SonyXperia 5 - 6.1” FHD+ HDR OLED 21:9 Display, Triple-Camera-System with Eye AF, 6GB RAM, 128GB Memory - Black

Upgrading from the old Sony Xperia XZ1 as after 3 years the battery has just started to lose charge.One of the reasons I chose this phone was It's size, it's slimmer and perfect, making it easier too hold and use. A good pocket size compared to most other phones on the market right now, Bigger isn't always better. The phone is much faster, the screen and audio is a great upgrade.My XZ1 Camera was very good and still took great pics this was due to having Sony camera tech and 19MP. This phone has 12MP but 3x cameras and this is still more than enough as it gives you more shooting options and has Sony camera tech. The cameras works well and pictures look great.The phone it's self looks top class and well built. But it's now in a case so not that important. I have dropped my XZ1 many a time and it just seemed to bounce back laughing. It also got accidentally submerged in water a few times and even though it made the sound go funny for a few hours it did nothing to damage the phone. So I have great confidence in the Xperia 5 as it has even tougher glass and the same water protection.All works well so far and I am happy with the battery life. Price point is great compared to the newly released Xperia 1II. Which the main difference is the 5G chip and slightly better stats but I won't get 5G where I live for years and I'd rather have the £600 difference in my back pocket.Worth the money and would recommend.

I bought the Xperia 5 on Black Friday which was £539 down from £699.For £539 I am very haopy with it. When I took it out of the box I was suprised by how compact but how tall the phone is. The materials used are very premium but like most premium phones I think it suffers from not being too holdable without a case. The phone is slippy in the hand.The fingerprint sensor is back on the side which I very much prefer (I had an XZ2 which was below the camera lense which I never took to). The fingerprint in all honestly was attrocious but since the upgrade to Android 10 its become the best one I have ever used. I would have prefferred the fingerprint to double up as the power button on my old XZ1 Compact.No headphone jack but doesn't bother me as I used wireless earbuds and there is an adapter included in the box with a pair of Sony standard earohones.The display is beautiful, crisp and vibrant. It took about two weeks of using the 21:9 display to get used to it and I initially hated it. Now I don't think I could do without it. Being able to watch a YouTube video at the top of the screen and browse Amazon and eBay on the bottom three quarters is simpoly brilliant.The battery life is fantastic. On my first day using it from 8am I absolutley hammered it with apps, browsing, YouTube videos, Netflix and using spotify. After constant use all day with stamina mode NOT activated by 10pm I still had 28% battery.Audio is high quality and stable. Sony are always good in this regard along with the camera quality. The pictures are the best I have seen on a Sony phone and works exceptionally well in low light.The build quality is reassuring me that this phone is gonna last me at least two years as I have started buying phones outright instead of getting a contract.

This was a rreplacement for a Sony XA2 which I really liked but with more apps loaded was becoming too slow and running out of memory.This phone is much faster and has 128Gb of memory which is great. Cameras seem fine for my undemanding use, although the app that detects a particular motion as meaning I am about to take a picture has not got it right yet.The biggest problem for me is that the screen width in portrait mode is just a bit too small for easy reading (a consequence of the 21:9 aspect ratio) it is of course not impossible but just a bit irritating.The benefit of the widescreen may be that it is great for films but most pictures are not photographed in this aspect ratio so the narrow width makes the photos smaller in both portrait and landscape modes.What I really wanted was a small phone so I can put it in a trouser pocket - with a lot of memory, fast processor good screen and camera and not too much unneccessary software - probably reflecting my advancing years, so Snapchat, TikTok etc. are not really my thing and the ability to work as a platform for them is not required.Overall there are some great features and a really capable phone but that aspect ratio...