Sony Xperia 4K video record time: how long can you shoot before the phone has to stop

04 July 2017
4K video capture causes some phones to overheat - this video shows how Xperias of several generations perform.

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  • 05 Jul 2017

Luxor, 04 Jul 2017Even with SD card no matter how big the storage is the batt... moreHaters kept on complaining. Keep it coming just to justify your S8's flaw. Keep it coming.

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    • 04 Jul 2017

    Luxor, 04 Jul 2017Even with SD card no matter how big the storage is the batt... moreShame with samsung S8 which only achieve 10 minutes 4K records, please Samsung's fans nitpicking on your beloved Samsung smartphone and praise Sony well done!

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      • 04 Jul 2017

      This youtuber said OP5 can reach 10 min, U11 6 min, S8 10 min.
      G6 seems to have software limit too, but he is not sure.

        Akinaro, 04 Jul 2017and 99% of people will be recording their dogs/cats or make... moreand 1% or people (like me) want a smartphone able to do these. Im making movies with my z5 since i have it. And im planning to make a full short movie as well.

        Have to say though, we never needed to record for more than 5 minutes, because we record scenes.

          Lex79, 04 Jul 2017What problem? According to the Sony fans there never was an... moreumm of course there wasn't. xperias used to record 4k for longer than the 5min mark of other phones since 4k introduced in xperias. So what's to fix?

          i have my doubts about the xzp recording for that long though.

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            • 04 Jul 2017

            Cool! Sony finally fix it! Now just fix other stuff in their cameras.

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              • 04 Jul 2017

              Samsung lag more 10 minuts... Booooommm!

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                Akinaro, 04 Jul 2017and 99% of people will be recording their dogs/cats or make... moreAnd this is why Gaben(jk) gave us OIS AND EIS (Sony's EIS is the best stabilizer)

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                  Marorun, 04 Jul 2017120/240 fps or the new 720 fps? Just saying because on ... more960fps*********

                    Surficial, 04 Jul 2017Problem noted and solved. Nice one sony!I agree.
                    Sony obviously solved one of the biggest smartphone problems of today with this graphite plate solution inside XZ Prem ... SoC performance drops and trottling due to heatup....
                    Do also watch Ericas XZ Prem reviews on yt.... its quite impressive how it keeps framerates consistently high on GPU heavy games, as opossed to other flags. Almost no SoC throttling.

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                      Luxor, 04 Jul 2017Even with SD card no matter how big the storage is the batt... moreHahaha Next!!

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                        • 04 Jul 2017

                        Insane Sony XZ Premium 4k results!!!

                          Anonymous, 04 Jul 2017Samsung does warn you about heat. Pop up shows up on s6 to... moreWell, well...thank you for that info. ;-)
                          As many here claimed, only Xperias overheat due to "crap EIS camera"....
                          Guess that aint true at all obviously.

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                            AnonD-39937, 04 Jul 2017You know...XZ Premium has a microSD card slot with up to 25... moreEven with SD card no matter how big the storage is the battery life will be the true limits. They should had tested that too. Put 256gb storage in there and see how long can it record before the battery dies out. Storage is not the only issue here. Battery life need to be considered too when recording 4k video. 4k recording drain battery very fast as I know. 1 hour 42 minutes without plugging in? I highly doubt it. Like I said, 4K recording on a phone need time limit. Either way your storage runs out or your battery dies out.

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                              Surficial, 04 Jul 2017Problem noted and solved. Nice one sony!What problem? According to the Sony fans there never was any issue to solve.........

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                                Finally Sony........finally.

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                                  Tann Hauser, 04 Jul 2017Actually Sammy can record 10min 4k videos successively, but... moreSamsung does warn you about heat.
                                  Pop up shows up on s6 to tell you phone is gonna shut down when overheat.

                                  Google it : s6 edge overheat..


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                                    • 04 Jul 2017

                                    Kudos Sony!

                                    S8 still 4K limited to 10 minutes, XZ Premium just overkill it.

                                      AnonD-652708, 04 Jul 2017Also tell us about maximum time of slow motion recording. 120/240 fps or the new 720 fps?

                                      Just saying because on first two its easily can fill up the full phone memory and on 720 fps well no others phone can do it so even if its less than 30 sec you still have the ability to do it.

                                        Luxor, 04 Jul 2017Full storage. Now what? Thats all it can take. Now, you no ... moreWith good quality SD card you can make hours long 4k movies.

                                        Nice try samsung fanboy.

                                        Even my LG G5 can do easy 15-30 min ( never did more than 30 min to be truthful )