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Sony Xperia Arc Mobile Phone
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Sony Xperia L Mobile Phone
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Sony Xperia M5 Mobile Phone
Sony Xperia M5
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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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User rating
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4.1 out of 5
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Hardware

Operating systemAndroid 4.0Android 4.2Android 5.0
CPU clock speed1.0 GHz1.0 GHz2.0 GHz
CPU coresSingle-coreDual-core8-core
CPU modelQualcomm Snapdragon MSM8255Qualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8230MediaTek MT6795T
GPU modelQualcomm Adreno 205Qualcomm Adreno 305PowerVR Series 6 G6200
RAM memory512 MB1 GB3 GB

Display

Screen size4.2 in4.3 in5.0 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Resolution854 x 480 px854 x 480 px1920 x 1080 px
TechnologyLEDTN TFTIPS TFT
Pixel density233.0 ppi228.0 ppi441.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnonono
Scratch resistant displayyesyesyes
HDRnonono
Multi touchyesyesyes
Panel type
N/A
LCDLCD

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution8.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx21.5 Mpx
Video recordingyesyesyes
Highest video resolution1280 x 720 px1280 x 720 px4096 x 2160 px
Maximum FPS (regardless of res.)30.0 fps
N/A
N/A
Autofocusyesyesyes
Digital Image Stabilizationyes
N/A
yes
Digital zoomyesyesyes
Face detectionyesyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Smile detectionyesyes
N/A
Touch focusyesyesyes
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution
N/A
30.0 fps30.0 fps
HDR Capture
N/A
yesyes
Panorama
N/A
yesyes
Primary lens aperture
N/A
N/A
2.2 f
Burst Mode
N/A
N/A
yes
Optical image stabilization
N/A
N/A
yes

Storage

Internal storage368 MB8 GB16 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyes
Maximum card storage32GB32GB200GB
Types of memory card supportedmicroSDmicroSDmicroSD

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Silver
  • Black
  • Red
  • White
  • Black
  • Gold
  • White
MaterialPlasticPlasticMetal
Water resistantnonoyes
Shock resistantnonono
Dust resistant
N/A
N/A
yes
Fully waterproof
N/A
N/A
yes

Dimensions

Height4.92 in5.07 in5.71 in
Width2.48 in2.56 in2.83 in
Depth0.34 in0.38 in0.3 in
Weight4.13 oz4.83 oz5.01 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyesyes
ANT+yes
N/A
N/A

Other features

FM radioyesyesyes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportnonono
Sim card sizeMini-SIMMini-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiedyesyesyes
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version2.1 EDR4.04.1
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
NFCnoyesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.02.0
Video outputHDMIMHLNo
Bluetooth codec
N/A
SBC
N/A
USB On-The-Go (OTG)
N/A
noyes

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
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
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTEnonoyes
Mobile hotspotyesyesyes
Data transmission
N/A
HSPA+HSPA+
Streaming standards
N/A
MiracastMiracast
LTE frequencies
N/A
N/A
  • 700 MHz
  • 800 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 2600 MHz

Battery

Replaceable batteryyesyesno
Battery typeLithium PolymerLithium ionLithium ion
Battery capacity1500.0 mAh1750.0 mAh2600.0 mAh
Standby time400.0 h498.0 h656.0 h
Talk time7.0 h8.0 h12.0 h
Fast chargingnonono
Wireless charging nonono

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