Leak: the Sony WF-1000XM4 will have better ANC, LDAC support and longer battery life

27 May 2021
The improved feature set will be courtesy of a custom chip dubbed the Sony V1.

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imparanoic, 28 May 2021yes, i am aware, but the system on a chip must also support... moreSorry to say but I have a Note10+ on Exynos and it support LDAC since Android 10 or 11 (I think 99% this was on 10) :-)

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    • JiL
    • 28 May 2021

    I broke my incredibly tatty WM XM1s I've had some some years now doing that very thing. I've always been a bit reckless with them like lobbing them on the floor when I'm not using them and not ever trying to catch them when they're about to fall off my head, so they did well. It appears multiple uses in the rain finally finished them off....although not immediately as they were working for a short while and only broke after I tried to use them after charging a few days later.

    I'm pretty excited for these if its true as that's a substantial increase in battery life and the rain resistance just makes them a lot more practical. I always preferred in ear earphones but those godawful lanyards on older models just meant they weren't anywhere near as practical as they could be and they still had the main disadvantage almost all wired earphones have which the potential for the connection between the earbud and the wire to sever rendering them useless.

    I have high hopes for these although it might take me a while to get used to in-ear earphones again after using headphones for 3+ years now.

      Anonymous, 28 May 2021Unless they fixed the issues with the WF-1000XM3, the xm4 i... moreAre you sure you bought Sony?. Check again . Don't buy from streets.

        Fearghast, 28 May 2021That's the sad part ... good dac on the phone ... what... moreIf more people complain about Sony's DAC maybe they might add it and fill in what LG had.

          hop, 27 May 2021Wow good dac on the phone and a jack is still way way bette... moreThat's the sad part ... good dac on the phone ... what phone with good DAC were left?
          Some Asus? LG is dead. Sony is using integrated crap ... hard to get a decent sound without USB DAC.

            5$ wired earphone > 250$ wireless earphone

              GregLu, 28 May 2021They will never got rid of it, specially now that's im... moreyes, i am aware, but the system on a chip must also support it, Exynos does not support ldac, but Kirin, Snapdragon and dimensity do support ldac

                imparanoic, 28 May 2021Good to see that sony is still supporting ldacThey will never got rid of it, specially now that's implemented at a native level on Android.

                  Anonymous, 28 May 2021Unless they fixed the issues with the WF-1000XM3, the xm4 i... moreI have used the XM3 and I kinda agree with the point made, however, you can clearly see here that the shape are changed, given the battery life, it's understandable. Also, there is a whole new chip for voice processing (Also for call quality) and it's far better than XM3 ;-)

                  The usability has been fixed too. You'll see :)

                    gringo, 27 May 2021hahaha 250€ ... wtf sony ??? i prefer buying poco f3 for t... morea pair earbuds vs a phone
                    seriously how do you compare them?

                      Good to see that sony is still supporting ldac

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                        • 28 May 2021

                        Anonymous, 28 May 2021Unless they fixed the issues with the WF-1000XM3, the xm4 i... moreMaybe nobody mentioned it because they didn't have these problems? Are you sure you didn't have a defective unit?

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                          • Kxu
                          • 28 May 2021

                          Unless they fixed the issues with the WF-1000XM3, the xm4 is doomed to fail:
                          - sound shuttering and drop outs, random restarts
                          - trash quality for phone calls (they're useless pos)
                          - bulky size (buds & case)

                          Since almost nobody mentioned these issues, I get that you haven't actually used the xm3 to realize how crappy these are compared to airpods pro. Sure, the xm3 have a slight edge over the airpods pro in terms of anc and music quality, but are far worse in pretty much anything else. Sony would better get their things straight since they charge premium for a product which clearly isn't.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • p$1
                            • 28 May 2021

                            Is it any good?

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                              • 28 May 2021

                              lBlanc, 27 May 2021As a poco f3 owner, i don't think I'll be buying ... moreGuess I'll get these in 3 years when they are adorable on eBay

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                                • 28 May 2021

                                fren, 27 May 2021Sony design are always kind stagnant or in this case weird ... moreI think they look pretty futuristic mate. This is a fresh design and look tiny if you compare them.

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                                  • 28 May 2021

                                  It wont have better sound quality according to sony. thats a shame.

                                    When these things get revealed on June 4th, I feel like these will come with the Xperia 1 and 5 Mark iii as a pre-order bonus and then they reveal the prices, release dates, and pre-order dates for the phones in Europe and the US. 8 days to go I guess.

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                                      • Tp3
                                      • 28 May 2021

                                      Might very well be my first set of wireless earphones. 8 hours with ANC and 12 hours is impressive. Battery life was always holding me back from going wireless, but these look convincing. Xperia 1 III might also be my very first Sony phone as Samsung is dropping microSD support on flagships and doesn't even offer more internal storage in return. S21 Ultra feels like a downgrade compared to my Note 20 Ultra.

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                                        • 27 May 2021

                                        Wow good dac on the phone and a jack is still way way better and lot simpler, buying a phone without a jack it you like good sound makes no sense

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