{"id":10824,"date":"2016-06-03T15:26:58","date_gmt":"2016-06-03T13:26:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.pricecheck.co.za\/?p=10824"},"modified":"2016-06-03T15:45:35","modified_gmt":"2016-06-03T13:45:35","slug":"r3999-sony-xperia-e5-launching-in-south-africa-in-august","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/blog\/r3999-sony-xperia-e5-launching-in-south-africa-in-august\/","title":{"rendered":"R3999 Sony Xperia E5 Launching In South Africa In August"},"content":{"rendered":"

The last time Sony released a smartphone was back in 2015 with the\u00a0Sony Xperia Z5<\/a>, and now the Japanese tech giant is realising a more cost-effective model later this year.<\/p>\n

The Sony Xperia E5 is part of Sony’s mid-range smartphone range and is reported to be selling for around R3999 once released in August of this year.<\/h2>\n

Sony’s biggest challenge will undoubtedly be standing out in a market that is already saturated with competition. Other mid-range smartphones like the Xiaomi Redmi Note 3<\/a>\u00a0and the Nokia Lumia 920<\/a>\u00a0both retail for less than R5000 and are considered some of the best mid-range smartphones available in South Africa today.<\/p>\n

So how does Sony plan on standing out from the crowd? Firstly, the\u00a0Xperia E5 has a rather impressive camera for a mid-range smartphone. The rear camera is an impressive 13MP, and the front camera comes in at 5MP.<\/p>\n

Sony usually delivers quality cameras on all of their smartphones, so it’s nice to see them carrying on that tradition with their mid-range devices.<\/p>\n

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The sleek and familiar Xperia design is still there, and the phone weighs in at only 147 grams. The only colours available will be black and white.<\/p>\n

While not the ideal phone to run high-demanding games or applications, this Sony Xperia E5 is still an ideal everyday device. It comes with 16 GB of internal memory, and can be upgraded to 200 GB with a memory card. It also uses the MediaTek MT6735 internal processor, which is considered to be a more high end processor among mid-range smartphones. It also comes with the Android Marshmallow OS right out of the box.<\/p>\n

All-in-all, the Sony Xperia E5 is the ideal phone for those who are either looking for a simple “everyday” phone, or for someone looking to spend a little less on a smartphone than what the current top-of-the-range smartphones currently retail for.<\/p>\n

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via GSMArena<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

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The last time Sony released a smartphone was back in 2015 with the\u00a0Sony Xperia Z5, and now the Japanese tech giant is realising a more cost-effective model later this year. The Sony Xperia E5 is part of Sony’s mid-range smartphone range and is reported to be selling for around R3999 once released in August of<\/p>\n

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