Sony Xperia 5 hands-on review

05 Sept 2019


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  • Anonymous
  • xve
  • 06 Sep 2019

Most likely will break for no apparent reason and you will have no one to talk to.

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    • bybyx
    • srr
    • 06 Sep 2019

    Hi, it's good to see Sony bringing another phone. Regarding the battery, when in God's name 3100 mAh has become small!! LOL!

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      • Anonymous
      • Lj%
      • 06 Sep 2019

      DroidBoye, 06 Sep 2019Google is Apple of the droid in terms of their software dev... moreThere are phones from last year that costed more than Xperia 1.
      People seem to forget that.

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        • Anonymous
        • Lj%
        • 06 Sep 2019

        The Sony Xperia 5's 10fps real-time AF/AE full-pixel continuous shooting has been upgraded to 30fps auto exposure focus correction.

        In other words, the continuous shooting function of 100 shots in 10 seconds of 1 second will automatically calculate 3 times of focus and exposure.
        Technology from Alpha.

        Someone reliable posted on weibo, this is translation

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          • RaGeR
          • xkB
          • 06 Sep 2019

          You forgot to mention main feature - Eye focus :)

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            • Anonymous
            • srr
            • 06 Sep 2019

            Exyvia, 06 Sep 2019Why do you care about height when one handed use is width m... moreI don't have an opinion on GPU power because it's been years since I played anything on my phone so GPU doesn't matter to me.

            You're right that width is very important for one hand use ability but a decent height completes this feature for me. I can handle ~150x70 mm but prefer ~145x72. P30 is really good for one hand use. Slightly larger than what I would've considered perfect but its glass & frame is grippy enough to make it excellent anyway.

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              • Crazy
              • bEJ
              • 06 Sep 2019

              That phone will be Crazy I want that

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                • Anonymous
                • LHe
                • 06 Sep 2019

                Usage2Pro, 05 Sep 2019Sony remain Sony ... the worse handphone configuration make... moreIf you have a car with no navigation in 2019 and you blow trough $800 on a phone that you will end up using as daily driving navigation supplement for your vehicle then you are doing something very wrong. Maybe you should just invest $400 in Garmin or whatever and spend rest of the $400 on a nice two year old flagship or current midranger or a used phone.

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                  • Anonymous
                  • LHe
                  • 06 Sep 2019

                  Karim ADHAM , 06 Sep 2019Sony insists on a small size battery life which makes your ... moreOh it will get you through a whole day easy, I don't know where you get the idea that 3200 battery will not last a whole day. Unless you are watching videos and playing games like crazy then it will die on you but in balanced usage of all the phone's features you will get through a day and a half no problem.

                  Here is the list of phones with 4500 and more batteries. Very sketchy offering of mostly low midrangers. https://www.gsmarena.com/results.php3?nBatCapacityMin=4500

                    SpiritWolf, 06 Sep 2019You probably never saw those ugly, good for nothing Pixels ... moreUgly? Not for me. Try buying a gimbal for your phone and see why the Pixels have the most priority in terms of third party software development support. Even if you've got top of the line Samsung phone, the third parties don't even bother to optimise because even Samsung does not expose their camera api or whatever it is. Google Pixels are the Apple of Software development for the droids OFC, in a good way, they have the best development in-house and third-party support.

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                      • gringo
                      • N1q
                      • 06 Sep 2019

                      pathetic battery

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                        • Rycall
                        • myF
                        • 06 Sep 2019

                        Mike9625, 06 Sep 2019I used to love sony phones but now there's absolutely nothi... moreThat's sadly how I feel about Sony now. Boring.

                          DroidBoye, 06 Sep 2019Google is Apple of the droid in terms of their software dev... moreYou probably never saw those ugly, good for nothing Pixels prices. :-)

                            SpiritWolf, 06 Sep 2019So you want a flagship, full of tech and software that othe... moreGoogle is Apple of the droid in terms of their software development. I said, Sony is the apple of droids in terms of pricing. It's just an analogy, do not think too much about it.

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                              • Anonymous
                              • 4rH
                              • 06 Sep 2019

                              This is absurd that a phone taller than k20pro is called compact by gsmarena.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • 4rH
                                • 06 Sep 2019

                                AnonD-706668, 05 Sep 2019Hai ! anyone suggest me a phone(without iPhone) who takes a... moreAll galaxy s and note series phone after s8 can take 30fps photos in burst mode.

                                  DroidBoye, 06 Sep 2019Sony now is the Apple of the Droids, in terms of pricing of... moreSo you want a flagship, full of tech and software that other companies don't have for 300 euros?
                                  And FYI, only 'Apple of Droid' is Google.

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                                    • Shui8
                                    • KZK
                                    • 06 Sep 2019

                                    Alex, 05 Sep 2019At least the first shot with the wide angle lens have some ... moreOne word.

                                    Inconsistent.

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                                      • Karim ADHAM
                                      • NrY
                                      • 06 Sep 2019

                                      Sony insists on a small size battery life which makes your mobiles not reliable to stay connected for a whole day of work. I see other brands already batteries exceeding 4500 mAps and mid-range phones are adopting 6000 maps

                                        Anonymous, 05 Sep 2019The Xperia 5 is inferior to the P30 in far too many ways. ... moreEither you are a Huawei rep., or a kid, to be naïve like that. Do you think you can avoid being spied by the chinese government just like that, or, worse, that they don't spy? Google knows your whereabouts even with WiFi and cell data off and no signed service, and you think the chinese intelligence don't know how to spy someone?