The Sony Xperia C5 Ultra is a mid-range Android

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. It serves as the successor to the Xperia C4. The phone was unveiled on 3 August 2015 alongside the Xperia M5. The key features of the phone is the twin 13

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rear & front camera and its near borderless 6.0 inch (152.4 mm) display with a width of 3 inches (79.6 mm).

Specifications

Hardware

The Sony Xperia C5 Ultra has a 6.0-inch IPS LCD display, an octa-core 1.7 GHz Cortex-A53 Mediatek MT6752 processor, 2 GBs of RAM and 16 GBs of internal storage that can be expanded using a microSD card of up to 256 GB. The phone has a 2930 mAh Li-Ion battery, 13 MP rear camera with an LED flash and 13 MP front-facing camera with auto-focus. It is available in Black, White and Mint colors.

Software

The Sony Xperia C5 Ultra launched with Android 5.0 Lollipop. In January 2016, Android 5.1 Lollipop was released for the device. Later, in September 2016,

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was released for the Xperia C5 Ultra.

Sales

The phone was first released on 14 August 2015 in

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. However, two days after its launch date, the phone's pre-sales were sold out in Hong Kong. The dual SIM version of the phone launched in India on 26 August.

References

External links

White Paper

Official Press Release

Official Website
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