We’ve been tracking this one since the launch. It’s the latest flagship from Sony and you can now go ahead and actually buy the thing.
SIM-free it’s £699 and available in black, blue and grey.
Taking a lot of the goodness from the Xperia 1, it’s a compact, stylish and sleek smartphone design. You can find out all about the Xperia 5 in our overview item here. It includes a 21:9 CinemaWide 6.1″ Full HD+ OLED screen with the Bravia cleverness, a triple lens camera with 12 megapixel sensors and the ability to sync to a PlayStation DualShock 4.
Powered by Android 9 Pie, it’s also available with EE on deals starting at £49 per month or £59 without an upfront fee on a 30GB monthly Essential Plan. If you get the phone before November 4th on that plan or above you’ll get either a PlayStation 4 Bundle and 12 months PlayStation Plus membership, or you can have a PlayStation VR Starter Pack. Your call. The PlayStation 4 bundle is worth £364 and the VR Starter pack is worth £259.99, so a ruddy good deal.
Head here for the EE deal or here to go to the Sony site and find out where else you can buy it.
Update – Vodafone have give us a nudge. They’re also selling it and they’ve got the FIFA 20 PS4 Bundle available if you get the handset from them. You can grab it on one of their new unlimited data plans with prices starting at £56 per month (£9 upfront cost). As usual, you can whack on Amazon Prime Video, Spotify Premium, NOW TV Entertainment Pass or Sky Sports Mobile TV for an extra fee.
Update – Sky Mobile will be adding the device to their range today. Prices start from £31 a month with 1GB of data or you can do £35 for 10GB on the Swap 24 plan. That’ll get you Unlimited Calls and Texts. Sky TV customers can also stream unlimited TV and movies through Sky apps, including Sky Go, Sky Sports and Sky Cinema, without using any data allowance.
Customers with Sky Mobile who choose the 10GB plan for can also secure a £180 saving with data at just £10 a month. There’s a range of tariffs including their biggest ever 50GB plan. Details can be found below..
| Sony Xperia 5 | ||
| Plan | Swap24 | Swap12 |
| Monthly cost for your phone with 10GB data allowance and Unlimited Calls & Texts | £35 per month
(£25 for phone, plus £10 for 10GB data package) |
£53 per month
(£43 for phone, plus £10 for 10GB data package)
Upfront cost: £0 |
| Lowest monthly price for the phone with 1GB data allowance and Unlimited Calls & Texts | £31 per month
(£25 for phone, plus £6 for 1GB data package) |
£49 per month
(£43 for phone, plus £6 for 1GB data package)
Upfront cost: £0 |
| What you get | Free Unlimited Calls & Texts for all customers
Unlimited streaming of all Sky Apps like Sky Go, Sky Kids, Sky Sports, Sky Cinema and more without using data for Sky TV customers |
Free Unlimited Calls & Texts for all customers
Unlimited streaming of all Sky Apps like Sky Go, Sky Kids, Sky Sports, Sky Cinema and more without using data for Sky TV customers |
| Delivery charges | £0 | £0 |