Sony Xperia E5 review: Nice ’n easy

05 July 2016
The Sony Xperia E5 is the company’s cheapest smartphone in the updated 2016 lineup, but you wouldn’t tell going by just how it looks. The clean and classy design in fact reminds us of Sony’s outgoing flagship, the Z5.

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  • 15 Jul 2016

Anonymous, 11 Jul 2016Lol is thus a joke??? Sony cells are Not sluggish nor poo... moreSony employee here

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    • AnonD-559729
    • r3H
    • 14 Jul 2016

    Nice phone but I wished the camera to be more sharper

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      • AnonD-559729
      • r3H
      • 14 Jul 2016

      The price is too much

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        • AnonD-559729
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        • 13 Jul 2016

        The price is too much

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          • alvin
          • wra
          • 13 Jul 2016

          was looking for a secondary phone, but stopped reading after looking the battery endurance. modern phones (budget or expensive) should at least nail double digit endurance on all 3 categories..

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            • nSN
            • 12 Jul 2016

            As the review is stating, the phone has only just a bit above 10 GB of free space left of the 16 GB after the orginal software included by Sony.

            The question follows: can the space be extended by a memory card for additional application space?

            I'm not interested in having more space for pictures, videos or music. Just applications.

            With my current phone, Samsung Galaxy S2, the applications can't be installed in anywhere else than the original space of the phone, which is a huge restriction.

            If something has changed within the years, and apps can be installed to additional memory card, i might consider updating. Otherwise not.

            Thanks!

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              • 12 Jul 2016

              Anonymous, 11 Jul 2016Lol is thus a joke??? Sony cells are Not sluggish nor poo... moreMy wife's M4 Aqua sure is sluggish, but at least does have a decent battery. Now the damn phone can't open the camera 4 times out of 5 tries. It's her first and surely the last Sony ever.

                Anonymous, 08 Jul 2016Only True Sony fans stick around and your Not one of them. You're right and wrong. I was in love with the ethos of what Sony defined as a smartphone from the Z3 era backwards. What they're producing now, heck no, I'm no fan of this junk.

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                  • IbE
                  • 11 Jul 2016

                  Anonymous, 10 Jul 2016Because touchwiz is faster than the featureless sony ui. B... moreOK, lets compare origin of countries where SONY is from and shame and theirs your final answer! haha

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                    • 11 Jul 2016

                    AnonD-119976, 10 Jul 2016Sony, before you start selling new models i hpoe youve fixe... moreLol is thus a joke???
                    Sony cells are Not sluggish nor poor battery... Did u really own Sony cell? Nope!

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                      • Anonymous
                      • IbE
                      • 11 Jul 2016

                      Anonymous, 10 Jul 2016compared with the competition , its another sub par run of ... moreThat's cause you Low price driven with Mo Quality and Performance driven, which Sony cells are. Hehe

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                        • 11 Jul 2016

                        Anonymous, 10 Jul 2016Because touchwiz is faster than the featureless sony ui. B... moreThat is where you got it wrong. That featureless Sony ui that you are saying is much more faster and smoother than ur bloatwared lagwiz.

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                          • KIB
                          • 10 Jul 2016

                          compared with the competition , its another sub par run of the mill device by sony for the price.

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                            • 10 Jul 2016

                            Sagittarius, 10 Jul 2016Is that lumia 650's chipset 28nm?yes 28 nm LP but it uses 1.3 GHz Cortex-A7 while E5 uses 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53...

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                              • Anonymous
                              • vf1
                              • 10 Jul 2016

                              AnonD-119976, 10 Jul 2016Sony, before you start selling new models i hpoe youve fixe... moreBecause touchwiz is faster than the featureless sony ui.
                              But those Stubborn sony fans will say: "you are a troll paid by korean company".

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                                • 10 Jul 2016

                                What pric of sonyxperiaE5

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                                  • 10 Jul 2016

                                  wp_lover, 08 Jul 2016What the Hell is that battery life.. Lumia 650 has 2000mah ... moreIs that lumia 650's chipset 28nm?

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                                    • 10 Jul 2016

                                    Sony, before you start selling new models i hpoe youve fixed ur performance bugs. I bought your c4 and it sucks big time. It was just so sluggish, poor battery performance and takes a long time to charge. I couldnt take it anymore, so i had to sell it after 2 months of use only. I now have a Samsung a5 2016 and man performance are of different levels despite specs are practicaly the same on paper. The only advantages that the c4 has with my current pne were the screen mirroring and front flash, but i can live without those 2 unlike speed and performance.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • tx4
                                      • 09 Jul 2016

                                      Anonymous, 08 Jul 2016Sorry nope they do not, performance on machines is leggy a... moreAt least asus and lenovo are better than overpriced macbook pro with its crappy amd gpu.

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                                        • gx@
                                        • 09 Jul 2016

                                        Hoho, 08 Jul 2016Agree. Sony is the best of the best in his dream. In reali... moreI'm not agree sony is the best of the best in the world in reality