Xperia 5 II vs Pixel 5 - would YOU pay more for the Xperia 5 II? By sony365

Okay in this video we are going to compare the Google Pixel 5, which is just around the corner. I'm running off some uh leaked specs here um and the Xperia 5 mark ii, but rather than just being a straight up, specs comparison, and then you know debate about which one is best for you. I want to focus on the price difference, and in doing that, I want to tackle this whole issue. Furthermore, I keep seeing come up over and over again with tech journalists, which is that um Xperia products are just too damned expensive. Furthermore, I want to analyze that in proper detail, the price difference is basically 250 dollars. If the rumors are correct between these two phones, I want to look at the difference that you're getting in the product for 250 dollars and then at the end, I'm going to give you my opinion.

If the rumors are true here with the um Google Pixel 5 leaks, if it's worth paying the extra 250 so stick around, and we're going to find out what I will say is that 250 dollars, if you hold on to the phone for long enough for three years, that is I've done some math bear with me here. That's 83 a year more that you're paying for the uh, the Xperia that's 6.94 a month, that's 23 cents a day. So the question is: is the Xperia 5 mark ii worth an extra 23 cents a day? Let's find out now don't worry! I will get the actual phones in the studio very soon, and I'll give you proper comparison. Videos with these two phones and the iPhone make sure you're subbed by the way, because I hit the notification bell because we're doing those videos in Miami on the rooftops of Miami with the iPhones that's going to be a lot of fun um, but it does kind of wind me up even publications like the verge. What I wrote this down because it annoyed me they in talking about the five mark ii.

They referred to the Xperia one mark ii in their opening gambit as very tall and weirdly expensive. Is that fair? I mean that I don't know if they would talk that disrespectfully about an apple product I mean. Maybe they would. I don't know, but did you see what I mean about this kind of whole thing about opera, getting a load of grief, uh, the other thing tech radar um, they said the Xperia one mark ii had a confusing name. Is it really that confusing? I don't know.

I've said this before in videos. Sometimes I feel like um Xperia as a brand gets kind of bashed around a bit by some of these heavyweight tech channels and publications. So in this video we're going to look at this, the Xperia 5 mark ii, we know is 949 in the USA, and we suspect, based on the rumors here, which we're going to get into now with the pixel 5 is going to be about 699. So the question is, and we're going to answer this question: is it worth an extra 250 dollars and if it is, why what's doing it for you and what isn't so hot about the Xperia 5 mark ii? That may make you back for the pixel, which is absolutely great. You know I mean I love pixel phones, okay, so flagship pixels always get the latest Qualcomm 800 series, processor right, well, kind of yeah, but not anymore, because here with the pixel 5, it seems we're getting the mid-range uh positively mid-range snapdragon 765g.

I guess that must be to keep the costs down, and it would do presumably that's why it's 250 bucks cheaper. The Xperia 5 mark ii, on the other hand, gets the full beans 865 snapdragon um, both of these phones 128 gigs of ram, although only the Xperia 5 mark ii has the SD card slot as well, which I mean, that's really handy, isn't it um both of them have eight gigs of ram as well. Interestingly, battery wise uh they're, both um pretty much well four thousand William hours. The pixel is ever so slightly more four thousand and eighty um, but yeah. Essentially that's the same so, so far.

There's that very clear difference there with the chipset. So let's look at the camera tech here now we know what we're dealing with on the five mark ii. So I'm going to start with that. You know because we know for sure it's the same triple camera setup on the back 12 megapixels across the board. The main difference is we're not getting the time of flight sensor, which, of course, we do have on the one mark ii um.

It's great camera tech, especially if you want to get into manual mode, and we've really gone into that in huge detail on the one mark ii, very different approach, of course, to the Google Pixel 5 or the pixel approach in general, which is all about um amazing uh, wizardry that they can do to make the image just in automatic mode look fantastic, if not necessarily very natural and so on. The pixel we're looking at a dual camera setup. There 12.2 megapixel primary 16, megapixel wide angle, and both phones here are going to get the 8 megapixel front-facing camera. However, I got to say I really wasn't a fan, I'm still not a fan of the 8-megapixel front-facing camera on the Xperia 1 mark ii. That was pants uh.

You know I've got to tell it like it is, although I'm a Xperia fan, I'm also a pixel fan, and it's really important that I tell you as exactly as I feel what I love and don't like what I hate in fact about some aspects of any phone: okay, so including the pixel uh front-facing camera on the Xperia 1.2. It's not very good. So, let's talk about video recording on these two. It looks as though 4k uh recording up to 60 frames per second is what we're going to be dealing with on the pixel 5. Great.

But what's amazing, though, is 120 frames per seconds in 4k HDR on the Xperia 5 mark ii? Now that's really worth getting excited about. So that gives you an idea as to how these two are. Looking like they're going to stack up here with the camera tech and now, let's move on to the display, so the pixel 5 then on the display here, we're looking at a 6-inch display gorilla glass, six here, um OLED, of course, HDR. It looks really, really cool, especially when you factor in the 90 hertz uh, very smooth refresh rate. I mean what could possibly be better than that well 120, hertz, refresh rate over on the Xperia 5 mark ii.

That's better again. Another beautiful OLED display 6.1 inch, of course 21x9 with the Sony, which is not everyone's cup of tea, but I really love it now. On the battery front, I've already said that they're both about 4 000 million pounds, but the key difference- and this is the first major hit to the Xperia 5 mark ii here- is you- do get wireless charging we think on the Google Pixel 5, even reverse wireless charging um? How much of a big deal is that well, looking at the comments here, I can see that it's a pretty big deal for a lot of people. I'm a bit worried about that from Sony's perspective, I'd love to know what you think in the comments section below, but again it's a key difference. So let's just talk about the build here.

For a second I mean it looks as though both of these phones are going to be ip68, metal and glass. I already mentioned gorilla glass, 6. , 163 grams for the Xperia 5 mark ii, 151 grams. We think for the pixel 5. There is no headphone jack, of course, on the pixel 5 and that's going to put some people off.

There aren't many flagships or even any phones. You know in general, left with the uh the 3.5 mil headphone jack, but we do of course get that on the 5 mark ii um. So let's look at 5g they're, both 5g handsets but again, just like with the Xperia 1 mark to 5g in the USA. It's not happening and that's going to put again some people off. I do think that's a real pity.

I know um. Our American viewers here find that troublesome in terms of future proofing, if nothing else, and I'm with them a hundred percent on that um, both of them type c, of course, android 11 on the Google Pixel 5, which is great well, we think so. We think it will be the first to launch with android 11. Um, and let's talk about the software experience, because actually we know some things: don't we about Xperia now their flagships are going to get three OS updates. We think and much better security patch updates, all that kind of stuff um.

It isn't quite going to be up there. We don't think with Google for obvious reasons, but it gets us very close. The other thing, of course, is that opera's now are much more stock, android experiences, which makes it easier to keep these updates happening at such a fast pace. So really on that side of things, not a huge amount of difference. I think it's fair to say now we're going to move into the conclusion and ask that dreaded question: is it worth paying the extra 23 cents a day for the Xperia 5 market? So, where the Xperia 5 mark ii beats, the pixel 5, I would say, is for gaming just because the sheer power and the hold on the second one look at my notes here: 230 240, hertz touch scanning rate.

Look, I'm not a gamer! I'm just not, and I'm not going to pretend that I am. But if you are, that's going to be your choice, isn't it because you know it's going to be better um, more powerful, 865 snapdragons, more exclusive? Potentially I mean the pixel 5 isn't going to sell in crazy, crazy, high numbers, but I think it's fair to say the Xperia 5 mark ii is just a little more unusual, of course, um, which I quite like having a more unusual device. You know than a mainstream one, but it's also got that unique approach with the pro modes there um that Sony has when it comes to photography. I get a kick out of that. I have enormous respect for what the pixel 5 does when it comes to all that amazing uh kind of AI and all that stuff.

But it's a different approach, um. What else does it have SD card support, um and the headphone jack? That's where it wins. Is it worth the extra 23 cents a day, though, over three years, hmm pixel 5 wireless charging, 5g works in the USA, you're saving 23 cents a day over three years, so they're the differences. I've mentioned the whole 23 cents a day thing way too much, and I've probably tested your patience with that. But you get my point right.

Is it really worth shelling out the extra 250 for the opera? Well, I haven't got both of these phones yet because no one has, but when I do, which is soon, I will give you my definitive verdict. But what I will say is this: it's potentially worth 23 cents a day extra over three years, and it doesn't seem crazy. So that's why I wanted to challenge all of these other large uh sort of multinational tech brands that keep bashing Xperia pricing. I don't think it's crazy. Is it maybe a little more yeah, but I mean it's a more exclusive product and there's a lot of value attached to the quality of the product.

In maybe ways that are missed by other manufacturers. I just wanted to get that off my chest here at BTX. We are interested highly, highly interested in justice as much as we are in mobile tech. That's a little pompous anyway. Let's wrap up on that note.

Thank you so much for watching. I hope we will see you next time. You.

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