Sony Xperia 5 V review
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- B3ebe
- swu
- 01 Sep 2023
I have been using Xperia 5 III for 2 years and now its time for me to get another job phone but I think I will wait for pixel 8. I don't have a good experiences from using 5 III (overheating and al lot of bugs). Its weird that they got rid off zoom camera, I found myself using it quite often.
What do you think about waiting for pixel 8?
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- MRSTEK
- UNg
- 01 Sep 2023
"The 2x zoomed photos are identical in quality to 2.5x zoomed ones from the Xperia 5 IV's telephoto camera."
Then, why not post photos from Xperia 5 IV under the exact same condition for comparison?
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- rizki1
- 6cn
- 01 Sep 2023
MRSTEK, 01 Sep 2023S23 has never been more appealing than now.S23? no.. S22 should be more precise. S23 is very overpowered for 5 V.
- kesztio
- mA%
- 01 Sep 2023
MRSTEK, 01 Sep 2023S23 has never been more appealing than now.And what about the damaged display of the S23? (If you look carefully, you can see an ugly, though perfectly circle-shaped injury on the top center of the VISIBLE screen area. And this is for ALL copies of S23. This is unacceptable for my standards.)
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- MRSTEK
- UNg
- 01 Sep 2023
Ottonis, 01 Sep 2023"the storage is only 128GB, and the price is €1,000&qu... moreYou mean someone's gonna pay 300 bucks of premium just to add a $40 SD Card?
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- Ottonis
- HLw
- 01 Sep 2023
"the storage is only 128GB, and the price is €1,000"
This needs a different perspective: in most other phones the amount of memory is fixed and not expandable.
The Sony Xperia, on the other hand, can easily get a memory expansion for cheap: You can add a micro sd card at 512 GB for just around 40 bucks - something neither apples, samsung or asus phones offer.
One question though: was the throttling behavior improved over the notorious xperia IV line?
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- Anonymous
- x02
- 01 Sep 2023
Overall good phone but LOL at the price... not buying.
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- KondriX
- Lha
- 01 Sep 2023
Ggfh, 01 Sep 2023The biggest con of this phone is it will be outdated in a f... moreHow exactly this will be outdated? What you'll be able to do with Snapdragon 8G3 and won't be with 8G2? You really think it will make a difference? Let's be serious...
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- Anonymous
- 3Tx
- 01 Sep 2023
That brightness man, come on sony 1k$ for that and cameras look mediocre at best.
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- Fa14bi
- gDf
- 01 Sep 2023
Branimir, 01 Sep 2023I am totally disappointed with this phone. They ditched the... moreRegardless, the 2Times crop of the sensor is 1/2.7 in size used as a Telephoto.
The Xperia 5 IV sensor telephoto is only 1/3.5 in size.
Meaning the telephoto camera (crop sensor) of the Xperia 5V is larger, than the one of the Xperia 5 IV. So adding the Telephoto camera to the 5 V would be pointless, as it means in decrease in Quality, compared to just taking a crop from a huge main Sensor.
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- anasadani77
- XZ}
- 01 Sep 2023
Disappointing Heat dissipation on the latest Sony Xperia 5G. Problems that always appear on SONY XPERIA cellphones, even on the Sony Xperia 1V Flagship itself experience the same thing. Disappointing
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- Gamesnic
- B7q
- 01 Sep 2023
Is Sony actually trying to troll people or why are they releasing a higher end midrange for 1k€? This department will be so dead
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- Ggfh
- X$u
- 01 Sep 2023
The biggest con of this phone is it will be outdated in a few months with the 8G3 right around the corner
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- Branimir
- mD3
- 01 Sep 2023
I am totally disappointed with this phone. They ditched the telephoto camera but kept the same price. 2x crop from a camera with Quad Bayer filter is acceptable for a $600 phone but for $1000 is inexcusable. I hoped they would put a traditional Bayer filter on it so we can enjoy full resolution of the sensor, and the crop would than be good. But no, they are too stupid to do that.
I have an Xperia 5 IV and the camera is fun to use, but the picture quality is far from other flagships. In challenging light conditions scenes my old and cheap Pixel 3a is better.
If Sony wants to continue using this "in camera" instead of "computational photography" approach, they have to use the best possible camera hardware instead of using 2x crop from a Quad Bayer camera
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- David
- 0R@
- 01 Sep 2023
Two cameras, Tiny 6.1”, €1000, dead on arrival. Only Apple can pull off stunts like that!
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- John DonGeilo
- mVA
- 01 Sep 2023
Nice phone but still think smartphones like that shouldn't cost more than €600. Smartphone prices are ridiculious nowadays.
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- John DonGeilo
- mVA
- 01 Sep 2023
AnonD-546724, 01 Sep 2023Reviewed in august, available in november It says end of September in the other article.