Sony Mobile President talks the Xperia II phones, 5G and the future

27 April 2020
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Whatever its takes I will be always with Sony Xperia forever

    Eldamri, 27 Apr 2020Please bring back the compact. I bought the note 10 instead... moreSony Xperia Compact phones is better to hold in one hand than a big Samsung phone

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      • Anonymous
      • Lj%
      • 28 Apr 2020

      "Watching a movie with Dolby Atmos is an immersive experience, with multi-dimensional sound flowing above and around you. Now you can experience Dolby Atmos sound tuned in collaboration with Sony Pictures Entertainment with wired and wireless headphones, or the true front stereo speakers."

      "Drawing on our expertise both in audio hardware and music entertainment, the Xperia 1 II has been engineered to deliver a truly authentic listening experience with the audio tuned in collaboration with Sony Music Entertainment."


      "360 Reality Audio is a new music experience that uses Sony's object-based spatial audio technology. Individual sounds such as vocals, chorus, piano, guitar, bass and even sounds of the live audience can be placed in a 360 spherical sound field, giving artists and creators a new way to express their creativity. Listeners can be immersed in a field of sound exactly as intended by artists and creators. Music content created in this new format for 360 Reality Audio can be enjoyed through compatible music streaming service smartphone app."

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        • Anonymous
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        • 28 Apr 2020

        Spanky, 28 Apr 2020I find his answer to the question about the lack of 8K vide... moreThey make this phone to behave like A9 II (Sony sports camera).
        They chose speed over resolution.

        Anyway, the 8K would look crap if they had with low bitrate like other are using.
        8K on phones should be about 250 Mbps, not 70 like Samsung is doing.
        That is what is expected for 4K60, not 8K24.

        Phone makers should start provinding better 4K like :

        - 4K30 = 70 - 80 Mbps
        - 4K60 = 110 - 120 Mbps

          I wonder if the xperia 1ii will implement 3d audio tempest engine like the playstation 5

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            • Anonymous
            • JMB
            • 28 Apr 2020

            Come on sony, just release your phone. My $1200 is ready for you.

              I find his answer to the question about the lack of 8K video recording a little bit funny. If their phones would have had 8K video recording, he would have bragged about it everywhere and how they make cutting edge hardware. That's marketing for you!

              I kind of miss the old Sony Ericsson phones, though.

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                • Anonymous
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                • 28 Apr 2020

                Peachy001, 28 Apr 2020Notch doesn't bother me, not a massive fan of holes though.... more
                Impossible to have bottom bezels like s20 while keeping speaker above usb.

                I have ipad. Sometimes I use speakers, sometimes my BT headphone.
                I tell you, speaker beside usb port is an awful experience.
                Too annoying I have to keep my hand there to prevent the sound from going away.

                Bezel is 0,67cm. People complain like it was 1,7cm.


                  Anonymous, 27 Apr 2020They advertise the screen as main selling point. Why woul... moreNotch doesn't bother me, not a massive fan of holes though. A central notch loses me very little. Nothing up in that spot, mostly. Personally, I'm a fan of a bezel, take my Pixel 2Xl, make the bezel as wide as the selfie camera ( and for goodness sake make selfie cameras central!), I'd be fine. Sony usually get battery life right, usually have a good quality screen. Gimmicks like rampant rabbit vibration motors for in games is trash. As for camera, they really have no excuse, they have enough photography engineers to make magic.

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                    • Anonymous
                    • tTY
                    • 28 Apr 2020

                    I badly miss sony phones. In India, sony fans do not have any option comparable to sony. Oppo vivo realme xiaomi samsung huawei honor all are garbage...motorola does not launch top models here...only LG selling good build quality oled display good camera and light weight phones...others feel like bricks...

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                      • Jan
                      • nCi
                      • 28 Apr 2020

                      Take note no made in china phone of sony thats very good thumbs up.

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                        • Anonymous
                        • Kxr
                        • 28 Apr 2020

                        imparanoic, 27 Apr 2020Xperia Ui looks nothing like iOS Ui, it's closer to plain v... moreBeauty of Android is that you can make it look like iOS, Windows, Linux, or any other skin on Android. Can't believe ppl complaining how stock Android skins look.

                        Chinese skins offer a fully functional theme store that by default can change the entire look of your device without even installing any third party app.

                          Anonymous, 27 Apr 2020People that hate Xperia flagship want: - ugly screen wh... more .

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                            • Anonymous
                            • Kxr
                            • 28 Apr 2020

                            Wezz, 27 Apr 2020"where would you even watch 8K video?" This is what I said... moreSD865 already does 4k@120fps.

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                              • Dometalican
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                              • 27 Apr 2020

                              Anonymous, 27 Apr 2020PS5 wont be available before early december. It can always come with a coupon code for it. lol. Even if it's further down the line, you can certainly get some sales offering that. lol.

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                                • Dometalican
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                                • 27 Apr 2020

                                Anonymous, 27 Apr 20201 ii will use 5G in USA. The website lists the 5G bands i... moreAccording to the website (https://www.sony.com/electronics/smartphones/xperia-1m2/specifications), the one Mark 2 is getting Bands n1, n3, n28, n77, n78 (none of them are for Verizon, T-Mobile, or AT&T whom all use mmWave and bands 2 and 5 if I'm not mistaken).

                                Xperia Pro, according to the same website, gets some of the rarer Japanese bands and 5G bands 2, 5, 8, and the 2 mmWave bands for the major carriers not named Sprint for the US.

                                I wish you were right but....Sony has it labelled.

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 27 Apr 2020

                                  Dometalican, 27 Apr 2020I want to be excited for the Xperia Pro but they need to wi... morePS5 wont be available before early december.

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                                    • 27 Apr 2020

                                    Dometalican, 27 Apr 2020I want to be excited for the Xperia Pro but they need to wi... more1 ii will use 5G in USA.
                                    The website lists the 5G bands it will use.

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 27 Apr 2020

                                      imparanoic, 27 Apr 2020Xperia Ui looks nothing like iOS Ui, it's closer to plain v... moreI said haters want Xperia UI to be an iOS copycat .
                                      I did not say it is ....

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                                        • Anonymous
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                                        • 27 Apr 2020

                                        Eldamri, 27 Apr 2020Please bring back the compact. I bought the note 10 instead... moreThe Xperia 5 is already narrower than the s10e. If you want a 21:9 phone as short as the s10e it will be very narrow indeed.