Sony Xperia E5 vs Sony Xperia 5 III Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
May 31, 2016	Apr 14, 2021

Design

Dimensions
5.65 x 2.73 x 0.31 inches 143.6 x 69.45 x 7.99 mm	6.18 x 2.68 x 0.32 inches 157 x 68 x 8.2 mm
Weight
5.19 oz (147.0 g)	5.96 oz (169.0 g)
Materials
	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 6) Frame: Metal
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP65/68
Biometrics
	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Camera shutter, Lock/Unlock key, Other
Colors
Black, White	Black, Green, Pink

Display

Size
5.0-inch, 69.26% screen-to-body	6.1-inch, 81.34% screen-to-body
Type
	OLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
1280x720px, 294 PPI	2520x1080px, 21:9 ratio, 449 PPI
Colors
16 777 216
Protection
	Corning Gorilla Glass 6

Hardware

System chip
MediaTek MT6735	Snapdragon 888 SM8350 (5 nm)
Processor
Quad-core 1300 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core Kryo 680
GPU
Mali-T720 MP2	Adreno 660
Memory
1.5GB (LPDDR3)/16GB	8GB (LPDDR4)/256GB (UFS)
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 200 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (6.0 Marshmallow)	Android (13, 12, 11)

Battery

Type
2300 mAh	4500 mAh
Charging
	USB Power Delivery

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Battery Life Estimate

Untested

Browsing

Untested

Video

Untested

Gaming

Untested

Battery Life Estimate

6h 22min

Browsing

10h 16min

Video

11h 26min

Gaming

9h 55min

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Camera

Rear
Single camera	Triple camera
Main camera
13 MP (Autofocus)	12 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 1.8 μm
Second camera
	12 MP (Ultra-wide, PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal Length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/2.5"
Third camera
	12 MP (Telephoto, OIS, PDAF) Optical zoom: 3.0x Aperture size: F2.3 Focal Length: 70 mm Sensor size: 1/2.9"
Flash
LED	LED
Video recording
Yes Object tracking, Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (120 fps), 1080p (240 fps) OIS, HDR, Object tracking, Picture-taking during video recording, EIS
Front
5 MP	8 MP (HDR)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
4.1	5.2
WLAN
a,b,g,n,dual-band Hotspot, Wi-Fi Direct 802.11 a, b, g, n	b,g,n,ac,Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
microUSB, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Hall (for flip covers), Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, Tethering, Computer sync, OTA sync	NFC

Multimedia

Headphones
3.5mm jack	3.5mm jack
Speakers
Earpiece, Loudspeaker	Earpiece, Multiple speakers
Features
Album art cover, Background playback	Dolby Atmos, aptX, aptX-HD
Screen mirroring
Wireless screen share
Radio
FM

Cellular

5G Bands
	n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n28, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78, n79
4G (FDD) Bands
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20	1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 66
4G (TDD) Bands
	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46
3G Bands
5, 8, 2, 1	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 19
Data Speed
LTE Cat 4 (150/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 5.76 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSPA
Dual SIM
	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

Phone Features

Notifications
Haptic feedback, Music ringtones (MP3), Polyphonic ringtones, Vibration, Flight mode, Silent mode, Speakerphone
Other features
Voice dialing, Voice commands, Voice recording

Alternative variants

4G (FDD) Bands	12, 17, 28, 5, 4, 2, 7
3G Bands	5, 8, 4, 2, 1

Links

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