Three-day battery, great camera and flagship innards squeezed into a more compact frame make the Xperia Z5 Compact no cut-spec ‘mini’ version

Sony’s latest update to its “no compromise” smaller flagship smartphone proves size really isn’t everything with three-day battery, top-spec features and a great camera.

While the rest of the market has been stretching phone screen sizes, Sony has been offering smaller “Compact” phones since 2013 fitting the same processor and camera from its larger flagship phones into a more manageable size.

Pros: three+ day battery life, great camera, microSD card slot, fast, useful software additions, PlayStation Remote Play

Cons: relatively low resolution screen, no wireless charging, selfies soft on detail, chunky design, volume buttons difficult to reach when on a call