Read the full detailed specifications for Sony xperia 5 (22 January 2021)

Specs

Launch Details
- Officially announced
  September 2019
  The date when the arrival of the smartphone is publicly announced
- Launch date
  September 2019
  The date when the smartphone is released for the public
Phone (Mr. Phone Score - 65/100)
- Brand
  Sony
  OEM producing the smartphone
- Phone type
  Smart phone
  Classification based on what functionalities are offered by the phone
- Form factor
  Candybar
  Classification of smartphone according to basic shape
- Operating system
  Android 9.0 Pie
  Operating system powering the entire smartphone. In an Android phone this is the OEM's fork on android with their customisations and features. Some of the most popular Android Skins include MIUI, Oxygen OS, Grace UI, HYC sense etc.
- Dimensions
  158 x 68 x 8.2 mm
  physical dimensions of the smartphone
- Weight
  164 grams
  Weight of the mobile phone in grams
- Colours
  Black, Gray, Blue, Red
  Availability of various colors
- Materials
  Aluminium alloy, Glass
  Materials that constitute the body and structure of the smartphone
- IP certified
  IP68, IP65
  Availability of Ingress protection which includes water, dust, shock resistance depending on certification
Display (Mr. Phone Score - 61.25/100)
- Screen size
  6.1 inches
  physical size of the screen measured by the diagonal.
- Resolution
  1080 x 2520 pixels
  Total number of pixels on the display
- Pixel density
  449 ppi
  number of pixels per square inch of the display.
- Technology
  OLED
  Display technology used in the smartphone. The display technologies decide a lot of factors including how it looks, what the brightness can be, the power consumption etc. Morden smartphone displays range from TFT, TN Panels to IPS LCD, OLED, and AMOLED panels.
- Display design
  Regular design
  Display shape with classification based on current trends. Morden displays come in different shapes and sizes and this varies from near bezel less, notch display, waterdrop notch, to fully bezel less phones. This lets one get an idea of how the display looks.
- Aspect ratio
  2.333:1
- Screen-to-body ratio
  81.16 %
  Percentage of display area to the front of the smartphone. This ratio became more popular recently with the introduction of tall 18:9 displays. Now we have bezel less, notched displays with screen to body ratios of 18.5:9, 19:9, and even 19.5:9.
- Display Features
  Capacitive, Multi-touch, Scratch resistant, CinemaWide display, Corning Gorilla Glass 6, Triluminos display for mobile, X-Reality display, X1 engine for mobile, Dynamic contrast enhancement, Dynamic Vibration system, 400 cd/mÂ², Peak brightness - 650 cd/mÂ², HDR, 100% DCI-P3, BT.2020 (REC.2020), 10-bit tonal gradation
  Availability of special features in the display
Camera (Mr. Phone Score - 84.37/100)
- Rear Camera
  12 MP
  Primary Rear camera Megapixel count
- 2nd Rear Camera
  12 MP (telephoto)
  Secondary rear camera megapixel count
- 3rd Rear Camera
  12 MP (ultra-wide angle)
  Third rear camera megapixel count
- Rear Aperture Size
  f/1.6
  Primary Rear camera aperture. The aperture stop of a photographic lens can be adjusted to control the amount of light reaching the film or image sensor.
- Rear Focal Length
  4.26 mm
  Primary rear camera focal length
- Rear Video
  3840 x 2160 pixels @ 30 fps
  Rear camera maximum video recording resolution. This let's one know the highest resolution they can shoot in and will be in the order of 1080x1920 @ 30fps/60fps, or 4K @30fps/60fps and can be lower too depending on the smartphone.
- Stabilization
  OIS, EIS
  Availability of Electronic or Optical Stabilisation. To make the video shake free, the camera has to support any one kind of stabilisation. OIS or Optical Image Stabilisation is facilitated by a movable camera module that compensated for your shakes. EIS or Electronic Image Stabilisation is where in post processing the video is slightly cropped in and stabilised.
- Autofocus tech
  Touch-to-focus, Phase Detection AF
  Technology used to facilitate AutoFocus. AutoFocus is one of the most useful features in a smartphone camera and can be facilitated using a few different methods including Phase Detection Auto Focus, Laser Auto Focus etc.
- Flash
  LED
  Availability of flash at the rear. The flash makes sure that you can take low light shots.
- Front camera
  8 MP
  Primary front camera megapixel count.
- Front Aperture Size
  f/2
  Primary front camera Aperture. The aperture stop of a photographic lens can be adjusted to control the amount of light reaching the film or image sensor.
- Front Focal Length
  2.47 mm
  Primary front camera focal length. The focal length of the lens is the distance between the lens and the image sensor when the subject is in focus, usually stated in millimeters.
- Front Video
  1920 x 1080 pixels @ 30 fps
  Front camera maximum video recording resolution.This let's one know the highest resolution they can shoot in and will be in the order of 720x1280 @ 30fps, or 1080x1920 @30fps/60fps and can be lower too depending on the smartphone.
- Features
  Sony Exmor RS, CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor), Autofocus, Continuous shooting, Digital zoom, Digital image stabilization, Optical image stabilization, Geotagging, Panorama, HDR, Touch focus, Face detection, White balance settings, ISO settings, Exposure compensation, Self-timer, Scene mode, Sensor size - 1/2.6", Pixel size - 1.4 Î¼m, Phase detection, Focal length (35 mm equivalent) - 26 mm, Angle of view - 78Â°, 1080p @ 960 fps, 720p @ 960 fps, OIS for photos, Hybrid OIS/EIS for videos, Secondary rear camera - 12 MP (telephoto), Sensor size - 1/3.4" (#2), Pixel size - 1.0 Î¼m (#2), Aperture size- f/2.4 (#2), Focal length (35 mm equivalent) - 52 mm (#2), Angle of view - 45Â° (#2), 2x optical zoom (#2), 5x digital zoom (#2), OIS for photos (#2), Hybrid OIS/EIS for videos (#2), Third rear camera - 12 MP (ultra-wide angle), Sensor size - 1/3.4" (#3), Pixel size - 1.0 Î¼m (#2), Aperture size- f/2.4 (#3), Focal length (35 mm equivalent) - 16 mm (#3), Angle of view - 135Â°, Sensor size -
  Special features in the camera
Hardware (Mr. Phone Score - 97.9/100)
- Chipset
  Qualcomm Snapdragon 855
  System on Chip powering the smartphone. Smartphone chipsets are designed by very few companies in the world
- CPU
  8 Cores 2.84 GHz 64-bit
  1 x 2.84 GHz Kryo 485
  3 x 2.42 GHz Kryo 485
  4 x 1.8 GHz Kryo 485
  Central Processing unit
- GPU
  Qualcomm Adreno 640
  Graphics processing unit. The GPU is responsible for all the graphics intensive stuff on your smartphone including video rendering, playing games etc.
- RAM
  6 GB
  Random Access Memory(Volatile memory) in the smartphone. The amount of RAM in a phone is responsible for how many apps will stay in memory and will not have to reload.
- Internal storage capacity
  128 GB
  non-removable hardware storage inside the smartphone. The internal storage on a smartphone is responsible both for storing files, as well as the applications on it. The whole system runs on that internal storage which makes its quality important. Modern internal storages range from Emma 5.0, Emma 5.1, UFS 2.0, UFS 2.1 etc.
- External storage available
  Yes
  Availability of a micro-sd card slot.
- External storage type
  microSD, microSDHC, microSDXC
- Fingerprint
  Yes
  Availability of a fingerprint scanner as a biometric unlock. The fingerprint scanners have become the most popular and secure way to unlock smartphones today and will be used till other biometric locks become as secure and as convenient.
Battery (Mr. Phone Score - 82.58/100)
- Capacity
  3140 mAh
  battery capacity in mAh. This indicates the physical capability of your battery to store charge in it. If we don't take into account software optimisation, and a few other factors, the with capacity the bigger the better.
- Removable
  No
  if it can be taken out without expert help. Removable batteries which used to be a standard a few years ago has now become rare. The ability to remove the battery provides the unique opportunity to keep two batteries and keep them both charged which make sure that you are never out of battery.
- Fast charging available
  Yes
  Availability of high wattage charging for high intensity charging. This type of charging facilitated faster charging times and lesser time plugged to the wall.
- Fast charging type
  Qualcomm Quick Charge 3.0
  fast charging standard supported. Fast charging standards differ from OEM to OEM and apart from a Qualcomm's quick charge standards most others are from smartphone manufacturers. Dash charge from OnePlus, Adaptive fast charging from Samsung, Vooc and Super Vooc from Oppo being some examples.
Technology
- No of SIM slots
  1
  The amount of slots in the phone including the sim and micro SD card slots.
- SIM type
  Nano
  physical classification of SIM card based on size. Different phones have different sized slots depending on how much space they are willing to spare for the sim slot. That would mean that if you have a standard large sim and your phone supports micro or nano sim, then the sim would be need to be replaced with a smaller version from the service provider.
- Hybrid slot
  No
  Availability of a slot which can either hold a micro sd card or a SIM card. This slot was designed to address the Indian audience which was divided into dual sim users and a sim and micro-SD card users.
- Cellular standard
  VoLTE, 4G, 3G, 2G
  Maximum cellular connection standard supported by that SIM card.
- GSM
  850 (B5), 900 (B8), 1800 (B3), 1900 (B2) MHz
  Type of a cellular standard
- UMTS
  800 (B6), 800 (B19), 850 (B5), 900 (B8), 1700 (B4), 1800 (B3), 1900 (B2), 2100 (B1) MHz
  Type of a cellular standard
- LTE
  LTE-FDD 700 (B12), LTE-FDD 700 (B13), LTE-FDD 700 (B17), LTE-FDD 700 (B28), LTE-FDD 700 (B29), LTE-FDD 800 (B20), LTE-FDD 850 (B5), LTE-FDD 850 (B19), LTE-FDD 850 (B26), LTE-FDD 900 (B8), LTE-FDD 1500 (B32), LTE-FDD 1700 (B4), LTE-FDD 1700 (B66), LTE-FDD 1800 (B3), LTE-FDD 1900 (B2), LTE-FDD 1900 (B25), LTE-FDD 2100 (B1), LTE-FDD 2600 (B7), LTE-TDD 1900 (B39), LTE-TDD 2000 (B34), LTE-TDD 2300 (B40), LTE-TDD 2500 (B41), LTE-TDD 2600 (B38) MHz
  Type of a cellular standard
- Network
  UMTS (384 kbit/s ), EDGE, GPRS, HSPA+ (HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s , HSDPA 42 Mbit/s ), LTE Cat 19/Cat 13
- Positioning
  GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS
  Ability to track the position of the smartphone through Cellular networks. This helps to track the geo location of a particular device using the position of cellular towers are reference.
- Sensors
  Proximity, Light, Accelerometer, Compass, Gyroscope, Barometer, Pedometer, Magnetometer, Fingerprint, Hall, Gravity, Step counter, Step detector, Significant motion detector, Game rotation vector, Geomagnetic rotation vector, RGBC-IR sensor
  The availability of hardware sensors on the smartphone. The sensors on a smartphone ranges from proximity and ambient light sensors, to accelerometer, gyroscopes and compass. These hardware sensors facilitate things like auto-brightness, position information etc.
Connectivity (Mr. Phone Score - 68/100)
- Bluetooth available
  Yes
  If Bluetooth is available on the smartphone or not. Having bluetooth in your phone enables it to make data transfers wirelessly to another bluetooth supported devices, which includes file transfers, wireless audio etc.
- Bluetooth version
  5.0
  Bluetooth version present on the smartphone. Bluetooth versions indicate the generation and with every generation the bluetooth connection becomes better in various ways. The bluetooth versions started with Bluetooth 1.x then came Bluetooth 2.x and the nomenclature goes similarly for later versions.
- Bluetooth codec
  A2DP, AVRCP, DIP, GAVDP, GAP, HDP, HFP, HID, HSP, LE, MAP, OPP, PAN, PBAP/PAB, SPP
  Wireless data encryption algorithms for audio through smartphones. It encodes and decodes digital audio data into a specific format. Ideally, it transmits a high-fidelity signal at the minimum specified bit-rate.
- NFC
  Yes
  Wireless pairing technology by bringing two supported phones with 4cms of each other. NFC is used for social networking, for sharing contacts, photos, videos or files. NFC-enabled devices can act as electronic identity documents and keycards.
- USB connector type
  USB Type-C v3.1
  The data/power input/output port on the smartphone. The USB connectors include Type A, type B, Micro USB, Mini USB, and USB-C.
- Audio connector type
  USB Type-C
  The audio input/output port on the smartphone. The audio connectors range for analog 2.5mm, 3.5mm ports to various digital USB ports.
- Wi-Fi
  802.11a (IEEE 802.11a-1999), 802.11b (IEEE 802.11b-1999), 802.11g (IEEE 802.11g-2003), 802.11n (IEEE 802.11n-2009), 802.11n 5GHz, 802.11ac (IEEE 802.11ac), Dual band, Wi-Fi Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct, Wi-Fi Display
  The ability to connect to the internet wirelessly. Wifi let's you connect various devices to the same network and get access to internet with a wire-free experience.
- Miscellaneous
  DLNA
- Fm Radio
  No
  The ability to play FM channels natively on your smartphone
Price
- Launch Price
  $799
  Price of the mobile phone at the time of launch. This price may differ from the retail pricing and depends on both the region and the duration from the launch of the phone.

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