Admittedly, it's a shame the pearlescent reinforced corners of the Z3 Compact have been swapped for a more uniform, matt aluminium frame, but the new engraved Xperia logo in the top right corner of the phone does go some way to help make up for it.
Likewise, I'm a big fan of Sony's new frosted glass effect on the rear of the handset, and the yellow and pink coral models look particularly stylish. Even better, the frosted finish means it doesn't pick up half as many fingerprints as its glossy glass-backed predecessors either, making it look much smarter than its competitors.
Fingerprint sensor
Another brilliant new addition is the Z5 Compact's fingerprint sensor, which has been built directly into the power button on the side of the phone. This is a better idea than having it on the back of the phone, as on the Nexus 5X, and it's nowhere near as awkward to use as the home button sensors of the iPhone 6S and Samsung Galaxy S6. Instead, it's already in the most natural place possible when you go to turn on the phone, and its support for multiple fingerprints means you can instantly turn it on and unlock it no matter which hand you use to pick it up.
The Z5 Compact is dust resistant and waterproof up to one metre of fresh water for 30 minutes, but its handy capless Micro USB port doesn't need to be covered up if you decide to take the phone for a dip. The only thing you do need to worry about is making sure the plastic flap covering the microSD and Micro SIM card slots is firmly sealed, as you wouldn't want to ruin a 200GB microSD card if you happened to drop the phone down the loo or take it for a dip in the bath. Either way, it comes with 32GB of integrated storage, of which 22.5GB is available to the user, so you should have plenty of space for your music and photos.
Display
As well as being practical, the Z5 Compact's 4.6in 1,280x720 resolution display is one of the best around, as our colour calibrator showed it was displaying an impressive 98.8% of the sRGB colour gamut. This is fantastic for an IPS panel, and it's not far behind theZ5's nearly perfect 99.4% coverage. It's certainly one of the most accurate displays I've seen in this price range, and it beats the similarly-priced Motorola's Moto X Style by almost 6%.
Colours were beautifully rich and punchy, and there was plenty of detail on show thanks to a contrast ratio of 1,161:1. Admittedly, the screen isn't as bright as the Z5, as I only measured a peak brightness of 461.05cd/m2 as opposed to nearly 700cd/m2. Still, it's perfectly bright enough to use outside, and it also means the Z5 Compact's black levels are much lower than the Z5's as well, coming in at 0.39cd/m2 to deliver deeper, inkier blacks
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