Xperia Z5 review: The 2015 Xperia — a 23 MP camera and a side fingerprint reader.
A 2015 Xperia — strong camera, hot chip.
The Xperia Z5 paired a high-res 23 MP camera and IP68 with the troublesome Snapdragon 810. A legacy device today.
01Display
58/10058/100 is one of the weaker display results among flagship phones of 2015 — 16 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
02Camera
54/10054/100 is one of the weaker camera results among flagship phones of 2015 — 13 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
03Performance
38/10038/100 is one of the weaker performance results among flagship phones of 2015 — 26 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
04Battery
50/10050/100 is one of the weaker battery results among flagship phones of 2015 — 16 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
05Build
70/10070/100 trails the 72-point cohort average for flagship phones of 2015.
06Value
44/10044/100 is one of the weaker value results among flagship phones of 2015 — 14 points under the average. Check the rows below before buying for this.
- High-resolution 23 MP camera for 2015.
- IP68 water resistance and a side fingerprint reader.
- Front-firing stereo speakers.
- Compact, well-built body.
- Snapdragon 810 ran hot.
- microUSB; small 2,900 mAh battery.
- Software ended at Android 7.
- Discontinued.
How this review is built: every section score, spec row and comparison on this page comes from SpecEagle's tracked catalogue — scores weight measured specs against the 100-phone cohort of flagship devices released around the same time. We don't publish invented lab anecdotes. Spot an error? .