Sony Xperia 1 VII to get Exmor T sensors for all cameras

20 February 2025
The resolution and sensor size will reportedly remain unchanged, but performance should still improve significantly.

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TheSnowWinterR7, 20 Feb 2025Another Xperia rumour article is back, the favourite place ... moreBasically , bayer sensors available for phones today are those :

12mp 1/2.55" , 12mp 1/2.8" , 12mp 1/2.9" , 13mp 1/1.3" , 12mp 1/3.2" , 12mp 1/3.4" , 12mp 1/3.6" and 8mp 1/4" ..

Also those 2 and 5mp used as depth/macro.

Everything else is QB, easier and cheaper to make.

    jiyen235, 20 Feb 2025yeah sure bro sony number 1!!!11 the noise in the samples c... moreAnd claims about improvements by sensor manufacturer are about well capacity and read noise, not light sensitivity.

      Anonymous, 20 Feb 2025It is not marketing. It has been tested. Imx888 has 8... moreyeah sure bro sony number 1!!!11 the noise in the samples come out of nowhere. God intervenes and nerfs Sony so they don't become too powerful.

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        • 20 Feb 2025

        Need a Pro-II that's fit for purpose.

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          • 20 Feb 2025

          Not many megapixels again in telephoto? 😭

            Bot10Exists, 20 Feb 2025their audio department is incredibly successful. (not talki... moreSony doesn't have any dedicated 'audio department'. Instead: 'In the ET&S segment, Televisions includes LCD and OLED televisions; Audio and
            Video includes Blu-ray disc players and recorders, home audio, headphones and memory-based portable audio devices; Still and Video
            Cameras includes interchangeable lens cameras, compact digital cameras, consumer video cameras and video cameras for broadcast'

              Luke , 20 Feb 2025What a kindergarten... Who cares about some pixels in 10000... moreAdd to that getting destroyed in social media processing

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                • 20 Feb 2025

                What a kindergarten... Who cares about some pixels in 100000 zoom mode on 100000 screen... 99,9999999999998 pictures end up being seen two times in 20 years and throw away with the media at the end

                  vik457, 20 Feb 2025Here's what sensor manufacturers says about it https:/... moreWell capacity and lower noise

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                    jiyen235, 20 Feb 2025Never underestimate Sony. Do you know that Sony owns the ri... moreYes, I know that Sony is a huge conglomerate. It only has a few profitable businesses, though, and PlayStation is a big part of their profits. Like other platform owners, its main revenues are from platform fees. Third-party developers gave Sony cuts for copies of games they sold. And as you mentioned, the PS+ is very profitable.

                      [deleted post]Well, that's just a surprise and sometimes, a headscratcher for an Xperia fanboy like me to see something kinda political here being discussed in this detail.

                        Now since when the comment mood and discussion shifted from rumoured Exmor T stuffs of Xperia 1 VII to DEI stuff that is quite unrelated, so fast? I know topic and goal-shifting comments always happened under Sony articles but oh wow.

                          12mp uw and 12mp tele can t benefit the extra cip. Will be a 5% better quality that can easily be achieved with with a 50mp and bigger senzor. Those 2 make this cip obsolete

                            Zendroid, 20 Feb 2025And the Asians will still get really yellow skin? Even on n... moreDoes this refer to Sony sensors (either Exmor R, RS, T or Lytia), Sony Xperia's image processing, or the image processing of the general smartphone? And yes, I'm aware of Tecno's initiative on Universal Tone to create a better representation of skin colour in photos and videos.

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                              Good to hear. Sony's xperia VI main camera is a bechmark to me. Best details and overal IQ.

                                Anonymous, 20 Feb 2025If Sony wants to be competitive, it has to provides at leas... moretheir audio department is incredibly successful. (not talking about bluetooth stuff)

                                  jiyen235, 20 Feb 2025as long as it's still not a phone with a larger than 1... moreYour analogy is like saying someone should get Xiaomi SU7 Ultra instead of Porsche 911 GT3 Touring to a gasoline-powered car enthusiast who loved the Flat 6 Naturally Aspirated engines and a 6-speed manual of 911 GT3 Touring that output lesser power compared to electric battery and 1-speed automatic of SU7 Ultra, when the target markets aren't even the same.

                                  You may think 3.5mm headphone jack, MicroSDXC, or camera button of Xperia "useless" just like saying F6 NA engine of 911 GT3 sucked compared to X200 Pro's camera capabilities or Xiaomi SU7 Ultra's bursts of power, but if you going to convince to someone who needed the feature of MicroSDXC card slot + 3.5mm jack or F6 NA engine + 6-speed manual above camera capabilities and burst of instant power, that wouldn't work. You need to consider that the feature of either Xperia or Porsche is already near extinction and considered "dying breed" due to the current situation shifting of respective markets to other things that may not benefit those who searched MicroSDXC/Flat 6 engine, and forcing someone to get another "better product" that is not suitable for their taste, will make everything even bleaker for whose seeks option outside those two when they're gone.

                                    Glenico353, 20 Feb 2025A 3.5mm audio jack is practically useless if you care about... moreCalling a 3.5mm headphone jack useless becuase of its sound quality? Are you mad or what? There are reasons why Sony decided to reinstate that feature since 1 II after temporarily removing it from XZ2/XZ3/OG Xperia 1, or even gaming phones, and other scale of electronic sectors outside smartphone that needed this. Sound quality of headphone jack able to sustain better than TWS as it is wired, not wireless connected. Be for real!

                                      Anonymous, 20 Feb 2025If Sony wants to be competitive, it has to provides at leas... moreNot when Sony Financial Group/Sony Bank and the orders for Sony camera sensors by bigger smartphone OEMs than Xperia and Industrial-level needs, exist. They carried the other bigger portion of Sony revenue.

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