You most likely have data synced in the background. You have to disable google backup. That thing is a battery & data hog. I had that problem before whereby my data limit was reached eventhough I didn't use it much at all. See if that helps.

in settings > power management

scroll down u can see which apps tht is draining the battery

I will try disabling auto sync first... Sucks that I hv to refresh email manually..

guys, is it true, with full usage, the battery can lasting up to 2 days?

turn back to few pages and read the comments. i am pretty sure there is one guy that used the phone heavily had last 2 days and a guy with medium usage guy lasted 3 days.

Got my Copper Z3, overall awesome phone except for 1 problem,

I cant get it to pair with my Sony SBH80 Bluetooth headsets.. tried NFC, got pairing failed, tried manual Bluetooth cant find it.

But the z3 can detect n pair with other Bluetooth devices, and the SBH80 can be paired with my M8 using nfc or Bluetooth..

* Manage to pair with it finally, had to hard reset the earphone.. now its a complete package!!



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Sony should use the battery life to advertise Z3 and Z3 compact

Not autosync, just google backup. Your phone should run normally with email etc functioning as intended. This google backup just backs up everything including photos etc which uses a lot of juice & data. It's a google issue, not android per se.

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New sony xepria Z3 user reporting in.

Copper colour.

Can I know where to buy the transparent case??

We are currently doing that.
I always promote battery instead of other features.

My only Sony experiences was Xperia Z n Z Ultra ( both 3g n LTE ) and must say most impressed with its stamina mode. I would say is only phone that really works on its battery saving by default without need to use any 3rd party apps or need to disable any stuffs. On standby with wifi n 3g/lte on the battery left hardly drops. Overnight over 7-8 hours the most I had seen was merely 1%..I believe this software tweak has since been in Z2 n Z3 too.

Some low light shots. The last one was actually really dark at the bottom part, but this phone managed to get enough brightness out of it. All shot on manual mode & are handheld shots.

Tehh heckk!. Really awesome shots man!

nice shots at KLCC

Just got one from Curve. But to my surprise the headphones are not as the one which comes in UK. Its the in-ear type and its a good headphones. Anyway not for me. For my GF. I am still happy with Z1.

Accessories available are screen protector, 3rd party cases, sony dock. SOny smart case is not available but they mentioned should be in by next week or the week after.

the video shot i notice has terrible focus hunting problem. i cant lock to a single point...

I also notice alot of video tearing on Superior Auto mode due to the 30fps. Once i revert to manual 60fps it gets much better. But this is a common problem with all camera phones i think... In manual mode also the focus hunting is "less" crazy.

im currently torn ..... i dont know what is SONY is doing with its camera... In auto mode video is capped at 30 fps while only in manual can u get 60fps.... in auto mode camera doesnt hv image stabilization and i dont even know if its taking a HDR shot or not... its still sad that after so many 'G lens" xperia phones , they still only enable the most useful functions only in 8 MP mode....
Yes video autofocus really sucks as you HAVE to depend on the camera to hopefully focus on what u want instead of tapping to focus.... Love the intelligent stabilization mode though but again that is capped at 30 fps...

Panaroma mode is easily the worst out of all the android phones i hv used... not only is the resolution low.... it fills in a grey area if you dont finish the whole sweep... wut the..

Slow motion is easily the best and even trumps the iphone 5s 120fps mode....

Basically the whole MANUAL mode and 'superior auto' mode is way too confusing as i am torn between using what and what plus what settings to achieve a decent shot...

I also took some shots at KLCC , almost the same exact shots as you haha.... I took using superior auto mode and it was meh.... not only is the focus off constantly it just overexposed everything especially when shooting the twin towers like the image u posted.. In auto mode isnt it suppose to be able to achieve up to 12800 ISO? even in super low light it still end up taking at around 500 ISO.... WTF...

Seems like manual mode produces the best results... so much for point and shoot

Since you have too many problems, maybe Xperia Z3 isn't the phone for you. I'm sure there would be other smartphones out there to satisfy your every whim. For instance iOS is very straight forward, don't have to confuse yourself over settings, limited functions but works without having to tinker much.

But so you know, there are 2 "Auto" modes. One you access by quick launch, one you access from the camera app itself. Both have different default setting, you should check that out too see the difference. I've never been a video guy so that's pretty much all I know about it.