[Sony Xperia 5 V] djfuego:
The Legacy​

So coming from the legacy Xperia compact range and 5 Mk1 this felt like a mashup of the old with the new.

I see they retuned the dual fingerprint and power button which I like.

I can unlock through pressing the button or touching the button. Having warmed up to separate buttons I'm happy that efficiency has returned.

First Impressions​

The first thing I noticed is the weight. 18 additional grams doesn't sound heavy until you hold this sukka in your hand; there is a bit of heft to this phone and I wouldn't want to be on the receiving end of someone's anger with one.

My reason for getting this was the camera hardware which, without the software that comes with the phone would be average at best.

I have tested the camera with Open Camera and Pro Shot so far and can say that Sony have really done well with the software side of things. Its not until you read up on all the settings and start using the cam and vid settings in manual that you see the difference in quality.

You have all the filters and having run a 1 minuet 4k video test discovering I'm going to need way more storage after and wondering maybe now is the time to use those 10TB hard disks I've been putting off in my NAS.

Coupled with the 5G and wifi speeds its clear that the data transfer over network is more do-able than I would have thought. I have a capable router with an option to team dual 10GB network cards so that's not a problem.

Camera Quality​

As its only day two for me and I've only just started using the camera here are some easy on the eye shots.

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And closeups.

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I have recently become the owner of a gimble so may post some video or pictures with this as soon as I can get the hardware to play nice with the Sony Software. at the moment the only thing which works is the zoom function.

I'm yet to discover RAW mode; so until then I'll make do, but would like to use the full capabilities of the sensor.

Migration and Upgrade​

On initial migration (USB-C cable) of software onto the new handset. Sadly Sony's Album app crashed when I ran it, it just kept crashing so I uninstalled. A plus on the whole migration was that all apps I didn't want weren't copied across. The five consecutive system updates I had to run through before the phone was fully up to date seemed unnecessary to me.

Android 14​

Yeah this is going to take some getting used to. Just googling how to add the screenshot option to the power menu brough up the possibility of an app which I can't find probably because of lack of support on this version of Android 14. Clearly there are some good and not so good changes but I believe that the new version of android will help improve the user experience.

Battery​

So now comes the big thing. I've never had a phone with wireless charging integrated but have a desk lamp with built in wireless charger so I dumped the phone on this with cover on and it chirped and the charging led appeared on the desk lamp. Not only that; the time to charge was so much faster than the Mk 1. Already knowing how to prolong the life of the battery by not using the latest gen wifi and removing the android frilly effects and leaving the phone in stamina mode helps to keep the phone going for over a day.

Current thoughts​

Its a new handset and will be my daily driver. I have taken note that I could use this for work if I had another SIM which would mean more cash to splash but for now I'll stick with one. The only thing at the moment that triggers me is that I'm not prompted weather I want to allow access or not to the phone when I plug it in via USB. I'm not sure if this is a Development thing or not because I've been out of the modding loop for android since the days of the ZC5.

I haven't felt the need to root the last handset or this one because everything I need is currently available so. I'll keep this thread posted on discoveries as and when I chose to share.