Sony Xperia M5 Dual

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Design

Looking at the exterior of the Sony Xperia M5 Dual has many similarities and luxury with the Sony Xperia Z3. However, until you hold the machine in hand and watch closely, you will easily notice that the machine has many differences and not just a compact version of the Sony Xperia Z3.

The Sony Xperia M5 Dual has three color versions distributed in the market: Black, White and Yellow.

This handset is generally designed with the familiar flat style that has made the Sony brand from the Xperia Z series so far. The machine is made with very good quality and looks a lot more sharp compared to the Sony Xperia M4 Aqua. The Sony Xperia M5 is still covered by two tough, scratch-resistant glass surfaces on both the front and back of the body as we’ve seen in previous high-end Xperia. The frame around the machine is made of metal and is reinforced at four corners to maximize machine protection, limiting the possibility of damage in the event of a collision or dropping. There is a slight knob on both the front and back sides to increase the possibility of scratching resistant the glass.

The physical keys of the machine are still in the familiar position of the Sony. On the right are the power key, volume key and camera capture keys. On the left side there is a slot supporting 2 nano sim and a slot for microSD memory card, both slots have a protective cover. The microUSB speaker and port are located on the bottom edge of the phone like the Sony Xperia Z3.

The Sony Xperia M5 Dual is a 145x72x7.6mm machine that is relatively thin, but the handle is still fit, but the back is still grip sweat and fingerprints.

Just like the Sony Xperia Z3 and Sony Xperia M4 Aqua, the Xperia M5 Dual is also equipped with IP68 protection against water and dust, with the ability to withstand 1.5 meters of water and up to 30 minutes. Ensure user is able to wash the phone when it is dirty or use the machine in the rain and still be safe. However, Sony does not encourage users to soak and use the machine in the water.

Screen

The Xperia M5 Dual has a 5″ Full HD IPS display with 1920 x 1080p resolution that owns a pixel density of up to 441ppi.

The display quality is very good but if in this price range that compared to the screen of the Samsung Galaxy A8 is somewhat not equal. The colors on the screen are displayed accurately and crisply but appear to be slightly lacking in brightness despite having three color screen customizations that help improve the situation. Therefore, the display of the screen in the daylight may not be what you like.

In particular, Mobile Bravia Engine 2 to enhance image quality when shooting or video, images are more vivid. If you’re watching a movie or watching a photo, you can activate the Super-vivid Mode, which will give you brighter, clearer and more vibrant colors. In addition, the Xperia M5 also supports mode using gloves.

Software

The Xperia M5 Dual running on Android 5.0 lollipop was customized by Sony’s own user interface. The Xperia UI with features has always been consistent and consistent across versions in the same machine as HTC’s Sense UI. So the transition you use between the different Xperia phone is always familiar.

Machine interface is designed simple and friendly close to the original android. Still the familiar features like pull down notification bar and quick setup menu. Along with that, a panel containing an “app-switcher” is like a small application menu that helps you customize shortcut settings and quick access to applications.

Performance

The machine is equipped with 8GB MediaTek MT6795 Helio X10 core processor, PowerVR G6200 GPU and 3GB RAM. This is a pretty hardware with a medium price, but compared with the Meizu MX5 configuration is almost identical to the M5 dual, but the price is much cheaper. However, this is a product of Sony. So it’s still worth a bit more.

On trial, MediaTek’s Helio X10 processors are among the most powerful at this time in the mobile phone market. Application management on the machine very well to help run fast, smooth and stable. Multitasking works smoothly and does not have any problems.

However, your GPU is not too high so it may not work as well for heavy-duty tasks. For example, the machine works well for basic games like the Candy Crush Saga, but for games that consume a lot of GPU resources such as Asphalt 8 or Modern Combat 5, the machine has recorded occasional lag phenomenon.

Through use can see the machine is running hot and easy to generate heat even when just turned on and started to use. However, not too worried because the cooler goes very quickly when it comes back to standby and if the condition of the machine is overheating, this is a phone with Water resistance!

The Xperia M5 Dual comes with 16GB of internal memory, of which around 10.89GB is available for use. The device supports expandable memory up to 200GB via the micro-SD card slot.

The loudspeaker of the machine gives the sound quality quite remarkable when only from a single speaker located on the lower edge. The volume is not too loud and noisy, but if you are an expert in sound quality you might not like the M5 Dual speaker if you hear the speakerphone quality “BoomSound” of the HTC One M9 or HTC One E9.

The quality of the voice calls of the machine is stable, healthy waves do not have any problems. The Xperia M5 Dual has 4G LTE support on both sims.

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Camera

This is the first mid-range smartphone Sony equipped with main camera with a resolution of more than 21MPx equivalent to the high-end Z series. Front camera from 5MPx compared to previous life is also pushed Sony up to 13MPx. In terms of parameters, the front and back camera of the Xperia M5 in the form of great in the segment.

The most noticeable advantage of the M5’s main camera is its faster focus and shooting speed than many other Xperia models, including some high end models such as the Z1 or Z2. The new technology applied by Sony is called Hybrid Focus – dual focus. Actually, in good light conditions, the camera’s ability to focus is very fast and responsive, effective immediately after touching the focus point on the screen. However, in low light conditions, the camera still encounters a wrong focus.

As the largest camera sensor manufacturer in the world, not many of Sony’s smartphones show excellence in photography. The Xperia M5 also falls into this category when the specs are high, but the quality of the new shoots of the main camera is just as good, though much better than the M4.

Color, contrast, and dynamic contrast ratio are okay. But photographs often encounter blurry phenomena at the edge of the image. Just a little lack of light, the Xperia M5 has shown that image processing ability is not effective when it reduces detail.

Sony still invests heavily in extended shooting modes, turning smartphones into compact handheld cameras. However, the company does not push into the Manual Image Capture feature, which is new to many high-end and mid-range smartphones today.

On the M5, users can only intervene in three main parameters: white balance WB, light compensation (/ -EV) or ISO setting from 100 to 3,200. This is limited compared to the new mid-range smartphones such as Oppo R7 Lite, Lenovo Vibe Shot or HTC One M8 Eye. Features on the camera of the Xperia M5 is 5x Clear Image Zoom, when shooting can zoom up to 5 times but does not reduce the quality of the picture.

But the most prominent feature of the Xperia M5 is the very good selfie front camera. Resolution up to 13 megapixels gives a very sharp image compared to the conventional front camera on other smartphones. Many features, fun and fun shooting is also integrated into Sony. One feature scored on Sony’s midrange model is the ability to record 4K video.

Battery life

Xperia M5 Dual owns quite good battery life, with 2600mAh. I tested it on the device with two hours of 1080p video playback, one hour of music playback, half an hour of highly configurable gaming, and over an hour of 3G web browsing, photo backup and voice calling. Continuously about 3 hour 30 minutes. However, you can prolong the battery life of the day, by manually activating the save power mode, optimizing the system in the settings.