Sony Xperia Z5 Compact Review

Sony Xperia Z5 Compact is an absolutely great device launched many years ago, with a very powerful 2000 megahertz Octa-Core CPU, a medium sized 4.6-inches capacitive display, and 2 cameras, a 23 mega-pixels back-facing camera and a 5 mega-pixels front-facing camera. But let's get into more detail.

This phone ships with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 MSM8994 system chip, packing an extremely powerful Octa-Core CPU ticking at 2 gigahertz with a large 2 GB RAM. Graphic calculations generally eats lots of CPU cycles, so it also has a 450 megahertz Adreno 430 GPU to take some work out of the processor. A good advantage of this device is its big 32 GB internal storage memory and a slot for an SD memory card, which allows the user to install tons of apps, games, pictures and videos without even thinking about filling it.

Sony didn't seem to put much effort to reduce weight in this 4.87 ounces phone. Talking about its design, this cellphone is mostly manufactured with Glass and Plastic. While this phone only has 5" long and 2.56" wide, it still manages to hold a 4.6" display. This device has an amazing design, with a thickness of just 0.35 inches. This device is offerred in a nice range of colors: black, pink, yellow and white.

Sony designed this phone with an awesome 4.6" screen, and a 1280 x 720 (HD) resolution, providing this device with a delightful graphic quality. Its screen uses IPS LCD capacitive technology, and is multi-touch enabled.

This cellphone counts with Wi-Fi connection (and it can be provided to other devices around, acting as a mobile hotspot), LTE-A 4G ultra fast connectivity and also HSPA+ data connection (a bit slower 4G type) and 3G fast connection type, over HSDPA, HSUPA and EDGE technologies. This phone uses a Nano SIM card for GSM carriers.

This cellphone is equipped with two cameras, a 23 MP back side camera and a 5 megapixels front side camera. Its back side camera has an aperture of f/1.8 so it can take clear photos even in poor lighting environments. This phone also films 4K 3840x2160 videos at 30 fps, and 1280x720 HD slow-motion videos up to 60 frames per second. This camera also features many cool characteristics like flash, fast burst mode, auto-focus, digital image stabilization, face detection shooting, geo tagging and smile detection shooting.

This device also features many cool features as Near Field Communication (NFC), Bluetooth (enables communication with other bluetooth devices, computers, and accessories), GPS Geolocation and FM Radio, and lots of sensors like Light Sensor, Proximity Sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Barometer and Compass.

This cellphone features an awesome 2700 mAh non-replaceable battery providing this cellphone an incredibly long battery life. Sony claims this cellphone has a 11.5 hs talk time and a 520 hours stand by time. An issue to take into consideration is that the Sony Xperia Z5 Compact's battery is non-removable so you won't be able to replace it when it starts to lose capacity, although with this big battery you will probably discard this phone before that becomes an issue.

Sony sells this phone for $ 425, which is quite expensive for a phone this level. No matter if you want it for work, will use it as a gaming device, are looking for a social device or are an amateur photographer, this cellphone is probably a good choice for you.