Sony Xperia 5 hands-on: The smaller tall one

here at Aoife 2019 in Berlin Sony just unveiled the Xperia v a smaller version of the Xperia 1 reviewed earlier in the year with the same extra tool 21 by 9 aspect ratio it serves as a spiritual successor to the Xperia Compact series

With Sony's familiar squared off metal and glass design and a 6.1 inch OLED HDR display topping out at Full HD plus resolution Sony's fine-tuned that cinema wide display with the same private technology used on its TVs for improved

Contrast and color reproduction aside from its size the Xperia v looks almost identical to the Xperia 1 there's the same side mounted fingerprint sensor and buttons along the right hand side including the two-stage physical shutter

Key the biggest visual difference is that the cameras that would move from the center to the left-hand side of the phone but it's the same triple-n systems before with 12 megapixel wide ultra wide and telephoto cameras at your disposal

Sony is also including its cinema pro app on the Xperia v which gives you plentiful manual controls for shooting video including the option to change your frame rate and resolution as well as apply different color grades to your

Footage inside you get the same snapdragon 855 chipset as the Xperia one plus 6 gigs of RAM and 128 gigs of storage there's still no headphone jack but the Xperia v features Dolby Atmos sound for its built-in speakers it's

Also ip68 water-resistant and supports 18 watt fast charging for its 31:40 milliamp hour battery one of the few new features the Xperia v brings to the table is called smart connectivity which analyzes Wi-Fi signals to predict near

Future connectivity issues and automatically switches to LTE while the Xperia v doesn't look much smaller than the Xperia one on camera it feels quite a bit more manageable in the hand and the tall narrow form factor works much

Better in this size the lower resolution should also make for better battery life and the Xperia v does even support Sony's dual shot PlayStation 4 controllers for mobile gaming the Xperia v is just about ready to go up for

Pre-order and is slated to go on sale starting October 4th for 799 euros putting it somewhere between the 1 + 7 Pro and the Galaxy S 10 it is a bit steep but if you're a fan of the Xperia wants a form factor and want something

It's a little bit easier to handle the Xperia v could be well worth checking out that's it for now stay tuned subscribe for more from me for 2019 here in Berlin thanks for watching and I'll see you next time