Sony Xperia 5 III review

NETWORK 

Technology GSM / CDMA / HSPA / EVDO / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - A1662, A1723
CDMA 800 / 1900 - A1662, A1723
3G bands HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - A1662, A1723
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO - A1662, A1723
TD‑SCDMA - A1723
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 8(900), 12(700), 13(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 29(700) - A1662
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 12(700), 17(700), 18(800), 19(800), 20(800), 25(1900), 26(850), 28(700), 38(2600), 39(1900), 40(2300), 41(2500) - A1723
Speed HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes

LAUNCH 

Announced 2016, March
Status Coming soon. Exp. release 2016, March 31

BODY 

Dimensions 123.8 x 58.6 x 7.6 mm (4.87 x 2.31 x 0.30 in)
Weight 113 g (3.99 oz)
SIM Nano-SIM
- Apple Pay (Visa, MasterCard, AMEX certified)

DISPLAY 

Type LED-backlit IPS LCD, capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 4.0 inches (~60.8% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 640 x 1136 pixels (~326 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes

PLATFORM OS 

iOS 9.3
Chipset Apple A9
CPU Dual-core 1.84 GHz Twister
GPU PowerVR GT7600 (six-core graphics)

MEMORY 

Card slot No
Internal 16/64 GB, 2 GB RAM

CAMERA 

Primary 12 MP, f/2.2, 29mm, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash
Features 1/3" sensor size, 1.22 µm pixel size, geo-tagging, simultaneous 4K video and 8MP image recording, touch focus, face/smile detection, HDR (photo/panorama)
Video 2160p@30fps, 1080p@30/60fps, 1080p@120fps, 720p@240fps
Secondary 1.2 MP, f/2.4, 31mm, 720p@30fps, face detection, HDR, FaceTime over Wi-Fi or Cellular

SOUND 

Alert types Vibration, proprietary ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes

COMMS 

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.2, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS
NFC Yes (Apple Pay only)
Radio No
USB v2.0, reversible connector

FEATURES 

Sensors Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging iMessage, SMS (threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Email
Browser HTML5 (Safari)
Java No
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- Siri natural language commands and dictation
- iCloud cloud service
- MP3/WAV/AAX+/AIFF/Apple Lossless player
- MP4/H.264 player
- Audio/video/photo editor
- Document editor

BATTERY 

Non-removable Li-Po 1642 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 240 h (2G) / Up to 240 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 14 h (3G)
Music play Up to 50 h

MISC 

Colors Space Gray, Silver, Gold, Rose Gold

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