Sony Xperia 5 III

Network
Technology
GSM / HSPA / LTE / 5G

2G bands
GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900 – SIM 1 & SIM 2 (dual-SIM model only)

3G bands
HSDPA 800 / 850 / 900 / 1700(AWS) / 1900 / 2100

4G bands
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 48, 66, 71 – USA

 
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 32, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66 – Europe

 
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28, 29, 34, 38, 39, 40, 41, 46, 66 – Asia

5G bands
1, 2, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 66, 71, 77, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 – USA

 
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 20, 28, 38, 40, 41, 77, 78 SA/NSA/Sub6 – Europe

 
1, 3, 5, 7, 8, 28, 38, 40, 41, 77, 78, 79 SA/NSA/Sub6 – Asia

Speed
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 (1×2.84 GHz Cortex-X1 & 3×2.42 GHz Cortex-A78 & 4×1.80 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), 1/4.0″, 1.12µm

Features
HDR

Video
1080p@30fps, 5-axis gyro-EIS

Sound
Loudspeaker
Yes, with stereo speakers

3.5mm jack
Yes

 24-bit/192kHz Hi-Res audio
Dynamic vibration system
Snapdragon Sound

Comms
WLAN
Wi-Fi 802.11 a/b/g/n/ac/6, dual-band, Wi-Fi Direct, DLNA

Bluetooth
5.2, A2DP, LE, aptX HD, aptX Adaptive

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, SO-53B

Price
$ 550.00 / £ 295.90 / € 280.90

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