Sony Xperia 5 V

Sony's latest smartphone continues its trend of AV excellence

Smartphone | £849 | whf.cm/Xperia5_V

We are reluctant to call the Xperia 5 V a mid-range phone, because its price and feature set are on par with most flagship models. However, it is literally in the middle of the current Sony range, meaning it isn’t quite as high spec as the Xperia 1, but it’s got more to offer than the Xperia 10 V.

That being said, it shares a lot of screen specifications with its smaller and cheaper sibling. Identically to the 10 V, it uses an OLED panel, with a resolution of 1080 x 2520 and pixel density of 449ppi. It does feature a higher refresh rate, at 120Hz, and it has access to Sony’s excellent Creator Mode screen setting which uses image processing and colour tuning to allow for content with “faithful reproduction of the creator’s intended vision”. The display also supports HDR via the HDR10 standard.

There are front-facing stereo speakers, hi-res wired audio and Bluetooth 5.3 audio codecs including A2DP, LE Audio, aptX HD and aptX Adaptive, as well as Dolby Atmos and Sony 360 Reality Audio immersive audio formats.