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post Sep 4 2015, 06:02 PM

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WHere to buy the M5 ? out already?
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post Sep 5 2015, 10:29 AM

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QUOTE(azrilyp @ Sep 4 2015, 09:55 PM)
check lelong.com.my
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i want brick and mortar shop so i can test the phone
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post Sep 8 2015, 05:16 PM

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kk hope it coming to sony centre soon. And hoping got sales. (sales or not will still buy lol)
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post Sep 17 2015, 02:33 PM

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QUOTE(boyz87 @ Sep 17 2015, 02:27 PM)
I don't want to buy this phone after read GSMArena review "Sony Xperia M5"
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why not, you prefer meizu mx5 ?
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post Sep 23 2015, 04:20 PM

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so what is the difference between buying this from sony centre as opposed to some distributor?
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post Sep 28 2015, 10:22 AM

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Add me to the M5 Dual list.

I've been using the phone for the past 4 days; mainly with the camera.

1 problem - sometimes the camera app will hang and be unavailable, if this happens i have to restart the phone. Is quite frustrating because the moment of opportunity is gone by the time your camera app is ready.

The camera is quite good though, and able to take multiple shots very quickly.

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post Sep 28 2015, 10:49 AM

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QUOTE(kiwlm @ Sep 28 2015, 10:47 AM)
Yeah, for the whole time taken to take one picture, it is indeed slower than samsung phones, I have tried S5, S6, LG G4. It is comparable to other sony phones, almost same with Z3+ that I have tried.

I found that making it "Manual" mode speed up things a bit.

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I dont see any problem with taking multiple pictures , I managed to fire off about 15-16 pictures within a few seconds. In fact I use touch to take and when i press my finger on the screen it just fires about 4-5x per second. I have to say my experience is that the camera is pretty snappy and very fast.

But yes I am using Manual mode, I don't think anyone uses Auto on this phone.

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post Sep 28 2015, 10:54 AM

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QUOTE(kiwlm @ Sep 28 2015, 10:51 AM)
15-16 pictures in a few seconds, you are talking about burst mode right?

I think most of us refer to single slot, meaning, when screen is off, how long it takes for you to be able to take one picture.
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but i dont set burst mode

my only complaint (and it's a big one) is that the camera app will randomly hang . That's the biggest flaw with my phone, hopefully they can fix this.

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post Sep 28 2015, 01:50 PM

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wah seems like price drop quite a bit for M5 dual. I bought mine 2nd hand for around RM1300 and now 7 mobile is selling theirs brand new for RM1355.
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post Sep 29 2015, 09:37 AM

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I wonder if app hang is due to overheating. But this processor is not 810 so shouldnt be so drastic.
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post Oct 5 2015, 03:53 PM

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btw what camera app you guys use apart from stock Xperia app?
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post Oct 6 2015, 04:43 PM

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this is as much zoom macro as i can get. Please help, it's too little macro for me.

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post Oct 9 2015, 09:13 AM

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QUOTE(ultrageek @ Oct 8 2015, 04:08 PM)
Hi Guys,
My Z3 Dual Sim that I bought while on assignment overseas has decided to give me problems. As I've gotten used to Sony's UI along with the 'waterproofness', I am considering the M5 as a replacement.

Reading GSMArena, it seems there are a number of users with a few problems and this is why I'm asking here to the current Malaysian M5 users: Are you'll facing any screen / random reboots / hanging, etc problems?

Thanks
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yep , got a lot of problems.

the dual sim slot will disconnect if you run the phone very hot. this forces a restart.

also occasionally my 3G/4G internet cannot connect if you turn data on. If I swap sim to other phone it works fine.
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post Oct 13 2015, 01:38 PM

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QUOTE(raymondtong94 @ Oct 12 2015, 07:05 PM)
That's pretty severe. I'm not sure if you can claim but can try.
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Mine looks like that too.

I believe Sony knows as well which is why their stock background have the lighter portion on the top.
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post Nov 18 2015, 02:56 PM

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Since my last post I'm still using M5.

It still frequently overheats, I've learned to use Stamina mode on forever to prolong battery life. From 100% to 50% is damn fast drain though >.<
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post Nov 18 2015, 05:22 PM

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QUOTE(ChuanHong @ Nov 18 2015, 03:46 PM)
cant imagine sony phone still under bad battery issue.. i thought after Z1 with stamina mode, most sony phone are good for battery life..

probably chipset is main cause.. Mediatek X10 Helio too powerful already or else need some software tweak from Sony.. waiting for android 6 coming to our phone and control the permission manually.. mostly is about some google apps running background with turning on gps unknownly and drain our battery..

with android 6, we may control the permission and allow the certain permission to each particular apps.
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naah, in my case its just a lot of gaming. But the phone runs really hot. last month I had frequent shutdowns, now I tend to space out the gaming in order to keep the phone running ok.

The sim holder for this phone is also quite bad, I feel most frequent restart is due to the metal sim holder warping slightly and the nano sim losing contact which forces a restart.
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post Nov 24 2015, 03:00 PM

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QUOTE(zafrandbz @ Nov 21 2015, 11:03 AM)
My sim 1 slot now cannot read my sim card anymore. I thought my sim is broke, after 1 day of lost contact and I switched the sim to slot 2  and it works. I try the 4k recording and the video recording only records green pixel all over the video. This phone has a Never ending problems.
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what? impossible. My slot 2 wont read sim card if there's nothing in slot 1.
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post Mar 29 2016, 09:03 AM

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got firmware update just pushed to my phone.
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post Jul 25 2016, 04:13 PM

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QUOTE(faiz_otaiz88 @ May 18 2016, 09:50 AM)
Hi all, new owner of M5 here.

I have this problem where the back panel pops out at the sides when it is heated due to being charged or heavy usage (downloading apps, gaming etc). I figured that the adhesive used by Sony melted because of heat and this causes the back panel to come off / slide when I use it.

Have you had this problem? Tried the hairdryer trick but this is just temporary. Since it is still under warranty, planning to send it to Sony Centre KLCC. How long usually does it take to fix this problem? No issue with auto-shutdown encountered so far.

Thanks!
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is your phone new or 2nd hand? maybe got reworked before?
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post Feb 22 2017, 03:32 PM

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Still hard to find replacement for this phone. Used it for 1.5 years plus, no major problem, spec wise apart from the 16gb internal, is no other problem so far, even survived drop into Sungai Rajang (was on a leash, so I manage to pull it back out, otherwise gone d)

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