Our Sony Xperia 1 video review is up

13 June 2019
All the pros and cons of this year’s Sony flagship in under 10 minutes.

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The thing bother me the most is the phone automatically reboot if it cannot detect sims. Why? That's mean I cannot take SD card out without the phone turning off?

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    • Tm4
    • 14 Jun 2019

    The last Oracle, 14 Jun 2019The Xperia 1 is slightly disappointing to be honest. The Lu... moreMan, to still complain about the camera is pretty hilarious, you really are expecting alot, the camera is on par with the best, what more do you want? The battery is somewhat disappointing, but i think it's pretty harsh to be disappointed, this phone is a absolute beast.

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      • Tm4
      • 14 Jun 2019

      I actually like the design, it's better to hold than th p30pro, both very slippery tho.

        The Xperia 1 is slightly disappointing to be honest. The LuTs are an LG legacy, which it introduced a while ago. The Xperia lineup has introduced many firsts, from first 4k Display, first HDR display(?), first phone with water and dust resistance, first HDR video etc.

        Unfortunately, for the most important thing, it has probably taken a few steps backwards. Sony should have improved the photo and video capabilities of the device, especially since it had been advertised with various filmmaking capabilities. They should have had multi frame HDR video with dynamic range over the iPhone XS Max with Filmmic Pro, should have super HDR photo capabilities over all major flagships, and their low light should have been improved to be better than the night modes on various phones.

        If things can be improved via firmware, then Sony should make these improvements, and definitely do them on a war footing.

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          • Cir90
          • d%U
          • 14 Jun 2019

          wonderful! There is little left to have it! Goodbye to chubby phones with notch And hole aberrations

            anonymous, 14 Jun 2019Good point, the extremists are the ones that sell a lot.And the Extremists here are probably like less than 100 in GSMArena, Shanti included. So 100 x 1000 dollars equals $100000. That is a far cry.

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              • t{t
              • 14 Jun 2019

              Look at youtube and you know people around da world like da latest of Sony.yes they are not without flaw One day I want to see them go all out in all department not only da display but more bytes in Sound and more memory more watts in da battery and more pixels in da lens. But honestly I know why they dont do this cause people just say just want and when there is dat all around mobile phone beast, they dont buy cause They cant afford it :)

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                • pGX
                • 14 Jun 2019

                Shadocx, 14 Jun 2019DOA, Sony phones don't sell anymore where I live, it's not ... morein underdeveloped countries they are not sold anymore

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                  • anonymous
                  • 4S2
                  • 14 Jun 2019

                  Optional, 13 Jun 2019If only they would take also over the sales :)Good point, the extremists are the ones that sell a lot.

                    Best phone 2019

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                      • P1N
                      • 14 Jun 2019

                      Soon the phones are going to be bigger than Angie

                        DOA, Sony phones don't sell anymore where I live, it's not 2015...
                        Sony, LG and HTC are unimpressive.

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                          • re1
                          • 14 Jun 2019

                          I see nothing in these photo samples that makes me want to ditch my XZ2. same amount of noise, don't see any improvement in night shots.
                          I'm most interested in capturing video in the 21:9 aspect ratio and playing around with the CineAlta app. But none of the review sites (including GSMarena) seem to ever get around to reviewing it - as if these reviews were put up hastily to be the first. sigh

                          for those who have the Xperia 1, how's the stabilization when recording in 21:9 compared to Xperia 10/10 plus? resolution and FPS options in recording 21:9?

                          has the 960fps slow motion capture been ported from the Xz2/xz3 series? how have they improved?

                          tia

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                            • Anonymous
                            • Qch
                            • 14 Jun 2019

                            I click pretty fast when I see a thumbnail with Angie in it, even if I'm not interested in the phone.

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                              • i}3
                              • 14 Jun 2019

                              best review gsma came up with in a long time
                              not trying to put iphone/galaxy/etc on a pedestral
                              weighting pros and cons and showing the little things that matter

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                                • 6wN
                                • 13 Jun 2019

                                Go Sony. Even my Z3 still works fine.

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                                  • gMD
                                  • 13 Jun 2019

                                  No wonder Sony is failing. Their marketing department seems non existent.

                                    The details about some small issues will surely be solved in the next upgrade. Finally a fine, sincere and pleasant video review! Cheers!

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                                      • Yca
                                      • 13 Jun 2019

                                      Anonymous, 13 Jun 2019Here come the Sony extremists to take over the pageIf only they would take also over the sales :)

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                                        • 4QP
                                        • 13 Jun 2019

                                        Here come the Sony extremists to take over the page