Sony Xperia 5 III

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Full Specifications

• Network Technology: GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G

• Launch Announced: 2021, April 14 Status: Available. Released 2021, October 08

• Body Dimensions: 157 x 68 x 8.2 mm (6.18 x 2.68 x 0.32 in) Weight: 168 g (5.93 oz) Build: Glass front (Gorilla Glass 6), glass back (Gorilla Glass 6), aluminum frame SIM: Single SIM (Nano-SIM) or Hybrid Dual SIM (Nano-SIM, dual stand-by) - : IP65/IP68 dust/water resistant (up to 1.5m for 30 min)

• Display Type: OLED, 1B colors, 120Hz, HDR BT.2020 Size: 6.1 inches, 86.9 cm² (~81.4% screen-to-body ratio) Resolution: 1080 x 2520 pixels, 21:9 ratio (~449 ppi density) Protection: Corning Gorilla Glass 6

• Platform OS: Android 11, upgradable to Android 13 Chipset: Qualcomm SM8350 Snapdragon 888 5G (5 nm) CPU: Octa-core (1x2.84 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3x2.42 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4x1.80 GHz Cortex-A55) GPU: Adreno 660

• Memory Card slot - microSDXC (uses shared SIM slot) Internal: 128GB 8GB RAM, 256GB 8GB RAM
• - : UFS 3.X

• Main Camera Triple: 12 MP, f/1.7, 24mm (wide), 1/1.7", 1.8µm, Dual Pixel PDAF, OIS
  12 MP, f/2.3, 70mm (telephoto), f/2.8, 105mm (telephoto), 1/2.9", Dual Pixel PDAF, 3x/4.4x optical zoom, OIS
  12 MP, f/2.2, 124˚, 16mm (ultrawide), 1/2.6", Dual Pixel PDAF Features: Zeiss optics, Zeiss T* lens coating, LED flash, panorama, HDR, eye tracking Video: 4K@24/25/30/60/120fps HDR, 1080p@30/60/120fps; 5-axis gyro-EIS, OIS

• Selfie camera Single: 8 MP, f/2.0, 24mm (wide), 1/4", 1.12µm Features: HDR Video: 1080p@30fps, 5-axis gyro-EIS

• Sound Loudspeaker : Yes, with stereo speakers 3.5mm jack : Yes
• - : 24-bit/192kHz audio
  Dynamic vibration system

• Comms WLAN: Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA Bluetooth: 5.2, A2DP, aptX HD, LE Positioning: GPS (L1+L5), GLONASS, BDS, GALILEO, QZSS NFC: Yes Radio: No USB: USB Type-C 3.1, OTG, video output

• Features Sensors: Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass, color spectrum
• - : Native Sony Alpha camera support

• Battery Type: Li-Po 4500 mAh, non-removable Charging: Wired, PD, 50% in 30 min (advertised)

• Misc Colors: Black, Green, Pink Models: XQBQ62/G, XQBQ52G.UKCX, XQBQ52B.UKCX, XQ-BQ52, XQ-BQ72, XQ-BQ42, XQ-BQ62 Price: € 374.70 / $ 499.99 / £ 395.00

• Tests Performance: AnTuTu: 708394 (v9)
  GeekBench: 3549 (v5.1)
  GFXBench: 53fps (ES 3.1 onscreen)
• Display: Contrast ratio: Infinite (nominal)
• Camera: Photo / Video
• Loudspeaker: -26.7 LUFS (Good)
• Battery (old):
  Endurance rating 100h

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