Older flagship · 2022

Sony Xperia 5 IV

Name: Sony Xperia 5 IV
Brand: Sony
Price: 290000 NGN
Availability: InStock

Sold for ₦290,000 · 1 sellers·Last checked 1d ago

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Our Take

CPU benches near recent upper-mid phones like the Google Pixel 7 Pro Camera shares the Sony Xperia 1 II's main sensor

Best for

Strength , All-day battery (measured)

Extras Reverse wireless charging, Optical zoom

Watch out No more updates

6.1″ AMOLED · 120Hz

8 Gen 1 8 / 128 GB

5000 mAh 30W charging

12 MP 3 rear · 12 MP selfie

5G Wi-Fi 6 · NFC

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In the Real World

See how the Sony Xperia 5 IV looks and feels in everyday use.

Full specifications

Display

6.1″ · OLED · 1080 × 2520 · 120 Hz · HDR

OLED + smooth

A clean OLED panel — colours pop and sunlight visibility is solid.

Screen size

6.1"

Panel type

OLED

Resolution

1080 × 2520 px

Refresh rate

120 Hz

Smooth

Colour depth

10-bit (1B colours)

10-bit

Brightness

979 nits

HDR

Supported

Protection

Corning Gorilla Glass Victus

Performance

Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4 nm) · 8-core 3.0 GHz · Adreno 730

Everyday capable

Daily apps and casual games run smoothly — heavy gaming will drop frames.

Chipset

Qualcomm SM8450 Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 (4 nm)

Current CPU tier

Upper mid-range

AnTuTu

1,021,542

v10

GeekBench

3,448

Graphics test

GFXBench 63 fps

CPU

8-core, 3.0 GHz

GPU

Adreno 730

Process

4 nm

RAM type

RAM LPDDR5

Storage type

UFS Storage 3.1

CPU layout

1x3.0GHz Cortex X2 + 3x2.5GHz Cortex A710 + 4x1.80GHz Cortex A510

Software & updates

Android 12, upgradable to Android 13 · 2-year support (brand estimate)

Likely end of life

This phone is past its update window — it still works, but new Android versions and most security patches have stopped.

Operating system

Android 12, upgradable to Android 13

Software support

2 years of updates (brand estimate)

Updates remaining

None — past its update window

Camera

12 MP f/1.7 main · OIS · 12 MP selfie · 4K video

OIS + 4K

Stabilised main camera holds up in low light. Front camera is fine for daylight selfies.

Main camera

12 MP f/1.7

OIS

Telephoto

12 MP f/2.4

Ultrawide

12 MP f/2.2

Front camera

12 MP f/2.0

Main sensor

Sony IMX557, 1/1.7", 1.8µm

Premium sensor

Same sensor in

Sony Xperia 1 II

Slow motion

Yes, 120 fps

Camera extras

optical zoom, RAW

Video

4K @ 120 fps

4K video

Battery

5000 mAh · 30 W wired

Plenty

A genuinely all-day battery — comfortably handles streaming and social.

Capacity

5000 mAh

Lab endurance

116:00h

Wired charging

30 W

Reverse wireless charging

Supported

Reverse charging

Bypass charging

Supported

Heat friendly

Removable

Audio

Good (-26.9 LUFS) · Stereo · Dolby Atmos · Hi-Res

Stereo speakers

Loudspeaker

Good (-26.9 LUFS)

Speakers

Stereo

Dolby Atmos

Supported

Hi-Res audio

Supported

Audio features

Hi-Res audio, Dolby Atmos

Memory

8 GB RAM · 128 GB · expandable

RAM

8 GB

Storage

128 GB

Configurations

8/128GB · 8/256GB

Storage type

UFS 3.

Expandable

Yes

Connectivity

5G · NFC · Wi-Fi 6

Modern radios

Yes

4G LTE

Yes

NFC

Yes

Contactless

Wi-Fi

Wi-Fi 6

Modern Wi-Fi

Bluetooth

5.2

GPS systems

GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, Beidou, QZSS, Galileo, GPS (L1+L5), Galileo (E1+E5a)

USB

USB-C 3.2

USB OTG

Yes

Video out

Video output

Screen out

3.5mm jack

Yes

IR blaster

SIM

1× Nano-SIM

Network bands

4G works on all four carriers — 5G on MTN & Airtel

Radio bands decide whether this phone sees MTN, Glo, Airtel or 9mobile towers — and how strong the signal holds indoors.

M MTN

4G full · 5G works

Full

A Airtel

4G full · 5G works

Full

G Glo

4G works No B28 — signal can get weak indoors and outside the big cities.

Works

9 9mobile

4G full

Full

The bands Nigerian networks use

B3 main band

M A G 9

B7 extra speed

B20 indoor reach

B28 indoor reach

n78 the 5G band

M A

The dots show which network uses each band. ✓ means this phone has it, ✗ means it doesn't.

All reported bands

2G B2, B3, B5, B8

3G B1, B2, B5, B6, B8, B19

4G B1, B2, B3, B5, B7, B8, B12, B13, B17, B19, B20, B26, B28b, B28a, B29, B32

5G n1, n3, n5, n7, n8, n20, n28b, n28a, n38, n40, n41, n77, n78

Build & Design

172 g · 8.2 mm · IP65

Built to last

Height

156.0 mm

Width

67.0 mm

Thickness

8.2 mm

Weight

172 g

IP rating

IP65

Water resistant

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted) · accelerometer · gyro · proximity

Sensors

Fingerprint (side-mounted), accelerometer, gyro, proximity, barometer, compass

Images and battery life estimates from GSMArena · Read full review

DXOMARK test scores

Lab-tested scores from DXOMark — independent measurements, not manufacturer claims. Tap any card to view photo samples and the full review.

Scores are on DXOMark's open-ended 0–200 scale. Higher is better.

How it stacks up against the rest.

A few phones around the same price, so you can see what this one does better and what it gives up.

Apple iPhone 14

Wins on most 3 wins 1 loss

Smoother display

120 Hz vs 60 Hz refresh · Tradeoff: 1080 × 2520 vs 1170 × 2532 resolution

Better video capture

Telephoto · OIS vs — · 4K @ 120 fps vs 4K @ 60 fps video

52% larger battery capacity

30 W vs 18 W charging · 5,000 mAh vs 3,279 mAh battery

Lower benchmark score

1.0M vs 1.4M AnTuTu · Upper mid-range vs High-end tier

Full comparison

Samsung Galaxy S22 5G

Trades blows 1 win 1 loss

35% larger battery capacity

5,000 mAh vs 3,700 mAh battery

Weaker display tech

OLED vs Dynamic AMOLED panel

Full comparison

Where to buy

1 seller·Used from ₦290,000

Prices move fast. Open the seller's page and confirm before you pay.

Jiji Used

₦290,000

Fair for used

Oluwaseun Adedayo

8.2 yrs · 36 feedback · 128GB

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