Sony Xperia 5 II

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• Tann Hauser
• SXm
• 15 Oct 2020

PSC19, 15 Oct 2020Is there any heating issue with this phone while casually u... moreNot at all.

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• PSC19
• rJc
• 15 Oct 2020

Is there any heating issue with this phone while casually using the phone not gaming but just surfing and streaming videos

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• sxr
• 15 Oct 2020

CJ, 15 Oct 2020With regards to back-mounted fingerprint sensor, that'... moreagree... since it is also true to my use case... it is also natural placement... everytime i pick my z5 premium and press the power button, it unlocks... so it is like the old days when there was no fingerprint sensor like z1 compact and z3...
i also have the xz2 compact that has fingerprint sensor at the back, and ye, i have to lift it everytime i need to unlock it...
xperia 1ii and 5ii leveled up, since you do not need to press the sensor to unlock, just place the finger, it unlocks...
but of course, the practicality of the placement depends on use cases... the sidemount, exactly on the power button just feels natural to me...

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• snd
• 15 Oct 2020

The only thing what bothers me about this phone is the button layout. The fingerprint sensor should be positioned higher and the volume buttons should be on the left side. Also it is way too sensitive and I end up accidentally unlocking the phone all the time.

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• ALonZo
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• 15 Oct 2020

LOL @ those who are saying they are not happy as this phone does not have an IR sensor. Really? IR? This ain't 2006. Imagine being told all the specs the phone has and you tell them the reason you're not buying the phone; "I don't like it as it doesn't have an IR Sensor". Hahahaha What next? "I don't like this phone as it doesn't have a removable battery". Or, "I don't like this phone as doesn't have a FM radio".

This phone is amazing. My only wish was that it had Face Unlock.

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• Tann Hauser
• MuD
• 15 Oct 2020

Well, at half the max brightness levels...I got 12 hr screen on time, and 40 hr between charge.

And I did everything: used camera, played games, streamed music and video, surfed the web, played with settings, made calls.

It amazes me :)

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• uQ5
• 15 Oct 2020

Got hands, 14 Oct 2020Fingerprint (side-mounted) is also a thing which no one eve... moreWith regards to back-mounted fingerprint sensor, that's your opinion. Personally, I think back-mounted fingerprint sensor is totally not useful and unintuitive. I never place my index finger on the back of the phone, and if the sensor is on the back, I can't unlock my phone with it still on the desk. I would have to pick it up every time just to unlock it. With a side mounted FP sensor, everything is smooth, intuitive and convenient.

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• 15 Oct 2020

will not be 5G compatible in the US. I was so excited to get this phone but that is the dealbreaker. Maybe someday Sony.

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• 14 Oct 2020

To all trolls out there
1) IP rating is not a gimmic if you actually use your phone outside (running, hiking, cycling, motorcycling, swimming, skiing, snowboarding etc.)
2) This phone doesn't need more than 4000mAh, it has 10 hours of SOT thanks to Sony's battery management.
3) This phone doesn't need more than 128GB unless the you are a 10 year old kid who wants to install hundreds of games into it.
4) Number of megapixels doesn't mean anything, my old Z3C has 24MP and the photos are trash compared to the 5 II camera.

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• Anonymous
• LkB
• 14 Oct 2020

https://prog.worl d/nvme-vs-ufs-3-1-the-battle-of-smartphone-memory-types-parsing/

UFS3.0 used by Sony has faster speed than the UFS3.0 used by OP and UFS3.1 used by Redmi.

Different suppliers = different speed.

Chinese phones and their cheaper parts.

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• Got hands
• 0Bk
• 14 Oct 2020

Fingerprint (side-mounted) is also a thing which no one ever asked for, this not even a trend - mere another industry's failed experiments or whims - totally unrelated to people's needs - just the same as for curved screen edges which are totally impractical. Fingerprint sensor placement on the back of the phone - most logical and most convenient or do it like it was designed by Steve & introduced by Apple. No need reinvent this. According to phone evolution - sizes are getting ridiculously bigger and phone models change every 1/2 year - without substantial reasoning about why anybody would need a new phone every year - just a little bit better, but not a revolution in communications or entertainment ways anymore. That's why average item price does not meet it's value which over the years is degraded to phone size, pixels, CPU and weight (pure nonsense).The most inventive phones over the time were made by Siemens (Siemens SL45), Sony (K750i) - these phones revolutionized communications and entertainment. Nokia 3310 revolutionized sturdiness and product life cycle - did ever one of big brands have sold phones like these after that? No one. I'm not talking about Sony's pioneering in water resistancy in phone market here. Besides CAT may be rather good, but they suck anyway. Most inventive smartphone, which in my view saw light was built by Samsung - Galaxy Beam i8530. So tell me now, why everyone is talking about 5G hype nonsense apart from the stock option to have a small projector in every bloody Hi-End phone - or for business men & journalists - built in voice distortion tool. I don't need each time a damn bigger "knife board" i want standardized sizes & larger spectrum of specs that same companies already introduced before and without striping today's phones away from more classic & standart phone elements. Why there still are no free-off-charge decent apps for Android, and phones ar packed with bloatware? Too many things are still not being adressed. The aftermarket also has many questions to address - with an ongrowing waste problem i would completely ban Tempered Glass Screen Protectors which compered to first generation of elactic screen protectors are total crap.

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• sxr
• 14 Oct 2020

mixedfish, 14 Oct 2020My XZ premium is now over 3 years old and the battery life ... morez5 premium user here! though this really has low battery endurance... i still can last a day... on my 4th hour of sot - mostly social media, using mobile data, some videos and photos taking... xperia deserves a long long long term review...
never repaired or replaced anything on it... though most of my phones are like that... even the nokia 909...
so, in a way... quality phones are way cheaper in the long run... than buying higher spec low price phone but you end up buying annually... not that i dont buy a phone yearly, but at least most of them are still working...

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• Tann Hauser
• SXm
• 14 Oct 2020

Anonymous, 14 Oct 2020I agree with the importance of everything you listed for su... moreWell, actually I would love to have radio on my phone again.

But I grew accustomed to online radio that became more customer specialised media.
And it became low data use feature long time ago. Even my prepaid 4 gb 7€/monthly plan is enough to listen to it for hours ocassionaly.

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• Tann Hauser
• SXm
• 14 Oct 2020

Got hands, 14 Oct 20200.0005%? Really? Well That's your opinion. Unfortunate... moreAll of my IOT home appliances use bt or wifi, some via NFC. ..my washing machine, my refrigerator, my climate cooler, my TV, my bedroom lights switch...
None of them have IR sensor listed as an option.

Maybe I am oblivious of IR sensor use in IOT appliances, but I have yet to see or buy one that uses it.

p.s. Bt 5 is really low energy level consumer, certainly less than active IR sensor.

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• Anonymous
• xs9
• 14 Oct 2020

AnonD-731363, 13 Oct 2020Man even the Samsung M51 have 7000 mAh and a lot faster cha... more> Man even the Samsung M51 have 7000 mAh and a lot faster charger than 18W and thats a phone for 200 bucks.

The M51 is a great phone. Charging speed kills you battery longevity.

> Even the same phone have 128GB option.
> Many phones under 300 have 8GB ram and 256GB disk space.

128GB option is literally all you need when you have SD card support, unless you plan on installing multiple 30 GB apps. As for the 8GB of RAM, that is all you need on a phone with current apps. Hell, that is all most full desktop computers had until a couple years ago. Also, there is only a two phones that is under $300 that has that: Realme 6. M51. Every other rare phone with it under $300 is only in china and costs over $300 to import, plus they all have ads.


> 12 mpix camera??? Even the Nookia 808 Pureview had 41 Mpix just sayn.

Megapixels are only about 20% of what makes a camera good. Capture speed, lenses, focal length, pixel size, etc.. all play a large factor with pixel size being directly correlated to low light performance. The Nokia Pureview was widely considered one of the best camera phones for its time, but the quality isn't the same (even though the sensor is the largest of any smartphone), and it had a mediocre dynamic range and bad low light performance. Look at GSM arena's own camera comparison tool to see the difference for yourself.

>And your desired IP resistance is just a costly gimmick.

That is also not true at all. It is a large benefit for some people. Hikers and backpackers, outdoor workers, photographers, underwater photography, or just having your phone in a place where it may be wet. As a backpacker, I had rain for 5 straight days in the Smokey Mountains and even though my phone was in a plastic bag, it still got water damage from the humidity and condensation. Not only this, but navigation using GPS is impossible in the rain without an IP rated smartphone.

> As long as water damage is not covered in warranty whether you have or not IP resistance it doesnt matters once your phone dies from water damage you have to pay expensive repair and do a lot of prayers to see t working again and not loose all your precious data.

This is just plain illogical. IP resistance is literally there so your phone doesn't get water damage. You are obviously very uninformed with how it works. Even if some water gets in the phone, it won't necessarily be water damaged at all where you cheap Chinese advertisement-phones will be completely destroyed. No phones have water damage in the warranty, you would have to get an expensive protection plan that would double the cost of your cheap phone.


Moral of the story, don't come to random flagship phones and crap all over them just because you don't understand them or their usecase.

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• Anonymous
• xs9
• 14 Oct 2020

Got hands, 14 Oct 20200.0005%? Really? Well That's your opinion. Unfortunate... moreI agree with the importance of everything you listed for sure! The problem is you are wrong about people wanting it. The vast majority of people don't care. There is a reason radio has been dying since the early 2000s, and a reason the supermajority of people didn't care and never used IR blasters and PTT walkie talkie functionality.

They are all awesome features that are great to have in a phone, but the reason companies are going "backwards" as you say, is because they are trimming off the features that very few people care about or use. There is literally 0 business sense to spend the R&D and development time to make phone features that don't appeal to their user base. Honestly there should be a phone line that isn't about selling units but appealing to all the niches, but the reality is that it probably wouldn't do well.

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• Naresh Davin
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• 14 Oct 2020

Hi Sony Team, Expecting a Mobile with Dimension ( 155 * 73 * 8 ) . Since i feel Width range is higher compared to length.

Expecting the Same.

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• emika
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• 14 Oct 2020

Yasser, 13 Oct 2020guys any one can help me . i want to buy this phone but i w... moreGrey color option is available in the Europe market,
https://www.androidauthority.com/sony-xperia-5-ii-1151606/
It is also shown in Sonymobile Asia website, but idk which specified country has it

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• Naresh Davin
• bEV
• 14 Oct 2020

Hi Sony Team, Expecting a Mobile with Dimension ( 155 * 73 * 8 ) . Since i feel Width range is higher compared to length.

Expecting the Same.

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• ash
• snd
• 14 Oct 2020

ArbenBisha, 14 Oct 2020Does anyone know if Xperia 5 case fits on Xperia 5 II case?... moreNo it doesn't, the Xperia 5 II has more rounded corners and different button layout. I recommend searching for Spigen/Caseology case for the Xperia 5 II on Amazon.

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