Sony Xperia 1 V review
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Tann Hauser, 12 May 2023Nicely done Sony. Now I await 5 V with that same sensor. H... morePrecisely same here.
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walkman8, 12 May 2023GSMArena is a place like no other. It's like all 50 xp... moreTo leave aside your perception of the Xperia owners, and answer to the second part of your comment:
- two years of software support is not enough, that is right. My Xperia 5 ii is just as perfect as it was two years back, when I bought it and I would love more incremental system updates.
- software stability is better than anything I have encountered, lest, say, Oneplus
- after-sales support is good enough imho
- yes, hopefully this iteration solves most of the hardware issues. Too bad they left out the led indicator, that is super nice on my 5ii
- i find the main camera better than most, if not any, of the competition. I work in Photoshop, I know my way through numbers. I'm not so sure about the nighttime scenario, though. Must dig more on the topic.
Anyway, gorgeous phone overall.
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Anonymous, 12 May 2023And as usual one year of updates, then the device can be th... moreI just love you update policy obsessed people... 😆
Wife bought XZ2 2,5 yrs after its release in 2018 (no more updates), for 1/3 of starting price...phone worked and is still working after extra 3,5 yrs of use now (its almost a 6 yr old model now) without any problem, everything working, no problem with any app install whatsoever, no any security issues, still gets all the google app updates...
A month ago she bought a new 5II, again for 1/3 of the starting price, and no more updates for it... Not because XZ2 had any problems, but because it was a good deal atm.
Im certain it also will work for her for the next 3-4 yrs, without any security or app problems whatsoever.
But just you go on, nag along about those "essential" update policies.
Seems to me, from these nags, that some other OEMs phones do indeed end up in bins after their update cycles, as users seem to be quite worrisome of their update cycles.
Are they maybe programmed to break down after end of updates, or what?
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Anonymous, 12 May 2023Much better cameras? Not really. From my experience, the Xp... moreVariable refresh rate is not about "using" the refresh rates in between, it's about the screen refreshing at a slower rate when you're not touching it/nothing is moving to save battery life. It is an objectively good thing to have
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Anonymous, 12 May 2023Does that make the 865-powered 1 or 5 mark II the only acce... moreThe thing with the 888 and 8 Gen 1 is that they are notoriously known for excessive throttling and overheating, partly due to Samsung's SoC fabrication. You won't feel much when casually browsing the web or social media, but you can feel it when doing extreme mobile gaming or high-bitrate 4K video recording. Even Sony can't tame them despite their obsession with long-term battery life and developed H.S. Heat Suppression feature. If I want a used flagship Xperia, I'd look at Mk2 1/5. As much as I love the Pro-I, I'd think twice about the SoC.
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And as usual one year of updates, then the device can be thrown into the bin?
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GSMArena is a place like no other. It's like all 50 xperia owners gathered here and praise them like it's a God-send, day after day, irregardless if it's an xperia review or a generic article about Android updates 😄 I only know one xperia owner, an enthusiast like you guys. He had xperia I,II,III and IV. Every single one of them ended in repair shop due to hardware malfunctions. And just like you, he won't give up owning another xperia. And they call Apple fan Boys fanatics 😀
Ontopic: I do like Sony's rebel policy, I just want them to be better with software support, OS stability and after-sales support. Hardware issues might be FINALLY solved with this iteration.
Main camera is very powerful, I like the output. But if I had to pick a smartphone primarily for taking shots, that'd be p60 pro. It excells in every scenario- daylight, nighttime, fast-moving or static scenery, uw, wide,3x,10x,macro etc. And with little to no effort at that!
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Nicely done Sony.
Now I await 5 V with that same sensor. Hoping 5 series upgrade comes with these improved speakers too....
I just might be tempted to get a new Xperia.
Problem is tho, my now 3 yr old 5II still just works like a charm, so I dont really feel the need for a new one...
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Anonymous, 12 May 2023Much better cameras? Not really. From my experience, the Xp... moreCall it "realistic" they are just worse in terms of colors, noise, or preserving highlights as well. And this is at day. In low light / night Xperia is simply outclassed especially videos . And still this is just the main camera. At front the diference is even larger at samsung favour.
Overall especially at night and particulary at front samsung just win by wide margin and this is obvious.
And this is obvious even if you put samsung color processing aside but I prefer it anyway.
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raiseApint, 12 May 2023Too narrow. A deal killer. Sony, some of us use a phone to ... moreBut with the recent news of Apple will be using taller screen for the next iPhone, it won't be going shorter anytime soon.
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Anonymous, 12 May 2023Questionable trade to say the least... S22U is so much bett... moreMuch better cameras? Not really. From my experience, the Xperia produce more realistic photo than the Galaxy. Never bothered with variable refresh since I only use 60Hz or 120Hz, nothing in between. Same story with S Pen as I never used it. Not sure if I like OneUI after using AOSP UI. AOSP UI is much cleaner and less cluttered. I did tried out DeX, but it ain't replacing my more functional Windows laptop.
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I have to say that Sony deserves a pat on its back. Albeit quite late in the game, kudos for the Stellar/Outstanding image quality. Because that's what they are expected of, ever since. It's now finally real.
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Nick Tegrataker, 12 May 2023In hindsight, Sony can't even come up with good stacki... moreI think its useless to be taking 48 MP from a Quad Bayer sensor. Thats not how you will take the most advantage off from it, and they exist only thanks to marketing scum tactics, same as those shitty macro cameras and depth sensors.
Real sensors that were +40 MP were the ones like the 1020, or the ones Huawei used in some of their flagships. Those were proper sensors with big pixels and not some "lets mix some small pixels from here and there to make up data".
So I dont think Sony made a mistake there.
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Rkm, 12 May 2023" - What is questionable, however, is that Sony treats... moreIn hindsight, Sony can't even come up with good stacking algorithms for their tripod pixel shift super-resolution mode on their Alpha after all these years, and it's not really surprising that they didn't want to deal with the demosacing/handheld image stacking on a Quad Bayer sensor which would be naturally a lot more complicated to develop the whole new algorithms for. It's 2023 now and everyone else has already found their own solutions for it, though, so Sony is definitely behind the curve in this regard.
What I didn't expect, however, is that they still decided to call it a 48MP sensor when there is absolutely no way to output the image in the said resolution for both photo and video. Quite shady to say the least.
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I take back what I said about disappointing shots in auto mode. Add a TSMC chip to the mix and I must admit you have a pretty compelling package.
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Kratos-, 12 May 2023Well despite the fact of having a timeless design with head... moreBut which of those better choices include a flagship innards+headphone jack+sd card slot+flat screen? Older Xperias do not count.
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Well despite the fact of having a timeless design with headphone jack n SD card it's a big let down in many different aspects n for this price u can get better choices
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raiseApint, 12 May 2023Too narrow. A deal killer. Sony, some of us use a phone to ... more21:9 is great for gaming and social media which what most people use their phones for plus 19:9 is a shit resolution 18:9 and 21:9 are the most sensible and natural ones
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Anonymous, 12 May 2023Please, neither phones are even worth looking. I myself sol... moreQuestionable trade to say the least... S22U is so much better phone overall. I would never change S22U for 1 m IV. Much better cameras, better , bigger, brighter screen with variable refresh, better software, 5y update, dex Mode, s pen etc
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Nick Tegrataker, 12 May 2023- The actual screen-on battery life falls behind the compet... more" - What is questionable, however, is that Sony treats this sensor as having only 13MP rather than 52MP - I could be generous and let the lack of support for a full-resolution output in Photo Pro and 8K recording in Video/Cinema Pro slide, but the fact that it doesn't even utilise the extra resolution in 2x zoom but only upscales and oversharpens the centre 3MP portion of the 12MP image is.. very disappointing. Pixel 6 situation all over again, folks."
That is disappointing. I expected Sony of all manufacturers will provide proper access to their full resolution.