Since Verizon has abandoned the Z3V I want to give some visiblity to this issue here.
My spouse works in a building where only Verizon gets ANY coverage at all (no exaggeration). She was in love with my Z3 and I advised her to switch to Verizon and get the Z3V. It has been over a year and I don't believe her phone has seen even one single update. I'm not one of these folks that clamors for updates just for the sake of updating. Lollipop has its own set of issues. The z3v is still running 4.4.4, and is loaded with all sorts of Verizon customizations but it has most damingly never receieved even a single security update (including Stagefright). It appears to be abandoned by Verizon and by implication.... Sony...
So essentially, we signed a 2 yr contract for a phone that was discontinued and abandoned in less than year. I'm embarassed for recommending her to get this device but, sadly she was stuck with this CDMA carrier. A look at the Verizon forums reveals lots of threads like this:
https://community.verizonwireless.com/thread/898347
Just to be clear, I am well aware that this type of issue is rampant across the android landscape, however this is by far the worst situation of any "flagship" device in recent history. I know that the Sony sees the US market as B2B arena and would like to gain traction here. Unfortunately, this is the result of that miserably failed attempt at B2B relationship with Verizon. Some pressure needs to be applied to Verizon. This is embarassing to your brand.
