Sony Xperia 5
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  • Anonymous
  • PU7
  • 25 Oct 2019

No head phone jack

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    • Johny
    • 3im
    • 23 Oct 2019

    Anonymous, 22 Oct 2019Same internals but different thermal designs of phones resu... moreThe question should be different, because now id the 7nm tech used so it does not heat so much. Do you have(or your friends) phones from other brands as sony with the same chips and sony is throttling and the others don't. Are you able to compare the temperatures?

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      • Johny
      • J56
      • 23 Oct 2019

      Anonymous, 22 Oct 2019Same internals but different thermal designs of phones resu... moreWell just write what models you've got.

      Thermal design is the same. The little piece of metal on the motherboard is the cooler and that's it. All the boards are manufactured like one in the same manner. Sony can be throttling earlier than others(in lower temps).

      If you can tell I'd be glad. What phone are you using now? What is the temperature of your battery after playing?

      If a phone overheats just by data transfers, it's unusable phone.

      In the past sony had a bug. You couldn't charge the battery to 100% and the phone heated significantly. But it was a bug and I hope we're not discussing this issue. Something was using CPU resources and caused this problem. I hadn't this issue, but I know about it. It was in the era of Z2, Z3 ...

        Anonymous, 22 Oct 2019Same internals but different thermal designs of phones resu... moreThat's why you can only be an anonymous because spread lie doesn't need any prove but with repeat negative comments.

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          • kxg
          • 22 Oct 2019

          Johny, 22 Oct 2019Thank you for your post, I see the problem now. Sorry for m... moreSame internals but different thermal designs of phones result in different temperatures under stress. I have 4 different sony flagships and all these overheat. If you want, I can send you screen shots of my sony phones over-heating.

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            • Johny
            • J56
            • 22 Oct 2019

            A little add.

            Yes the car without ac was terrible in the summer and the phone was on the direct sun during the travel. After this I never did this mistake again.

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              • Johny
              • J56
              • 22 Oct 2019

              Anonymous, 20 Oct 2019All of sony flagships heated when playing graphic intensive... moreThank you for your post, I see the problem now. Sorry for my long post.

              I made a little testing on my XZ2 compact. I see the heating tests were performed by recording in the highest resolution. So I made just that. I set 4K and started rolling. In 44m52s I ran out of memory. Sorry, but after 9 months of using this phone I had only so much memory. During that time the battery temperature rose from 28.2 celsius to 46.5 celsius. And that's the first time I felt my phone warm! To be honest When I selected 4k a warning message appeared that the device can overheat, but it seems not in a room (21.7 celsius). I have ruber protection case which complicates cooling significantly. It seems It was a problem of previous generations. Should be no problem now. My phone is 10nm tech and xperia 5 is 7nm tech, so it should be less power demanding and that means cooler. In my normal usage it's never warming so much. I really don't remember it warm even after watching youtube. ok I have a rubber case, but wouldn't the screen be warm after watching? I think overheating is a significantly lover problem than before.

              About Z1 compact It was warm by using, but only occasionally hot. I also have a rubber protection case for it, but I never experienced overheating by watching youtube or by data transfers. And I was using this phone for watching youtube for hours. During that time I always discharged my battery. I played some games but again no issues, maybe I didn't play the right games. On this phone I had only one issue by recording 720p video in a heated room. After 20 minutes it stopped recording and it was hot. So yes I experienced overheating that time and yes that means it has a overheating problem. But that was the only time in 3 years.

              Also to be honest once I traveled in a car with my phone on the passanger seat in the summer. I had a car without air conditioning and when I got to the location, grabbed my phone and it was hot as never before. The camera said It's to hot to use. Ok, I put it into my pocket to cool down for 5 minutes. Yes to cool down in my pocket. Then I grabbed it again and made the photos I needed.

              Other phones have also overheating issues. I can compare my phone to Galaxy Note. It had the same chip Snapdragon 800 and it heated the same.

              Look at the matherboards of the phones, they look the same. How can be one less hot than the other with the same chip? Isn't it the case, that everybody else just don't care about it? Is it a good thing to do?

              Yes I'm biased, because I love my sony phones, but you are too. I think SONY is not a bad phone manufacturer and does a good job now. I think this phone is worth considering. If somebody would do some heating tests, I'll be also interested to see them. When somebody does something, failures will come. Sony tries hard and I think they deserve more.

              Again sorry for long post, but how to make it short?

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                • Fakhar6644
                • X}$
                • 21 Oct 2019

                No 960fps but y?

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                  • Mina
                  • pq}
                  • 21 Oct 2019

                  I love xperia phones but my last xperia xz changed my mind. Also this x5 doesn't look very good. A bit disappointed.

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                    • androidpeeps$$
                    • v{u
                    • 21 Oct 2019

                    Miss the good old walkman branding!!!🎧

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                      • ptT
                      • 21 Oct 2019

                      Sam799, 19 Oct 2019I was interested in this phone but it's way too expensive f... moreBuy iPhone instead for over 1000$, lol

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                        • Anonymous
                        • XUC
                        • 20 Oct 2019

                        Johny, 16 Oct 2019Hi, I also don't have any heating issue. I have Z1 compact ... moreAll of sony flagships heated when playing graphic intensive HD games for 15-20 minutes. Then, it throttles and game freezes and lags so badly. Some flagships even throttles when downloading a big file without even playing a game. Then, everything lags. You can't even use the camera because it heated so badly.
                        Same CPU and GPU as other phones but sony's thermal system is so bad. In fact, it is the worst in the entire smartphone industry.

                          I was interested in this phone but it's way too expensive for $825.

                            Johny, 16 Oct 2019Hi, I also don't have any heating issue. I have Z1 compact ... moreXZ1 compact were heating badly but the xz2 compact is cool , a super phone

                              The who, 18 Oct 2019Why is Sony still making phones??????Becouse their CEO explained that they will never give up on phones as the phone is part of your body , more intimate than your girl friend or lover , with you 24/7 and althogh they are loosing on that segment but it is a sweet losses as they gain on phone cameras , and keep with technology

                                sony xperia excellent phone , I would rate it 9 out of 10 , but it is not compact , Sony should keep it 63-65 centimeter maximum width than can be really operated by one hand . Compact should be the size of compacts z3 compact , xz1 compact , x compact , xz2 compact , the sony forcing on us a compact which is not a compact what a bias from Sony , I bought my second xz2 compact used for 200 dollars , I will never buy a new sony ever again if they wont intreduce REAL COMPACT , 64 milimeter width flat like the xperia 5 at 8.2 milimeter and length is less importent

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • fXa
                                  • 19 Oct 2019

                                  The Xperia 5 is not compact

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                                    • PbY
                                    • 18 Oct 2019

                                    Why is Sony still making phones??????

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                                      • n1k
                                      • 17 Oct 2019

                                      Chap1, 16 Oct 2019Does anyone here really have this phone?! If are feelling b... moreI have Xperia 1. A fantastic phone

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                                        • Freddie
                                        • m{C
                                        • 17 Oct 2019

                                        Bought this phone and must say I love it. Great size and very comfortable to hold and use.
                                        Very good memory and you can also expand with a micro USB.
                                        My best phone for many years. Highy recommended.