The Sony M5 Xperia, many people think that the device will fall in the mid-range segment, but considering the price, this smartphone ranks premium access. A design is not too unique, but Omni Balance styled is greatly improved compared to the previous Sony Xperia M4 Aqua, particularly at the front and rear camera design. Does Sony Xperia M5 have enough power to attract users when it comes with a price around $429 for unlocked version. Let’s find out in this quick Sony Xperia M5 review below:
The Sony Xperia M5 is equipped with 5.0-inch IPS screen which is moderate in size, it comes with a Mobile Bravia Engine 2 technology, Full-HD 1080p resolution so picture quality of the M5 is quite excellent, no grainy phenomenon, not green or gold possessed. It has wide viewing angle, the colors are not too bright, but honestly, it’s not causing any eyestrain for lone time view, that we can say about the display of the Xperia M5 not inferior to the senior member such as Xperia Z3 or Z3+.
It bears a 16GB of internal memory with the ability to expand storage using the memory card up to 200GB that can comfortably save pictures, music, FHD movies and even huge games without worrying about running out of the space. Many argue that the MediaTek chipset performance can not match with Snapdragon, but maybe this time they should think again, through the performance evaluation by AnTuTu Benchmark and Geekbench 3, scores of M5 equivalent to the Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 SoC.
If you want to buy a smartphone with water resistant housing, beautiful screen, high-quality front and rear camera, good for 3D gaming, the Sony Xperia M5 will collect so much point that enough to meet your demand, if you are interested in a stylish design or not a fan of MediaTek processors so on this M5 should loose some point to meet your criteria. In summary, with the advantages we mentioned above, the Xperia M5 is one of the toughest competition in mid-range to the premium segment of this year.
Sony Xperia M5 Specifications:
- Dimensions of 145 x 72 x 7.6 mm
- Weight of 142g
- IPS LCD Display of 5.0 inches, 441ppi
- Resolution of 1920×1080 pixels
- Rear Camera of 21.2 mega pixels, Hybrid AF, 4K video
- Front Camera of 13 mega pixels, HDR
- Android 5.0 operating system
- 2.0 GHz Octa-core Processor
- MediaTek MT6795 Chip
- 3GB of RAM
- Internal memory of 16GB
- Expandable memory up to 200GB
- Connectivity of 4G LTE, 3G, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, NFC, Bluetooth 4.1, Micro-USB 2.0
- Battery capacity of 2600mAh
