Sony can’t seem to stand by a phone for much longer than it takes to make a cup of tea, but it still loves the metal and glass boxy design it has been touting since the Xperia Z series began in 2013. You get glass on the back and front, metal on the sides and little bungs of plastic on the corners, so any impacts don’t head straight to the glass on the back and turn it into a fractured spider’s web.

It’d be a shame if that happened too, because the Sony Xperia Z5’s back glass in particular is quite lovely. It has a frosted finish unlike the earlier Z-series glossier phones, which both feels more refined and avoids any scratches becoming too apparent.

The Xperia Z5 I’m checking out has a dark green finish, but you can also get it with gold or black back and sides.

It’s a good look, but the feel of the phone isn’t best-in-class. The sides of the Xperia Z5 actually stick out from the glass back just a fraction, and it’s enough to give the rear a kinda sharp feel. It doesn’t have anything like the smoothness of the HTC One M9 or Samsung Galaxy S6.

We’re even at the stage where a 7.3mm-thick phone like this can feel slightly chunky, because that thickness extends across the whole width of the phone. The Huawei Mate S makes it feels like a pork pie fan by comparison. A teeny-tiny bit fat and a bit sharp isn’t the best combo for a £550 phone.

As ever with this sort of thing: try to get your hands on the Xperia Z5 and the competition if you can.