Sony Xperia 5 II

Disco_P · 28 Sep 2020 at 15:20

Squink said:
Sony haven't even revealed the price or preorder bundle (the presence of which is implied) on their UK site. Their preparation for release into a fairly major market is not excellent.

kona786 said:
950 USD

So I take it £900 as a guess.

£800 according to this GSM article though I don't knoe the source

https://www.gsmarena.com/here_are_the_sony_xperia_5_ii_prices_and_availability_dates-news-45338.php

superleeds27 · 28 Sep 2020 at 16:51

kona786 said:
950 USD

So I take it £900 as a guess.

Yeah I'm out then. Haha

Squink · 28 Sep 2020 at 16:57

I really like what Sony have done to bring a full-featured "compact" phone to the market, but the Galaxy S20 was also a full-featured compact phone as well, and that can be picked up for not much more than £500 (every so often) if you keep an eye out. Unfortunately one of the features of the S20 is Exynos and crap battery life, two issues the Sony does not suffer from. The S20 should have been what the Xperia 5 ii is now.

Disco_P · 28 Sep 2020 at 17:03

Squink said:
I really like what Sony have done to bring a full-featured "compact" phone to the market, but the Galaxy S20 was also a full-featured compact phone as well, and that can be picked up for not much more than £500 (every so often) if you keep an eye out. Unfortunately one of the features of the S20 is Exynos and crap battery life, two issues the Sony does not suffer from. The S20 should have been what the Xperia 5 ii is now.

And no headphone jack...

Squink · 28 Sep 2020 at 17:14

Disco_P said:
And no headphone jack...

There’s no wireless charging on the Xperia 5ii. A phone doesn’t need to have every feature available to be full featured

kona786 · 28 Sep 2020 at 17:49

Disco_P said:
£800 according to this GSM article though I don't knoe the source

https://www.gsmarena.com/here_are_the_sony_xperia_5_ii_prices_and_availability_dates-news-45338.php

£800 RRP sounds a heap more palatable. With promotions this could be a decent deal.

benparker · 28 Sep 2020 at 21:49

superleeds27 said:
Yeah I'm out then. Haha

It'll be £800. May come with goodies which you can flog off. Personally I may go for an import purely because of double the storage.

Disco_P · 29 Sep 2020 at 00:52

Squink said:
There’s no wireless charging on the Xperia 5ii. A phone doesn’t need to have every feature available to be full featured

It was more a comment about what you would lose if you went to s20. If it had one I might own an s20...

benparker · 30 Sep 2020 at 10:36

If only they priced this £700 or a little lower and released it in the next 2 weeks, it would give OnePlus 8T, S20E and base iPhone 12 some competition.

doodah · 30 Sep 2020 at 10:45

If they chuck in a pair of XM3s - that would be hard to resist....

Squink · 30 Sep 2020 at 10:48

doodah said:
If they chuck in a pair of XM3s - that would be hard to resist....

And it's still not up for preorder. Sometimes the mind boggles when it comes to corporate boobery.

doodah · 30 Sep 2020 at 10:52

What's the Sony Android experience like these days? Less bloaty than Samsung right? Not had a Sony since my Xperia S days.

superleeds27 · 30 Sep 2020 at 10:55

Looks like it's £799 with a free pair of Sony WH-H910N.

Shipping to start 19th October.

Squink · 30 Sep 2020 at 11:00

doodah said:
What's the Sony Android experience like these days?

Near stock I have read, without personally experiencing it myself.

EDIT - where're the preorder details? I can't find them on the Sony website.

superleeds27 · 30 Sep 2020 at 11:05

Squink said:
Near stock I have read, without personally experiencing it myself.

EDIT - where're the preorder details? I can't find them on the Sony website.

https://www.estorepartner.com/en-GB/dr_product/sony-xperia-5-ii/

Squink · 30 Sep 2020 at 11:09

superleeds27 said:
https://www.estorepartner.com/en-GB/dr_product/sony-xperia-5-ii/

Thanks. I am very tempted by this device - it has no obvious weaknesses (I don't need wireless charging) and it's only the tallness I don't like, which is probably not a viable reason to discount a product from my wishlist.

superleeds27 · 30 Sep 2020 at 11:12

Squink said:
Thanks. I am very tempted by this device - it has no obvious weaknesses (I don't need wireless charging) and it's only the tallness I don't like, which is probably not a viable reason to discount a product from my wishlist.

same here really. Sounds ridiculous but it's probably 10/15mm too tall. Prefer the compactness of the S10e/Pixel range

Squink · 30 Sep 2020 at 11:16

superleeds27 said:
same here really. Sounds ridiculous but it's probably 10/15mm too tall. Prefer the compactness of the S10e/Pixel range

I don't care if anyone thinks it's shallow, but if I'm paying for a premium product, I want it to look and feel good. That includes phones as well as everything else I buy.

benparker · 30 Sep 2020 at 19:15

superleeds27 said:
Looks like it's £799 with a free pair of Sony WH-H910N.

Shipping to start 19th October.

Any idea how much the headphones are worth?

superleeds27 · 30 Sep 2020 at 19:28

benparker said:
Any idea how much the headphones are worth?

Say they're worth £250. But going for £120-£160 on ebay