Sony confirms Xperia E5, shows off the device

24 May, 2016
The Xperia E5 leak from a couple of days ago effectively revealed that it's the entry-level Sony F3311 that was spotted on GFXBench last month.

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  • 25 May 2016

Anonymous, 24 May 2016Come on Now you everything to be Low price, let me guess yo... moreWho cares? Some people have better things to spend money on than "flagships". Like nice big TVs, gaming systems, nice PCs. A flagship is nothing more than an expensive handheld media device. But go ahead and consume media on your dinky "flagship" screen.

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    • homiej
    • EJT
    • 25 May 2016

    Only problem I see - those teeny weeny itsy bitsy holes in the back for a speaker?

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      • Anonymous
      • Xu4
      • 25 May 2016

      AnonD-292359, 24 May 2016There is no CyanogenMod for MediaTek processors. The old Ga... moreMediatek is taiwan company...htc from taiwan too...so by your hypothesis-htc is chinese...lol.taiwan is not china

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        • Anonymous
        • Ibx
        • 25 May 2016

        Phinch88, 24 May 2016Really good entry level Sony here Sony E5 4.6 inch scre... moreI agree.
        Sony put together great cells with nice specs, but most importantly they are durable and quality cells.

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          • Anonymous
          • Jb$
          • 24 May 2016

          1.5gb ram? lol

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            • AnonD-523335
            • J%n
            • 24 May 2016

            AnonD-292359, 24 May 2016There is no CyanogenMod for MediaTek processors. The old Ga... morePlaned obsolescence policy is old news.

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              • AnonD-523335
              • J%n
              • 24 May 2016

              Ritzie, 24 May 2016Because it's CUSTOM ROM as you say.... If you mean CM pl... moreCustom ROM is now a synonym to CyanogenMod? No, it's not.
              If independent DEVs can take the source code, the drivers and build a entirely new ROM and new kernels for a smartphone, so does the manufacturers, they just don't want to.

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                • AnonD-523335
                • J%n
                • 24 May 2016

                AnonD-292359, 24 May 2016There is no CyanogenMod for MediaTek processors. The old Ga... moreI know that, MediaTek doesn't publish their source codes. But the manufacturer have those codes, THEY CAN update the device, but they don't want to, to force you buy a new device to get the new software features hahaha
                And I don't remember mentioning CyanogenMod, I spoke of Custom ROMs in the general, there's many of them.

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                  • AnonD-292359
                  • 81m
                  • 24 May 2016

                  AnonD-523335, 24 May 2016If it's not compatible with the hardware how come the commu... moreThere is no CyanogenMod for MediaTek processors. The old Galaxies that you mentioned are all Qualcomm chipsets. Chinese manufacturers are loath to let anyone near their source code, even if they are in violation of the terms.

                  (edit: and my Chinese manufacturers I mean MediaTek, Rockchips, Allwinner etc)

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                    • AnonD-442781
                    • pJm
                    • 24 May 2016

                    Ritzie, 24 May 2016Because it's CUSTOM ROM as you say.... If you mean CM pl... moreThey always have to do it for each piece of hardware individually. And so does Apple.

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                      • 24 May 2016

                      Phinch88, 24 May 2016Really good entry level Sony here Sony E5 4.6 inch scre... moreIt's not fare to compare Iphone flagship with a SONY low end,yet a good comparison

                        AnonD-523335, 24 May 2016If it's not compatible with the hardware how come the commu... moreBecause it's CUSTOM ROM as you say....

                        If you mean CM platform, didn't you notice that they have to update it for every specific hardware and device?

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                          • AnonD-523335
                          • J3V
                          • 24 May 2016

                          Phinch88, 24 May 2016Really good entry level Sony here Sony E5 4.6 inch scre... moreYou forgot to mention that the iPhone sure uses a far superior LCD display, the chipset is far superior than a cheap MediaTek, superior camera, it's worth mentioning that megapixel count does not define quality and of course, the memory chips sure are way faster than on this Sony.
                          Non sense compare a legacy device with a flagship, and I don't even like Apple, you see

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                            • 24 May 2016

                            Phinch88, 24 May 2016Really good entry level Sony here Sony E5 4.6 inch scre... moreYou forgot to comment that there will not be any updates for e5,and don't compare expensive ones (premium) vs budget smartphones.

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                              • 24 May 2016

                              Ritzie, 24 May 2016This is also the reason why OEMs don't update to the latest... moreIf it's not compatible with the hardware how come the community of independent DEVs from XDA develop Custom ROMs with the last released version of Android to old devices like Galaxy S3 and legacy devices too, like Galaxy S4 Mini? Huh?
                              Both Galaxy S3 and S4 Mini can be updated to Android Marshmallow, and they're old.

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                                • Phinch88
                                • myh
                                • 24 May 2016

                                Really good entry level Sony here

                                Sony E5
                                4.6 inch screen
                                720p display
                                13Mp rear camera
                                5mp front camera
                                16gb internal memory
                                1.5Gb RAM
                                £180 (possibly a lot cheaper)

                                Iphone6s
                                4.7 inch screen
                                720p display
                                16gb internal
                                2gb RAM
                                12mo camera
                                5mp front camera
                                £512

                                  Nothing special, it isn't going to get any updates at all like its predecessors.

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                                    • AnonD-190634
                                    • a04
                                    • 24 May 2016

                                    Looked cool and simple! But I side does not :/

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                                      • Shams Reza
                                      • t@x
                                      • 24 May 2016

                                      Welcome

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • Ibx
                                        • 24 May 2016

                                        Anonymous, 24 May 2016J7 (2016) would be a better choice Sorry gots no shame on SONY posts. Hehe

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