Sony Xperia L3 vs Sony Xperia 5 III Specs Comparison

Availability

Officially announced
Feb 25, 2019	Apr 14, 2021

Design

Dimensions
6.06 x 2.83 x 0.35 inches 154 x 72 x 8.9 mm	6.18 x 2.68 x 0.32 inches 157 x 68 x 8.2 mm
Weight
5.50 oz / 156.0 g	5.96 oz / 169.0 g
Materials
Back: Plastic	Back: Glass (Corning Gorilla Glass 6) Frame: Metal
Resistance
	Water, Dust; IP65/68
Biometrics
Fingerprint (touch)	2D Face unlock, Fingerprint (touch)
Keys
Right: Volume control, Lock/Unlock key	Right: Volume control, Camera shutter, Lock/Unlock key, Other
Colors
Black, Gold, Silver	Black, Green, Pink

Display

Size
5.7-inch, 75.78% screen-to-body	6.1-inch, 81.34% screen-to-body
Type
IPS LCD	OLED, 120Hz, HDR
Resolution
1440x720px, 18:9 ratio, 282 PPI	2520x1080px, 21:9 ratio, 449 PPI
Protection
Corning Gorilla Glass 5	Corning Gorilla Glass 6

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Bright Max (20% APL)
Untested	Untested
Bright Min
Untested	3.3 (Poor)

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Hardware

System chip
MediaTek Helio P22 MT6762 (12 nm)	Snapdragon 888 SM8350 (5 nm)
Processor
Octa-core 2000 MHz ARM Cortex-A53	Octa-core 2840 MHz Kryo 680
GPU
IMG PowerVR GE8320	Adreno 660
Memory
3GB/32GB	8GB (LPDDR4)/256GB (UFS)
Storage expansion
microSDXC up to 512 GB	microSDXC up to 1024 GB
OS
Android (8.1 Oreo)	Android (13, 12, 11)

Battery

Type
3300 mAh, Li - Polymer	4500 mAh
Charging
USB Power Delivery	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
Dual camera	Triple camera
Main camera
13 MP (PDAF) Aperture size: F2.2 Focal length: 26 mm Sensor size: 1/3" Pixel size: 1.12 μm	12 MP (OIS, PDAF) Aperture size: F1.7 Focal length: 24 mm Sensor size: 1/1.7" Pixel size: 1.8 μm
Second camera
2 MP (Depth information) Aperture size: F2.4 Sensor size: 1/5" Pixel size: 1.75 μm	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
1080p Video calling, Video sharing	4K UHD (120 fps), 1080p (240 fps) OIS, HDR, Object tracking, Picture-taking during video recording, EIS
Front
8 MP Video capture: 1080p	8 MP (HDR)

Connectivity & Features

Bluetooth
5.0	5.2
WLAN
dual-band Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 a, b, g, n	Wi-Fi 6 Wi-Fi Direct, Hotspot 802.11 b, g, n, ac, ax
USB
Type-C, USB 2.0	Type-C, USB 3.1
Sensors
Accelerometer, Compass, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor	Accelerometer, Gyroscope, Ambient light sensor, Proximity sensor
Location
GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning	GPS, A-GPS, Glonass, Galileo, BeiDou, QZSS, Cell ID, Wi-Fi positioning
Other
NFC, VoIP, 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
LTE 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
TDD Bands
38	34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46
3G Bands
1, 2, 5, 8	1, 2, 4, 5, 6, 8, 19
Data Speed
LTE-A Cat 6 (300/50 Mbit/s), HSDPA+ (4G) 42.2 Mbit/s, HSUPA 11 Mbit/s	LTE-A, HSPA
Dual SIM
Yes	Yes
SIM type
Nano SIM	Nano SIM

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