Sony Xperia 1 II review

29 May 2020


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I see pre-orders are available on B&H and Amazon. I hope Best Buy will do pre-orders too

    Your mom, 30 May 2020Even the number you clever boy, and its become a 4k, sony m... morefind x2 pro has maybe the fastest OS
    not maybe but it is the fastest performance on charts and in real life as well gpu cpu
    fastest high resolution phone as well not 1080p watch me how fast I am ..
    Camera will blow you away. reviews tell have the story. every next update make it more amazing. I blow away people with p40pro (the king of camera phones) and s20 ultra

      Android Master, 30 May 2020No 4k in Netflix. Limited to 720p in Amazon prime. Limite... moreAbsolutely right!! I have all 3k content in youtube in 3k! Full stop. And other content but I am so busy but I know I got so much in my pocket. Sony not even having 3K let alone 4K xD Another marketing trick. And 500 nits is just... yes. Let alone 60hz. I am sorry. Btw I love Sony, expected more. That's I went for anger. (and else phone for good, I was going to wait 4 months just to read this review and still not buy it just waited wasted time)

        hideyourwifi, 30 May 2020Have fun staying stuck on android 10 with your "great tech"... morejust let you know I recieve security updates every month and yes since you never tried one ( I agre it is limited availability ) you can't judge my phone. Trouble is I tried all top phones now and can judge. And trust me reviews say half the story. findx2pro is from another planet. In last weeks I did some photos with p40pro and p30pro and mine. I am busy, it takes time (mainly in weekends) and trust me, this phone of mine is very very special. On very sunny day it is on another level. I don't what and how it does it but blows our heads. All sensors rear and front. Yes dark p40pro beats me but not in all scenarios. and camera is 1/4 of the story of things better than on other top dogs now.

          saved, 31 May 2020so you own one device with and OLED screen that you think i... moreI had G5. Nothing special. And a lot others. And I tell you only holding and seeing in flesh is believable how cool is findx2pro's screen. I do phones every day. We have top cellular shops around me with always latest tech inside with real phones presented for demos (not real demos).

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            • 01 Jun 2020

            Anonymous, 01 Jun 2020Bad design, bad battery life, camera is not the best and th... moreyou know we can differentiate all the anynomous ....... all of those is you

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              TuGa121, 01 Jun 2020What i dont understand is when samsung came out and had iss... moreChill dude. And let others choose what they want for their money.

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                • 01 Jun 2020

                Anonymous, 01 Jun 2020Bad design, bad battery life, camera is not the best and th... moreWe dont not want ugly hole.
                Nor useless curved screen.

                Punch hole reminds of movie Justice League Flashpoint, when Thomas Wayne shoots Reverse Flash.

                  oh the entertainment value of this comment section... The article must be generating mad clicks. Let's pour more oil onto that fire.

                  Overall footprint of the device is the same as my 1+ 5T even though it's taller. Other flagships this year are quite a bit larger in area (height x width from gsmarena stat pages) and heavier except Moto Edge Plus which has a 3% smaller footprint then 5T. So, this is in a way one of the most compact devices with the most features.

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                    • mtk
                    • 01 Jun 2020

                    Bad design, bad battery life, camera is not the best and the price is almost like s20 ultra.

                      Anonymous, 01 Jun 2020Is it just me or is the main camera's good lighting perform... moreThe camera didn't focus on the chart properly I guess. Right hand corners are quite soft though, probably due to poor optical design, and I don't like it.

                        What i dont understand is when samsung came out and had issues with camera (which still has) sony heads all cracking on the ultra now that this piece of junk gets reviewed and cant beat the ultras cameras that have issues not its ohh the firmware or the phone is not ready or just wait for the update.......THE PHONE IS READY IF IT WASNT SONT WOULD NOT SEND IT TO GET REVIEWED......So stop with the bs saying this is a bad review when gsm arena tests every phone the same way so blame sony if anything for sending them the phone but dont worry u still have a month sony can change stuff around i mean they announce in feb and release in july at least in usa ......Stop with all the excuses already cameras are garbage thats it u pay $1200.00 for same hardware as last year with new camera software and new cpu and gpu the rest is 2gb more of ram and 256 storage ohhhh they are charging u for something they took from u the wireless charge......Enough is Enough sony is doomed and we all know it....Its only matter of time

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                          • 01 Jun 2020

                          Anonymous, 01 Jun 2020Is it just me or is the main camera's good lighting perform... moreSame thing has happened with Xperia 1, much better focusing in low light setup than in good light scene. Who knows what's going on. XZ3 and XZ2 clearly are sharper in good light scene than low light. Oh well...

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                            • Anonymous
                            • mtk
                            • 01 Jun 2020

                            Old design is all I can tell about this phone.Samsung, Oppo, Xiaomi, Ishit much better and some of them maybe chipper.

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                              • 01 Jun 2020

                              Anonymous, 01 Jun 2020Is it just me or is the main camera's good lighting perform... moreSeems like the result of improper focusing. GSMArena should redo the good light shot.

                                Kriegsherr, 01 Jun 2020When did Samsung become the holy grail of smartphone? I ... moreWhen they give u everything u want let u choose ram storage size and charger reasonable price.....Samsung give u options unlike lest say sony u get one with 8gb of ram and 256gb storage and thats it u want more u get a sd card .....for $1200.00.....I mean they makethe old screens even for sony their 4k panel is samsung they have 10bit hdr because of samsung the then people still talk trash i mean if not for samsung they had no 4k or oled or ram most ram is samsung i mean samsung even makes snapdragon chips together with qualcomm some years.....

                                  Mori, 01 Jun 2020Just watched several YT reviews and they were all really go... moreGlad people are noticing this.

                                  Just add at least 0.4 points to overall score here for missing info on DSEE Ultimate, 3D Reality audio, PhotoPros Eye autofocus, 20 fps AE/AF, BatteryCare, Heat Supression control for all apps, programmable shutter button, and added CinemaPro features and stability...

                                  and easily get a more objective 4.7 overall score device.

                                    TuGa121, 01 Jun 2020I mean i have to agree with u with this....Sony heads now a... moreWhen did Samsung become the holy grail of smartphone?

                                    I have nothing for/against Sony/Samsung/Apple/whatever

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                                      • 01 Jun 2020

                                      saved, 01 Jun 2020what i mentioned is top of the top, no other phone gets clo... moreThats a nonsense, Shame on you. Expecting less because rip off merchants want more. Thanks for supporting them. Various top line chips are known to support 12 bit modes, even more. So, they refuse to add the right low profile buttons, the right software to take advantage of all the hardware, and you come out like that. Well, have we got a bargain for you, only £20,000, smallest cheap smart phone in the world, once I buy it off eBay for less than $200. Handover your money, or would you prefer to buyout Red or Ar with all your spare cash? I'm sure Jim might consider selling you Red for a billion of your excess dollars, as long as he keeps everything but the name.

                                      Now, how many post $1,000 phones have you bought this year?

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                                        • 01 Jun 2020

                                        x3merrr, 01 Jun 2020You shouldn't have published the review without battery tes... moreSony had to beg Gsmarena to not publish battery results coz they know it's terrible.
                                        Now they'll push an update where majority of things locked to 1080p to improve endurance rating during testing.

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