The Sony Xperia Z may be waterproof, but is not failproof, as it turns out, after complaints emerged online that some handsets are dropping dead without explanation.
A thread on the Sony Mobile forum, which has had over 10,000 views as of writing, is full of Xperia Z owners reporting a bizarre issue where their handset Z shuts down mid-use, even when it has plenty of charge and can’t be turned back on by the conventional method of pressing the power button.
One user named Davonia said: “I've only had my Xperia Z a day and it's totally dead. I had a full charge last time I looked and was using it about five minutes ago. No reaction trying to turn it back on (holding the power button for 10 seconds etc). I don't have a memory card in - just the micro-sim.”
Some users said they have been able to bring their handsets back to life with a hard reset by pressing the power and volume, but for many even that isn’t working.
The reason behind the problem is as-yet unidentified. Whether it’s related to the battery or even the water-resistance feature is anybody’s guess at this point.
Fortunately, Sony has already acknowledged the problem and said a “fix for this will be implemented in next software update”, but stopped short of offering an ETA as to when this might happen.
Launched earlier this month, the Xperia Z has been met with mostly favourable reviews and could be the smartphone that finally puts Sony on the map as a genuine contender to Samsung and Apple.
Features of the flagship handset include a five-inch 1080p HD display with a retina-popping 441 ppi density, a 1.5GHz quad-core processor and a 13-megapixel shooter that records in full HD and HDR as well.
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