Sony announces Xperia M5: the first smartphone with focus hybrid

Last updated Nov 30, 2018 454

During the last few hours, as announced last week, Sony has revamped its range smartphone by entering a list two new mid-range devices. It’s Xperia M5 and Xperia C5 Ultra.

As announced last week during the last few hours the technology giant Sony has officially announced two new members of its range smartphone, issue of Xperia M5 and Xperia C5, both belonging to the mid-market but placed on different price points. Xperia M5 is of the two that of the highest level and is characterized by a design very similar to that of high-end devices Xperia series, as well as for a card interesting technique.

Under the shell of this smartphone are a 5-inch display with Full HD resolution, or 1,920 x 1,080 pixels as well as a processors MediaTek MT6795 octa-core 2 GHz operating frequency, at least on paper can provide excellent performance. It is a series processor Helio Chinese producer and we expect a more noble behavior aligned to smartphones that bring with them.

The 3 GB of RAM are on board this M5 also offers 16 GB of memory dedicated to storage, of course expandable through microSD memory cards. The battery hidden in the body is not removable waterproof and offers a capacity of 2,600 mAh. Xperia M5 is equipped with the Android operating system in its version 5.0 Lollipop, personalized with the user interface proprietary Sony, Xperia UI.

But, we come to the highlight of this smartphone, or the camera. On the back of a module that offers a resolution of 21 megapixels and a lens with f / 2.2. For the first time on board a smartphone then we find a system of focus hybrid capable of operating in 250 milliseconds. Surprisingly, also the front end, with a resolution of no less than 13 megapixels.

Sony Xperia M5 Specifications :

OS: Android 5.0 Lollipop
Screen: 5in Full-HD IPS 1,920 x 1,080 pixels
Processor: 2.0 GHz MediaTek Helio X10 with 64-bit octa-core
RAM: 3GB
Storage: 16 GB, with up to 200 GB via microSD card
Cameras: 21.5Mp rear and 13Mp front
Video Capture: FHD 1080p
Battery: 2,600 mAh
Dimensions: 145 x 72 x 7.6 mm
Weight: 42.5g (SS) and 42.6 (DS)
SIM: Micro-SIM
Bluetooth 4.1
NFC, GPS

Sony Xperia M5 will be certified IP68 despite the microUSB is not covered by any door. As for the price of the solution and its availability in our country we have to wait some time, but according to initial rumors could be placed in the neighborhood of $395.