Sony Xperia 5 II User Reviews

Sony Xperia 5 II XQ-AS72 (256GB of storage, 8GB of RAM)
My honeymoon is over with this Xperia 5 II, however it doesn't mean I see lots of cracks and failures in the device, it is not perfect, but it is very much perfect for my needs.
Great build quality, but it is very slippery without any case or skin on it.
Awesome 120Hz display with black insertion frames in games to simulate 240Hz (not noticeable for me) and a very fast touch rate sample. It is very responsive.
Great camera system... a little underperforming in Auto at night or against other devices with better Computational Photography, but manual mode is awesome for people who can appreciate it.
Good battery life, specially for the size of the device. In my personal experience it gets a little over 6 hours if I charge to 90% (which is the usual setting for me in the battery care options) but it can go over 7 hours maybe 8 from a 100% charge. The real time is about 40 hours which is more than enough for me, other people will get even better numbers with lighter use.
Heat suppression is an awesome feature to help preserve the battery life of the device.

Miscellaneous features:
- 3.5mm jack for your wired audio needs.
- Truly front facing speakers with balanced sound and good stereo separation. Great for games and movies.
- MicroSD card slot shared with the dual sim slot.
- Side fingerprint scanner (The best location in my personal experience, Index and Thumb fingers fall naturally to the location of the scanner and it is fast to unlock. Not the fastest but good enough and reliable if you register properly)
- Google assistant button, is a criticized inclusion and rightly so because the ideal situation would be to be able to customize it to any app. However the button is flush with the frame so it is not easy to press and the case I am using makes it even harder to press unintentionally. Having said that, I have used the shortcut a few times, so I don't mind it being there.
- Camera 2-stages button. A staple of Sony Xperia devices for generations already and it is both, a nice feature to have for launching the Camera app but also the only way to take pictures in the Photo Pro app.
- Photo Pro and Cinema Pro apps: great software inclusions to the device, however the Cinema Pro requires much more knowledge of videography than what I have. However I am learning.

The Bad stuff for me:
- Miracast is no longer working and apparently this is Google's doing. They want to force Chromecasting over Miracast so they remove the feature in Android 11 for Pixels and while my Sony Xperia has the option to "Screen Share" content, when I try to do it on my compatible devices, it always fail. Like I said, probably a limitation from Google and Android 11.
- Some bugs: I have experience unwanted Game Enhancer persistent activity when I am no longer inside a game and this can wrongly keep active "Do not disturb", "Heat Suppression (preventing battery charge)" and other unwanted behavior outside of registered apps.