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Sony Xperia L Mobile Phone
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Sony Xperia M5 Mobile Phone
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Sony Xperia XA Mobile Phone
Sony Xperia XA
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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 systemAndroid 4.2Android 5.0Android 6.0
CPU clock speed1.0 GHz2.0 GHz2.0 GHz
CPU coresDual-core8-core8-core
CPU modelQualcomm Snapdragon 400 MSM8230MediaTek MT6795TMediaTek Helio P MT6755
GPU modelQualcomm Adreno 305PowerVR Series 6 G6200ARM Mali-T860 MP2
RAM memory1 GB3 GB2 GB

Display

Screen size4.3 in5.0 in5.0 in
Touchscreenyesyesyes
Number of colors16.7M16.7M16.7M
Panel typeLCDLCDLCD
Resolution854 x 480 px1920 x 1080 px1280 x 720 px
TechnologyTN TFTIPS TFT
  • IPS
  • IPS TFT
Pixel density228.0 ppi441.0 ppi294.0 ppi
Dual screen supportnonono
Scratch resistant displayyesyesyes
HDRnonono
Multi touchyesyesyes
Screen material
N/A
N/A
Scratch-resistant glass

Rear camera

Primary sensor resolution8.0 Mpx21.5 Mpx13.0 Mpx
Video recordingyesyesyes
Highest video resolution1280 x 720 px4096 x 2160 px1920 x 1080 px
Maximum FPS at the highest resolution30.0 fps30.0 fps30.0 fps
Autofocusyesyesyes
Digital zoomyesyesyes
Face detectionyesyesyes
Geo-taggingyesyesyes
HDR Captureyesyesyes
LED Flashyesyesyes
Panoramayesyesyes
Smile detectionyes
N/A
yes
Touch focusyesyesyes
Primary lens aperture
N/A
2.2 f2.0 f
Burst Mode
N/A
yesyes
Digital Image Stabilization
N/A
yesyes
Optical image stabilization
N/A
yes
N/A
Primary sensor size
N/A
N/A
1/3"
Focus adjustment
N/A
N/A
Automatic

Front camera

Primary resolution0.3 Mpx13.0 Mpx8.0 Mpx

Storage

Internal storage8 GB16 GB16 GB
Memory card readeryesyesyes
Maximum card storage32GB200GB256GB
Types of memory card supportedmicroSDmicroSDmicroSD

Design

Colour of product
  • Black
  • Red
  • White
  • Black
  • Gold
  • White
N/A
MaterialPlasticMetalMetal
Water resistantnoyesno
Shock resistantnonono
Dust resistant
N/A
yes
N/A
Fully waterproof
N/A
yes
N/A

Dimensions

Height5.07 in5.71 in5.65 in
Width2.56 in2.83 in2.63 in
Depth0.38 in0.3 in0.31 in
Weight4.83 oz5.01 oz4.83 oz

Sensors

Accelerometeryesyesyes
Proximityyesyesyes
Digital compassyesyesyes
Ambient light sensoryesyesyes

Other features

FM radioyesyesyes
Built-in stereo speakers
N/A
N/A
yes

Connectivity

Dual sim supportnonoyes
Sim card sizeMini-SIMNano-SIMNano-SIM
DLNA certifiedyesyesyes
Bluetoothyesyesyes
Bluetooth version4.04.14.1
Bluetooth profile
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • A2DP
  • AVRCP
  • A2DP
  • AVCTP
  • AVDTP
  • AVRCP
  • BNEP
  • DIP
  • GAP
  • GAVDP
  • GOEP
  • HFP
  • HOGP
  • HSP
  • MAP
  • OPP
  • PAN
  • PBAP
  • SAP
  • SPP
Bluetooth codecSBC
N/A
  • aptX
  • SBC
NFCyesyesyes
Charging connectionUSBUSBUSB
Headphone connection3.5 mm3.5 mm3.5 mm
USB version2.02.02.0
USB On-The-Go (OTG)noyesyes
Video outputMHLNoNo
Type of USB connector
N/A
N/A
Micro-USB

Cellular

Wireless network (Wi-Fi)yesyesyes
Wireless networking standard
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
  • 802.11a
  • 802.11b
  • 802.11g
  • 802.11n
Data transmissionHSPA+HSPA+
  • EDGE
  • GPRS
  • HSDPA
  • HSPA+
  • HSUPA
  • LTE
Navigation systemGLONASSGLONASS
  • A-GPS
  • GLONASS
2G GSMyesyesyes
GSM frequencies
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 1800 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
3G UMTSyesyesyes
UMTS frequences
  • 900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
  • 850 MHz
  • 900 MHz
  • 1900 MHz
  • 2100 MHz
4G LTEnoyesyes
Mobile hotspotyesyesyes
Streaming standardsMiracastMiracast
  • Google Cast
  • Miracast
LTE frequencies
N/A
  • 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

Battery

Replaceable batteryyesnono
Battery typeLithium ionLithium ionLithium ion
Battery capacity1750.0 mAh2600.0 mAh2300.0 mAh
Standby time498.0 h656.0 h603.0 h
Talk time8.0 h12.0 h10.0 h
Fast chargingnonoyes
Wireless charging nonono

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