I hope Sony will improve the availability of their product. I really like Xperia phones

This has to be the best compact flagship ever made! That excellent battery life and stellar camera quality are enough to justify what I have just said!

@voiceadvicetech

10 ай бұрын

That's true

@tobbakken2911

10 ай бұрын

@@StarMan_1367 The s23 is wider, while 5v is taller. So they are both as compact

@fantasytky28

10 ай бұрын

​@@StarMan_1367dude we hold our phone in vertical most of the time, not horizontal. 😂

@fantasytky28

10 ай бұрын

​@@StarMan_1367and you mean 3mm narrower which is alot

@illExootik

10 ай бұрын

Too bad the price is also stellar. I mean for 1000$ it's not competitive at all.

The night time photos are superb - really clean and detailed that looks natural. One of the best I have seen for a phone.

This is my next phone. I am glad Sony is taking steps in the right direction. I have been going forth between Samsung, Pixel and other android phones but this one seems like a keeper. Better start saving up now! 😄

@akhilesh718

10 ай бұрын

I switched to pixal 6a from Xperia Xz2, believe me I couldn't tolerate the pixal and even being the stock Android, the pixal keeps lagging occasionally. Xperia xz2 being 5 years old still does not lag. I am going for Xperia 5v again. Fyi currently using Xperia 1 ii and sold the pixal 6a within 2 months. Moral of the story is that if your hardware is bad then no matter how much software support and updates you provide. It kills the overall experience.

@hermanjohnson9180

10 ай бұрын

Interesting. I switched to a 1 series Xperia from a HTC U12 Plus. I love the Xperia phones. I'll be getting a new 1 series phone next year. This 5 series phone is a good budget friendly alternative though.

@wiewat231

9 ай бұрын

Do KZread have tha money?

@thesharanaithal

9 ай бұрын

why not PIxel 8?

@taske195

9 ай бұрын

I'm definitely buying this phone, I've started saving money and hope to get it by the New Year, and maybe there'll be some discount then ;)

Just looking at this phone gives me satisfaction! Let alone using, it will be a heavenly experience. I used few sony phones earlier, the experiences were so good I can't explain! Sony is a piece of art, and art is expensive!

Sony is cooking something under the hood. Improvements in every aspect of their phones.

@Sabundy

9 ай бұрын

Agree 100%

@pluanant

8 ай бұрын

CPU mostly... Just kidding XD

@iShaltSmiteThee

3 ай бұрын

Until they have long term software support, I think they'll always be not worth it for people who like to hold their phones for 5 years. Phones are so powerful now that you don't need to keep swapping them around. I have an xperia 5ii and I would've been perfectly happy with it had it had the support for Android 14 is it now? Tried a custom ROM to bring it up to date but there's still bugs that kinda suck.

@muhammadsaeed6849

3 ай бұрын

I agree with you on the support part of Sony. They're terrible when it comes to smartphone support

@s4nder86

2 ай бұрын

Except for the gigantic side bezels.

Am I the only one who still love the unique design of Sony?

@kastan1473

9 ай бұрын

Present sir.

@leviathan5207

8 ай бұрын

Yes, out of all the nearly 8 billion people on earth, YOU are the only one who loves their design. YOU are the chosen one, with UNIQUE taste... (That was sarcasm, in case you could not tell)

@DanielK1213th

7 ай бұрын

I have iPhone because I’m stuck in their ecosystem. But I want to buy Sony so bad

@mrmohitmsc

7 ай бұрын

@@DanielK1213th get rid of ecosystem men.

@Sayenkor

4 ай бұрын

I love their design too. All other brands look like clones of each other

The cameras look like pro cameras, so natural with wide colour coverage and realistic contrast levels💯

I've a xperia 5ii and I absolutely love it's 70mm telephoto. Removing the telephoto was a bad idea . I would choose 5iv over this one

@s.w4325

10 ай бұрын

I would suggest poeple stay away from the 5 series until they have an answer for the light lines across the screens. It's one thing to have bad quality screens supplied by their vendor, it's another matter not to take responsibility for it.

@fretboardrunner

10 ай бұрын

You still have a 48mm zoom that apparently is quite good. I wonder if at the same crop, pics are now actually sharper.

@fretboardrunner

10 ай бұрын

@@user-jt5vm3mi1w They write about it in detail in the written review and also mentions the good quality in the video.

@iamchampchannel

10 ай бұрын

​@@fretboardrunnerit is. People did compared 1.9x versus 2x.. it is different. But it appeared in Taiwan video explanation.

@trometer19

10 ай бұрын

​@@s.w4325You hav nt hold this phone inyour hand neither you have it and start already generalize . May some units of the 5 series have hade this isues but telling people not to buy the 5 series is abit to much .

Posted this with the quickness! Great work

Thanks! GSMArena has been my goto trusted source for 10+ years now.

Quite pleased by what Sony has done. It really starts to differenciate the 1 and 5. The 1 is the big and most feature rich of the pack while the 5 is more fun.

@fantasytky28

10 ай бұрын

agree. as a targeted 5 and 10 series user, i always felt that 10 was abit not enough but 5 was too much, thinking it would be better if the 5 would be abit lower. Now it happens and im quite happy with it.

@terrybunch7313

10 ай бұрын

Snoycucks are the worst. This phone is overpriced junk.

@MrMozkoZrout

10 ай бұрын

@@fantasytky28 Why are you happy with them taking away features tho. I for one loved how picking between Xperia 5 and 1 was more about the size preference rather than features. As a fan of feature complete compact phones, Sony was basically the only option.

@4hm3dhm

10 ай бұрын

What is fun about being worse ?

@namelesssnitchy

10 ай бұрын

​@@MrMozkoZroutexactly. I 100% agree

Wow a review already? That's quick!

6:25 Endurance rating 130h is *_*A_* *_BEAST"_*

@voiceadvicetech

10 ай бұрын

Super BEAST💪

One of the best smartphone for me xperia ❤

Great review as always. Also loving the shorter hair. :) im so bummed Sony exited the Australian market, this is the phone id buy for sure. Ticks all my boxes, no other phone does

For sure will be my next phone after S22 plus I'm using now. Battery life, processor, cameras, audio jack, microsd card and the form factor are the things who make me want it.

@thetechrealist

8 ай бұрын

It'll definitely be amazing!

@PepiSchmeichel

8 ай бұрын

what about the 4 years of updates fo the Samsung compared to the 2 years for Sony . I thing the Samsung UI is better and the software support also

@jokast8861

8 ай бұрын

Why not wait for S24

Sold, been waiting for this phone since the 1 was released, The camera lenses will be more than good enough as I get my full frame camera out to do serious photography, been a Sony user for some 9 years now, but I like the idea of a slightly more compact phone this time. The only thing I wish Sony had done is the ribbed sides you find on the 1.

I love Sony, it launches great phones with innovation❤🎉

I have the Xperia 5 III. I use the cameras a lot. The telephoto 70mm and 105mm are excellent for photos and fine for video. Shutter button is great. The best lens is the 24mm prime. Little hazing and good contrast. The size, buttons, dual sim, headphone jack, and cameras is why I purchased the phone.

Great analysis! Congrats to SONY!

SONY ❤️ 🇯🇵 👑

Big respect to Sony for keeping 3.5mm jack 👍

Sony could really disrupt the market if they made their phones more accessible tbh.

@iluvcakes19

9 ай бұрын

And fixed their SW issues.

Your videos are really Awesome

Finally! In the right direction. This is way way way better than the weird elongated ones! This will be my next phone.

This guy is the best reviewer.

being someone who has used LG V series phones since the V20, and being currently stuck on the V50 due to LG pulling out of the smartphone game, I was eyeballing Sony phones as a potential viable upgrade and with this generation I finally feel like it's a viable option to move into coming from an LG flagship. It has the camera options with manual controls, it has quality enough components all around, and it has that little side menu popout that gives you access to some QoL quick access stuff similarly to how LG had their little popout menu. Coupled with a high enough quality headphone jack and expandable storage it seems to be the only real replacement for an LG user like me.

@lazy3642

7 ай бұрын

Totally agree with you sir. As a former LG G2 owner and currently a LG V50 Thinq owner (Verizon Version, but living in Greece) i also think that the best alternative to a LG phone is something from Sony's line up of models (10V, 5V, 1V). It seems that 5V is overall the best balanced one of all. Definately should try it.

@deans-rewind2882

5 ай бұрын

I’m coming from a G8 and I’m not sure if I should switch. I’d love to keep my g8 forever cause 95 percent of phones in the USA are boring and don’t offer what I care about most. But I’ll have to switch at some point 🫤

@CyrilleBriegel

5 ай бұрын

I'm in the same situation, but the Xperia 5V screen is just too narrow (comparing with the LG V20). If it was wider, I would probably get one. My LG v20 phone still works great. It just getting a bit slow when when using apps such as Google maps

The side bezel looks so thick! Xperia 5 IV still the best for me.

@vadimchaban1138

10 ай бұрын

I was looking for them yesterday in Dubai, they are nowhere to be found.

Battery life is one of the killer stuffs

Lovin the new hair do 💗

Good work guys

Can t wait to get this. I have a S21 5G now, I was thinking between this and the xperia 1IV, but this one has better battery life and a newer procesor. The 1 IV has a better screen and maybe cameras, but for me the battery life is pretty important. Thinking about getting a sony phone from a long time ago, now i think it s the time :)

@biscuitoliver2568

9 ай бұрын

great choice

Your hair style is slappp. Suits you very well

Price is worth it. This phone rules. Plan on buying as my next.

Showing more phones that are going live on the market or markets make you more important than any other big Channel like mkbhd or unbox therapy 😮🎉 Thank you for your work 🙏

I'm getting one asap. I've been having xperia phones since they came out.

nailed it Sony!!

5 III user here, The 105mm telephoto is very useful (although its sensor isn't great, it's way better then not having one). I understand that the 5 V's digital zoom is probably almost as good as the 5 IV's more anemic reach, it's a shame they nerfed the telephoto in the 5 line. Between this and build quality issues in experienced with my 5 III that were fortunately covered under warranty, may be looking elsewhere for my next phone. If only there were a reasonably sized flagship device with a telephoto and a headphone jack!😢

@MrMozkoZrout

10 ай бұрын

Yeah i am in the same boat as you. I also have an Xperia 5 III but i am actually super happy with it. And i am a bit affraid that when the time to upgrade will come, the 5 lineup won't be as feature complete as it always been. I loved that Sony didn't cut too many corners with their lower tier flagship and basically just made it more compact version only. I use to Z1 compact back in the day as well and i loved it. Now it seems that they are walking in the footsteps of Samsung and similar phone makers who have one Ultra grade flagship and then cheaper grade flagship with many compromises and cut corners. If only smaller and more reasonable didn't always mean worse.

@RaghavV-rk2zn

10 ай бұрын

You may consider the Asus Zenfone 10.

@fantasytky28

10 ай бұрын

Sorry to say but the tele quality on your 5iii is crap. The zoom on v with the new Algo beat the bad native tele that sony had

@kovspbru

10 ай бұрын

Well, to my mind not including something was obviously needed (It's cheaper), and I personally prefer a phone without telephoto to a phone without 5000 battery.

@namelesssnitchy

10 ай бұрын

​@@fantasytky28it doesnt beat that cause it doesnt zoom that far

I exclusively buy Sony phones since before they even merged with Ericsson. My first and still fav model is CMD-J5 which I still have till this day :)

This phone is amazing

I hope a comparison review for xperia 5V and pixel 8 will be done as well :)

Ive been a dedicated sony phone fan for maybe 10-15 years. The only thing that really bothers me about sony phones and its cameras are the insanely slow shutter speeds that are chosen in automatic / regular photo mode, especially in darker scenes where you dont want it to force night mode. I cant begin to tell you how many times ive needed a quick photo and the shutter speed was so off (even the automatic ISO) that the photo was basically useless. =/ i sense that happening here with this phone. Idk, but i feel like whoever is making the backend stuff needs to figure out how to make these light sensors read better. everything else with the phones are perfect, and i really hope they bring back the actual compacts like the xz2 compact

I'm fan of small screen, nowadays they made bigger and bigger 🎉

I love Sony camera never disappoint

thank you for a great review... i managed to get the Xperia 1 mk V a few weeks back but i was considering getting the 5 mk V

@KananNallainathan

9 ай бұрын

i went from the Xperia 5 mk ii which is 3 years old now and was a stellar handset in daily use... no complaints

@audiophile...

9 ай бұрын

Share some more experiences,hows the 120fps 4k shooting and the new chipset 😊

This was almost my dream phone 1) 6.1 size 2) Android 3) 5000 mAh The only deal breaker is it doesn't have internal memory storage of 256 GB by default. Memory: 128GB 8GB RAM; UFS 3.1; microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot).

Very impressive and promising! Gonna change my 1IV to this one.

Xperia 5 II is my main driver. If I have to choose my next phone, 5 V is probably the strongest competition. I'll just wait a little for a price drop after the release date.

@starkabdelghani168

10 ай бұрын

Not a good idea i think u should go to the zenphone 10.... Would give u an excellent performance

@bintururong

10 ай бұрын

@@starkabdelghani168 I agree, Zenfone 10 is a strong competition. Expandable storage is a nice perk for me, so it's hard to give up on that. I'll wait and see if thermals are better than in the previous generation of Xperia 5. Benchmark comparison between Zen and Xperia should tell a lot, too. For now, I bet on Xperia 5 V, tho.

@gotoastal

9 ай бұрын

​@@starkabdelghani168ASUS has pulled the ability to unlock Zenfones until further notice (starting in May). Considering the servers still aren’t up, I wouldn’t look at buy a Zenfone til I knew I would have the ability to unlock it.

@jillrowan4820

9 ай бұрын

​@@starkabdelghani168I've got a zenfone 8 presently sent away for service as its totally dead, no charging, nothing. I'm hoping that everything is retreavable and then I'll get this sony one. I can't trust it any longer.

@namelesssnitchy

24 күн бұрын

5ii user here too . now with 4 green stripes in the screen :(. now still looking around what is available but this 5v just seems to have miss the spot with leaving a good telelens out :S weird choice of sony. lets hope for e 5vi with telelens

Few upgrades like the lack of telephoto, half the storage and no LTPO which actually something I'm hoping for seeing it isn't a variable resolution display like the 1V. Otherwise solid but not groundbreaking. At least the main camera is improved and the zoom is usable for a crop. Plus lower priced. It should be a good buy if you don't mind a few sacrifices.

@deadskull6969

10 ай бұрын

Yeah... Should have provided a 3x zoom camera to improve zooming capabilities, since it's a flagship.

@MrMozkoZrout

10 ай бұрын

Yeah except it always used to have a zoom camera before and now it doesn't. Xperia 5 used to be the smaller phone with almost no compromises, now it isn't anymore.

@netako

10 ай бұрын

@@MrMozkoZrout The 5 phones always has a “worse” camera than the 1 though, the 5 IV had no optical zoom, no variable focal length (which, ironically enough, was present on the 1 IV, 1 III and even the 5 III) and a smaller camera in terms or resolution (13 megapixels instead of 51 megapixels on the 1 IV), so nothing really new here.

@icewallowcome_daily9802

10 ай бұрын

LTPO is advertise as a good feature for saving battery but it's actually the worse feature.. it gets you eye strain without noticing.

@joelconolly5574

10 ай бұрын

@@netako there's no 51MP camera on the 1 IV.

Great review! Does the video and audio creator exist on the Xperia 1 V as well or is this something only for Xperia 5 V?

@the007connoisseur

10 ай бұрын

Yes they do exist

But,I appreciate watching this pleasant video (I like Sony Xperia phones)😊 I wish the KZreadr good luck for making more videos 😊

Watching with my 5ii😊

Im German but Love your Reviews

we miss Sony In India please return back ❤

This one really looks good. Hope Song Xperia will come back to the PH market.

Hp sony tetap yg terjeren 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥

Sony is so damn underrated 😢😢😢😢

Well, seems Sony is the only vendor who made phones with rectangular display without any notches etc, and do not sacrifice SD card and 3.5 jack. I'm buying it.

Ihave always loved Sony mobile phone, the specs are great..if only they have O.S support like that of Samsung..

nice cut my dude!

I still have the 5. So for me this would be a big upgrade in any way I look at it (; so i dont have to think or worry if the price is worth it or not for small upgrades haha (;

I'm glad Sony are doing more to differentiate the 1 and 5. The 5 should be markedly cheaper than the 1 to make it appealing to a wider audience. The removal of the telephoto is brave, but a Main+UW is the same setup as the non-Pro iPhones, which doesn't seem to inhibit them. My one gripe with it is the width. The bezels on the side are awkwardly wide, but if that extra width is required to fit the large battery, then that's not too bad. With good marketing from Sony and promotion by carriers, I think it could do quite well.

@ryannguyen0206

9 ай бұрын

I noticed the bezels get thicker too. That's unacceptable at the price range $999.

@camjkerman

9 ай бұрын

@@ryannguyen0206 It's more complicated than bezels/price at this sort of size. It would be unreasonable to develop a new display to fit in a chassis that's actually only 1mm wider than last year's, and if that extra mm has enabled them to fit a larger battery, then it's really no biggie. That battery will last longer per charge, and give a reliable full day of use for longer as it degrades from it's higher starting point. The real controversial thing with the 5V is the lack of telephoto.

We call it compact because it shorter than its brothers, yet still quite tall for me.

@jayaandrias3079

10 ай бұрын

For me its fine.. For the sake of 21:9 ratio it's fine..

@Lightmann.

9 ай бұрын

6.1" isn't that tall

I dont now but i loveeee the design😍😍😍😎🤩

Iam going for this blue colour 💙

thanks. what country did you shot the pic samples?

I can see Sony improve a lot on camera and video quality.. But why I see this 5V it seems to be smaller than the last year? Dang I love compact phone I still have my XZ2 Compact

Finally Sony is on the right track....but it's too late.

@vadimchaban1138

10 ай бұрын

I was looking for them yesterday in Dubai, they are nowhere to be found.

@Dfm_Sushil

10 ай бұрын

@@user-jt5vm3mi1w samsung apple xiaomi already capture huge smartphone market share and they are way ahead than sony design and many more.

@metisa0034

10 ай бұрын

​@@Dfm_Sushilumm nothing is a new brand but still made a small share

The video quality is so sharp for a compact high end phone. And it must be expensive for sure

This is my next phone

Hello! I saw your review of Vivo X90 Pro which is really positive for the cameras. Would you suggest Vivo X90 Pro or Xperia V 5 today?

Sony make some best Sony phones 📱 I ever seen dam

as someone who is not willing to touch a samsung phone and much rather get a chinese phone for extra cheaper... this will be my return to both sony and having an upper range phone in what i think has been 7 years... my last upper range phone was a sony ericsson... its just been absolutely downhill after that...

Is still overheating? How many years of software support will get? Thanks

Sony 5V ❤

is it just me or this amount of bezel on a smartphone is just perfect?

@MikaelPorttila

10 ай бұрын

Samsung S22 has the perfect size of bezel, this is a setback to 2017

@pulaktrivedi9743

10 ай бұрын

@@MikaelPorttila look man, it's just my opinion. I don't like too thin bezels on a smartphone, you might think otherwise.

@LordRixuel

10 ай бұрын

thin top and bottom bezels are ok, but side bezels??? big mistake

@jayaandrias3079

10 ай бұрын

​@@MikaelPorttilabut samsung S22 just 3700 mAh plus dont fit for 3.5mm jack and expandable memory.. So that bezel it's fine

@TheMissingDislikeButton

10 ай бұрын

​@@MikaelPorttilaagrees , too many Sony fan boi defend their thicc bazel

Sony do it right. 7.20 just look at dynamic range, colour accuracy, I'm amazed. And that's all in normal size, not like other large, heavy breaks over 200g

Love the phone overall but at about 1000 Euros, man that is off puting. I was lucky enough to snatch a S23 Ultra(512 storage) for about 950 Euros. Right now its 1150.

@I_THE_ME

10 ай бұрын

I've seen the Xperia 1 V go for 1099€ which is very close to 5 V. I think the price should've been 900€ for the 5 V.

Thank you

Waiting for side by side Comparison with S23 compact flagship of Samsung.

I hope Sony releases and foldable. I can't go back to a brick phone, foldable is game changer. But I want to try a Sony phone finally.

nc content bro !

GSM bro looking more succulent and ripped by the day

Love you Sony ❤❤

Only mark against this phone is no LTPO display, I imagine the battery life would be a lot less with the high refresh rate on all the time. It has expandable storage unlike the Zenfone 10. I prefer the plastic back on the Zenfone. If Asus goes ahead and allows the bootloader to be unlocked then I think the Zenfone 10 is a better all around phone.

My opinion not popular probably nowdays, nut I really miss under 5 inches display. A 4.7 display was perfect fit for normal everyday phone usage and ine handed operation. Nowadays people call 6.2 display as small!

WideDynamic Range on Xperia 1 V, both on the main camera app and videography, on 24mm, does not offer any stabilization (it's off). Regardless of fps or resolution. Are you saying it can be set to on ("standard") on the 5 V? Maybe they'll update the software on 1 V to do that also. Thanks!

Honor 90 lite full review and comparison video??????? ❤❤❤❤ Pls answer the question 1. When will the review come out and will you make a video about it or not?

Looked Compact Phone for - Pixel 8 (Eynyos releated modem and battery issue) - ZenFone 9 & 10 (camera and SDCard issue) - S23 (ui, battery , ufs 3.1 on 128gb, 3.5jack, sdcard, camera instability issues) But seems like Xperia 5 V beats all of them on every aspect excluding taller size and thermal throttling, Just price is force us to start dietary ))

How many software upgrades are we getting with this?

I would get this now but the lack of variable refresh rate is a deal-breaker, I would keep the phone for 4-5 years and thats a long time without it

Hi, cal you help me plz ? I can't find the shortcut icon for disabling/enabling mobile data... You know, the buttons when you swipe down. I've never had a Sony smartphone. Don't they exist on Sony phones ?

i love sony's phones but i wish they had the LTPO screens

can't wait to buy this phone for the mili song

I just bought this phone in Australia but didn't realise sony didn't include a charger - I can't find official wall charger/ cable online. Do you know where I can buy a compatible charger for this phone?

3:00 chandrayan pics from the moon ❤

I love that Sony still doesn't do screen cutouts and very roubded corners + extra things like sd card and headphone jack but they're too expensive and a bit behind with some the technologies like LTPO screen. I would still probably get a Sony though if ever I'm in the market to get one but sadly I only look for Ubuntu Touch compatible devices 😄

YaY for sd card support 🥳🥳🥳

Seems Sony in this gen of 5 series has done really comfortable product. I even think, I Will change my perfect Galaxy S9 on this one.