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Sony Xperia 5 V review

Compact. Creative. Powerful. That is how Sony advertises the Xperia 5 V. And it most definitely looks like it will live up to those expectations. The new...

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Pros
Classic design, compact, lightweight, grippy, well-protected.
Excellent OLED screen with immersive aspect, 120Hz, HDR10.
Outstanding battery life.
Superb speakers.
The latest Snapdragon 8 Gen 2 chipset.
Great photo quality across all cameras, day and night.
Dependable video quality, great sound, top-notch stabilization.
No-nonsense launcher based on Android 13.
Plenty of professional camera apps.
3.5mm jack, microSD expansion, physical camera shutter key.
Cons
No charger and no cable in the box.
No dynamic refresh rate for the screen.
No telephoto camera, no macro capabilities.
Throttles under heavy loads.
128GB storage is the only built-in storage option.
- Add the update policy to the cons. 2 major versions and 3 years of security updates is just bad, especially for a device of this price range
  
  Yeah this is one of my two problems with Sonys best phones even though I am the exact type of enthusiast they are after; the other being the often slow and confused launch that results in crap and delayed availability. There is zero chance I will ever buy a premium phone (and a grand is premium for me) unless I can trust it has multiple years of updates. Samsung does stuff wrong all the time but at least I know they will support their premium phones for the advertised price.
- Cons
  No charger and no cable in the box.
  That's a Pros in my point of view ! Because we already have a lot of charger/cable in are house usually.
  
  Yea people should stop complaining about this. Cables that come with phones are always crappy anyway, and I prefer chargers that have multiple outputs.
  It's bizarre how reviewers very quickly gave up on complaining that (other) phones don't have headphone jacks or expandable storage, but keep hanging on the no charger thing.
  It's like complaining the phone doesn't come with a SIM or electricity. Some stuff you just provide yourself.

Why the hell would they ditch the telephoto lens? It's not the best of the three on my Xperia 5 II, but WTF are you doing Sony ?

Wasn't the 5 series supposed to be mid range, and the 1 and 3 series be high-end?
Is one grand midrange today? Wtf.
- The 5 series was never midrange. Its like the 1 series, but smaller.
  The 5 ii was the same as the 1ii, just with a smaller size and no wireless charging.
  
  Okay
- All Sony phones are overpriced by about 20% when you compare them feature-wise. You pay for the unique combination of features and form factor.

Love the form factor, hell no on the price.
- Agreed. Knock off ~$200 and it has my attention. That said, the audio jack and SD card slot are huge wins IMO.
- Lol wut, it's a boring rectangle of glass like every other crappy phone these days. Give me a Blackberry KeyTwo update anyday. That is a decent form factor!

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