Sony teases Xperia 1 VII's Walkman capabilities
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Yarbles , 1 hour agoOr people who want a genuinely excellent portable music sou... moreThey will never beat old good LG V60 with quad DAC. Sony clearly lost camera battle literally to everyone and now are trying to shift attention to sound. Pathetic.
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Every phone has "walkman capabilities". It seems that Sony can't brag about cameras anymore and moving away from camera-phone selling point. Apparently they just can't compete with Apple, Samsung, Google, Huawei, Xiaomi, Oppo and Vivo
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xPandamon, 3 hours agoLiterally nobody cares about that besides those only intere... moreOr people who want a genuinely excellent portable music source without having to carry a DAP also. It's a very significant bonus.
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mimarstudio.id, 8 hours agoIf 4K resolution like on the XZ Premium is discontinued, do... moreLiterally nobody cares about that besides those only interested in having the highest numbers.
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Anonymous, 9 hours agoFor some people it's unthinkable to have a consistentl... moreSony Xperia phones are for content creators not daily drivers. I view mine as a piece of kit like my cameras and my drone.
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Lowemon, 22 hours agoI'm sorry for Sony, but they need more than a headphon... moreThose ancient more like garbage technologies are the reason sony does not sell well.
The ither is list of availability among 206 existing countries in world which is basicaly Japan only and maybe few EU countries.
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mimarstudio.id, 8 hours agoIf 4K resolution like on the XZ Premium is discontinued, do... moreAs if you ever noticed any difference. QHD should be the maximum for phones.
4K had too much energy consumption and low brightness.
I am happy that Sony got rid of their ancient specs that were only a marketing gimmick. Nobody needs 4k resolution on a phone display and nobody needs 21:9 aspect ratio on phones. This is something for big TVs and not phones, which are so tiny that none of these things matter.
Sony made a good phone with the 1 VI with good handling thanks to a more comfortable aspect ratio. They should focus now solely on audio and cameras, since these are the things that Sony is known for.
P.S.: The 4k resolution was only active when viewing corresponding content. Otherwise, only FHD was active.
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I'm hoping it's implying some sort of DAC upgrade?
Speaking of which, it's still unclear to me whether Xperia 1 phones even had a dedicated DAC in the first place. If not, then this 'Walkman' addition better include one. Hoping it's either a cirrus logic or ess sabre 🤞
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mimarstudio.id, 8 hours agoIf 4K resolution like on the XZ Premium is discontinued, do... moreI almost bought Xperia 1 VI, but shops was out of stock. I was choosing between Asus rog, Samsung Ultra and Sony was best choise for me by giving micros sd card support (as I already own 521gb card), 3,5mm jack (as I already own Sennheiser HD560S), phone also had great audio output and great cameras. So, quote a perfect phone for me
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Anonymous, 14 hours agoSince when decreasing SoC activity during benchmarks matter... moreyeah you wont get it
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If 4K resolution like on the XZ Premium is discontinued, don't expect us to buy
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Anonymous, 15 hours agoThat 6 years of security updates will be more than enough f... moreFor some people it's unthinkable to have a consistently good phone that just works. They always need to pretend that useless updates 6 years on matter (even though in the cases of Apple and Samsung the updates eventually slow down the phone)
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Too late. Sony should have done it 10 years ago.
Now chinsese phones, and samsung are the winner.
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Asher45, 18 hours agosandisk clip sport was alright. small, handy-ish clip. the ... moreThanks for your reply.
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Anonymous, 12 hours agoOh boy! Sony makes a phone to be a phone first everything e... moreNo matter how long you type is no use , vivo and Xiaomi are the top phones now. Sony is ok but lacks many things .
No cable no charger in the box , low screen res , no IR blaster , not really waterproof and you can test that with your new phone 1mvii if you believe yourself haha , slow charging and super slow wireless charging . But sensor so better depth of field. Sony is nice but after they ditched the 4k screen is just a regular phone . Heavily throttling when gaming on a fhd+ screen. . I have all versions of Sony until the mark vi and I will buy the mark vii too because I support them and they feel special but they are not the best anymore since I also use Xiaomi I know what I'm talking about
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will they upgrade the sdcard controller to support newer & faster sdcards with upto 8k video recording speeds?
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jiyen235, 18 hours agoChi-fi happened recently, Sony's been here for a long ... moreOh boy! Sony makes a phone to be a phone first everything else second, that's why ergonomics are important. They don't have to pretend their phone is a camera when they already have cameras to sell you. You want a thick phone? There are plenty of them out there, Xiaomi Ultra 15, Vivo x200 Ultram Oppo FindX and many others thick and big phones that pretend to be cameras first and phones second. Actually I think it's a lot worse to pose with camera kits for phones and call yourself an enthusiast who doesn't have an actual camera.
Sensor sizes are like megapixels marketing back in the day. Bigger sensor doesn't mean its better just because it's bigger. Manufacturers are ditching mobile 1" cause it's full of compromises, takes a lot of space, requires lots of glass which adds thickness and weight and what does it offer in return compared to 1.3 sensor? Not whole a lot.
And what "professional features" have to do with sensor size? Does Xiaomi have 20fps burst? No. Does Huawei have 30fps burst? No. Do any of them offer 120fps video in 10bit HLG across all cameras? No. Sony Xperia has all of these professional features listed above.
Xperia 1 has more endurance than Xiaomi 15 Ultra despite having smaller battery. Having a smaller battery it means its lighter yet it lasts longer than heavier 15 Ultra. Xiaomi 15 Ultra is ergonomics nightmare because of camera island. When you hold it your fingers always grab below camera island which is almost takes a half of the phones height. Getting it into a jeans pocket with display facing inward is tricky. It has a huge camera island to accommodate LYT-900 one inch sensor which is great for photography but Xperia beats it in video. Actually Xperia doesn't beat LYT-900 but it beats its implementation for video by Xiaomi.
You want Sony to make micro four thirds camera on a phone? Why? They never had such a camera why would they make a phone? Variable aperture makes sense only on Xiaomi Ultra 15 because it has such a shallow focus with a tiny plane of focus that smaller aperture could really help it. That is the only reason to have variable aperture on a phone.
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Sony 5 VII with full spec of 1 VII ?
1 VII with better camera, better app and better auto - better then others, maybe just this one time best on market ?
No...
People pay 30-50% less for eg Samsung or Pixel because off trade-in or many others ways.
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jiyen235, 18 hours agoChi-fi happened recently, Sony's been here for a long ... moreCouldn't agree more.
I'm also pissed they stopped 5 series. It was compact feature packed.
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It's just a shame the Sony still fail to put the best camera hardware in their phones. They literally make these top-end sensors. Yet, their own phones get lower end, smaller sensors.