Sony Xperia 1 II review

29 May 2020


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A lot of features got ignored in this review , it feels incomplete and cons are weird
You can 4k60fps in cinema pro app
Displlay is bright enough , it is oled which suffers from burn in issue
It is excellent smartphone only if it was cheaper but hey they offer awesome headphones along with it

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    • Anonymous
    • qTd
    • 30 May 2020

    Anonymous, 30 May 2020samsung has 45 watt... Comparing sony to apple and samsung ... moreYeah.. Sorry but those phones are trash.

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      • Anonymous
      • gBV
      • 30 May 2020

      "You can set the custom white balance by either pointing at a gray card and pressing the set button, or adjusting it manually along the Green-Magenta and Amber-Blue axes in the white balance grid. *
      So there's no Kelvin color temperature slider? Green-Magenta Amber-Blue settings are nice and important, but a Kelvin slider is even more important.
      By the way, white balance settings must be always available in auto mode. Many phones only offer white balance settings in a low quality manual mode.

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        • Rudeboy-61
        • 3Wu
        • 30 May 2020

        Anonymous, 30 May 2020Another stupidly stretched overpriced phone by Sony :( W... moreWhen you have tried one, it's hard to go back. It's like people who had the small iPhone upgrading to the iPhone 11.

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          • Guest
          • T73
          • 30 May 2020

          Love the Xperia 1 , can imagine that the 1 ll is awesome also

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            • Anonymous
            • 0p}
            • 30 May 2020

            Heat Supression can be used for many other apps.
            Not just like game enhancer.

            You can use phone for hours without leaving 100%.

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              • XCIV
              • gN@
              • 30 May 2020

              Essen, 30 May 2020Great. After all the delay, Sony still doesn't have the fin... moreLol same. Battery life on these flagships are garbage but not anymore I guess.

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                • Anonymous
                • LQw
                • 30 May 2020

                Anonymous, 30 May 2020one plus literally updates faster than pixels dude... compa... moreOP8 Pro came for 1000 euros in Europe, no gifts.
                Considering they can get tons of R&D from oppo, it should be much cheaper.

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                  • Essen
                  • PId
                  • 30 May 2020

                  Great. After all the delay, Sony still doesn't have the final firmware. The first thing I do for any GSMa review is jump to battery endurance.

                    I think some features are still not available. Maybe it would be best to wait for the first update....

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                      • Anonymous
                      • nHA
                      • 30 May 2020

                      Another stupidly stretched overpriced phone by Sony :(

                      Where's the Compact?

                        Rigid, 30 May 2020Yeah, the same Motion Blur technology that speeds up frame ... moreI guess people really believe their 4k TV has a refresh rate of 240.

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                          • Iam inevitable
                          • te3
                          • 30 May 2020

                          Unlike other mainstream smartphones (galaxies and iPhones)
                          Xperia 1ii is aimed at a more a narrow niche market with its compromises. For me an average consumer
                          I can live with 4k 60 opposed to hrr,600nits of brightness and 18watt charger too. The 3.5 mm jack which is a must for me
                          Xperia 1 ii takes comparable pics like 2020 flagships.but small things do matter like portrait mode they should be on par with others if not better but that's not the case and same goes for selfies not the ones you'd expect from 1200$ flagship. Heck i don't take much selfies or do portraits but @1200$ it's more of a bragging rights. That 1200$ seems too much for what it's worth for an average user. On the other hand it a great second smartphone for the niche market users who already had iPhones as daily drivers

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                            • Anonymous
                            • NL{
                            • 30 May 2020

                            Anonymous, 29 May 2020Your oppo has 8+2 bit screen. Just like this one and op8 ... moreone plus literally updates faster than pixels dude... compare 1+ not oppo since both are similar with 1+ being cheaper for similar stuff

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                              • Anonymous
                              • NL{
                              • 30 May 2020

                              Smithravi, 30 May 2020"Not as bright as competitors" = Accurate colors at all bri... moresamsung has 45 watt... Comparing sony to apple and samsung is fallacy in first place. They sell more phones in a week than sony does in a year

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                                • Anonymous
                                • Nji
                                • 30 May 2020

                                XPR, 30 May 2020Hi GSMA, Several remarks: - Your display results are aw... moreI love how sony fanboys are attacking gsmarena just because they said that their favorite phone is worthless

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                                  • Rigid
                                  • kre
                                  • 30 May 2020

                                  Android Master, 29 May 2020Also the panel is dim barely reaching 600 nits in full auto... moreYeah, the same Motion Blur technology that speeds up frame rate in 4K TV's is a "gimmick"! There is a toggle switch on the Sony Xperia 1 II that enables Motion Blur (higher frame rate), it is not a gimmick. It's technology that works.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • TXd
                                    • 30 May 2020

                                    Basically any Sony phone comment section: "Sony phones are dead, no future, typical devices, expensive, no innovations" yet you people spam 10 times more than to the rest.
                                    This phone is nice, the only drawback is that some of us need to be patient to wait for a smaller version. Does Sony have "Sony account" like Samsung or Xiamiau built into android?

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                                      • joe
                                      • S76
                                      • 30 May 2020

                                      Smithravi, 30 May 2020You are really stupid if you think 3D and 360 degree audio ... more360 audio is available pretty much on every phone on android.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • vry
                                        • 30 May 2020

                                        [deleted post]How are they supposed to criticize China in style/promote environmentalist ideals if not for those gazillions of same same China brand phones?