Sony Xperia 1 review

08 June 2019
Sony has completely revamped its Xperia series yet again, and this year the common denominator is the cinematic screen. Every new Xperia smartphone gets a 21:9 panel for the most immersive viewing experience, but the Xperia 1 is special. It is the Xperia Premium reborn, with a large 6.5" OLED 4K HDR display and today we'll get to know it better.

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    • Sensination
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    • 10 Jun 2019

    Qrin, 09 Jun 2019I have to disagree with you size is non sense for the batte... moreZ5 Premium suffered from awful Snapdragon 810. All phones from all manufacturers with that processor suffered from overheating and bad battery life. You shouldn't base your whole future phone purchasing habits on the first phone with 4k LCD screen that was messed up by bad processor.

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      • Anonymous
      • pKM
      • 10 Jun 2019

      Prominent price at start of review would be useful

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        • TqE
        • 10 Jun 2019

        Anonymous, 10 Jun 20195-6 hours SOT per charge? Wow, that's quite bad! In that si... moreIn that case, show me a phone coming from reputable company (except Chinese crap brands like Xiaomi, Huawei, Oppo which are not even worth buying) that gets 10h SoT then? Even for S10+ this would be a great result. In my usage I usually listen to Spotify for 2h+, watch Youtube for around 1h, Reddit, web, etc. It's much much better than S9 which I had before for example.

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          • UNA
          • 10 Jun 2019

          Tann Hauser, 10 Jun 2019I dont care about the review, but trustworthiness and reali... moreYou keep complaining about gsmarena because it doesn't rate Sony as God like. Get over it or just leave. You keep saying that your leaving. Do us all that favour.

            Jane, 10 Jun 2019For the record, Kaloyan didn't delete any comments, I, the ... moreI see, thank you for the correction and clarification!

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              • 3PL
              • 10 Jun 2019

              Nick Tagataka, 10 Jun 2019I don't know why you're trying to argue with Shui8 at this ... moreFor the record, Kaloyan didn't delete any comments, I, the moderator, did.

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                • Anonymous
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                • 10 Jun 2019

                Sensination, 10 Jun 2019To anyone worrying about battery life: DON'T! I've been ... more5-6 hours SOT per charge? Wow, that's quite bad! In that situation, after 6 hours of SOT, you should have around 50 % left to call it a decent battery life. 10 hours is a good start.

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                  • KZ8
                  • 10 Jun 2019

                  Nick Tagataka, 10 Jun 2019I don't know why you're trying to argue with Shui8 at this ... moreCouldnt agree more.

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                    • TqE
                    • 10 Jun 2019

                    To anyone worrying about battery life: DON'T!

                    I've been using the phone for a week now and the battery is actually pretty decent. I'm easily getting 5-6h SoT even with 2h of Netflix on full brightness.

                      [deleted post]I don't know why you're trying to argue with Shui8 at this point, but by the last statement he probably meant something more like "if you have time to attack the author of the review solely based on your idiotic theory and wasting all your energy on it then you should have something better to do in your life, don't even bother if it frustrates you".

                      I kind of admire the courage of those people who keep attacking the writer even after he deleted insulting comments that claimed the change in score was made because he got influenced by "Sony haters" in the comment section. Should I say it’s like a moth flying into the flame? Honestly though it doesn't make me feel good looking at people behaving like that and bringing their conspiracy theory into this website. They really should stop.

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                        • PEW
                        • 10 Jun 2019

                        This phone beat Google Pixel 3 in terms of low light performance...,go ahead Sony !

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                          • 10 Jun 2019

                          [deleted post]Oh my... another one.. I goes to Sony thread because i'm a user & fan of it, but when there is flaws, i cant denied it. U can check all my 'weak' comments on Sony thread. If something are good, i agree, when it goes south, why should I?

                          'thousands of employees to made the phone in months'. Every big company does it. Not just Sony. And to me Xperia 1 is a very great phone, definitely a flagship worthy & recommended. So u think all of your explanations is on point? Okay then.

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                            • 10 Jun 2019

                            Anonymous, 10 Jun 2019Sony images are downright terrible. I have many sony flagsh... moreYou don't own this phone "Anonymous". Don't kid a kidder.

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                              • 10 Jun 2019

                              Anonymous, 10 Jun 2019The castle shot clearly shows that Sony's image is less sha... moreSeriously? Look at the god damn wall - the Samsung has entirely removed the plaster detailing in places. Look at the makeup of the pattern below the clock: it's made of clearly defined circular sections, some of which are completely absent on the S10.

                              Do you even have eyes?!

                                Kaloyan, 10 Jun 2019Our scoring system is internal, you see only the final numb... moreYour statement has so much contradiction in it. You said it's the best Sony phone ever. Then the score of 4.6 should be right. How can you say it without matching the right score?

                                  Anonymous, 10 Jun 2019Fake news! The guy has the phone since day one and the came... moreNo, he said something about dxomark which doesn't exist.

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                                    • Anonymous
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                                    • 10 Jun 2019

                                    Why the no AF for UWA is a con for X1 and S10+ , but was not for G8 nor P30 Pro? No brand puts AF for UWA.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • ss1
                                      • 10 Jun 2019

                                      Wait till theverge review the Xperia1 Lol.

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                                        • 10 Jun 2019

                                        [deleted post]I dont see any bias thing going on here, just some mistakes corrected by their own review.

                                        They've been handling various of flagship devices to compare with professionally, discussed, examined, properly thorough before spits the reviews out. I myself dont have as many devices to said which is better, which is worse, only assumption by knowledge & experience. Neither are yours.

                                        This is their review, their scoring system, their professional opinion, and i respected it, its one of the best Smartphone news & reviews site. If u found it disturbing or annoying, just leave it man. Stop worrying too much. Its either take it or leave it.