Sony Xperia Z5 with Snapdragon 810, Fingerprint sensor announced

Sony Mobile has officially unveiled the newest member of its flagship Z series in the form of the Xperia Z5 (E6603, E6633, E6653, E6683). The key differences in Sony’s latest flagship is the inclusion of a fingerprint sensor, located on the side of the phone, along with a 23MP Exmor RS rear camera capable of 0.03 second autofocus.

The Sony Xperia Z5 will feature a 5.2-inch 1080 x 1920 resolution IPS display and be powered by the Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 chipset (2.0 GHz octa-core processor and Adreno 430 GPU). Other specs include 32GB internal storage, 3GB RAM, Bluetooth 4.1 and NFC.

It has a 23-megapixel rear camera with 1/2.3″ Sony Exmor RS image sensor, f/2.0 aperture, Sony G lens, Hybrid AF speed of 0.03s, 5x clear image zoom without loss of quality, 4K video recording and a 5.1-megapixel 1080p front-facing camera with EXMOR R sensor. It has IPX5 / IPX8 ratings for dust and water resistance with capless USB. It also has Sony’s LDAC audio compression codec that promises high-quality wireless music playback and high-quality music experience. It has frosted glass on the back and the Xperia logo is engraved on the side.

5.2-inch (1920 x 1080 pixels) Triluminos Display
Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 810 processor with Adreno 430 GPU
3GB RAM, 16GB internal memory, expandable memory up to 200GB via microSD card
Android 5.1 (Lollipop)
23MP rear camera with Exmos RS sensor, 1/2.3″ sensor, f/2.0 sensor, G lens, 4K video recording
5.1MP front-facing camera with Exmor R sensor, 25mm wide-angle lens
IPX5 / IPX8 rating for dust and water resistance
Fingerprint sensor
Sony DSEE HX audio technology, LDAC codec
3.5mm audio jack, FM Radio with RDS
4G LTE / 3G HSPA+, WiFi 802.11a / b / g / n / ac (2.4GHz / 5GHz) MIMO, Bluetooth 4.1, GPS/ GLONASS, MHL 3.0, NFC
2930mAh Battery with STAMINA mode, Qualcomm Quick Charge 2.0

Sony Xperia Z5 comes in White, Graphite Black, Gold and Green colors and will roll out globally from October 2015.