Hot take: Sony Xperia 1 III, Xperia 5 III and Xperia 10 III

18 April 2021
Sony stay true to its DNA and its fans are happy for it.

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  • XDH
  • 09 Jan 2022

Mark iV, 19 Apr 2021Sony and camera are like day and night. 21:9 aspect ratio?... moreSorry to break your dreams but a Sony Phone is way better than any mid range phones out there.
4K HDR OLED screen is among the best on any smartphone
Speakers are Great!
Cameras on the phones are among the best in the business, manual mode takes it to another level.
So yh... I don't know what you are talking about

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    • XDH
    • 09 Jan 2022

    VectorR, 19 Apr 2021"MarkII has the best camera of any phone" ???!!! ... moreEven iphones stick with 12 mp cameras 🤔
    Maybe they are crap too.

    Sony as compared to other smartphone brands, makes among the best mirrorless cameras in the industry (Surely apple and Samsung and google don't)

    So I think they do in fact know better than you right?

    Well yh, so in the hands of a pro photographer, the results of the 1 mk3 or pro I is well, better than the pack!

    Point and shoot isn't on par as the likes of apple or Google, but manual mode allows the photo to shoot way better photos!

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      • Pooposter
      • 0xD
      • 31 May 2021

      Inb4 the screens on these phones burn-in after 2 months of use, compared to the last gen. Also can't wait for the laggy trash that is Sony's android 11 with no update notes.

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        • Big boy
        • uvB
        • 05 May 2021

        Sony has done it at last after a long gap of boring phones with outdated specs.
        They should have put a subwoofer for 1 iii and you get Audio par de excellence. Also ir blaster on all three phones would help to control all Sony TVs and hifi systems.
        😊🙃

          The dual zoom range in a single zoom module is interesting. Not sure why gsmarena.com didn't dedicate an entire article to it.
          Having dual zoom of 70mm and 105mm, which equates to around 2.9x and 4.4x optical zoom, is HUGE.
          I am guessing this will be THE Camera Trend in 2022, where all manufacturers will get a camera with 2 of these modules each, and probably 4 different zoom ranges, apart from the main camera and Ultrawide.

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            • Anonymous
            • kns
            • 30 Apr 2021

            I'm very sorry I have Sonny xpria yea 2012 but very hard to repair thers no store to fixed so my Sony expria is in home I don't use it any more

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              • DQ
              • LCt
              • 27 Apr 2021

              LOL, 21 Apr 2021Most people just want a phone that takes great photos and v... moreI absolutely love having an "enthusiast" device... Always did... I never like having the most popular device out there just because everyone else had it. I like to have a device with features that cater to my uses. So in that regard yeah, I am quite happy tweaking around my photos when I want them to look a certain way... otherwise the Auto Mode in Xperia is quite good. Maybe not Pixel level but more than enough to get a good quick shot.

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                • Firefox
                • Xpk
                • 25 Apr 2021

                D1G1TE, 18 Apr 2021Great phones that very few people will buy. Why? Simply bec... moreI think it is for 2 reasons they delay sale of the phone after announcement. First to work on Software furore start sale. Samsung for example start sale and fix Software issues after. And second reason because Sony is not a mainstream (mass sale) phone. They target very small number of Sony fans.

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                  • allbrandsareequal
                  • tDG
                  • 25 Apr 2021

                  SuuperBaka, 24 Apr 2021You still continue to lie even though you got caught. Have ... moreWell said. That Samsunk and BeegBeegKok fanboy won't ever stop posting hateful/troll comments on anything Sony related any time soon, even though they already lost the argument. What a contrarian. A no-life, trolling contrarian behind a screen, no less. Keep replying to them and you might cripple their nonexistent life even more. They'll eventually become so mad, they have to be sent to a psychiatric hospital.

                  Sorry, I got a bit carried away. When it comes to trolls like that (human being?), I do have a sadistic mindset. If you look at my nickname again, you might think that I'm a hypocrite because I mocked Samsung and BBK Electronics with this comment. Trust me, I did that to mock the fanboys, not because I hate those brands.

                  To the troll: If you send a reply to me, with or without quoting this comment, you're simply proving my point. If you want to win, try not to send any replies to me.

                    VectorR, 24 Apr 2021No lies, my friend. Not interested to lie about Sony becaus... moreYou still continue to lie even though you got caught. Have some dignity and admit you lied, we all see that you got exposed and you still continue lying. It's insane, you must have some problems in your head or you're just delusional af.

                      VectorR, 23 Apr 2021Oh, you telling different story now. Completely differnt to... more"Sensor size doesn't matter and we all know it"

                      Lmao

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                        • LucasN82
                        • 8j%
                        • 24 Apr 2021

                        VectorR, 24 Apr 2021No lies, my friend. Not interested to lie about Sony becaus... moreI have tested Alpha 9 and 70200GM (almost 8000USD), Alpha 7SII, Alpha 7SIII and many more and I think that your quality point of view is different than mine. Your all smartphones (Pixel, Samsung etc) are TOYS for me, even Xperia.
                        But still I think u can get nice looking photo from 1II. Maybe it doesnt have super sharp edges in some night photo but when I print that on 15x20cm it looks good (and it was shot full Auto from hand).
                        https://i.ibb.co/tq6yyWh/1.jpg
                        :) Fight and tell me Im wrong and I dont know what looks nice to ME.

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                          • Anonymous
                          • I@H
                          • 24 Apr 2021

                          VectorR, 24 Apr 2021No lies, my friend. Not interested to lie about Sony becaus... more"myth busted"... lies exposed by exif... you are impressive though, you really stand by your lies that long...

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                            • LucasN82
                            • 8j%
                            • 24 Apr 2021

                            LOL, 24 Apr 2021The way I see it, 'Alpha team collaboration' mean... morePixel are very good phones with good cameras but let's not exaggerate. They have some issues and they are not perfect. I just check (10 minutes ago) one review of Pixel 4 on site with "d" in name and found that some shots have huuge issues.
                            https://ibb.co/hYnj1Mh (sometimes huge noise in indoors)
                            https://ibb.co/1vXKvW2 (artifacts on bokeh mode; like every smartphone on market)
                            https://ibb.co/VNhYnbN
                            Soo there's no perfect solution and perfect camera in smartphone world.

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                              • yAK
                              • 24 Apr 2021

                              The way I see it, 'Alpha team collaboration' meant developing the proprietary Photo Pro and Cinema Pro apps, and maybe including that fancy 20fps burst mode and the Eye AF feature.

                              However, they have done nothing when it comes to algorithms and postprocessing... that magical thing which Google has done with Pixel phones: taking excellent photos with average camera hardware. Pixel phones also use a Sony camera sensor, so there is no excuse for Sony to not achieve something similar.

                              X1 ii and X5 ii were underwhelming, let's hope X1 iii and X5 iii are much better than last year's Xperia phones.

                                LucasN82, 24 Apr 2021Use more "!" &"haha" and maybe your... moreNo lies, my friend. Not interested to lie about Sony because far too many lies & hype about their products already. Some peolpe (blind Sony fanboys like you) are living in the past, in the shadow of the old good days when Sony really made geat, high quality products. But unfortunately those days are long gone, my friend. Now Korea and recently China means real quality, real deal. So all I did is just showed what kind of "quality" will you get when you buy over $1000 Xperia device. Trust me, I can give you at lest 10 bullet points list of issues with Xperia flagship phones which I owned and prove why they are just pieces of junk. This is exactly why Xperia products are widely ignored.

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                                  • LucasN82
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                                  • 24 Apr 2021

                                  VectorR, 24 Apr 2021Oh, really??? Wow! What a great Exif hacker I'm! :) I&... moreUse more "!" &"haha" and maybe your lies will disappear.
                                  Probably you didin't realize that Exif data exist and someone can check them :)

                                    LucasN82, 24 Apr 2021My (your) Exif data shows that you lie (that you shot at Au... moreOh, really??? Wow! What a great Exif hacker I'm! :) I'm sooooooooo proud!

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                                      • LucasN82
                                      • n4}
                                      • 24 Apr 2021

                                      VectorR, 24 Apr 2021I don't know what's wrong with you, mate! Somethi... moreMy (your) Exif data shows that you lie (that you shot at Auto and Photo Pro). That's all.

                                        LucasN82, 24 Apr 2021I dont know whats wrong with you, really. From beginning Im... moreI don't know what's wrong with you, mate! Something is definitely wrong with your head. Xperia 1 II and 5 II offer a new level of broken promises, hype and crap, nothing more. It's so funny to see how easily you downgraded not so old Sony flagship phones - Xperia 1 and 5. They were "Alpha team tuned", overhyped / overpriced the same way as 1 II / 5 II and certainly offered true-to-life photo "quality" etc. In realily, they all just a bloody joke! :) What happened with your "scientific" approach - EXIFs - this time around? Hard to do anything, right? Just say "Xperia 5 always had mediocre camera" and you're done! So easy! Ha-ha-ha