Sony Xperia 5
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- Pitchwisse
- vW3
- 15 May 2020
Vladimir, 13 May 2020Hi :) I watched your review on youtube and saw that you we... moreThe camera experience has changed through an update. The photos are not gonna come out as artificial looking as the ones on a Samsung, but they have fixed exposure issues and the way the camera prioritises shadows and details in difficult lighting situations. The front camera is still terrible in low light which for me is not really a deal breaker, but it might be for some.
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- Vladimir
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- 13 May 2020
Pitchwisse, 11 May 2020I have a small YT review channel which gives me the opportu... moreHi :)
I watched your review on youtube and saw that you were dissatisfied with the camera, which led you to switch back to a Galaxy S9. Since the time of the review did the camera experience improve or did you just learn to live with it? I am thinking of buying this phone and camera quality is important to me. Thank you!
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- Pitchwisse
- 8we
- 11 May 2020
I have a small YT review channel which gives me the opportunity to go through a number of phones on a monthly basis, and this phone is my daily driver.
The design is very unique and serves its purpose on multiple grounds, whether it's playing games, scrolling social media, and especially watching movies. The LDAC audio is absolutely awesome with Dolby Atmos and the speakers are also fairly alright.
I see people complaining about the battery life. I get close to 5 hours SOT, which includes more than 2 hours of Asphalt Legends at 40fps. On a regular day with no gaming I get well over 6 hours. However, there is a number of apps that are on restrict mode (Facebook first and foremost) so that they cannot drain any battery in the background.
All in all, I would take a Sony phone over any Samsung device any time of the day.
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- Alex55
- nIk
- 10 May 2020
Big f problems with finger print scanner. Verry annoying think. I m ready to quit the phone becouse of this, if i don t find a way to fix it, and I m a Sony fan. Except that, overal the phone have good performance and look great.
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- OSFP
- gJt
- 05 May 2020
Screen with optimal (for me) resolution and no annoying notches and curved edges. Optimal (again, for me) combination of storage and RAM. IP65/IP68.
Well, it would be a perfect phone for me (albeit slightly overpriced), if it wasn't for apparent real live problems with battery live. I'm reading the comments and it's painfully obvious battery is just too small. Oh, well...
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- Anonymous
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- 04 May 2020
Max Ray, 27 Apr 2020What version of the phone do you have? A lot of people co... moreThe FPS issue has been completely fixed for me with Android 10. The fingerprint scanner is not great indeed, though not unusable too. When it starts to not work well, registering the finger again helps for me. Note that I bought the really early ones maybe the issue is fixed in the most recent units
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- Sony fan
- MSB
- 02 May 2020
All together great performance only the battery last just 4 hours on screen time which is horrible. Waiting for Sony to release another phone with better battery life.
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- Anonymous
- 0V2
- 02 May 2020
Maxray, 29 Apr 2020Sorry for not being clearer, I meant J8210 (Europe) or J827... moreMy bad, I did not understand that you are referring to the phone version. My model is J9210. I have bought it from Greece.
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- Anonymous
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- 01 May 2020
Max Ray, 27 Apr 2020What version of the phone do you have? A lot of people co... moreI have the J9210 version I have seen on some forum for xperia 5 that it is recomended to scan your finger by sliding it across scanner not just by touching it, and also to scan it 3 times (same finger). Ever since I have done that it pretty much unlocks every time.
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- Maxray
- mpP
- 29 Apr 2020
Anonymous, 29 Apr 2020My Android version is 10 (55.1.A.3.112). The behavior of th... moreSorry for not being clearer, I meant J8210 (Europe) or J8270 USA ,or dual sim version?
I am willing to buy the European version ,UK more specifically.
Thanks
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- Anonymous
- 0V2
- 29 Apr 2020
Max Ray, 27 Apr 2020What version of the phone do you have?
A lot of people co... moreMy Android version is 10 (55.1.A.3.112). The behavior of the fps did not change since I upgraded to Android 10. I am using the official leather book cover and when I am opening the case I am using the fps to unlock the phone. It works almost every time, but to be honest it fails if the finger is sweaty (for example, while training in the gym).
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- Kudabadi
- fFA
- 28 Apr 2020
Arckie, 10 Apr 2020Which is better for gaming, Xperia 5 or Galaxy S10 plus? Pl... moreI dont know about xperia...but dont buy samsung product...i own samsung note 4,note 5 and latest note 9 exynos ver ....after 1 year using note 9 i got a screen problem..my screen become yellowish...before that happen its flikering with greenish colour..i serach a solution in youtube and seeing many people have same problem like me...samsung product is overprice for a junk product....for the gaming the grafick is not great either(exynos)...mobile with half the price still better than this phone in term of grafick🤣..
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- Gruff
- nGs
- 27 Apr 2020
I’m not a fond of the operating system android, but if had to buy a phone on android Sony would be may favourite, Sony are in my opinion quality products
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- Max Ray
- mpP
- 27 Apr 2020
Anonymous, 18 Apr 2020Never had issues with the fingerprint scanner, even with Andoid 9What version of the phone do you have?
A lot of people complain about the fps. I am tempted to buy it, but that puts me off
Thanks
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- Anonymous
- dWx
- 18 Apr 2020
Max Ray, 16 Apr 2020Including the finger print scanner? Thanks Never had issues with the fingerprint scanner, even with Andoid 9
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- Max Ray
- mpP
- 16 Apr 2020
Anonymous, 15 Apr 2020Fortunately it was a bug with Android 9 and December 2019 s... moreIncluding the finger print scanner? Thanks
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- Anonymous
- dWx
- 15 Apr 2020
Alain, 12 Apr 2020This happens to all cell phone ! It is the eternal problem ... moreFortunately it was a bug with Android 9 and December 2019 security patch. Everything is fixed after upgrade to Android 10 in January.
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- Alain
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- 12 Apr 2020
Anonymous, 06 Jan 2020Did anyone notice a weird wifi issue? Very frequent my wifi... moreThis happens to all cell phone ! It is the eternal problem of wifi connectivity ! It all depends on your network then your router performance your location and your cp modem ! The only way to solve this would be to live near a cell site tower ! If not just off your unit and your wifi router and then on again or reset your wifi connection or go to complain to your network !
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- Arckie
- RMd
- 10 Apr 2020
Which is better for gaming, Xperia 5 or Galaxy S10 plus? Please answer🙏🙏
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- Anonymous
- MkE
- 02 Apr 2020
gourgeous phone