Sony Xperia 1 III and 5 III announced with 120Hz screens, variable telephoto lenses

14 April 2021
The two boast the industry-first telephoto camera with variable focal length.

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Anonymous, 14 Apr 2021OnePlus sells? That's the first time I'm hearing ... moreOnePlus and Oppo flagships sell way more than Sony.

Nord?? Last year was the first time in years that OnePlus rolled out a Mid-ranger or budget device. They've always been budget "flagships".

    i0S.-.Never.-.Again, 14 Apr 2021Same old camera as last year.... Disappointing!! With all... moreThis is Sony's stupidity, regressive thinking or simply greed. There're far to many old 12MP sensors left, you know. Perhaps this is the way they save the planet - ulilizing old, obsolete pieces of hardware. Suspect that selfie camera is the same shit as on two previousmodels as well - too bad for narcissistic me! :)
    Anyway, with this announce of Sony's old-new flagships they helped me with obvious now choise - finally get Galaxy S21 Ultra which costs less that Xperia 1 III will be available in few month in few distant countries! Cheers, Sony!

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      Anonymous, 14 Apr 2021OnePlus sells? That's the first time I'm hearing ... moreLOL
      yeah sony sells

        Great further improvements, not enough to want make me need the 5iii as already have the 5ii which is already such a complete mobile phone already! Great to see Sony still pushing- the battery size increase will make the 5iii a beast as my 5ii is already very impressive!

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          [deleted post]sony is best
          deal with it

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            [deleted post]OnePlus sells? That's the first time I'm hearing that. Maybe Nord line sells cause flagship line doesn't so that's why they introduced the Nord. And how does that Find X3 Pro sells in Europe? Did they break the magical number of at least 100,000?

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              Nick Tegrataker, 14 Apr 2021(Continued) With that said, I have a mixed feeling about s... moreE4 is not a quality feature but value feature that offers quality for less money. With E4 Samsung is saying to ODM factories in China hey we have this great panel and it costs almost the same as the crap you've been buying locally and putting it in every mid rangers across the board.

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                Yuri84, 14 Apr 2021When everyone switches to 48-108mp cameras, they use 12mp..... moreThose high megapixels cameras are a gimmick anyways, most phone defaults to 12MP since pixel binning is better than using more sensors under the same color filter, which only improves details slightly, as noted by GSMArena

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                  Yuri84, 14 Apr 2021When everyone switches to 48-108mp cameras, they use 12mp..... moreOne of the problem with high megapixel count is the processing speed. Yes, sd888 has very fast image processing speed, but I think it would still limits the burst shot capability to 10fps if Sony uses 48mp or higher megapixel sensor. Plus the pixel size for the 12 mp in xperia 1iii and 5iii is rather big.

                    Anonymous, 14 Apr 2021Cause Mi11 Ultra with the "greatest" sensor produ... moreOhhh you must have seen those YouTube videos I see.... where they admit that the phone is running on beta software.

                    While your Sony still can't get their auto mode performance correct despite being the ones who manufacture the HW.
                    No more than a decade old Chinese companies are getting their camera software right... Let that sink in!!!!
                    If I was a Sony fan, I'd be ashamed of it not defending it BL!Ndly

                      This is everything I actually want in a phone, all the gaming phone aspects including the headphone jack minus all the RGB gamer aesthetic. Straight class and elegance.

                        wongwatt, 14 Apr 2021Unlike most on here I've actually owned and used an Xp... moreYou're not alone, mate. I had similar experience with Xperia 5 II. My "struggle to love it" ended up in a 1.5 month. Luckily I was able to re-sell it for a reasonably money to a curious guy who didn't know that Sony still makes the phones :). The only two things I liked about Xperia 5 II were shape / design / size and sound quality. Everything else was very average - not worth even a half price of what Sony sold it for. The most laughable thing that I noticed was ... insane amount of lens flares of main camera having T* Zeiss marking on the glass :).

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                          i0S.-.Never.-.Again, 14 Apr 2021Same old camera as last year.... Disappointing!! With all... moreCause Mi11 Ultra with the "greatest" sensor produces such lukewarm indoor images and lackluster video.

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                            Anonymous, 14 Apr 2021What are you babbling about . I was talking about new shor... moreKindly read the comment fully before complaining about "babbling".

                              ibrahimferhadli, 14 Apr 2021Great devices but needed available worldwide and below 1k u... moreBelow 1k usd I s not possible sadly

                              I mean look at what it packs, 1st phone with continuous zoom, 4K120 screen, able to be a mirror for your mirrorless, pioneered pro controls

                              Just so much to be asking for

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                                Xperia 1iii will be a game changer

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                                  The 5 is going to be the sensible pick here. It'll actually have battery life, and 1080p is unequivocally enough at that size (which also leaves it 0 flagship competitors on Android).

                                    Same old camera as last year.... Disappointing!!
                                    With all these in-house camera sensors to play with, they still put the same sensor as last year.... SMH. And folks over here wonder why nobody wants to buy Sony.

                                      Great devices but needed available worldwide and below 1k usd. Otherwise, Just rich people and creators will buy these phones

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                                        Shanti Dope, 14 Apr 202150MP with under 10ms readout is impossible without embedded... moreVivo manage to do x5 to x7.5 zoom, optically, using its periscope. This 1iii are x3 and x4.4 (105mm/24mm are not x5) optical zoom separately.

                                        I dont know, for me its not much of a gap. Well focal length are depends on each preference anyway. The truth is, I rather have new big main sensor with x3 optical, rather than same old same old main sensor with dual telephoto. Like Nick said, seems like Sony dont want to be near their compact RX series camera lineup.

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