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hello from Aoife 2014 it's Michael with pocket now at the Sony event checking out Sony's new small fry the Xperia z3 compact let's go hands-on remember how last year's z1 compact was a flagship device squeezed into a more manageable footprint well to no one's surprise so is the latest version but the things that make it a flagship are predictably more impressive in this iterative step what that means specifically is a Snapdragon 801 processor 16 gigs of storage and the same improved 20.7 megapixel camera we showed you in our Xperia z3 hands on which is identical right down to the crazy high ISO settings it can hit there's microSD and water and dust proofing in the eight point four millimeters casing as well which feels a little chunky in the hand just like its predecessor it's also another glass sandwich build so be ready to break out the smudge rags if you carry it without a case the battery and screen are where the compact takes a little bit of a hit the smaller phone packs a downsized battery at 2600 milliamp hours and the display is bigger than last year's at 4.6 inches but some might take issue with its resolution downgrade to 720p those hypothetical someone's though aren't us at least not yet not till we get to spend some more time with it for now it looks good and we're just happy to see another very high-end smartphone in a form factor that doesn't stretch our pockets there's lots more from Sony here at Aoife 2014 stay tuned to our continuing coverage from Berlin and follow us on social media so you don't miss a thing until next time this has been Michael Fisher with PocketNow we'll see you real soon