's for the storage and this one still runs the custom Sony skin and it's actually pretty light skin and again I don't notice any lagginess or anything on the phone uh let's see what are the apps again some Sony specific apps have been installed Neo reader backup reader uh and social life uh we do also have this Mecha Security Antivirus I don't know why Sony bundles that but that's there and uh we also have some Indian specific apps like like big Flex uh LinkedIn Indian version uh this is flex Express and we also have the File Commander and Sony live so there are some apps that are pre-installed on this one uh let me just quickly connect to my Wi-Fi network now and again uh it does support the Wi-Fi 5 GHz ban as well as the 2.4 GHz and it quickly connected to my Wi-Fi network as now we are connected uh let us quickly just fire up the web browser and see how it it performs uh we have the Chrome browser that is uh pre-installed I'll just accept this and let's go to our website that's tech.com uh this is the stock keyboard that we get and we do have predictive text over here okay there text Tech to best.com and again as you can see it's slow in it pretty quickly let's try the pinch to zoom guesture that looks fine uh let's open up one of the stories because we have YouTube videos on this page orientation change was quick uh regarding the what do you say screen I would say uh it's not Pure White it has a slight yellowish ttin uh what do you say warmer temperatures let's try to play back this video I'll maximize the volume hi this is from.com and this for the sound again as the speaker is here if you hold it like this it's tending to block it and it's able to play this video without any issues but in terms of the speaker phone output I would say it's just average nothing great so that's for the web browsing uh let's also look at the camera which is a highlighting factor of this this device that 20 megap camera so let's take few snaps and see how it performs um no location right now I don't want it and we do have that tab to focus again I'll test the camera a lot more I'll make a dedicated video regarding that and if you guys want I can do a comparison between the camera between the Xperia Z1 Compact and the iPhone 5S because the iPhone 5 camera is also pretty good so let's look at the snaps that we took right now and as of now it looks pretty decent but again as I told you I'll do a dedicated camera review video for this Xperia zed1 Compact so looks like an interesting handset for people who are looking for powerful Android device but just don't want to go with the what do you say huge size Android phones I'll also be doing a full in-depth review for this Xperia Z1 Compact and I'll also do a gaming review so if you have any questions regarding this Xperia zed1 Compact do post them in the YouTube comment section below I'll try to include them in my review so that's it for now for this uh quick unboxing of this Xperia zed1 Compact uh thank you this is Ranjit and I hope to see you in my next videohi there this is Ranjit and I have this Xperia zed1 Compact and this is the Indian specific packaging hence we are getting this uh premium case cover uh which I also got when I purchased this one and the value for that is according to this is 1,990 so if you're purchasing this Xperia Z1 Compact in India make sure that you get this also it says that we do get accidental production with this Xperia zed1 uh so again make sure that you check with your dealers regarding this 1 and this is the compact version to the Xperia zed1 and again uh it's actually a lot different than many of the compact phones like the S4 Mini or the HTC1 mini uh what Sony did is that this is a no compromise model for example it Sports the uh leading specs like a Snapdragon 800 processor again that 20.7 megapix camera and uh it also comes in various colors as you can see and regarding the pricing the price quoted on the box is 36,990 but I purchased this unit from fezal Communications for rupees 32,000 again the pricing of these mobile phones fluctuate a lot in India from week to week so I'll have the link of flip card in the show notes so that you can get the current pricing so let me just quickly break the seal and let's look at the Xperia zed1 Compact and here we have one seal over here one over here actually too many seals so let's open the box and let's see see what do we get uh we get the handset itself I'll keep that to the side we'll come back to it a bit later uh let's see it initial Impressions it does have a lot of he for a compact size phone uh let us look at what else do we get uh we get some pamphlets first let's look at this one actually a lot of ones and this just shows us how to insert our uh micro SIM and the SD card also again this is also a water proof uh water resistant model and it says that we need to charge it for 30 minutes I hope it has a charge cuz I want just wanted to do the first boot for this device also and it also gives us the startup guide and the specific model number is d53 so this uh gives you an idea if you're new to the phones gives you the overview and the slots Etc so let me keep these things to the side and we also have the uh warranty certificate so let's keep these things to the side and let's uh look at this one we also do get uh earphones and these are inard style earphones we also have extra uh your tip so that's nice uh this is nothing but a standard usb2 micro USB cable and this is the wall charger and uh again it's a Sony branded one and you can attach your micro USB cable here so let's keep all these things aside and look at the Xperia zed1 itself so let me take this out and we have this protective uh cover so let us take that out and as I told you it feels a little bit heavy in the hand and on the back also we have this protective cover so let me take that out and it's glossy uh the back actually does not look like glass uh but looks like uh plastic I'll confirm that a bit later um let's try to power on this device then I'll give you a overview and this will be the first boot for this Xperia zed1 it gave me haptic feedback I just hope that it has enough charge so that we can do a Hands-On impression video by the time it boots let me give you an physical overview on the top we have the 3.5mm headphone jack and uh on this end we have the power button volume rocker we have a dedicated button for the camera this is for the lanard we have open for the speaker Grill it looks big but we'll see how effective is that and this is again a flap let us open that and see uh looks like our micro uh SD card will go in over here and it has actually booted and uh this is for the dog sorry this is for the Sim and the micro SD card goes over here uh and on the back we have that 20 map Sony gens camera it just says n that means it's NFC compatible Sony and xia logo so it has booted the front facing camera is over here so let's try to set it up and uh this is the initial setup again I haven't inserted any SIM card or a micr SD card so let's get on with this one I have selected the language and it says info I'll just quickly uh skip all these things and it says us to insert a Sim and some disclaimers I'll just quickly set it up so actually the setup was pretty quick uh and uh let's look at the Android version we do have quick toggles over here so that is interesting let's go and adjust the brightness it does have auto brightness sensor as you can see so that's nice uh to give you an idea about the size let me compare it with some other popular phones for example uh this is the what do you say iPhone 5S actually in the height Department uh it's very close to that but it is a bit wider and again this is a very popular phone that is the Galaxy S4 so this should give you an idea about the uh size of this uh zed1 compact again it supports some very good specs so I would say uh it'll be ideal for people who are looking for a high-end phone but don't want huge phones um let's look at the settings actually now and let's look at the Android version that comes with this one uh it says that the Android version is 4.4.3 that is Jelly Bean but I read somewhere that Sony will soon provide the KitKat update for this one regarding the storage uh it comes with internal storage of 16 GB uh let's look at how much do we actually get out of that and uh it says out of that 16 GB we just get 10.8 GB or that is available to you uh we can also add a Micro SD card up to what do you say 64GB is supported on this model so that's for the storage and this one still runs the custom Sony skin and it's actually pretty light skin and again I don't notice any lagginess or anything on the phone uh let's see what are the apps again some Sony specific apps have been installed Neo reader backup reader uh and social life uh we do also have this Mecha Security Antivirus I don't know why Sony bundles that but that's there and uh we also have some Indian specific apps like like big Flex uh LinkedIn Indian version uh this is flex Express and we also have the File Commander and Sony live so there are some apps that are pre-installed on this one uh let me just quickly connect to my Wi-Fi network now and again uh it does support the Wi-Fi 5 GHz ban as well as the 2.4 GHz and it quickly connected to my Wi-Fi network as now we are connected uh let us quickly just fire up the web browser and see how it it performs uh we have the Chrome browser that is uh pre-installed I'll just accept this and let's go to our website that's tech.com uh this is the stock keyboard that we get and we do have predictive text over here okay there text Tech to best.com and again as you can see it's slow in it pretty quickly let's try the pinch to zoom guesture that looks fine uh let's open up one of the stories because we have YouTube videos on this page orientation change was quick uh regarding the what do you say screen I would say uh it's not Pure White it has a slight yellowish ttin uh what do you say warmer temperatures let's try to play back this video I'll maximize the volume hi this is from.com and this for the sound again as the speaker is here if you hold it like this it's tending to block it and it's able to play this video without any issues but in terms of the speaker phone output I would say it's just average nothing great so that's for the web browsing uh let's also look at the camera which is a highlighting factor of this this device that 20 megap camera so let's take few snaps and see how it performs um no location right now I don't want it and we do have that tab to focus again I'll test the camera a lot more I'll make a dedicated video regarding that and if you guys want I can do a comparison between the camera between the Xperia Z1 Compact and the iPhone 5S because the iPhone 5 camera is also pretty good so let's look at the snaps that we took right now and as of now it looks pretty decent but again as I told you I'll do a dedicated camera review video for this Xperia zed1 Compact so looks like an interesting handset for people who are looking for powerful Android device but just don't want to go with the what do you say huge size Android phones I'll also be doing a full in-depth review for this Xperia Z1 Compact and I'll also do a gaming review so if you have any questions regarding this Xperia zed1 Compact do post them in the YouTube comment section below I'll try to include them in my review so that's it for now for this uh quick unboxing of this Xperia zed1 Compact uh thank you this is Ranjit and I hope to see you in my next video\n"