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Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

DeGraaff — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:26:20 GMT

As the titles says, I'd like to know which brand of glass is seated on the Xperia Z3 compact, for front as well as rear? Or is it just generic tempered glass?

Re: Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

_alexdon_ — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:28:02 GMT

I do not know the answer,but if you have searched the Z2,Rickard stated about Z2 being Gorilla Glass 3 if I remember correctly.Probably the Z3 compact is somewhere around that.

Re: Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

_alexdon_ — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:30:32 GMT

See here:

http://talk.sonymobile.com/t5/Xperia-Z2/Type-of-glass-in-Z2/td-p/797741/page/3

Re: Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

Rickard — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 15:35:55 GMT

For the display glass we use both Gorilla 3 and Dragontrail X but i'm afraid i don't have any detailed information about the rear glass.

Re: Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

DeGraaff — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:19:38 GMT

@Rickard wrote:
For the display glass we use both Gorilla 3 and Dragontrail X but i'm afraid i don't have any detailed information about the rear glass.

Thanks, Rickard. I'm pleased to read this!

Is it possible that the rear glass may crack from excessive heat? For example, during or after 4K video recording? I have read a handful of reports where the rear glass had cracked seemingly inexplicably. One of these cases was with a unit in the following review: https://translate.google.com/translate?sl=auto&tl=en&js=y&prev=_t&hl=nl&ie=UTF-8&u=http%3A%2F%2Fkiip.ee%2Farvustus-sony-xperia-z3-ja-z3-compact&edit-text=&act=url

Re: Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

geccoblaze — Tue, 30 Sep 2014 20:50:28 GMT

Rickard, this sounds great but I am a bit confused as to what you mean by using GG3 AND Dragontrail on a single front panel.

Re: Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

Rickard — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 08:04:26 GMT

@DeGraaff

The phone has builtin protection against overheating and it will notify you and shut features like the camera or the entire phone off before it gets too warm. There's no risk that the glass would crack from heat coming from the phone.

@geccoblaze

When you buy the phone it will have a Gorilla glass or a Dragontrail glass.

Re: Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

ErdoganDK — Wed, 01 Oct 2014 16:12:07 GMT

@Richard
Is there a way to tell the difference? I would like to have one with Gorilla Glass but how can I be sure before i go out and buy one?

Re: Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

Rickard — Thu, 02 Oct 2014 06:58:42 GMT

No, there's no way to see the difference that i know of.

Re: Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

drsohail — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 09:40:42 GMT

I'm a bit confused. Mr. Rickard says that Sony mobiles support Gorilla 3 & DragonTrail X but I couldn't find any such description either in the phone manual or the white paper document, both of which I downloaded from Sony's website. Kindly, state where I can verify what type of protection does Z3C support against scratches and/or shatter?

Re: Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

Sebalt666 — Mon, 06 Oct 2014 10:54:41 GMT

the Rear of my Z3 Compact broke the night before last night, after it fell from the seat at a train station...

i had my phone since last thursday and hadn't time for buying screen protectors so far...

i think the rear glass is normal glass so far...

My first question after this accident was: is it waterproof anymore?

Re: Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

yeraym — Sun, 02 Nov 2014 13:53:14 GMT

@Rickard wrote:
For the display glass we use both Gorilla 3 and Dragontrail X but i'm afraid i don't have any detailed information about the rear glass.

I would like to buy one with Gorilla 3 in front and back panels, Where can I buy it and be sure it has Gorilla 3? Could I order it through sonymobile.com and specify I want one with Gorilla 3?

Re: Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

codesgroup — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 10:15:41 GMT

I need to purchase new handsets for our business and was seriously looking at the Z3 compact - however the rather vague and not very helpful response from Sony customer support in answering this very simple question says it all! (and made my mind up to look elsewhere)

However, just for the record perhaps Sony support could have another go at answering the question - what glass is supplied, front and back, on the Xperia Z3 Compact in Australia (and the full size Z3 whilst we're at it)?

Re: Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

Rickard — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 14:44:09 GMT

We use a durable tempered glass on both the front and back of the phone. The front glass is either Gorilla or Dragontrail as we use both on this model. There's no way to make sure you get a certain glass but both glasses are among the best in the industry. For the back i'm afraid i don't have any information on the make.

On the Z3 we only use Gorilla for the display glass but as on Z3 Compact i don't have any information on the make of the tempered glass on the back.

Re: Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

codesgroup — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 22:53:20 GMT

Thanks for the prompt response.

It's a mobile phone and therefore subject to all sorts of handling mishaps during daily life, so one is entitled to expect a reasonable level of ruggedness.

There does seem to be some concern developing regarding the performance of the glass construction of the Z3 (mainly the Compact it seems). Some examples of user experience related to alleged cracking glass can be found through this link - http://forum.xda-developers.com/z3-compact/general/sony-xperia-z3-z3-compact-glass-survey-t2900149

The Z3C sounds like a superb phone in most other respects, and I was sorely tempted to buy some for our company, but sadly I must walk away.

Re: Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

MyAliasIsGary — Thu, 20 Nov 2014 23:19:55 GMT

@Rickard wrote:
We use a durable tempered glass on both the front and back of the phone. The front glass is either Gorilla or Dragontrail as we use both on this model. There's no way to make sure you get a certain glass but both glasses are among the best in the industry. For the back i'm afraid i don't have any information on the make.
On the Z3 we only use Gorilla for the display glass but as on Z3 Compact i don't have any information on the make of the tempered glass on the back.

@sorry @Rickard but I would strongly dispute your use of the term "durable" because 21-33% of the examples in this survey would beg to differ:

https://docs.google.com/a/cmshome.net/forms/d/1TbzuItq2xFDTS7iXX_mpiXN0MEINdA521bJkWaPlPRk/viewanalytics

Out of these figures, 14% (out of the 21%) had the front glass crack on its own (allegedly) and 24% (out of the 33%) had the back glass crack on its own (allegedly).

Sounds lke the back glass is NOT made of the same strength of glass as the front / display.

The z3 compact is NOT durable and even if we ignore the staggering percentages of non-incident related damage, Sony do not warn users to buy a protective case because the phone can't tolerate falls or drops.

For virtually no extra cost, Sony could include some kind of case with the phone but don't bother.

Very poor.

Re: Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

reas — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 14:04:03 GMT

It's not Gorilla Glass .. Any of sony mobile phones aren't listed on Gorilla Glass website or sony website.. Here's the link. http://www.corninggorillaglass.com/en/products-with-gorilla

so watch out when u hold ur z3 / or carry it with on a pillow. // people might say it's gorilla but there's no official presentation for it. it's fragile, deal with the fact.

Re: Which brand of glass is on Xperia Z3 Compact?

gremlin1 — Sat, 22 Nov 2014 20:17:00 GMT

Having come to the conclusion before i ordered that it was not gorilla glass i was hoping there would be some decent durable cases available. I know roxfit are official suppliers for the xperia range and they make a touchscreen case for the z3. However bizarrley do not intend to make one for the less durable screen of the compact! This phone when it works is great but it seems very very buggy between mysterious broken screens, odd underperforming camera apps and dodgy sd support.it's a real shame

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vladeito — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 20:38:59 GMT

Sony Xperia Z3 c is scratchable? of keys and staff like that?

Re: glass

Thommo — Thu, 27 Nov 2014 20:49:10 GMT

Some would say no but the screen is scratch resistant only and not scratch proof - Apply enough force and scratches will most likely appear - Sand and or dirt is the biggest known culprit