First look: Sony's Xperia Z5 brings a revamped camera, fingerprint security and a redesigned chassis

Sony takes a confident step forward with a new camera, redesigned chassis and fingerprint security

After a shaky start to the year with the Xperia Z3+, Sony needed a great flagship to set its high-end smartphone series back on track. And the Xperia Z5 brings some much-needed advancements, most notably a brand new rear camera and fingerprint security technology.

Sony's iterative march forward continues with yet another solid high-end Android phone - its second in a relatively short space of time. The new Xperia Z5 - the middle child now, sitting between the Compact and the Premium - sports a 5.2-inch 1080p display along with the same leading mobile hardware used across the Z5 line. That means there's a Snapdragon 810 processor paired with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of internal storage, with microSD expandability. As we've come to expect form Sony, the Z5 also packs IP65 and 68-rated water and dust-resistance, with capless ports for microUSB and headphones.