Sony CMD MZ5

  • Released May 2001
    110g, 30mm thickness
    Feature phone
    No card slot
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    96x72 pixels, 5 lines
  • NO
    No video recorder
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  • 620mAh
    Li-Ion

Sony CMD MZ5 - Specs

Network Technology GSM
2G bands GSM 900 / 1800
GPRS No
EDGE No
Launch Announced May 2001
Status Discontinued
Body Dimensions 90 x 49 x 30 mm, 100 cc (3.54 x 1.93 x 1.18 in)
Weight 110 g (3.88 oz)
SIM Mini-SIM
Display Type Grayscale graphic, 4 shades
Size
Resolution 96 x 72 pixels, 5 lines, 4:3 ratio
 Advanced Jog Dial
Memory Card slot No
Phonebook 500
Call records
 64MB MagicGate Memory Stick
Can store music and files
Keeps fax and email for phonebook entries
Message templates
Several phonebook groups
Camera   No
Sound Loudspeaker No
Alert types Vibration; Monophonic ringtones
3.5mm jack No
 Ringtones can be assigned to phonebook entries
Comms WLAN No
Bluetooth No
GPS No
Radio No
USB
Features Sensors
Messaging SMS, Email
Browser WAP, HTML
Clock Yes
Alarm Yes
Games 4 - Sport Fishing, Disc Golf, Clay Shooting, Mole Hitting
Java No
 MP3 player
Predictive text input
Organizer
Answering machine
Battery   Removable Li-Ion 620 mAh battery
Stand-by 30 h - 150 h
Talk time 90 min - 220 min
Misc Colors

Sony CMD MZ5 - User Reviews

  • Am really intrested....gona buy this phne...

  • i think its a really good one

  • i think its a good phone

  • agree

  • these are the days when no electronic company stands in front of SONY---it's a Sony----

  • its very good

  • unfortunately you're right

  • yeah, itz d most amazing product dat i oever used

  • yeah.... im a Sony user since 2008... started up with the great Sonyericsson w960i, then on late 2011, Xperia Ray, then late 2012 Xperia U, then within one month i got the monster Xperia S, and yeah i love Sony products because it's the best with all it's features, design and innovation :) Sony forever, and apple my ass!

  • So Apple gloat about how much the ipod changed peoples lives, this was out way before the 1st ipod and it was a phone too, Apple you will never touch Sony they are always way ahead of all the competition!!!! Love live the Sony Xperias!!!

  • i used z5 for a long time which was and is still a great phone then i got one of these because i couldn t find z5 again but never used it still in its first day condition beautiful robot go figure

  • Men, someting this one has no other has: optical audio IN recording! That can't be compared. Show me other phone wich has a optical input!!

  • good but dificult to find its instruments like battery charger and so on

  • wow 2in1 mobile+welding

  • can i still buy 1 of these, want to be delhi cool

  • it looks like a robot or i am wrong :D

  • yes you right

  • It looks like a calculator more than a mobile phone. Its like a calculator with MP3Player..............isn't that ???????

  • Whats up with the software? What do you want to do that you are having trouble with?

  • ok very good waoo

  • where i can by that phone ??????????????

  • I Want to konw how can i buy it tank you

  • one of the 1st music phone.

  • Hi And thanks for all those skillfully_designed cell such as Sony MZ5. I have one and so proud of it. A Question: How can we compose songs relating to the composing table in the phone; e.g., a new song such as mp3 ones;i.e, the way of composing? Sincerely Yours, M.Mesbah (Asia, Iran)

  • ohh,, yesterday i found one of them,,, it's great,, i'm going to buy it ,,, ebuat 100$ ,,, is this expensive ???

  • I hate the stupids sony's softwares... They're so useless.

  • this music cellular phon is the best in the world and its performance is wondrouse.i have it and enjoy with it.

  • very rare phone: cost an arm and a leg 7 years ago so not many examples nowadays, used one for a while and is the only one of two phones that i know have a built in answering machine (should be standard feature nowadays in my opinion). fingers crossed i see one on ebay as these are very collectable, the godfather of mp3 playback phones

  • probably the mother of all music phones. and walkman

  • i have sony ericsson p990 and sony mz5, and i love sony mz5 more than p990 , mz5 is the best phone that i see,

  • what are these phone worth these days

  • i realy whant this phone butt cant find it anywhere

  • I love this phone i want it more then a Nokia N95 (really)

  • i wish Sony never emerged with Ericsson! this Sony Phone is the Bomb tho!!!!!!

  • I've just a Sony mobile - CMD MZ5. I want to copy music on it from computer,but I can not. From other comment on web, I've had SonicStage software (version 4.3) and Memory Stick Magic Gate 128MB (MSH- my phone've recognized this Memory stick). But I can't transfer ATRAC 3 from SonicStage to MS Magic Gate. Please help and guid me! Thanks alot!

  • cool it looks like a mp3 player

  • LMAO Sony made a Phone look like a BOMB loooooooooool

  • is it a bomb?

  • Whats that at the top? Is that the BLUETOOTH?? Hahahaha! Get it?

  • Hi, I have cellphon that is Sony MZ5 and I want to copy music on it from computer,but I can not,Please help me to do it,Thank you very much.

  • Hi, I have cellphon that is Sony MZ5 and I want to copy music on it from computer,but I can not,and it is not written in the catalog.Please help me to do it. i have already change the format of my music that i want to listen on the mz5.please help and guid me... waiting for your answer thanks alot!

  • It goes wit 32,64 and max 128 memory stick with magic gate label on it and only with that phone,like older sony nw-ms9 players.It converts mp3 with music Sony Sonic Stage 2.2 program only!there is some possibilities real player software wich you can get with Sony clie software cd but i didnt try this one.

  • The maximum size of memory stick that this phone can read is 128Mb as stated in the instruction manual. It will not read PRO memory stick cards of any size though. Music is compressed via ATRAC3, not MP3. MP3 files will not play directly.

  • The music recorded on this phone can be played only on the same phone due to MagicGate DRM protection. The music recorded from any other device on the memory stick cannot be played by the phone. MSA files are encrypted and the key is provided by coupling *that* memory stick with *that* phone. This is why only Magic Gate memory sticks can be used. It is not very different from having a built-in internal memory. Anyway, the phone can read .txt and .bmp files uploaded to the memory stick from an external device. This was state-of-the-art when this model came out in 2001.

  • It is easy to work with it and I like it very much and my vote on it is 10.

  • hi how can i finnd a program that mp3 converts to MSA file? please help me.

  • This uses copy-protection (MagicGate) so I think that you'll have to use SonicStage. Also, I don't think this supports memory sticks over 128MB because they weren't out when this phone came out(correct me if I'm wrong).

  • This phone was good back in the days, possibly the first phone with built in MP� player? My Brother was saying that the siemens SL 42 was the first fone with built in MP3.

  • Hi Can I use 2Gb memmory stick for this phone?

  • Hi, I have Sony MZ5 and I want to copy music on it from computer,but I can not,and it is not written in the catalog.Please help me do it. thanks!

  • Hi there buddy jtorres iam from India n iwould like 2 buy this phone from u for sure so mail me at [email protected] abt the price n details of the phone thnx a million if u cld do thtmy name is dhananjay chaudhary( new delhi)

  • i have a sony mz5 phone, the unit is very new, complete with box and accessories.Please email me if interested, this is a very good buy because the unit is in excellent condition.

  • it's very interesting but I don't know what's line in (optical)

  • very beutiful

  • i have a sony mz5 mobile phone, contact me if interested, unit is very new, seldom used and openline, complete with box and accessories.

  • very good

  • where can i get this in mumbai (india)

  • where can i buy one or something similar to this ?!?!

  • hi. i don't know how i use ur memory card. please tell me i use it.

  • How much is this phone selling for?

  • Please advise me the price of this unit . Thank you .

  • want to buy this phone in romania ... pls send me an email with the price and where i can buy it from...

  • i am intrested in purchasing your phones which my method of payment is credit card from bank of united state of america thnaks

  • dear sir, i want to buy some of your phones which is sonymz5 and i need it in bulk about 6 pics of it.so if you will agree on that i will like to pay it with cards.and may be you can help me in shipping it here in ghana.

  • its so pritty

  • do anyone in sweden sell it? if, mail me.

  • It's really a verry sweet phone I would like to know it's cost an if possible I want to buy it

  • hello gents!The things i can say its all done,these sony cmd mz5 is 100% pure,beutifull and very well designed.I cant find words to describe the phone,but i can say it that "the cell is Maningue nice".I`d like to buy it now,but how and where to buy it?I�m from Mozambique but if u know any shop in South Africa were to find it please tell me,i will apretiate that.I`m desperarte to buy one sony cmd mz5.Portuguese is my language and i have been trying to write and speak a better english,so dont consideer my wrighting mistakes.Please guys,any answers about it, it will be wellcome. Bless u, Eduardo M

  • Hi there I would like to get the mz5 to do wap in South Africa Please let me Know or e-mail me thanks

  • MagicGate Memory Stick

  • i am using t610 but this MZ5 percetly i guess but we are in 2003 near as 2004 ı Won't find it i think

  • Anyone have it from Jakarta ?

  • hello.i have a mz5 mobile.it is very bad.it hasnt a voice recorder without microphone and my father want to buy a p 900 mobile and my he dont want to buy it from me.

  • Hi: I need new call sound & alarm my phone is SONY MZ5 thanx

  • dear sony, i beleive that you have designed an fantastic mobile phone.i have been used sony phone since 1996, and now i'm using (cmd-z7) but i would like to have an (cmd-mz5) phone.could you please send me more detail and catalog about (cmd-mz5), i very interested. send to: blk 374 bukit batok st 31 #03-196 singapore 650374. thank you!

  • Its avery nice mobile phone but let me know its price now a days

  • i have mz5 its perfect about playing music and it has a perfect internet browsing system and it has eyecatching design and its masterpiece of mobile communications

  • Sony needs to put a phone like this in the USA.

  • It's great

  • very good

  • 1. thanks for one of the best mobil. 2. i need cd mzf .

  • pleas send to me informtion mzf and your email .

  • cool

  • 2 other quations! 1. could i make my saved music, ring tones? 2. can this phone play mp3 files?!

  • sorry i forgot one quation! could i connect this phone to my computer?

  • Hi I Have a few quastions about this phone. 1. can i download music from computer to this phone? 2. how many colours does this phone have? 3. do you think simens sl 45i is better or sony mz5? thanks plz answer them quickly because i have to choose one of them tomorrow. and sorry because of my English. my email is: [email protected]

  • the best tank yow

  • what is its trice

  • Hi 2 every1 reading tis review,CMD-MZ5 from sony is the best phone i ever tried thru my yrs of using mobile.Believe n go 4 it,dun ms a chance.Take care n GOD BLESS ALL OF U.......

  • hello 400$ repley

  • Hi, Please send for me detail with oder photo of MZ5 $ Z5 and said to me about pricees. Thanks

  • this is the best sony phone i have ever seen, 10/10!

  • I think its the best for of cmmunication I have seen so far.I would'nt mind to have one though.

  • how much ?

  • how much?

  • hey was up check this thing. i love u aight and miss ya too.

  • I love your product and i hope my costurmer here im Nigeria will love it that is why i'm asking for the sample and catalog for more information i need your email addresses

  • I love your product and i hope my costurmer here im Nigeria will love it that is why i'm asking for the sample and catalog for more information i need your email addresses

  • its very good. i like

  • This phone all music lovers' tonic essence. My friend has a sony phone and it is durable, especially with the titatium cover, it is invincible. I simply love it. Do you happens to noe when is it going to be launch in singapore???

  • Dear friends, I don't have one I wish I had one.My friend owns one.But he is feeling that he is overpaying for the brand name "SONY".He does'nt seems to be a satisfied customer.

  • Dear, Thanks for this opportunity to air our views. I am in love with this type of handset but being in Kenya I am unable to get one for this kind at a reasonable price. Is there a way I can get it for less than atleast 300 US Dollars. Is it possible also for me to get the same type of handset but the one that Ilike looks like a Diskman (CD). Please let me know if you have any sales representative in this area who can offer me one like this for a practical bargain. Thank you. Solomon, Nairobi, Kenya.

  • sony

  • congratulations! I'm an industrial designer and believe that you have designed an fantastic phone.I myself have been used your phonese since 1996 and would like to have an mz5 phone (I use z5 now)but unfortunately MZ5 is very expensive in my country(IRAN) . I would be very glad if you could show me a practical way to buy a MZ5. yours . shalchi

  • thank you!

  • dear sir if u sell ur items online by using credit cards then i think that it will be benificial for ur compny.sir i also want to work for ur compny because i love to work in mobile compny i am in pakistan right now.dear sir i have no experiance but i can do every thing so please sir do faver for me and im waiting for ur kind reply wishes and having a hope rashid

  • softwear free

  • Dear phone company my name is catherine howie i need this phone because i love it and everyone will love me because i have that phone and they dont from Catherine Howie

  • Ples Sened Me More Information Abou All Software To Using With My Phone CMD-MZ5

  • he is good mobaile

  • please send for me all of the picture,s everyday.

  • My new CMD-MZ5 is muted just 2 days after purchasing! I can use it as a phone only with the remote and headphone. Does any body have any similar experience?

  • It is one of the best mobile phone that I have seen but it is beter that mention its SAR in features

  • HI How much is this sony???(in euro)

  • The battery isn't good...can you send me one? CE Bayu Satrya Gendeng GK IV/689 yogya 55225 indonesia

  • fuck

  • hi, i would like to purchase this phone. I am from Malaysia and i would to know how much it cost including shipping and will it be able to be used in my country?Please send an email to me. Thanks.

  • this phone is half digital walkman with digital in/out,analog in/out.is a music beast made for people who listen music anywhere,anytime and less talk.it records pcm sound like md,cd,dat.is the only one doing this!

  • Its a cool phone with hot deals. I WOULD LIKE ONE.

  • Prices In Romana: 500 ROL/BUC. In Berceni: 1000/KG

  • Let me know the price of this attractive phone. i m already using z5.

  • awesome cellphone, i like the design and colour it attracts people. Do u send subscription for your latest cellphones? like magazines or brochure? coz if u do i would like to have one

  • please send details to my e-mail

  • SONY rocks! only thing I miss in this beauty is a full-colour display, but if Akio Morita would have wanted it the phone would have got it. Anyway, japanese technology is far supreme to any other on this planet. It's sad the phone probably won't be seen soon reachable in my country. btw.polish GSM operators suck!!!

  • post the prices. the mobile is very attractive....

  • When i saw the new sony in the internet, i wishes that i got the physical sample of it to present to my customers for them to lodged in money to import it into our country, Plesae kindly my the director of this humble company send us the sample of the sony for a good busness transaction. COMPANY.ETS SWANCAROLL. ADDRESS.12-13BASSEY STREET.DOUALA TEL.00237-998-90-92 FAX.00237-343-32-07. CONTACT.OKPAN EME EKE CAMEROON.

  • Please send me catalog by post: po-Box No 13,nahid Alley,marzdaran Blv,ashrafi esfehani blv,Tehran Iran

  • I love it very much but How can I know price.

  • Sux

  • baaaaaaa muieeeeeeeeee....is prea scumpoe...sa o fut pe mama lu' ala care a facut telefonu asta...da-ti-mi si mie unu de gloaba

  • cum func?

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  • can i to use this phone in usa

  • how much sony CMD MZ5, and how many MHz this phone can to be valide

  • I think that Z5 is one big shit!

  • COOL Vreau si eu Romania

  • its too bad, cause i can't buy it

  • you want to know the bloody price !! it cost 485 pounce. what a ridiculuos price.

  • wanna know some of this sony new phone

  • I need some information for composing of my ringer tone in fact I need some note for composing

  • tell me the price...................

  • iam using cmd-j5 but this mz5 looks great and irresistable

  • HAHA it so funny how Sony thinks we are idiots right ? because here in France this fucken phone costs 8000FR which does 1000$ !!!!!!!!!!! maybe super tars can aford it ....

  • I think this is a very wondeful phone it hold the future to ransume i most say once it get it,s exact market value it,s simply beautiful..

  • Saya ingin tahu apa keunggulan Sony CMD MZ5, karena baru kali ini saya tahu ada handphone bisa untuk musik dengan memory card. Tolong informasinya selengkap mungkin

  • I would like to know further information about it, about the price, when will be lanched in Indonesia. I think it nice.

  • Even though i am a sony fan i think this phone was a waste of money in development.I know it is an MP3 player but it is still a mobile phone and the size does matter!!Besided,the memory sticks are far to expensive.I think sony has forgoten that this is a phone and not only an MP3 player and that they cant compete with the Siemens SL45

  • thanks for everything but i want to tell me about the price & how can i get one . yours

  • fwd:where i can get this phone what price ?

  • fwd:new handphone sony

  • fwd:new handphone sony

  • Where can i get one????

  • where can one purchase the cmd mz5 in India, hyderabad to be precise. thanks

  • very nice but it is fat.

  • It's extraordinary!I like it a lot!

  • 100000000000000000000000..... point

  • whats rate is it in Us dollar

  • ive heard that the sony cmd mz5 can record music then use it for your ring tone, is that true or which phone is that. how many text messages can it hold. can it record voice like the siemens sl45. thank u and please write back

  • hello: i think for me its the best mobile right now ,so please i want to buy one or to order one gsm 900

  • cool and very nice where can i buy Sony CMD MZ5 here in the Philippines?

  • where can i buy the sony cmd mz5 in england? is it avialable in tunisia? please can you reply to this as soon as possible! thankyou

  • i want buy that Sony CMD MZ5, how much the price is it? Is it available in Malaysia? and is it the latest products ? Thank You for your Reading !!! :) :P

  • So stupid they didn't put an IR port on this phone; the rest is perfect, just perfect!

  • very nice

  • Oh yeah it's cutie and functional. Sony's fans gonna love it. Yet only if it could be slimmer (under 20mm thickness). Cannot slip it into back pocket.

  • to fat !!! a phone that is 3 cm thick !! outragious, who wants something that big in your pocket, the sl45 is better only 17 mm, now thats a good phone

  • Sony near enough always kick ass with this type of product and I believe the Sony CMD-MZ5 is no exception... It looks far better looking then anything siemens has produced and utilises those sexy memory sticks for storing your sounds. If Sony can keep the price below �350 ($280) with contract then I believe they have another top cellphone out there

  • The Japanese phone companys are certainy catching up with the likes of Nokia.

  • according to 'What Mobile' magazine (uk edition - june 2001) the Sony MZ5 cellphone will retail for around �400.00 ($350.00) with contract, when it is finally released.

  • i want more info.all sony phones with brouchers my add.riddhi mobils sarvice stions,rana vav chowk city-junagadh,stat-gujrat,contry-india.-thank`s

  • plz sen me info

  • A nice looking phone, but is it not a stupid waste of technology to mix mp3 players with cellular phones? I mean, people are already anti-social with the phone, and some people walk around with their headphones and CD-players... now, we've mixed the two evils... music and mobile telephony. Good idea?

  • Hola Juan !!!!

  • Really interested in the product currently use a ericsson T28 . Wanted to check the price on the M25

  • i am in mauritius and i want very much to buy one please help me

  • i m intersted in to purchase ur sony z5 gsm command . give the addresses in america or canada. thanx.

  • To whom it may concern, I just bought a Motorola Timeport a month ago only because it's the only phone that was small enough and met my needs.I recently discovered the Sony CDM-MZ5 and was amazed with the amount of features it had!In 1997 I bought my first digital phone and it was the Sony CMD-Z1,I had it for a year and I started to have some problems with it.I took it to Sprint(cellphone service provider)and they told me they discontinued this model.Well since then,I haven't seen a Sony phone since.Please tell me why this is.All my friends had this phone and loved it!!Why don't the sell Sony phones in the U.S.?I would return my Motorola Timeport in a second if the Sony CMD-MZ5 was available in the U.S. as I'm sure a lot of people would. Thank you for your time. Tomas Lopez

  • check out this link for a shit load of info on the Sony CMD-MZ5...

  • 'Stuff' magazine (UK edition) features a review of the Sony CMD-MZ5 in a free supplement this month (may 01) and they state that the cellphone will be available at the end of May / early June and will retail for around �300. However mobileshop.co.uk have it down to be released mid-july. Sony.. sort it out !

  • bagus nggak ?

  • when is it going to be availlabe KSA

  • ah... what I'm dreaming is .. sony will have a infrared, but... :P this one doesn have it yet.., but I still love it.. Sony is tha best...

  • Very nice design, How much price ??

  • Sony do have a website up and running for the phone. Go to and you will find all you need. It should be compatible with any MG memory stick, so in theory you can get up to 8 hours of music on your phone !!! Great

  • I've spoken to Sony UK and they told me the Sony MZ5 will be released in the UK in June. The memory sticks are available in 128mb and eventually 256 +, but you will have to buy the white MG versions as the blue ones wont hold mp3 data - the white ones are more expensive - damn ! hope this helps... I just need the phone now and i'm set.

  • Don't count on it. Nothings better than Nokia.

  • in which country's will it be first interduced ??? Asia counties ??

  • just one thing: is the memory stick exchangeable? is it upgradable to, say, 128 mb for more mp3 files? if the answer is yes, this could be the answer to what i've been looking for in a cell phone. unfortunately, sony's websites offer no answer. they don't even feature this model yet!

  • Anybody knows where will be avaliable at first in the world???? I mean in which countr? Today is 04/16/2001 Please help me!!!

  • Its the bast sony ever... but its a bit havey isnt it? when will it be intreduce... i cant wait till it comes

  • The best phone u can get!