Sony Xperia 5 V review

1 September 2023


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Anonymous, 02 Sep 2023Everything considered, 5iv is a better phone than this in e... moreExcept chipset which means, energy efficiency, how much it overheats, battery life.

Also the larger sensor means better low light performance, and it also has much better software for bokeh. The 5 IV is slightly better in tele.

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    • Jimbob
    • 7@F
    • 02 Sep 2023

    If I cant use it with one hand then its not compact.. Sony stuck on this screen size for the last 4 years... bring it down already

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      • Anonymous
      • nU2
      • 02 Sep 2023

      Everything considered, 5iv is a better phone than this in every aspect except chipset. Only if 5iv was re-released with 8 gen 2

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        • Anonymous
        • nU2
        • 02 Sep 2023

        5v zoomed samples are sharpened, giving you impression of more details. But actually there's much less detail than 5iv telephoto, just zoom into those samples you'll see

          kesztio, 01 Sep 2023And what about the damaged display of the S23? (If you look... moreWtf are you talking about? I have S23 right now and nothing's in that corner lol, you gave me a heart attack.

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            • Anonymous
            • 0p}
            • 02 Sep 2023

            Are there any samples to download for 4k120fps video or 48mp photo?

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              • Anonymous
              • vjX
              • 02 Sep 2023

              Dr. Watson, 02 Sep 2023'the only brand' See you in like 2 years, lmaoWe are talking about now, not the future. Weak attempt at changing the topic.

                Anonymous, 02 Sep 2023Ermm, you know that Sony is the only brand that does not gi... more'the only brand'

                See you in like 2 years, lmao

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                  • andi
                  • iwp
                  • 02 Sep 2023

                  Dr. Watson, 02 Sep 2023...aren't Apple's phones also 6.1"? And we h... moresame diagonal inches, but slightly wider and shorter with fewer bezels (just the cutout.)
                  so it falls between the xz1c and 5 series, height-wise.

                  the 13 mini is almost exactly the same size as the xz1c, so that would be one of the only modern phones in the same size range, that isn't a potato. you get a battery rating to match, of course.

                    Nope, 02 Sep 2023I was super excited to see that Sony was releasing a new &#... more...aren't Apple's phones also 6.1"? And we haven't had an iPhone mini in almost 2 years now.

                      Jeez, what does Sony think this is, a tv? In that industry they're at the top, the mobile phone market is a different story

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                        • yang zue
                        • rwm
                        • 02 Sep 2023

                        Nope, 02 Sep 2023I was super excited to see that Sony was releasing a new &#... moreThis Japanese engineering new terms of compact , they built in second world war a submarine size of a stadium with airplane inside and called it normal size , Experia 5 serious should be the standard were the last compact xz1 shuold remain the true compact size. again the Japanese lie to themselves and to the world

                          PhoneFreak45, 01 Sep 2023Orrrrr it's expensive because it uses the bleeding edg... moreWell said, well said!
                          The removal of 3.5mm audio jack and of micro sd card slot was pioneered by Apple. And it was Apples own Steve Jobs being prcolaimed to have the powers of "reality distortion": i.e. to spin things around so that they seem extremely attractive to users.
                          So, when Apple got rid of the audio jacked this appeared as a "feature", as something "good" and "desirable" - while it was arguably not in the best interest of the consumers.
                          Apple's motivation was to maximize its profits by forcing everyone to get their expensive wireless earphones, which they could sell for 400% higher price than their regular wired earphones: Good for Apple and not so good for most of the consumers.

                          It would have been in the consumers best interest to have the choice between wireless and wired audio, and - as Sony clearly shows - the 3.5mm audio jack ist of course compatible with ingress protection as well as with small phone size and big batteries. So, the phone jack has exactly zwero disadvantages for the consumers.

                            Anonymous, 01 Sep 2023only you think QB is on pair with Bayer. Where is the 4... moreRemember, everything I will be writing here is stuff that I've already told you several times before, but it's just you don't remember them because you choose to ignore any information that doesn't suit your narratives.

                            Quad Bayer is better suited for phone cameras because they use an electronic shutter 100% of the time and their sensors are smaller, therefore an ability to switch between the full resolution mode and faster, less noisy binning mode comes in handy. Dedicated cameras don't have to do this as for them noises only become a problem at very high ISO settings and readout speed wouldn't be a huge problem thanks to a mechanical shutter.

                            "Person that think $5 lenses used by phones can handle 50, 64, 200MP"
                            https://www.gsmarena.com/piccmp.php3?idType=1&idCamera1=30003&idCamera2=300781&idCamera3=300926
                            Some phone lenses definitely can handle 50MP especially towards the centre.

                            "Still could not answer why mi 13, X90 pro , x6 pro cannot beat RX100 when they use larger sensor, modern ISP and all software tricks"
                            Go compare them in low light using auto mode and see RX100 getting decimated. There's a tipping point where having higher resolution no longer contributes to the image quality, and poorly lit indoor/moderate outdoor lowlight scenes are definitely past that point.

                            "Person that used to claim huawei had lenses with zero corner softness, when huawei was digitally cropping to eliminate the soft edges"
                            They aren't doing it to get rid of soft corners because they are doing it on every device irrespective of whether the lens is good quality or not, and they actually allow you to remove the crop by essentially "zooming out" on the preview screen. For instance, Mate X2 shoots at 27mm FoV in 12MP mode by default but uncropped 50MP shots are corner-to-corner sharp.

                            "Caught lying many times like saying Samsung could stack DNG frames at 108MP when it could not even do single frame DNG at 108MP, only 12MP."
                            I never made that claim, ever - You are, for the 100th time, making stuff up yet again, and painting lies on top of another lie. So comical.

                            "Even with imx989, cannot be betternthan other using sensors 1/3" of the size"
                            That's because you actually don't check the sample photos.

                            "you managed way to find excuse when you should feel ashamed"
                            I disagree with GSMArena's assessment of Find X6 Pro's camera and don't find the photos to be waxy at all. Oppo's processing eliminates noises only from the area where there aren't supposed to be any textures (e.g. Walls in the balcony shot), and selectively preserves high-frequency details (e.g. Grass). You would be able to tell this if you had spent even a minute of your life actually examining the samples, instead of brainlessly letting someone else shove their narrative down your throat without questioning it like what you're doing right now.

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                              • Gillette
                              • TKj
                              • 02 Sep 2023

                              Anonymous, 02 Sep 2023Follow Sony's path to extinction? No thanks. That&#... moreNo, that isn't by the way. And it's a fact that nowadays consumer will not give a damn what Android brands have been trying to provide and attracts its customers for the last few years. The domination of Apple is only to go up and up. The article maybe rubbish, but it is the truth that has been presented. The worst part is that these consumers who are falling for this of buying iPhones to feel elite are innocent and naive, not Apple fans.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • vjX
                                • 02 Sep 2023

                                Nameless, 01 Sep 2023For christ sake, forget already cables and chargers in the ... moreErmm, you know that Sony is the only brand that does not give cables right?

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • vjX
                                  • 02 Sep 2023

                                  Gillette , 02 Sep 2023Recently, I read an article from XDA that iPhones has won o... moreFollow Sony's path to extinction? No thanks.

                                  That's a rubbish article, by the way.

                                    Anonymous, 02 Sep 2023I don't know what garbage modern budget phones you are... moreRead the whole thread please, someone claimed normal cheap microSD cards are better than emmc flash first. UFS would be overkill.

                                      This is undoubtedly a degraded design. The Xperia 5 from the first to the fourth generation, yet the fifth generation canceled the telephoto lens. The configuration is reduced, but the price remains unchanged. It is also no different in appearance from the Xperia 10. I don't know why consumers are expected to buy the Xperia 5 V.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • G}r
                                        • 02 Sep 2023

                                        Branimir, 01 Sep 2023I am totally disappointed with this phone. They ditched the... moreTotal agree with Tele cam that you point out.
                                        All Brands continue improve Tele cam specs and quality image also for mid range and flagship, but Sony cut it out from 5V, and no-improvement for 1V.
                                        Ex, with Find X6, We can found big improvement (1:1.56", F 2.8, OIS) best choise for portral photos

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