The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium is an
Android smartphone produced by
Sony
, commonly stylized as SONY, is a Japanese multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Minato, Tokyo, Japan. As a major technology company, it operates as one of the world's largest manufacturers of consumer and professional ...
. Part of the
Sony Xperia Z series
Sony Xperia Z series is a line of flagship Android (operating system), Android smartphones and tablet computer, tablets in the Sony Xperia series manufactured by Sony Mobile.
On February 25, 2016, Sony discontinued the Xperia Z series in favor o ...
, the device, at that point known by the
project code name
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"Satsuki", was unveiled along with the
Sony Xperia Z5
The Sony Xperia Z5 is an Android (operating system), Android smartphone produced by Sony Mobile Communications, Sony. Part of the Sony Xperia Z series, the device, at that point known by the project code name "Sumire", was unveiled along with t ...
and
Xperia Z5 Compact during a press conference at IFA 2015 on September 2, 2015. The device was first released in Taiwan on November 5, 2015, and was the first smartphone with
4K resolution
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.
The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium is an up-scaled version of the
Xperia Z5
The Sony Xperia Z5 is an Android smartphone produced by Sony. Part of the Sony Xperia Z series, the device, at that point known by the project code name "Sumire", was unveiled along with the Xperia Z5 Compact and Xperia Z5 Premium during a p ...
and is the first ever smartphone to feature a
4K display. Similarly to the Xperia Z5, the device also features a fingerprint reader and a 23
Megapixel
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In most digital display devices, pixels are the smal ...
camera with 0.03 seconds
Hybrid Autofocus
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that utilizes
phase detection autofocus
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.
Specifications
Unlike the Xperia Z5, the device features a
4K screen with the resolution of 3840×2160 pixels whilst still retaining 2 hours and 30 minutes of battery life.
Hardware
The Sony Xperia Z5 Premium has a 5.5-inch IPS LCD display, Octa-core (4x1.5 GHz Cortex-A53 & 4x2.0 GHz Cortex-A57)
Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor, 3 GB of RAM and 32 GB of internal storage that can be expanded using
microSD
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The standard was introduced in August 1999 by joint efforts between SanDis ...
cards up to 256 GB. The phone has a 3430 mAh Li-Ion battery, 23 MP rear camera with an LED flash and a 5.1 MP front-facing camera with auto-focus. It is available in Chrome, Black, Gold, Pink colors.
Software
The Xperia Z5 Premium is preinstalled with
Android 5.1 Lollipop with Sony's custom interface and software.
It also has been upgraded to run
Android 6.0 Marshmallow
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.
On August 23, 2016, Sony announced that the Xperia Z5 Premium would receive an upgrade to
Android 7.0 Nougat.
On February 16, 2017, Android 7.0 Nougat has been upgraded for the Sony Xperia Z5 Premium Dual Sim E6883. On June 28, 2017, it started to roll out the Android 7.1.1 Nougat firmware update.
Variants
References
External links
Official Press ReleaseOfficial WebsiteOfficial Whitepaper
Official Whitepaper (Dual SIM version)
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