Sony’s Xperia M5 Is A “Super Mid-range” Phone With Hybrid AF and 21.5-megapixel Camera

A camera-centric phone from Sony

Aside from the humungous (and absolutely beautiful) C5 Ultra, Sony also launched their new “super mid-range” smartphone, the M5. The Xperia M5 has a smaller, 5-inch, full HD display and traditional side bezels, along with MediaTek’s Helio X10 octa-core processor, running at 2.0GHz.

Sony Xperia M5 specs

2.0GHz 64-bit MediaTek Helio X10 octa-core processor
3GB of RAM
5-inch, full HD display, 1920 x 1080 resolution
16GB of storage, expandable via microSD
21.5-megapixel rear camera with hybrid AF, F/2.2 aperture, flash
13-megapixel front facing camera
Dual-SIM
3G, LTE
WiFi, Bluetooth, GPS, A-GPS
Android 5.0 Lollipop
2600mAh battery

Aside from the new, beastly processor, the Xperia M5 is also touted as having a hybrid autofocus system that’s paired with a 21.5-megapixel rear camera, f/2.2 lens and the ability to shoot at ISO’s as high as 3200. The new AF system supposedly allows the Xperia M5 to focus in on subjects as just a quarter of a second. The camera of the M5 is also capable of 5x zoom without losing any quality, thanks to the Clear Image Zoom tech that’s in the phone.

Other specs of the M5 include water resistance, 3GB of RAM, 16GB of expandable storage and a 2600mAh battery that the company says can keep on trucking for two days on a single charge.