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Samsung Galaxy S6 Mobile Phone
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Sony Xperia M5 Mobile Phone
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Sony Xperia Z3 Mobile Phone
Sony Xperia Z3
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4.5 out of 5
17 user ratings
5 stars
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4 stars
23 %
3 stars
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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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4.2 out of 5
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 5.0Android 5.0Android 4.4
CPU clock speed2.1 GHz2.0 GHz2.5 GHz
CPU cores8-core8-coreQuad-core
CPU modelSamsung Exynos Octa 7420MediaTek MT6795TQualcomm Snapdragon 801 MSM8974AC v3
GPU modelARM Mali-T760PowerVR Series 6 G6200Qualcomm Adreno 330
RAM memory3 GB3 GB3 GB

Display

Screen size5.1 in5.0 in5.2 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeOLEDLCDLCD
Resolution2560 x 1440 px1920 x 1080 px1920 x 1080 px
TechnologySuper AMOLEDIPS TFTIPS TFT
Pixel density576.0 ppi441.0 ppi424.0 ppi
Screen materialCorning Gorilla Glass 4.0
N/A
N/A
Dual screen supportyesnoyes
Scratch resistant displayyesyesyes
HDRnonono
Multi touchyesyesyes

Rear camera

Primary sensor size1/2.6"
N/A
1/2.3"
Primary sensor resolution16.0 Mpx21.5 Mpx20.7 Mpx
Primary lens aperture1.9 f2.2 f2.0 f
Video recordingyesyesyes
Highest video resolution4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)120.0 fps
N/A
60.0 fps
Max resolution (highest frame rate)1280 x 720 px
N/A
1280 x 720 px
Autofocusyesyesyes
Burst Modeyesyesyes
Digital zoomyesyesyes
Face detectionyesyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
Gesture Shotyes
N/A
N/A
HDR Captureyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Optical image stabilizationyesyesyes
Panoramayesyesyes
Slow-Moyes
N/A
N/A
Smile detectionyes
N/A
yes
Touch focusyesyesyes
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
yesyes

Front camera

Primary resolution5.0 Mpx13.0 Mpx2.2 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage
  • 128 GB
  • 32 GB
  • 64 GB
16 GB16 GB
Memory card readernoyesyes
Maximum card storage128GB200GB128GB
Types of memory card supportedNo memory slotmicroSDmicroSD

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Blue
  • Gold
  • Green
  • Grey
  • Pink
  • Silver
  • White
  • Black
  • Gold
  • White
  • Black
  • Copper
  • Silver
  • White
Material
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Metal
  • Aluminum
  • Glass
Water resistantnoyesyes
Shock resistantnonono
Dust resistant
N/A
yesyes
Fully waterproof
N/A
yesyes

Dimensions

Height5.65 in5.71 in5.77 in
Width2.78 in2.83 in2.83 in
Depth0.27 in0.3 in0.29 in
Weight4.87 oz5.01 oz5.36 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyesyes
Fingerprintyes
N/A
N/A
Gyroscopeyes
N/A
yes
Barometeryes
N/A
yes
Hearth rate monitoryes
N/A
N/A
ANT+yes
N/A
yes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportnonono
Sim card sizeNano-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiedyesyesyes
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.14.14.0
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
Bluetooth codec
  • aptX
  • SBC
N/A
N/A
NFCyesyesyes
Charging connection
  • USB
  • Wireless
USBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.02.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)yesyesyes
Video outputMHLNoMHL

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11ac
  • 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
UMTS frequences
  • 850 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTEyesyesyes
LTE frequencies
  • 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
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1700 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz
Mobile hotspotyesyesyes
Streaming standards
N/A
Miracast
  • Miracast
  • MirrorLink

Battery

Replaceable batterynonono
Battery typeLithium ionLithium ionLithium ion
Battery capacity2550.0 mAh2600.0 mAh3100.0 mAh
Talk time17.0 h12.0 h16.0 h
Fast chargingyesnoyes
Fast charging standardSamsung Adaptive Fast Charge
N/A
Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0
Wireless charging yesnoyes
Wireless charging standard
  • PMA
  • QI
N/A
N/A
Standby time
N/A
656.0 h740.0 h

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