Sony Xperia 5 III
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- dragonov
- 32Q
- 01 Apr 2022
Battery drain in standby/idle is not uncommon for Xperia phones unfortunately. 1.5% is around the average for a Sony phone. My Xperia 5 drains around 2% an hour, shocking. This drain is confirmed by Notebookcheck website. Some older Xperias, like my XZ are way better.
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- Anonymous
- 7X1
- 27 Mar 2022
Anonymous, 25 Mar 2022I'm struggling with battery drain on idle. I've r... moreProbably only you or you bought a refurbished device. Only had issues after update to android 12 but doing factory wipe/reset everything seems fine.
Try checking in battery manager which app keeps constantly eating the battery, its probably some 3rd party app that you installed thats acting up.
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- Anonymous
- 6uN
- 25 Mar 2022
I'm struggling with battery drain on idle. I've removed everything I could, stamina on, everything i could have is on restricted battery, installed Naptime and it still drain around 1.5% per hour, after 8 hours of sleep it drains 12-13%.phone is on Android 12 and did software repair after update. Anyone having the same issue?
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- Anonymous
- 7X1
- 24 Mar 2022
Anonymous, 21 Mar 2022So I got this phone recently. Really wanted to like it, but... moreIt is always recommended to do a Full Factory Reset & Wipe every Major OS Upgrade to prevent transitional upgrade bugs from previous OS. Ofcourse backup your files first.
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- dragonov
- 32Q
- 23 Mar 2022
Anonymous, 21 Mar 2022So I got this phone recently. Really wanted to like it, but... more12 hrs of screen on time?? wow. I would be super happy with the 7 you got. I have xperia 5 and I will upgrade soon to this as I made up my mind. warm phone? well, as long as it's not over 40-45 under charging or gaming it should be fine. I don't game often luckily.
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- Anonymous
- kgF
- 21 Mar 2022
So I got this phone recently. Really wanted to like it, but the few downsides to this phone really got to me and I decided to return it.
Downsides:
-Selfie camera is REALLY bad. I mean like midrange levels from a years ago. For some reason It always looks like it has some weird filter enabled even if you turn it off in settings. And it's not like you can adjust it with the Manual Mode controls, that's only available for the main camera.
-There is a considerable heating issue, however, to me it was more of an annoyance than major problem. It gets fairly hot while charging so I don't recommend using while charging. In normal use, it can get quite *warm* but I wouldn't say actually hot.
If those were my only 2 gripes I would have kept this phone. But then some other issues arose.
-I am not sure who to blame for it, either Sony or the OS itself, but It's not the most optimized phone. It is very fast for sure, but it seems apps close fairly frequently. Also this is just a complaint for Android, as I'm coming from an iPhone, but I also feel like most of the apps I use on it just aren't well optimized on Android compared to iOS.
-I updated the phone to Android 12, which is my biggest regret and the main reason I'm returning it. It majorly ruined the battery. On Android 11, I was getting upwards of 11 almost 12 hours of Screen on Time. On Android 12, I can pull maybe 7 hours. That's still decent, but it's still disappointing at how poorly optimized it is, and how good the battery COULD be if I never updated it
Those are my main issues with it, It's a really good phone on paper but the selfie camera is a major let down. If you don't mind the selfie cam, and can get the phone at a large discount like half off (I got mine for 650$) I would recommend it.
+Also I was using an international model on T-Mobile and got decent signal if anyone was wondering
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- Sammy
- fFC
- 19 Mar 2022
Rogge, 29 Jan 2022Mine is lagging . Must restart many Times per Day. Others... moreJust install xperia companion at your laptop. You can fix software from there. Very easy to do
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- Sammy
- fFC
- 19 Mar 2022
Hi byebye pixel. Now im joining sony fan. Great camera love it. Pixel 5 keep in my drawer now.
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- Alpha
- 80i
- 13 Mar 2022
Action.Pretty, 05 Mar 2022This phone has serious issues that made me personally skip ... moreA real review
"It's a great phone, I've had mine for a month or so now and most reviews are pretty spot on.
I got mine from amazon for $800 after returning the wireless earbuds it came bundled with. I would have gone for the cheaper intl version, but I needed the US version of the handset so I could have access to all the available bands for 5G on tmobile in the US.
So far, so good. Even with the latest android 12 update. No major issues to report."
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- John
- 80i
- 13 Mar 2022
Jimbob, 06 Mar 2022They need to step it up for the next version...they just ke... moreok troll...no need to buy this buy something else
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- MAMALIKA
- 6c7
- 12 Mar 2022
I have a 16" portable touchscreen monitor with type-c port, will it fully works with this phone?
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- Ali Bashir
- StN
- 06 Mar 2022
Action.Pretty, 05 Mar 2022This phone has serious issues that made me personally skip ... moreYou used two accounts to put bad review about this phone,why are you people doing thing, you are the same LM.. thing comment below.
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- Jimbob
- gAa
- 06 Mar 2022
They need to step it up for the next version...they just keep doing the same thing.. its getting stale
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- Action.Pretty
- 3SL
- 05 Mar 2022
This phone has serious issues that made me personally skip it:
1. Phone heats up while playing, when you exit the game is so hot that it cannot even handle 120hz in the OS, and it dorces 60hz for 3 minutes.
2. The audio from the speakers is bad, and at only 50% volume, the phone vibrates in your hands (dynamic sounds off).
3. Many apps and games are not played in fullscreen and you have black bars, this would not be a big deal, but the phone is already small I don't want smaller. Also volume buttons are too mushy.
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- Lm
- 3SL
- 05 Mar 2022
Anonymous, 14 Feb 2022Overheat in what way? The phone becomes untouchable or it w... moreI've hade the original xperia 5 and using google duo, zoom calls for more than 1 hour shined a spotlight on how terrible thermal management in this phone size from Sony is. Phone gets very hot, starts lagging, and battery drops massively in a short time.
Sony imo are making phones just because they have to. not for the user experience.
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- Alpha
- 80i
- 03 Mar 2022
Sonyhater, 15 Feb 2022I loved this company for all the tech they made but...this ... moreA real review
"It's a great phone, I've had mine for a month or so now and most reviews are pretty spot on.
I got mine from amazon for $800 after returning the wireless earbuds it came bundled with. I would have gone for the cheaper intl version, but I needed the US version of the handset so I could have access to all the available bands for 5G on tmobile in the US.
So far, so good. Even with the latest android 12 update. No major issues to report."
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- dragonov
- 32Q
- 02 Mar 2022
Anonymous, 02 Feb 2022I can *kinda* understand the Mark 1s having suboptimal brig... moreeasy... the phone will overheat over a certain brightness level. The phone already has bad thermal management.
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- Omid46
- dMu
- 27 Feb 2022
A good smartphone.
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- Anonymous
- 7X1
- 17 Feb 2022
Anand, 16 Feb 2022Sony should work on front camera need to use privious xz3 c... moreProblem with that is they gonna use larger sensor which will make the bezels a little thicker than it currently is & you know how critics or reviewers are harsh about Sony still having bezels.
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- Anand
- KSe
- 16 Feb 2022
Sony should work on front camera need to use privious xz3 camera and 4k is missing in front camera