[Xperia Z5 Compact Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chowy993:
Coming from Moto G first Gen (falcon)

Coming from Moto G 1st Gen. This is my first Sony Phone.

I am loving the Z5C.

Few things to note that that will give you an idea between the two phones

1. The flash on the moto g is noticeably brighter and warmer. Idc about cameras, but I find I use the flashlight a lot

2. The chip on the Z5C does feel much faster. Not sure how to describe it other than the UI on the Z5C being more "fluid"

3. The chip on the Z5C does get noticeably warm (but not hot) on the back under certain loads. E.g. running long sessions of RDP or installing lots of apps in quick succession or recording 4K video. Under normal use like browsing the web or watching youtube it does not get warm.

4. The camera is way better than the Moto G

5. The hardware feels really solid. It feels dense. I like it

6. The battery life is significantly better. At my usage, the Moto G will die at about 8pm or 9pm (taking off the charge at 7am). I have yet to kill the Z5C in a single day in my normal use

(my normal use usually has a few hours of music, and at least 4 hours of screen time)

7. The stereo speakers are much nicer, but the stereo effect is small, and they aren't not as loud as the moto g's single speaker

8. The max brightness of the Z5C's screen is about the same as the one on the Moto G. The min brightness is on the Z5C is lower though.

9 The physical dimensions of the Z5C is smaller in width and height. The Z5C does feel thicker because of its more boxy shape though

In terms of bloatware, there is quite a bit. I have a lot of apps disabled from settings or hidden (I use Apex)

There are some features that sony added that are nice though.

1. Built in screen recording

2. "Small Apps" - a bit like floating widgets

3. Nice audio optimizations that make my music experience nicer

4. Being able to customize the quick settings in the notification center

5. Battery percentage in the status bar (this is important to me :))

6. The screen colours can be calibrated to your liking

Other things to consider

- The fingerprint sensor is pretty bad, but that could be just my fingers.

- The phone is really slippery compared to the Moto G. A case is highly recommended.

- Stamina mode - I havent tested if this has a positive effect on battery life, but i'm letting the placebo effect take place

- The microsd slot is nice for future proofing, although given that I had a 8GB moto g, and the Z5C comes with 32GB, Im not going to need a microsd in the near future.

- Water proofing :)

- Of the 32GB, about 10GB is taken up by the android system, and thus we cannot use for our own stuff

- I found the volume button placement on the Z5C wierd until I got used to it in less than a week. Unless you actively need access to it all the time, its not annoying

- I find that everything on screen is too large for my liking, so I have my DPI set to 280, the same as what I had on my Moto G

In response to some of the things said above:

- Bluetooth works fine for me. It has never lost connection to my Microsoft Band when I needed them to be connected

- I've used my Z5C with 3 different usb cables, none of them have a problem.

- Camera does launch slow if Photo Analyser Service is not disabled. The camera launches quite fast now (but admittedly not as fast as say an iPhone 6s)

- The GPS locks quicker than the Moto G, and has yet to be inaccurate for me.

I am really looking forward to Marshmallow

I hope that answers your questions. Sorry for long response lol