Sony Xperia 5 III review

Versions: J500FN (Europe); J500F (HK, India, South Africa, Thailand); J500G (Malaysia, Indonesia); J500Y (New Zealand); J500M (LATAM)
Also known as Samsung Galaxy J5 Duos with dual-SIM card slots

NETWORK 

Technology GSM / HSPA / LTE
2G bands GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 - SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)
3G bands HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1900 / 2100 - J500F, J500G, J500FN
HSDPA 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100 - J500Y, J500M
4G bands LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 20(800) - J500F, J500FN
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 8(900), 20(800), 40(2300) - J500F (India)
LTE band 1(2100), 3(1800), 5(850), 7(2600), 8(900), 40(2300) - J500G
LTE band 1(2100), 2(1900), 3(1800), 4(1700/2100), 5(850), 7(2600), 17(700), 28(700) - J500Y, J500M
Speed HSPA 21.1/5.76 Mbps, LTE Cat4 150/50 Mbps
GPRS Yes
EDGE Yes

LAUNCH 

Announced 2015, June
Status Available. Released 2015, June

BODY 

Dimensions 142.1 x 71.8 x 7.9 mm (5.59 x 2.83 x 0.31 in)
Weight 146 g (5.15 oz)
SIM Single SIM (Micro-SIM) or Dual SIM (Micro-SIM, dual stand-by)

DISPLAY 

Type Super AMOLED capacitive touchscreen, 16M colors
Size 5.0 inches (~67.5% screen-to-body ratio)
Resolution 720 x 1280 pixels (~294 ppi pixel density)
Multitouch Yes

PLATFORM 

OS Android OS, v5.1 (Lollipop)
Chipset Qualcomm MSM8916 Snapdragon 410
CPU Quad-core 1.2 GHz Cortex-A53
GPU Adreno 306

MEMORY 

Card slot microSD, up to 128 GB (dedicated slot)
Internal 8/16 GB, 1.5 GB RAM

CAMERA 

Primary 13 MP, f/1.9, 28mm, autofocus, LED flash
Features Geo-tagging, touch focus, face detection
Video 1080p@30fps
Secondary 5 MP, f/2.2, 23mm, LED flash

SOUND 

Alert types Vibration; MP3, WAV ringtones
Loudspeaker Yes
3.5mm jack Yes

COMMS 

WLAN Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Wi-Fi Direct, hotspot
Bluetooth v4.1, A2DP
GPS Yes, with A-GPS, GLONASS/ BDS (market dependant)
NFC Yes (market dependant)
Radio FM radio, RDS, recording
USB microUSB v2.0

FEATURES 

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

BATTERY 

Removable Li-Ion 2600 mAh battery
Stand-by
Talk time Up to 18 h (3G)
Music play Up to 62 h

MISC 

Colors White, Black, Gold

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