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Sony Xperia 5 V

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  • 04 Sep 2023

At this price (1000 Euro) I find it difficult not to buy a Samsung S23, where you get more versatile camera setup for 300 Euro less.
But this comes at the cost of missing 3.5mm jack and a lot smaller battery.

Sony have to price their devices lower in order to compete with the other manufacturers.
Their phones look interesting to me, but I always end up choosing something else with similar specs which costs 200-300 euro less.

    Anonymous, 04 Sep 2023why would you even buy japanese variants? your fault for bu... moreRead my latest comment below, I don't think they wanted to, more like they didn't know about the drawbacks

      Anonymous, 04 Sep 2023Still running the 2019 Sony Xperia 5 Perfect for most case... moreAh, I hate docomo variants. I was tempted to buy a cheap one from Aliexpress but realized they are all docomo.

      In fact, I bought a refurbed Z5 a while ago but it turned out to be the JP variant. Could not unlock the bootloader so custom ROMs were impossible, let alone rooting. Ended up selling it. And that's when I learned never to buy cheap refurbed Xperias anymore, as they're most likely the docomo variant.

        The only thing i dont like that is only 8gb available it should be at least 12 nowadays

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          Anonymous, 04 Sep 2023Still running the 2019 Sony Xperia 5 Perfect for most case... morewhy would you even buy japanese variants? your fault for buying a locked down phone from japan instead of global.

            I Just Read, 04 Sep 2023In answer to your question UFS 3.0 which is up there with ... moreCan I not form my own personal opinion about something without you coming after me? People aren't mass produced, not everyone has the same opinion about anything and everything.

            This phone costs 1000 eur, for that price it should have everything, and I mean absolutely everything. The Xperia 5 IV was just like that and that cost significantly less than this, sensor zoom, or not, they removed one camera and made the phone a lot more expensive, I simply don't like that. Does that mean the phone is bad? Absolutely not, but in my opinion it's overpriced.

            Not to mention that 90% of any given comment you make is just gibberish.

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              PhoneFreak45, 04 Sep 2023Not sure if you bothered to do the calculations yourself, b... moreSure, but it's quad Bayer, which has half the colour information of a Bayer sensor of same resolution

                PhoneFreak45, 04 Sep 2023UFS 4.0 only comes in 256GB and higher packages. This phone... more"..that makes it exactly the same as what Samsung did with their S23, but somehow that's fine lol."

                I mean, no it's not. Pretty sure you've seen my comments somewhere before, I don't exactly love Samsung to say the least. lol

                  DarlingYext, 04 Sep 2023That just made this phone another 100 times worse. Sad.UFS 4.0 only comes in 256GB and higher packages. This phone is available in a 128GB and 256GB configuration. If the 256GB variant is UFS 4.0, that makes it exactly the same as what Samsung did with their S23, but somehow that's fine lol.

                    trtr098, 04 Sep 2023Refresh rate? You mean constant battery waste at 120Hz and ... moreThat is, indeed, still refresh rate. Considering this phone's endurance rating I don't think that's much of a problem.

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                      • 04 Sep 2023

                      same problem since xperia 1 and 5 mark III: OVERHEATING!! why do they release failed products? do they not have a QC department? and this one is so overpriced too..!!

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                        • 04 Sep 2023

                        Still running the 2019 Sony Xperia 5
                        Perfect for most cases except I cant install custom ROMs(docomo)
                        Xperia prices drop very quickly compared to other phones but are too expensive at launch
                        They need to reduce the price a bit

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                          NeonHD, 03 Sep 2023Sony is like someone who always asks people for big favors ... morelol say that to Apple iphones....heck, some of them still stuck at their 60hz screens

                            danielfgom, 03 Sep 2023This is brilliant. I'm very happy to see Sony take on ... moreAgreed.
                            It surpasses others in batterylife by a mile. Plus the excellent bokeh and cameras both back and front, free advanced editing app, excellent speakers, sd card and headphone jack.
                            This is Sonys mainstream flag offering...
                            Pricy, but quite tempting.

                              aHoe, 04 Sep 2023Can anyone confirm the storage on this phone is 3.1 or 4.0 ... moreIn answer to your question UFS 3.0 which is up there with the S22 Ultra (S23 UFS 4 is double the speed, UFS 3 is a tad slower than Apples NVMe.
                              You are not getting flagship, but UFS kicks however others try to diminish it.
                              https://www.sony.com/electronics/support/articles/00246376
                              https://www.gsmarena.com/compare.php3?idPhone1=12534&idPhone2=11838&idPhone3=10851

                              Cut and paste from Gsmarena review camera 5 V
                              "Dual-camera on the back, 2x zoom is now in-sensor
                              The biggest change this year is the retirement of the telephoto camera. The Xperia 5 V has a dual camera on the back with a 48MP main and a 12MP ultrawide cameras. The selfie camera is Sony's latest 12MP imager.

                              'Here comes the elephant in the room. There is a dedicated 2x zoom shortcut on the viewfinder, as promised, and the phone snaps easily 12MP zoomed photos.

                              "We must admit we did expect a turn for the worst, and we are very happy to report that did not happen. The 2x zoomed photos are identical in quality to 2.5x zoomed ones from the Xperia 5 IV's telephoto camera"

                              They do offer a lot of resolved detail and likable sharpness; the natural processing is here to stay, and we did not observe artifacts from the in-sensor zoom (read crop from the 48MP center). While the per-pixel detail cannot be on par with the standard 1x output, it is the same as what Sony has offered from its previous telephoto camera."

                              Here are 2 comments trending on Twitter re this phone.

                              'That just made this phone another 100 times worse. Sad." (On UFS)

                              "What did Sony think, when they decided to drop the telephoto camera from the Xperia 5 IV?
                              "That's the very thing that made this phone a bad buy, just get last years model for less.." (on camera)

                              Will Gsmarena stick with the review? or..

                              This is what it feel like
                              You run a shop that sells valuable china
                              You are called to the shop due to Police responding to the burglar alarm going off.
                              You arrive to find an untethered Bull in the shop
                              The Bull is suffering from acute food poisoning
                              That is the equivalent of what is happening here time and time again.

                              Launch prices
                              £100/€50 hike on 2020 Xperia 5 ii
                              Sony Xperia 5 III pricing
                              £899/€1000/ $999.99

                              Sony Xperia 5 IV pricing
                              £949 /€1,049/ $999.99

                              Sony Xperia 5 V pricing
                              £849 / €999 (approximately $1,075 / AU$1,665

                              Three years three reviews are wrong because she has access to an input device "please read me make me relevant"

                              Below is how I ended my previous post. I now wonder like temperature is there absolute Zero?

                              On other matters it appears I have pick up a NEGATIVE IQ TROLL.
                              If it could formulate an idea and put it into a sentence it would, however we are subjected to inane multiple SmS. You know making everything about yourself, and not about phones.
                              The only subject you are best "qualified" to comment on.

                              Another observer description was Deliberately Obtuse I think that was a compliment of sorts

                                Kaloyan, 04 Sep 2023I can confirm it is not UFS 4.That just made this phone another 100 times worse. Sad.

                                  PhoneFreak45, 04 Sep 2023Ah yes, thick bezels makes the phone absolutely unusable. M... moreRefresh rate? You mean constant battery waste at 120Hz and no effort to even use VRR let alone LTPO

                                    What did Sony think, when they decided to drop the telephoto camera from the Xperia 5 IV?

                                    That's the very thing that made this phone a bad buy, just get last years model for less..

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                                      • 04 Sep 2023

                                      Anonymous, 02 Sep 2023Nope. not for me. Sony Xperia III is enough for me still fo... moreSome additions to this comment.
                                      Only good upgrade from 5 III is GPS (L1+L5) if it's really there.
                                      My 5 III get very hot when playing a game and sometimes even when taking photos or doing something that really should not make it hot.
                                      My previous phone (Xperia XZ1 Compact) was perfect sizewise but I guess we will never get as small phone with good specifications anymore.
                                      Also they broke the fingerprint reader logic in 5 III, it really should only read the finger when the display is one. Now the accidental touches (for example when putting the phone in pocket) will unlock the display. And the one hand mode was broken in Android update, earlier the screen was scaled down and it was usable, now they just hide part of the screen and it just doesn't work in usability wise.

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                                        • 04 Sep 2023

                                        Thanks sony for SD card slot, it's very important to me.

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