The Sony Xperia 5 III is a more compact version of the expensive Xperia 1 III. It has almost the same performance and almost as good a camera as the Xperia 1 III. The battery life is also getting better. It’s still missing a few basic things, though, and the fact that it’s priced like a flagship makes those things hurt even more.
Specifications
- Display: 6.1 inch
- Memory: 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM
- Chipset: Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G
- Camera: 12 MP,12 MP, 12 MP and 8 MP
- Battery: 4500mAh
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The screens on the best smartphones on the market today are amazing. People often start going on and on about how clear, bright, and responsive they are. The 6.1-inch OLED screen on the Xperia 5 III checks all of those boxes: it’s bright, the 1080×2520 resolution is more than enough to keep it clear, and the 120Hz refresh rate makes it as smooth as a man’s skin in a Gillette commercial.
If the Sony Xperia 1 III made you feel like you’d seen it before, the Sony Xperia 5 III might make you feel like you’ve seen it all before. Sony’s current full-sized flagship phone has the same boxy shape as the Xperia 1 II, but it has a smart matte finish that makes it stand out in a subtle way.
It’s a shame the Xperia 5 III, as a compact alternative, doesn’t repeat the trick. Instead, Sony has kept the same shiny finish and slightly rounded edges as the Xperia 5 II. This is still a very nice-looking phone, even though it is tall and thin and has a 21:9 screen and a forehead and chin that don’t fit the norm. As before, there is a good reason why the top and bottom bezels are so long.
The 5 III is a strange phone in more ways than just its slim size. One thing is that it still has a 3.5mm headphone jack, which is becoming less common in high-end devices. There’s the fact that Sony didn’t put the selfie camera in a notch or a pinhole. Instead, it’s in a thick top bezel with a chin to match. That does give you a continuous display, but it also makes things look longer and maybe a little less modern. The buttons come next. The volume button is nothing special, but the power button also works as a fingerprint sensor, which is frustratingly unreliable. Below that are buttons for Google Assistant, and the camera shutter.
The Sony Xperia 5 III has a longer battery life than the Xperia 5 II. This may be the biggest change. The battery in the previous model was 4,000mAh, but the one in the Xperia 5 III is a healthy 4,500mAh. In fact, that is the same as the Sony Xperia 1 III, which has a larger and sharper 4K screen. With the more efficient Snapdragon 888, we thought the Xperia 5 III would have a good battery life.