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Glass backs. Blech.

• xaqfox 9y ago
  There is not a glass back on their newest, XZ Premium. Still no removable battery, though, it does still have a microSD slot.
  • emn13 9y ago
    That's great news! I used to buy the old z[123] compact series, but that glass back... I've got kids and it just doesn't work anymore. A phone needs to have some modicum of robustness to be useful. The ancient, crappy looking samsung s4 I now use is sadly functionally superior to the sony and apple high-end phones, simply because it doesn't shatter when dropped - instead, the plastic back cracks open (again), and maybe the battery get's detached. It's like an unintentional airbag. And it's not like that's a really robust phone either; pre-smartphone phones simply outclassed today's stuff. Seriously, high end phones these days are a joke. They're not even trying. What the beep happened?
• odiroot 9y ago
  The whole Xperia X* series has plastic backs. Also, not like iPhone didn't start with it.
  • emn13 9y ago
    Yeah, they're not the only ones with that misfeature. I gave up on the series for this reason (not joking!) - but now I hear the xz premium doesn't have em anymore, so hey, maybe I'll switch back again. Although I'm a little worried reading the spec sheet. Maybe this is the first ever phone with a 4k display that actually works, but I'm skeptical. Most are simply wasteful battery hogs that simply cost extra money to be worse.