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HTC Touch Diamond 2 Mobile Phone
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Sony Xperia M5 Mobile Phone
Sony Xperia M5
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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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Hardware

Operating systemWindows Mobile 6.1Android 10Android 4.2Android 5.0
CPU clock speed0.53 GHz3.09 GHz1.0 GHz2.0 GHz
CPU coresSingle-core8-coreDual-core8-core
RAM memory288 MB12 GB1 GB3 GB
CPU model
N/A
N/A
Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8230MediaTek MT6795T
GPU model
N/A
N/A
Qualcomm Adreno 305PowerVR Series 6 G6200

Display

Screen size3.2 in7.6 in4.3 in5.0 in
Touchscreenyes
N/A
yesyes
Number of colors65K16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDOLEDLCDLCD
Resolution480 x 800 px2208 x 1768 px854 x 480 px1920 x 1080 px
Dual screen supportno
N/A
nono
Scratch resistant displayno
N/A
yesyes
HDRnoyesnono
Technology
N/A
Infinity Flex Dynamic AMOLED 2XTN TFTIPS TFT
Pixel density
N/A
373.0 ppi228.0 ppi441.0 ppi
Screen material
N/A
  • Samsung Ultra Thin Glass
  • Corning Gorilla Glass Victus
N/A
N/A
Multi touch
N/A
N/A
yesyes

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution5.0 Mpx12.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx21.5 Mpx
Video recordingyes
N/A
yesyes
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution15.0 fps
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps
Autofocusyes
N/A
yesyes
Geo-taggingyes
N/A
yesyes
Resolution (second camera)
N/A
12.0 Mpx
N/A
N/A
Resolution (third camera)
N/A
12.0 Mpx
N/A
N/A
Lens aperture (second camera)
N/A
F/1.8
N/A
N/A
Lens aperture (third camera)
N/A
F/2.4
N/A
N/A
Primary Field of View (FoV)
N/A
123.0 °
N/A
N/A
Field of View (FoV) (second camera)
N/A
83.0 °
N/A
N/A
Field of View (FoV) (third camera)
N/A
45.0 °
N/A
N/A
Focus adjustment
N/A
Automatic
N/A
N/A
Highest video resolution
N/A
N/A
1280 x 720 px4096 x 2160 px
Digital zoom
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Face detection
N/A
N/A
yesyes
HDR Capture
N/A
N/A
yesyes
LED Flash
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Panorama
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Smile detection
N/A
N/A
yes
N/A
Touch focus
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Primary lens aperture
N/A
N/A
N/A
2.2 f
Burst Mode
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Optical image stabilization
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Storage

Internal storage512 MB
  • 256 GB
  • 512 GB
8 GB16 GB
Memory card readeryes
N/A
yesyes
Maximum card storage16GB
N/A
32GB200GB
Types of memory card supported
  • microSD
  • microSDHC
N/A
microSDmicroSD

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Silver
  • Black
  • Mystic bronze
  • Black
  • Red
  • White
  • Black
  • Gold
  • White
Water resistantno
N/A
noyes
Shock resistantno
N/A
nono
Material
N/A
Gorilla glass 6PlasticMetal
Dust resistant
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes
Fully waterproof
N/A
N/A
N/A
yes

Dimensions

Height4.25 in6.27 in5.07 in5.71 in
Width2.09 in2.68 in2.56 in2.83 in
Depth0.54 in0.66 in0.38 in0.3 in
Weight4.14 oz9.95 oz4.83 oz5.01 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyesyes
Proximity
N/A
yesyesyes
Gyroscope
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Barometer
N/A
yes
N/A
N/A
Digital compass
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Ambient light sensor
N/A
N/A
yesyes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportno
N/A
nono
Sim card sizeMini-SIM
  • Nano SIM
  • Electronic SIM card
Mini-SIMNano-SIM
Bluetoothyes
N/A
yesyes
Bluetooth version2.0
N/A
4.04.1
Bluetooth profileA2DP
N/A
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
NFCno
N/A
yesyes
Charging connectionUSB
N/A
USBUSB
USB version2.0
N/A
2.02.0
Video outputNo
N/A
MHLNo
DLNA certified
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Bluetooth codec
N/A
N/A
SBC
N/A
Headphone connection
N/A
N/A
3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
N/A
noyes

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yes
N/A
yesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
N/A
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Navigation systemA-GPS
  • GPS
  • GLONASS
  • BeiDou
  • Galileo
GLONASSGLONASS
2G GSMyes
N/A
yesyes
3G UMTSyes
N/A
yesyes
4G LTEno
N/A
noyes
Data transmission
N/A
  • GPRS
  • EDGE
  • HSDPA
  • HSUPA
  • HSPA+
  • FDD-LTE
  • TDD-LTE
  • Gigabit LTE
  • LAA
  • 5G NR
HSPA+HSPA+
GSM frequencies
N/A
N/A
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
UMTS frequences
N/A
N/A
  • 900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
Mobile hotspot
N/A
N/A
yesyes
Streaming standards
N/A
N/A
MiracastMiracast
LTE frequencies
N/A
N/A
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz

Battery

Replaceable batteryyes
N/A
yesno
Battery capacity1100.0 mAh4500.0 mAh1750.0 mAh2600.0 mAh
Standby time500.0 h
N/A
498.0 h656.0 h
Talk time5.0 h35.0 h8.0 h12.0 h
Fast chargingno
N/A
nono
Wireless charging noyesnono
Wireless charging standard
N/A
  • WPC
  • PMA
  • Qi
  • Fast Wireless Charging
  • Wireless PowerShare
N/A
N/A
Battery type
N/A
N/A
Lithium ionLithium ion