Sony Xperia 5 V review
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- Asvaberg
- nbd
- 05 Apr 2024
Int2k, 18 Mar 2024can someone explain to me why this beauty only scores like ... moreThis overview tells different: 1301226
https://nanoreview.net/en/phone/sony-xperia-5-v
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- Int2k
- KSH
- 18 Mar 2024
can someone explain to me why this beauty only scores like 1117716 on antutu 10?
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- Anonymous
- E4T
- 14 Mar 2024
AnonD-1026644, 08 Jan 2024Specs are on point, but not worth paying. With the same mon... moreUnfortunatery that's the brutal truth.
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- Wami
- 8n9
- 31 Jan 2024
I am experienced cell phone user and got Xperia 5V 256GB recently. Using for 1 week, Android 14 already installed from unboxing with updates. I will talk about cons first :
- Clean Android experience is very good as Google Pixel but Animations can be buggy sometimes, even more slow when battery goes lower than 5% but they are minor issues for me I don't care about that
- HDR capabilities not on par with other flagship as Pixel , Vivo etc. but deos good job excluding very bright conditions. If you try to shoot picture on bokeh mode when bright daytime hours, background will be overexposed as DSLR cameras
- Taller design forces thumbs to reach uppper sides, you need small finger placed on charger port to do that correcly on onehand but anyway you can use it with onehand
Pros:
- SD Card ( backup files directly to external device, if screen broke or something happen with phone you can easily access them
- 3.5mm Jack to use both Headphone and Microphone
- Dual Sim , Esim or 1sim + 1SDCard support
- Thick Design My Favorite to handle it on hand easy
- BATTERY SO SO SO Good. Average 5% / h take you next day easy with moderate usage without gaming. There's almost no battery drain while sleeping. If you force it with heavy recording and gaming you can finish day anyway.
- Camera quality is Superb, there's no oversharpening and almost DSLR quality. Sony doesn't make " nightvision " camera phones which they capture night as daytime. That is why Sony photos and videos so natural with nearly eye catching correct colors. Even night time almost no noise on shoots. People's complain about click and shoot capabilities on Sony but Both Basic and Auto mode does good job very well in most situations. Natural depth of field of 48mm focal length is super for portrait shoots and it helps bokeh mode to create stunning results.
- Photo / Video apps are amazing and gives you more controls over cameras, with natural depth of field and 4k120fps video you can create amazing results.
- Screen very good OLED panel with true blacks , balanced colors and sensitive. I haven't noticed any rainbow effect on display. I don't like selfie camera bump and don't care about small bezels from sides.
I researched before buying compact phone for myself and declined Pixel 8 for Exnyos, s23 for battery,ports, photo processing and Zenfone 10 for cameras.
Thanks for reading my review
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- Anonymous
- JHf
- 28 Jan 2024
From periscope tele camera with continuous zoom in the 1 III to cheaping out the tele entirely.
Sony's market strategy is a mystery.
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- AnonD-1026644
- 7Xd
- 08 Jan 2024
Specs are on point, but not worth paying. With the same money, you'd get products with telephoto capabilities and faster charging speeds from other brands.
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- Anonymous
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- 06 Jan 2024
Mihai, 15 Nov 2023Sony why don't you let me take 50mpx photos with my 50... moreSensor is 52MP.
Since it is 4,3:3 format, largest image circle possible only allows 48MP to be used.
It is impossible to use 52.
Extra pixels are only used to assist EIS.
48MP mode is not available because it impacts speed.
Readout is far slower compared to 12MP.
Probably 2x or 3x slower.
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- Anonymous
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- 06 Jan 2024
Chris T , 23 Dec 2023Has anyone tried any gcam with the Xperia 5 v to tell us th... moreGcam only helps lame phones like crapmi note
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- Anonymous
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- 06 Jan 2024
Anonymous, 28 Dec 2023The camera downgrade should not be acceptable in this price... more1 has always sold more than 5.
Sony does not need to cap 5 to make it happen.
This is just sony cost cutting.
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- Anonymous
- iL9
- 28 Dec 2023
The camera downgrade should not be acceptable in this price segment. Clearly they just want to sell more Xperia 1 V's with triple camera. Shame, I thought Sony was one of the last companies that make good phones with no compromises.
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- Chris T
- d%5
- 23 Dec 2023
Has anyone tried any gcam with the Xperia 5 v to tell us the results?
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- HUF
- 22 Dec 2023
"The Night View, if triggered, adds additional 1s or 2s to the 4s needed to capture a regular photo. Yes, no matter if there is a Night View or not, the Xperia 5 V needs about 4s to capture a photo. The only indication for the Night View you will see in the Basic mode is the change of color (from white to orange) of the Moon button on the viewfinder."
This is the one thing I dislike about my Xperia 5 II, using Auto mode (regular camera app) taking a photo with imperfect lighting means the subject usually has to stay still for several seconds. Surely Apple devices and others don't require this? Ok the photo may not be the most perfect result but it would be better to allow taking a quick photo? I understand the Pro camera options are there so shutter speed etc could be manually adjusted but we don't always have time to do this.
Other than this I really enjoy the Sony phones and will look to upgrade probably to this model.
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- Anonym
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- 30 Nov 2023
Mihai, 15 Nov 2023Sony why don't you let me take 50mpx photos with my 50... moreExmorT in Xperia 5V and Xperia 1V has better light perfomance than 1 inch sensor.
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- Anonym
- 8j%
- 30 Nov 2023
Anonymous, 26 Nov 2023"The Xperia 5 V never became hot, warm - yes, but neve... moreNice to know mister Xiaomi/samsung manager.
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- penk
- XUc
- 28 Nov 2023
so, i wonder if the green line issue still happened on this phone?
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- GoToSchool
- xGc
- 26 Nov 2023
Anonymous, 26 Nov 2023"The Xperia 5 V never became hot, warm - yes, but neve... moreI use the 5 V and it's never been hot for me, maybe playing some intense game for long may cause it to be hot but I don't know
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- Anonymous
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- 26 Nov 2023
"The Xperia 5 V never became hot, warm - yes, but never uncomfortably hot."
When gsmarena saying a phone getting warm you should consider it will get hot in real life.
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- Mihai
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- 15 Nov 2023
Sony why don't you let me take 50mpx photos with my 50mpx camera? This won't dent your camera sales that much. I already have your compact camera and I rarely use it because it's never with me.
Ideally why don't you make a 1" 80mpx sensor that shoots at 20mpx. This won't make a dent in your camera sales and if you're that worried about just use it on your phones only, then you'll at least sell a phone for every camera not bought.
In the meantime I will be returning your phone, I will consider purchase again if you add the 50mpx shoots and will definitely buy the next variant if you make a phone that shots 20mpx.
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- GoToSchool
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- 10 Nov 2023
Bijay Chhetri, 07 Nov 2023Is there a notification or ambient light sensor is present ... moreNone, but there's a setting that shows a notification on the screen then screen goes off
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- Bijay Chhetri
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- 07 Nov 2023
Is there a notification or ambient light sensor is present or not..