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Samsung Galaxy S4 Mobile Phone
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Samsung Galaxy S6 Mobile Phone
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Sony Xperia M5 Mobile Phone
Sony Xperia M5
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4.4 out of 5
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4.5 out of 5
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It looks upmarket, but is it?Read more
The Sony Xperia M5 offers most of the features of the flagship Z5, but for substantially less money. Its super-slim design is very nearly the same, and its 21.5 megapixel camera with 4K video makes the M5 one of Sony's best ever camera phones. The 8-core Helio X10 processor isn't quite as fast as the Snapdragon 810 used in top-end phones, and the memory is just 16GB, but for the price, we think that it offers exceptional performance.Read more
More storage, more power, more megapixels – for a lot more moneyRead more
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4.3 out of 5
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 4.4Android 5.0Android 5.0
CPU clock speed1.6 GHz2.1 GHz2.0 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-core8-core
CPU modelSamsung Exynos 5 Octa 5410Samsung Exynos Octa 7420MediaTek MT6795T
GPU modelPowerVR SGX544ARM Mali-T760PowerVR Series 6 G6200
RAM memory2 GB3 GB3 GB

Display

Screen size5.0 in5.1 in5.0 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeOLEDOLEDLCD
Resolution1920 x 1080 px2560 x 1440 px1920 x 1080 px
Technology
  • AMOLED
  • Super AMOLED
Super AMOLEDIPS TFT
Pixel density441.0 ppi576.0 ppi441.0 ppi
Screen materialCorning Gorilla Glass 3.0Corning Gorilla Glass 4.0
N/A
Dual screen supportyesyesno
Scratch resistant displayyesyesyes
HDRnonono
Multi touchyesyesyes

Rear camera

Number of rear cameras1
N/A
N/A
Primary sensor resolution13.0 Mpx16.0 Mpx21.5 Mpx
Primary lens aperture2.2 f1.9 f2.2 f
Video recordingyesyesyes
Highest video resolution1920 x 1080 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps120.0 fps
N/A
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
N/A
Autofocusyesyesyes
Burst Modeyesyesyes
Digital Image Stabilizationyes
N/A
yes
Optical zoom10x
N/A
N/A
Digital zoomyesyesyes
Face detectionyesyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
HDR Captureyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Panoramayesyesyes
Slow-Moyesyes
N/A
Smile detectionyesyes
N/A
Touch focusyesyesyes
Primary sensor size
N/A
1/2.6"
N/A
Gesture Shot
N/A
yes
N/A
Optical image stabilization
N/A
yesyes

Front camera

Number of front cameras1
N/A
N/A
Primary resolution2.0 Mpx5.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage
  • 16 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
16 GB
Memory card readeryesnoyes
Maximum card storage64GB128GB200GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
  • microSDXC
No memory slotmicroSD

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Brown
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Purple
  • Red
  • Silver
  • White
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Green
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Silver
  • White
  • Black
  • Gold
  • White
MaterialPlastic
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Metal
Water resistantnonoyes
Shock resistantnonono
Dust resistant
N/A
N/A
yes
Fully waterproof
N/A
N/A
yes

Dimensions

Height5.38 in5.65 in5.71 in
Width2.75 in2.78 in2.83 in
Depth0.31 in0.27 in0.3 in
Weight4.59 oz4.87 oz5.01 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyesyes
Gyroscopeyesyes
N/A
Barometeryesyes
N/A
Pedometeryes
N/A
N/A
ANT+yesyes
N/A
Digital compass
N/A
yesyes
Fingerprint
N/A
yes
N/A
Hearth rate monitor
N/A
yes
N/A

Connectivity

Dual sim supportnonono
Sim card sizeMicro-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiedyesyesyes
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.04.14.1
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codec
  • aptX
  • SBC
  • aptX
  • SBC
N/A
NFCyesyesyes
Charging connectionUSB
  • USB
  • Wireless
USB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.02.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyesyes
Video outputMHLMHLNo

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmissionHSPA+HSPA+HSPA+
Navigation systemGLONASSGLONASSGLONASS
2G GSMyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
3G UMTSyesyesyes
4G LTE
  • no
  • yes
yesyes
LTE frequenciesRegional
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Mobile hotspotyesyesyes
Streaming standardsMiracast
N/A
Miracast
UMTS frequences
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz

Battery

Replaceable batteryyesnono
Battery typeLithium ionLithium ionLithium ion
Battery capacity2600.0 mAh2550.0 mAh2600.0 mAh
Standby time370.0 h
N/A
656.0 h
Talk time17.0 h17.0 h12.0 h
Fast chargingnoyesno
Wireless charging yesyesno
Fast charging standard
N/A
Samsung Adaptive Fast Charge
N/A
Wireless charging standard
N/A
  • PMA
  • QI
N/A

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