This is great info. Holding onto 60Hz and aggressive ram management. I hope Sony does sort it out. I know you have Livestream with Xperia's in the past. I would be curious to know if someone would notice any issues when using it as an accessory to a mirrorless camera. Thanks for the video Dan.

Thank you very much for creating this content. There is no KZfaqr commenting on anything "current" about this wonderful phone. The drop to 60fps of the screen I have also suffered several times.. but the problem of the constant closing of applications in the background has been greatly improved by disabling the "smart battery" option in the system settings. Now the applications stay open normally. By the way We got a major 240MB update yesterday, and the phone seems to be running more streamlined now, though it's too early to tell for sure. Regarding the sensitivity of the screen... I definitely had to remove the tested protective glasses. I use only one of thin flexible plastic. Greetings from Spain!

Glad to finally catch your video in a decent amount of time. I hope that your experience gets better and they work on these bugs. It's good that you're airing them, hopefully more people do and companies address the issues.

Seeing how Sony doesn't release a lot of phones I don't think it would be hard for them at all to push out fast updates, I hope they turn things around with 2023 tho 🤞 Great video my friend, you explained the problems well and in a short way

that is a shame! Hopefully they will fix it with updates! Because they should!

I wonder if you can reproduce the 60 Hz scaling down from 120 Hz with a scenario. I really like to test this as I did not have this at all. Just saw once or twice it going down and stuttering after I wake it up after letting it rest for 1 or 2 days on a shelf. That seems to be some deep standby thing though. Otherwise whenever the battery saving mode kicks in it goes down in framerate

Hello! I have this phone too! Some things can or must always be done when upgrading to a new Android version (13). Performing a software repair through Windows so Android 13 is completely clean installed! (No android 12 leftovers) You can easily manage per app the battery usage settings under the info button on the icon. Set it to "unlimited". ( If translated well because I have the Dutch menu ) This way Sony's aggressive energy management won't interfere. "Google Photos" seem te be very heavy on system resources and I think this is the main problem of this phone. Forcing it to stop helps allot with the smoothness! And if you don't need 5G you can switch to 4G. This can help too. This phone isn't overheating it protects your hands! The sony gp-vpt2bt gimbal unlocks it full potential when recording with the official Sony camera apps because you can activate "endurance mode"!! I hope Sony will release a firmware update with a manual option to turn it on.. Even in safe mode it is possible to use the camera apps. I just share my experience here.

Which version do you have? I have 13 (64.1.A.0860) here and don't have the 60Hz issue. Touch response is also ok. The closing of apps I noticed once or twice where it killed off my podcatcher/player in the background. This should be fixed with a new update that landed on the 1 IV I am still waiting to get it on the 5 IV.

It also doesn't have ultra power saving mode

Great Video Dan!

I think I'm a lucky one with no issues whatsoever on mine. Maybe it's a unit fault or maybe an update will be pushed through soon?

This is unfortunate, but hopefully be resolved via software tweaks and updates...

Was that before or after the february update ? I dont have that problem with my 5IV . Sad that you have that problem . Maybe you should download pc companion from sony and do a repair i mean it can repair the software sometimes an over the air update can be corupet . Or return your 5 IV unite and get a new one . I hope you get it fixe.

Had you activated the developer mode?

Wow this jut saved m so much money, thank you I hope they fix it soon I'm dying to get an xperia phone to work along with my photography set up but so far they all seem so expensive for a buggy mess it seems.

Looking for it to drop in price, doesn't sound worth it's MSRP.

does anybody got any noise issues when you speak to someone on the phone? i get a slight buzzing noise everytime someone talks

You are still getting more than 5 minutes with the 120Hz mode? Best i get is 15 minutes and that only when I'm outside in -15°C winter conditions. Inside i struggle to get more than 5 minutes before it gets too hot and phone turns itself back to 60Hz mode.

Better to go with the 5iii?

Thanks for this video. I have owned Xperia and other android in the past and those issues get resolved making a hard reset. I do think is an android issue. Can you do it for us and test if that resolved the issue ?

Hey man - great content. I've been using this phone as daily driver for about a month now and it's a strange love affair. For ram management go to developer options > suspend execution for cached apps> disabled Sorted it out nicely for me. I haven't noticed my hertz dropping to 60 unless I'm in split screen watching KZfaq and browsing underneath. Will keep my eyes open for it. The fingerprint sensor for me is too finicky with moisture for my liking. Also as nice as the slim screen is it does end up being a bit bloody small when watching KZfaq etc... I do love this thing though, amazing quality and feel.

My Sony 10iii does that with the apps.

30w is slow i think it should be at least 65w

Is 5 mark 3 and 4 safe from green line issue

Hi buddy, I`ve noticed recently that on mine the finger print sensor takes a couple of attempts at times to open the screen (i`ve registered my 2 opening digits at least twice each), also twice now I`ve had it where my screen wont turn on / or the phone is off and wont open up until i plug the charger cable in (even though the battery has been at 78 & 98% respectively). Have you encountered either of these issues??? Sadly for such an expensive contract with the phone i`m tempted to trade it in.

How is it for cameras?

Is there a way to force it to run on 60 hz?