Another Sony VS Sony match-up is expected on this comparison review, as the mid-ranger Sony Xperia M5 (priced at Php 23,390) takes on the light-weight powerhouse Sony Xperia Z5 Compact (priced at Php 29,990). Whom among these Sony devices will showcase better specs, price and features that will suit your taste.
Table of Contents
Design and build
The Xperia Z5 Compact covers up a very polycarbonated body plating and is really more focused on showing simplicity, while the Xperia M5 has a glass-like back cover, which is appealing. Both are carrying the IP 68 certification of Sony, which makes both devices water-resistant and dust-proof, while the Xperia Z5 Compact holds the upper hand in utility, with its fingerprint scanner, which is not available on the Xperia M5.
Which do you prefer? The simple and portable Z5 Compact or the classy M5? Share us your thoughts.
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Display and viewing
The Sony Xperia M5 sports a 5-inch IPS 1080p LCD display, while the Xperia Z5 is a smaller 4.6-inch 720p HD IPS Triluminos display. Quality-wise, both devices provided an excellent viewing experience, with their clear and bright display and accurately blended colours. Both devices support Sony’s Bravia display technology, which isn’t surprising as to why they are good in terms of colour accuracy, crisp and clear outputs.
If you prefer a more larger display, then the 5-incher Xperia M5 is sure to get you going, however, if portability is what you’re looking for, then the Xperia Z5 Compact is the perfect choice.
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Camera basic/quality/still image
The Sony Xperia Z5 Compact carries a 23MP rear shooter, with phase detection feature, while the mid-range Xperia M5 carries a slightly adjusted 21.2MP rears shooter, with phase detection focusing feature and fast focus capability.
Outputs on the Xperia M5 showcases an amazing blending of colour accuracy and clear and bright images, combined with a very fast focusing speed, while the Xperia Z5 Compact excels in the detail-preservation and natural outputs. For low light shooting, the Xperia M5’s showcases a very noisy and dark output, though it is capable of controlling noise, however, Xperia Z5 Compact’s night shooting is truly better, brightness-wise and output-wise.
Video-wise, they dish out very decent video outputs, pertaining a very excellent video shooter, which is made by Sony. Both devices shoot 4K UHD video.
What do you think of the Z5 Compact and the M5’s shooters? Choose what best fits your style.
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Performance and benchmark
The Xperia Z5 Compact is powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chip, while the Xperia M5 carries around a MediaTek Helio x10 octacore chip. For RAM and memory capacity, the Sony Xperia M5 carries an advantage in RAM, with its 3GB of RAM, while the Xperia Z5 has 2GB of RAM, while in terms of memory the 32GB internal storage of the Xperia Z5 is larger than the Xperia M5’s 16GB internal storage. Benchmark scores, show that the Xperia Z5 Compact showcases better ratings than the older Xperia M5.
AnTuTu
Baseamark OS II
- Sony Xperia Z5 Compact: 1281
- Sony Xperia M5: 880
Geekbench 3
- Sony Xperia Z5 Compact: scs:1346, mcs: 4025
- Sony Xperia M5: scs: 786, mcs: 2897
For microSD expandability capacity, it seems that the Xperia M5’s 200GB limit is much more something to look at, in comparison to the standard 128GB limit of the Xperia Z5 Compact.
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Battery life
Battery life of both Xperia phones were expected to showcase greatness and they did deliver. The Xperia Z5 Compact was able to showcase a decent 11 hours and 6 minutes upon continuous playing of a 2-hour movie, while the Xperia M5 lasted almost a whole day in video playing time. For charging speed, we were able to determine that the Xperia Z5 Compact holds a 2-hour and 15-minute battery charging time, for the Xperia M5, it delivered an almost similar charging time in that.
- Sony Xperia M5: 1 day, heavy use (continuous video playback)
- Sony Xperia Z5 Compact: 11 hours, 5 minutes (half a day of continuous video playback)
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Speaker
Both phones are relatively good on their audio outputs, however, it could be heard that the Xperia Z5 Compact showcased more louder music outputs, which should be a very vital thing. However, audio on the M5 was felt to be a bit balanced, despite being relatively lower in volume, in comparison the Xperia Z5 Compact.
What do you prefer? balanced tunes or pumped up volume? Both Xperia phones should deliver on their specific specialities.
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Price and verdict
Despite being the mid-ranger of this comparison, the Xperia M5 really stepped up its game, against the relatively newer flagship, the Xperia Z5 Compact, however, price-wise, the Xperia Z5 Compact, which is priced at Php 29,990 isn’t that far with the Xperia M5, which is priced at Php 23,390. So it’ll actually depend on your actual budget on what device you should purchase. If you want something more class and affordable, the Xperia M5 is for you, however, if you value portability than price and simplicity over style, then the Xperia Z5 Compact is a better choice.
Which phone would you want to have? Hit us up on the comments section and share your choice with us. Also, Check out this video comparison, wherein the Xperia Z5 Compact is starred in
| Specs/PH price |
Sony Xperia M5 specs, PH price, features |
Sony Xperia Z5 Compact, specs, PH price, features |
| Display | 5-inch IPS 1080p LCD display, Bravia engine, 441ppi | 4.6-inch 720p HD IPS Triluminos ,323ppi |
| Size | 7.6mm thickness, 142g weight | 8.9mm thickness, 138g weight |
| Color | Black, gold, white | Yellow, Pink, White, Black |
| Protection | scratch-resistant glass, IP68 water and dust resistant | Scratch resistant glass, triluminos display, X-reality engine |
| Chip | MediaTek Helio X10 octacore chipset | Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chip |
| Graphics | PowerVR G6200 GPU | Adreno 405 GPU |
| Processor | 8x 2.0GHz Cortex A54 processor | Quad-core 1.5GHz Cortex-A53 & quad-core 2GHz Cortex-A57 processor |
| Memory | 3GB RAM, 16GB internal, microSD card 200GB max | 2GB of RAM, 32GB of internal storage, microSD card up to 128GB |
| Main Shooter | 21.2MP AF, phase detection, fast focus, LED flash | 23MP rear shooter, phase detection autofocus, LED flash |
| Multimedia | 4K UHD video, HDR | 2160p video, 1080p video, 720p video, HDR |
| Front facing shooter | 13MP AF, 1080p video | 5.1MP, 1080p, HDR |
| Connectivity | WiFi ac, Bt 4.1, GPS, NFC, dual SIM 4G LTE, FM radio | Dual 4G LTE cat 6, WiFi ac, BT 4.1, FM Radio, GPS, GLONASS/Beidou, NFC |
| OS | Android 5.0 Lollipop update to 6.0 Marshmallow | Android 5.1 Lollipop upgradable to Android 6.0 Marshmallow |
| Software features | Xperia UI (close to stock Android experience) | Ok google, Android TV |
| Battery Capacity | 2600mAh battery | 2700mAh battery |
| Ports and charging | microUSB 2.0, MHL | microUSB v2.0 (MHL 3 TV-out), USB Host |
| Released date | September | October |
| Official price | P23,390 from Sony PH | Our unit bought from hotgadgets | Official PH price of Php 29,990 as of October 21 2015 |
| Where to buy | Lazada, Hotgadgets, Sony PH store and other Online stores or retail sellers | Official Sony PH stores or retail stores in the country, Online stores and grey markets. |
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