Leaks intimate that the Sony Xperia 5 V will represent a more important downgrade than we ’re used to seeing from the range .
As sure as night follows day , theSony Xperia 1 Vwill be followed up by the smaller , cheaper , but similarly capable Sony Xperia 5 V. Sony has been postdate this rule for years now , most recently with theSony Xperia 5 IV .
However , the next compendious flagship role model to come out from Sony HQ might represent something of a footstep back . An official - looking Sony Xperia 5 quintet merchandising video recording has leaked onRedditvia user JB2unique , and has since been uploaded to YouTube . It seem to show a equipment that whole lacks a telephoto camera .
Previous Xperia 5 model have tended to carry with them a standardised camera set - up to their Xperia 1 fully grown brother . This means a triple photographic camera system .
The two have started to diverge in recent class . Last year ’s Xperia 5 IV featured a fix telephoto camera that lacked the Xperia 1 IV ’s fluid ocular zoom system . Now , however , Sony appear to be run one fairly major footstep further in getting disembarrass of the telephoto camera altogether .
Reasons for this are a mystery , but it seems likely that Sony is either cutting price or saving distance – potentially both . If the remotion of this telephotograph camera leads to more than just a Mary Leontyne Price halt , as the Xperia 1 V has live this twelvemonth , and results in a full - on price cut of meat , then this might do to be construed as a net positive degree .
When it comes to saving space , the Xperia 1 V ’s primary tv camera sensing element is much bigger than before in this yr ’s model , which will inevitably pose a challenge to the more summary Xperia 5 V. Sony may be forced to vary with its step - down range in the name of large-minded photographic advance .
hypothesis aside , Sony ’s Xperia 1 and Xperia 5 smartphones are niche , pro - focused phone for picture taking and media enthusiasts . If it ’s go to be losing some of that sharpness in the Xperia 5 quint , it might be time for a second thought .
