Weekly poll results: the Sony Xperia 1 III has devoted fans, a lower price tag would bring in more

18 July 2021
It is not for everyone, but its design and features stand out from the crowd. The price tag is hard to miss too.

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  • 21 Jul 2021

LucasN82, 20 Jul 2021I Don't care about market share. I care about technolo... moreBad example. I told you I was never heard of Regera, didn't I? Then go ahead, but remember Nokia and LG? They were both big names having lots of fans like you (I too used to like Nokia), but how are they now? Nokia turned into a zombie, LG is dead. Were their fans able to save them? Sony is making the same mistakes that took out Nokia and LG: failing to keep up with good trends (removing 3.5mm jack and free charger is absolulety wrong) and following some pointless creations. Still, I do hope Sony will change to at least avoid those fates.

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    • 21 Jul 2021

    tom, 20 Jul 2021It’s fascinating to see how one immediately becomes a Sony ... moreVery true. Xperia is the best

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      • 20 Jul 2021

      Nick Tegrataker, 20 Jul 2021The definition of luxury: "a state of great comfort o... moreOK, there is no luxury smartphone on the market. I mentioned this.

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        • 20 Jul 2021

        AnonD-1009571, 20 Jul 2021I knew it, Sony fanboys always try to evade questions about... moreI Don't care about market share. I care about technology and features for ME. Try understand what you are reading and that will be huge achievement :D
        Regera is fast like Xperia that destroys every smartphone on Speed Test.

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          • Anonymous
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          • 20 Jul 2021

          tom, 20 Jul 2021It’s fascinating to see how one immediately becomes a Sony ... moreFacts!

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            • 20 Jul 2021

            It’s fascinating to see how one immediately becomes a Sony fanboy when he/she likes the xperia 1 iii. That’s the killer argument not further discussion needed.

            I for example search for a phone by making a list of features I need to have and then try to find a phone which offers me as many of them as possible. e.g. no phone that comes close to my wish list offers an exchangeable battery, also a fm radio is a feature I can´t get. At least the Sony offers a great battery management.

            To me features like a dedicated camera button (which wakes up the cam in a second), an expandable storage, a headphone jack (to run my bayerdynamics t5p), superfast & sticky AF (eye AF is a big plus), a colour accurate calibrated high resolution screen (as near to 100% sRGB as possible), no notch, water resistance, a camera setup form wide angle to portrait zoom range with fast aperture (for family, street photo and travel snapshots) and a decent battery life (the phone needs to get me through the day) are important to me.

            The only flagship phone which provides these features on the market is the xperia 1 iii. To me it is the only flagship phone on the market.

            Phones from other companies are lacking to many features to be called flagships. They are lacking features like expandable storage or headphone jack which middle class phones have, so to me they don’t qualify as flagship which offers middle class features + more.

            So yes the price of the Sony is very high. I’d say prices of top smartphones in general are too high. But when I compare the Sony with the others I find the price acceptable. Especially considering the starter bundle with the headphones, which I’m going to sell on ebay, since I have much better headphones and it brings down the price for me.

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              • 20 Jul 2021

              LucasN82, 20 Jul 2021What about market share of Koenigsegg Regera? You must be a... moreI knew it, Sony fanboys always try to evade questions about market share. Btw, you compare Sony Xperia to Koenigsegg Regera? Since when smartphone brands can be compared with sport car brands? And I just started to find out what Koenigsegg Regera is when you mentioned it.

                LucasN82, 18 Jul 2021Soo please buy me that cheap not luxury Alpha 1 (or FX3) wi... moreThe definition of luxury:
                "a state of great comfort or elegance, especially when involving great expense."

                Yeah, so if you think people are buying those expensive professional grade equipments just to get off to themselves spending tons of money and make them feel "comfortable" or "elegant", then you clearly have no clue what luxury actually means.

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                  • 20 Jul 2021

                  AnonD-1009571, 20 Jul 2021What about market share?What about market share of Koenigsegg Regera? You must be a paid with such arguments for facts about something totally different.

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                    • 20 Jul 2021

                    Anonymous , 20 Jul 2021Now that is a true fact! Truth hurts. What about market share?

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                      • 20 Jul 2021

                      LucasN82, 19 Jul 2021No one said Sony made an excellent product. Most of flagshi... moreNow that is a true fact! Truth hurts.

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                        • 19 Jul 2021

                        blue.sun, 19 Jul 2021It's funny, how Sony fans still try to convice the oth... moreNo one said Sony made an excellent product. Most of flagship Xperias won in speed tests on YouTube. Thats a fact. You can not fight with facts.
                        Some people said here that 1III is a crap and thats a nonsense.

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                          • 19 Jul 2021

                          Anonymous, 19 Jul 2021They did so much of R & D & invested billions to br... morethat's it.

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                            • 19 Jul 2021

                            BlahBlah, 19 Jul 2021Hi. You can check the TechNick channel on YouTube about per... moreIt's funny, how Sony fans still try to convice the others that Sony made an excellent product.
                            No, it did not!

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                              • Anonymous
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                              • 19 Jul 2021

                              I don't know how ppl can shell out so much for half baked Sony phone

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                                • Anonymous
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                                • 19 Jul 2021

                                They did so much of R & D & invested billions to bring this quality product, they are not like other brands who just copies others work & release a low quality phone with bugs, there are other brands u will get for competitive, if u need a good product u need to pay extra money.

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                                  • 19 Jul 2021

                                  BlahBlah, 19 Jul 2021Hi. You can check the TechNick channel on YouTube about per... moreTechnick is a sham

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                                    • 19 Jul 2021

                                    AnonD-1003038, 19 Jul 2021No one. All of them are really expensive mass produced gadg... moreI agree

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                                      • 19 Jul 2021

                                      Anonymous, 19 Jul 2021Low performance, compared to devices on the same chipset or... moreHi. You can check the TechNick channel on YouTube about performance and speed tests on Xperia 1 III with other phones. Thanks for taking the time. Bye.

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                                        • 19 Jul 2021

                                        LucasN82, 19 Jul 2021So which company that make smartphones is Luxury?No one. All of them are really expensive mass produced gadgets. One could say Caviar's phones are luxury because they just make them obsenely expensive by sticking gold and diamonds on them, but it's just regular phones with diaomnds and gold so they don't actually make the phones itself.