Japanese brand Sony has launched a new smartphone called Xperia 5 at IFA 2019 in Berlin. The phone will be available in various countries from October 2019 and the pre-orders for the phone will commence from September 18 in the UK. Read on to know about the details on Sony Xperia 5 specifications, price and availability.
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Sony Xperia 5 specifications
The Sony Xperia 5 features a 6.1-inch OLED HDR display which has an FHD display resolution. The display has a 21:9 aspect ratio, 1080 x 2520 pixels resolution, DCI-P3 100%, and the Corning Gorilla Glass 6 protection. Under the hood, the Sony Xperia 5 comes with Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 855 7nm SoC which is laced with 6 GB RAM. The smartphone has 128 GB of storage onboard, but you can expand the storage up to 512 GB via microSD card.
For photography, the Sony Xperia 5 features a triple rear camera setup on the rear that includes 12-megapixel camera setup on the back. The first sensor will feature 26mm focal length with f/1.6 aperture, and Hybrid OIS/EIS for video stabilization. The second sensor comes with an ultra-wide lens, 16mm focal length, f/2.4 aperture, and 5-axis image stabilization. The third sensor features a telephoto lens with 52mm focal length, f/2.4 aperture, Hybrid OIS/EIS, 2x optical zoom, 960 fps Super slow motion. Upfront there is an 8-megapixel selfie camera with f/2.0 aperture, 1.12-micron pixel size, 84° wide-angle lens.
The smartphone runs on Android 9 Pie and, it ships with a 3,140 mAh battery with Xperia Adaptive Charging technology that fuels the entire package. The general connectivity options on the device including 4G VoLTE, WiFi 802.11 ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz) MIMO, Bluetooth 5.0, GPS/ GLONASS, NFC, USB 3.1 Type-C. The phone measures 158 x 68 x 8.2mm and weighs 164 grams.
Sony Xperia 5 Price and Availability
Coming to the pricing, the Sony Xperia 5 is priced at £699 which is approximately Rs 61,990. Talking about the availability of the Sony Xperia 5, the smartphone will be available in various countries from October 2019. Pre-orders will begin from September 18 in the UK. The phone is launched in Black, Red, Blue, and Grey color options.