Sony Xperia 5 III review

NETWORK 

Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - A7010
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300), 41(2500) - A7010 a48
Speed HSPA, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes

LAUNCH 

Announced 2016, January
Status Available. Released 2016, January

BODY 

Dimensions 153.6 x 76.5 x 9.2 mm (6.05 x 3.01 x 0.36 in)
Weight 158 g (5.57 oz)
SIM Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY 

Type IPS LCD capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.5 inches (~71.0% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 1080 x 1920 pixels (~401 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes
Protection Corning Gorilla Glass 3

PLATFORM 

OS Android OS, v5.1.1 (Lollipop)
Chipset Mediatek MT6753
CPU Octa-core 1.3 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Mali-T720MP3

MEMORY 

Card slot microSD, up to 128 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 16 GB, 3 GB RAM - A7010 a48
8/16/32 GB, 2 GB RAM - A7010

CAMERA 

Primary 13 MP, f/2.2, phase detection autofocus, dual-LED (dual tone) flash, check quality
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection, HDR, panorama
Video 1080p@30fps, check quality
Secondary 5 MP, f/2.2

SOUND 

Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes, with stereo speakers
3.5mm jack Yes
- Dolby Atmos sound

COMMS 

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.0, A2DP, LE
GPS Yes, with A-GPS
NFC Yes
Radio FM radio, recording
USB microUSB v2.0

FEATURES 

Sensors Fingerprint, accelerometer, gyro, proximity, compass
Messaging SMS(threaded view), MMS, Email, Push Mail, IM
Browser HTML5
Java No
- Active noise cancellation with dedicated mic
- MP4/H.264 player
- MP3/WAV/eAAC+/FLAC player
- Photo/video editor
- Document viewer

BATTERY 

Non-removable Li-Po 3300 mAh battery
Stand-by Up to 265 h (3G)
Talk time Up to 23 h (2G) / Up to 22 h (3G)

MISC 

Colors Black

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