Sony Xperia 5 V vs Vivo V80

Name: Sony Xperia 5 V
Brand: Sony
Rating: 66 (1 reviews)

Verdict

Sony Xperia 5 V and Vivo V80 tie on the OH Rank at a score of 66. Sony Xperia 5 V wins on Battery and SD Memory; Vivo V80 wins on Screen and Selfie. Vivo V80 is 6.3mm wider than Sony Xperia 5 V. Vivo V80 is the more recent release, from Oct 2026.

Score Breakdown

Sony Xperia 5 V

68mm (2.68in) · Sep 2023 · Rank #145

Vivo V80

74.3mm (2.93in) · Oct 2026 · Rank #148

Performance /15

Battery /15

Screen /15

IP Protection /15

Main Camera /15

Selfie /5

Video /5

SD Memory /5

Software /5

Desktop Replacement /5

TOTAL

Sony Xperia 5 V

68mm (2.68in) · Sep 2023 · Rank #145

5+12+11+12+12+3+3+5+3+0 = 66

EDITORIAL: This 68mm wide flagship phone is a little marvel of Japanese engineering. It came with the top processor (SD 8 Gen 2), amazing battery life, cameras with Sony Alpha tech, SDmemory expansion, quality front facing speakers, a great 21.5:9 screen proportion that excels at scrolling content and showing movies full-screen, no selfie camera cut out, a camera button and even a tool-less SIM card trayâ¦ Sony was out to razzle-dazzle us!

PROs

Sonyâs last small flagship, excellent 2-day 5000mAh Li/Po battery endurance with sub-90min 30W charging, always-on 120Hz refresh rate very accurate 800nits punch hole-free 21:9 screen with front facing speakers, excellent pics from Zeiss optics 48MP main + 12MP ultrawide (both dual pixel PDAF OIS) back camera and good selfies from a (non-AF) 12MP, SDmemory slot and headphone jack, tool-less SIM tray

CONs

Sonyâs lack of commitment to software development and support, only 2 OS updates (updated May 27, 2025)

Vivo V80

74.3mm (2.93in) · Oct 2026 · Rank #148

5+11+13+12+12+5+3+0+5+0 = 66

* TOP Selfie* TOP SoftwareMidrange

EDITORIAL: (this is a pre-test listing based on reasonable expectation of battery, screen and imaging performance) Vivo took a bit longer then their usual 6 months to produce an upgrade of excellent V70. This time, the chip and cameras are the same, battery got a 700mAh boost, screen is 144Hz (from 120Hz) but a significant change is in memory: it tops at 8GB (was up to 12GB) and a 128GB model is introduced to throw us back to 2025 V60 times. Zeiss branded lenses should still deliver top pics among midrangers but Vivo decided to compete on price and sacrifice some quality.

PROs

attractive iPhone-Pro-copy design, good build, good SD 7 Gen 4 (4nm) with UFS 4.1 (3.1 on 128GB version) performance, >30hr endurance from a 7200mAh Si-C battery with sub-60min 90W charging, >1700nits 460ppi 144Hz AMOLED screen with HDR10+, IP69 protection, very good 50MP 23mm main + 50MP 73mm periscope telephoto (both OIS PDAF) + sub-par 8MP 15mm ultrawide setup, excellent 50MP 21mm PDAF selfie, up to 4 years of stabile OriginOS updates

CONs

SD 7 Gen 4 may struggle to deliver good performance after a few OS updates, no LTPO tech and higher refresh rate deny what could have been stellar battery endurance, no AF on a below average ultrawide, average video recording, no expandable memory, no desktop replacement functionality, slow USB-C 2.0 port (with OTG)