The Sony Xperia 5 II is an attractive Android phone with excellent build quality and capable cameras, but without 5G and wireless charging, it feels instantly out of date and not worth its high price.

If you cast your mind back a few years, Sony regularly released compact versions of its phones. It even gave them the name Compact, even though, at the time, phones weren't as big as they are now.

Sony smartphones are unique in that they combine the Japanese giant’s expertise in cameras with experience in screen technology and impressive handset hardware - that’s what makes them some of the ...

For the uninitiated, Sony’s variable focal length camera offers seamless optical zoom between 85mm and 125mm, removing the reliance on digital zoom between 3.5x and 5.2x. Not only does this improve ...

For a few years now, Sony’s been making premium, feature-rich, media-centric, flagship smartphones that incorporate technologies from its Alpha cameras, and target die-hard Sony customers. This niche ...

The Sony Xperia 5 V is a small phone that won't be for everyone on account of its elongated design. For those who love this specific scale, however, it's the stellar main camera, top-tier hardware, ...

If you're looking for an all-singing, dancing flagship with a big screen then the Sony Xperia 1 V is worth a look. You can expect a top-quality display, an advanced camera system, more than a whole ...

The Sony Xperia 5 V boots Android 13 skinned with the most recent version of the Xperia UI, which has a very stock Android feel, though there are in-house bits if you look deep enough. Starting with ...

Will was the Phones Editor at Android Police from August 2022 to May 2025, which usually meant his desk was covered in a dozen different smartphones at any given time. Prior to that, he was a news ...

Sony's Xperia 5 smartphone features flagship-level hardware and build quality, but falls short on a number of other key factors. Crisp OLED display. Excellent build quality. Solid voice calls.

The Sony Xperia 5 IV boots Android 12 skinned with the most recent version of the Xperia UI, which got a very stock Android feel, though there are in-house bits if you look deep enough. Starting with ...