Sony is once again iterating on its compact form factor smartphone with the ‚Mark 5‘ of the Sony Xperia 5, featuring new cameras and an updated processor.
Despite challenging market dynamics, Sony hasn’t given up on its smartphone business. In fact, the company has been launching new phones like clockwork for the past several years. Sony’s typical smartphone launch cycle includes two device launches in May, and another in September. This tradition continued in 2023 with the launch of its flagship device — the Xperia 1 V — as well as the mid-range Xperia 10 V.
In September, Sony typically refreshes the Xperia 5 series of compact smartphones, and is doing so this year with the announcement of the fifth generation Xperia 5 V, or „Xperia 5 Mark 5.“ While the naming convention is certainly unusual, Sony has avoided playing around with the design language of the Xperia 5 series for several generations now, and that remains true for the fifth-gen model as well.
