Sony clarifies: the Xperia 1 III will get at least two Android updates

20 July 2021
The phone is coming next month with Android 11 out of the box. 

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mixedfish, 21 Jul 2021Wow the 50cent army is out to hate on Sony because they mad... moreYou must be joking, mate. Sony never did the best smartphones in the past and will never do. Just because they don't really want to be bothered. Just put you pink glasses of Sony's blind love and look properly what Xperia 1 III is offering for $1300 (~$1700 in most countries where Sony doesn't sell phones). Cool ProCamera app with rather pathetic outcome, outdated by modern flagship camera-phones standard main camera sensor, average battery life, 3.5mm hole in the case and microSD card slot which nobody really need in 2021 (perhaps, apart from you), overkill 4k screen, useless in most situation 21x9 aspect ratio etc.

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    mixedfish, 21 Jul 2021Wow the 50cent army is out to hate on Sony because they mad... moreBe cause it was relevant to the content I responded to and shows the consistent poor track record of Sony.
    Learn to read before commenting. And next time have the guys to reply to me.

      Anonymous, 21 Jul 2021Your phone works at 400 nit 90% of the time during 24 hours... moreLol dat logic tho. Then if you bring sony flagship to outside under the sun, you will barely see the content because of 400nits!
      Dont justify expensive flagship to bring 400 nits. That belong to the midrange

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        mixedfish, 21 Jul 2021Wow the 50cent army is out to hate on Sony because they mad... moreHalf the screen brightness, can't choose resolution, speakers are not as loud or as good as others, smaller battery with lesser stamina, camera not as good, front camera weak outdated hardware, not even available yet, when it is it won't be locally available for most, most consumers won't even know it exists....
        But it has headphone jack i guess...

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          • 21 Jul 2021

          Seriously SONY just give people more updates to justify the cost of your phone. How difficult is it to give a software update when the lowest setting has been set by Pixel 5 and that itself gets more Android Software update than yours???

          Also think about it if your phone is unable to sell now due to the higher price by the following year if you sell at 50% RRP people will still buy them if you provide better software support.

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            • 21 Jul 2021

            Wow the 50cent army is out to hate on Sony because they made the best phone.

            Why talk about the history of Xperia and every flaw, it's not even relevant to this 1 iii article about how someone made fake news and every news site did zero fact checking or didn't even bother to market it as a rumor.

            The guys posting this type of fake news should be ashamed of themselves.

              Defensive wording + Sony = won't happen
              Just ask the people waiting for a VRR update on their 2020 TVs and same worthless promise was made for 2021 models

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                Anonymous, 20 Jul 2021Light years ahead😂😂😂😂😂😂 Like when they had severe and sudd... moreYour phone works at 400 nit 90% of the time during 24 hours. Unless you want to bleed your eyes to death so you keep it in vivid mode and max brigthness.

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                  • 20 Jul 2021

                  I bet and believes the first was right and this is just avertising to buy this phone.
                  When many people will buy it they will say the first thing was right so the 1 year of updates and done.

                    a52 and a72 (midrange phone from Samsung) get 3 years of os update and this "Flagship" give 2? lol

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                      • 20 Jul 2021

                      Anonymous, 20 Jul 2021"4K resolution is not always on, the phone can auto-en... moreWhat is the relevants of those concern. If the phone will give you great performance and can responds properly,..

                      What really is the used of phone to every one.

                      This is for family use, business use, friends use and pastime use.

                      Honestly since the world was exist ive never had a phone like high end quality, i just read the changes of specs then see what is the importance of those changes via youtube, then thats its,

                      We dont have to argue which great best or excellent, at the end of the world no one will give our request...unless we paid them and create a special one.

                      Maybe you have phone there and give me one cause im really want to try one but its expensive for me...

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                        • 20 Jul 2021

                        Dometalican, 20 Jul 2021Sony literally marketed 4K@120Hz when they revealed the pho... more"4K resolution is not always on, the phone can auto-enable it only for a few select apps (there is no easy way to tell which ones) and everything else is rendered in 1080p.
                        And if and when the phone decides to enable 4K, the max refresh rate would go down to 60Hz because 120Hz is not supported at the highest resolution. ""WE'VE BEEN IN CONTACT WITH SONY TO CLARIFY THIS"" and we've been explicitly told that, indeed, 120Hz is achieved in 1080p resolution, while in 4K the refresh rate is always 60Hz."

                        So again. Why did Sony claim otherwise? And please do try to respond without your angry hurt bias

                          Anonymous, 20 Jul 2021Why did Sony tell them otherwise? Sony literally marketed 4K@120Hz when they revealed the phone. No clue what you're talking about. You can look back at GSMArena's article when it was revealed.

                            Anonymous, 20 Jul 2021Besides pixels, which phone got 3 updates so far? None ... Actually bro, as much as I hate Samsung's hypocritical behind, their phones are coming with 3 OS updates.

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                              Viper, 20 Jul 2021and how about to write all your replies in one comment ? sp... moreSo now you can't even admit you were wrong and made false comments and proven wrong. Just side track to bash instead. Just like a typical fan.
                              How about try reading, owning up to your mistake, and stay on topic?
                              Wow...your device is fine!!! I have on z ultra thats fine and one that had motherboard issue. One z3 thats fine one with motherboard issue, and one with hair line crack with no touch.

                              Whats your point? So because yours is fine means issues done exist? So if someone's note 7 didn't catch fire means the issue didn't exist? Lg bootloop didn't exist? Apple bengate and touch disease didn't exist?

                                Anonymous, 20 Jul 20211299.The price I quoted is how much it costs In uk

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                                  Anonymous, 20 Jul 2021And the pro only gets 400. Learn about a service before com... moreand how about to write all your replies in one comment ? spamming whole commentaries with your fake agenda against Sony wont make a difference.. and i'm here to demand you.. i have Sony Xperia M4 Aqua from 2015, still works, never had motherboard issues, nor the screen cracked.. after 6 years, the battery is weak which is normal, and after i dropped it on the ground the wi-fi doesn't work which is my fault actually, and even then the screen didn't cracked

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                                    • 20 Jul 2021

                                    Anonymous, 20 Jul 20211ii, 1iii and Pro all pass 600 nits. Stop lying. Z4 a... moreAnd the pro only gets 400. Learn about a service before commenting on. Just like learning to read before commenting. Lab tests here don't lie.

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                                      • 20 Jul 2021

                                      Anonymous, 20 Jul 20211ii, 1iii and Pro all pass 600 nits. Stop lying. Z4 a... moreAnd 1iii only passes 600 nits in select apps. Not in general.

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                                        • 20 Jul 2021

                                        Anonymous, 20 Jul 20211ii, 1iii and Pro all pass 600 nits. Stop lying. Z4 a... moreNeither one of those things are things I said. Learn to read before replying.