Sony Xperia 1 VI review

15 May 2024


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Underworld, 17 May 2024This is a beautiful device. It brings some nice unique cap... moreWe're complaining about its lack of availability here. It seems likely that it won't be available here but if it is, we'll be complaining and the exorbitant price, justifiably. Still, it would be nice to know that it's available.

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    • myZ
    • 17 May 2024

    Sony 1 VI is competition for Xiaomi "T" series or even lower tier phones.

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      • 3Y1
      • 17 May 2024

      Nice phone. It has checked all things what I like in a phone including sd card, headphone jack, stock andriod and even the camera is great with the macro shots.

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        • myZ
        • 17 May 2024

        Peace of crap for 1400? Premium price and worst camera i TOP camera phones? Is not 1st as a business phones, camera, any...thing?
        Good camera and small size? Pixel 8! Even i Japan Pixel sells better then Xperia
        Nobody care anymore about Sony phones, they are competition for Poco and Realme or fanboys of blind Sony fans. Sony is not i top 5 Even i Japan xD

          This is a beautiful device.
          It brings some nice unique capabilities in a timeless smart design.
          Will it ever come to the USA? Hmmm...

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            • Anonymous
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            • 17 May 2024

            Love the Community, 17 May 2024I'll wait for MKBHD's annual Blind camera test.Brighter than reality? No
            Punchy/vivid colors? No
            HDR as default? No

            No chance , anyway, he is not gonna pay for this device.
            Sony does not give him for free.

              I'll wait for MKBHD's annual Blind camera test.

                Anonymous, 17 May 2024Ok but much smaller size of a phone screen counteracts the ... moreI'd but the VI if it were available where I am and at least a bit less expensive.

                  Anonymous, 17 May 2024I've had zero problems using a similar power-button fi... moreWell said

                    Anonymous, 17 May 2024Sad to say that now we need to pay a high price for flagshi... moreIt's ridiculous, isn't it? And it will only last a year or two longer than the cheap ones. You used to buy something like that and it would last at least decades.

                      in future just within short time this Xperia 1-Vi will be gsmarena Top no .1 by fan ... Most commented in this website . and yes for sure because it was SONY enthusias smartphone ...

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                        • Anonymous
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                        • 17 May 2024

                        Anonymous, 17 May 2024Sad to say that now we need to pay a high price for flagshi... morePrice has been same for 3 years.
                        Probably this is cheaper than upcoming iphone 16 plus 256GB

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                          • tPG
                          • 17 May 2024

                          Sad to say that now we need to pay a high price for flagship phone with a 3.5mm headphone jack and a micro SD card slot.

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                            • Anonymous
                            • j}r
                            • 17 May 2024

                            I've had zero problems using a similar power-button fingerprint-reader with my left hand. It just reads my middle finger.

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                              • b74
                              • 17 May 2024

                              Indeed battery is amazing 👍

                                SuperSpruce, 16 May 2024Yes, you can gray market import these phones. Unfortunately... moreFew seem to care about that feature in phones. I have been using an Xperia 5iii for years now It's the U.S model and, honestly, the only major complaint I have about it is that the screen is too narrow. The audio quality through wired headphones isn't as good as my ancient (in phone years) LG G8 but I'm still able to enjoy music from a micro SD card. I have noticed that other people using T Mobile as I do have coverage where I don't. Reception is almost never discussed in phone reviews. In fact, I can't remember ever reading about it on tech blogs. If you want a $1400.00 phone that you can't rely on as a phone but has a camera almost as good as a cheap mediocre real camera, fine. Otherwise, we're back to lugging around multiple devices.

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                                  • Anonymous
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                                  • 17 May 2024

                                  I actually feel that the biggest competitor for this phone is the previous one. There are some obvious improvements yes, substantial enough to consider upgrading. But I personally feel like it let go of some things to get there.

                                    AcademicBarzo, 16 May 2024Ironically, Sony's latest Walkman is pretty good and s... moreThank you. I'll check them out.

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                                      • Anonymous
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                                      • 17 May 2024

                                      Nicolas F, 16 May 2024The distance between our eyes and the phone's screen i... moreOk but much smaller size of a phone screen counteracts the points you mentioned. And hey, this 1080p allowed this phone to get over 17hrs in battery life test, as a flagship!

                                      And ok bro maybe not you but there are many who are fans of certain brands and they blindly praise and criticize products without considering how good the product actually is. Just look at the comment section, I'm 100% sure almost all of those complaining about 1080p are same ones that were complaining about 4K all these years. Again, not saying it's you necessarily.

                                      I'm not a Sony fan or anything but currently I support them when it comes to phones because they've been doing more right things compared to any other brands ever since 2020. With Xperia 1VI they turned it up few notches with LTPO, lower resolution and wider ratio. To clarify I was against Sony pre-2020 because of removing headphone jack and microSD card.

                                        SuperSpruce, 16 May 2024When I inevitably get a phone without a headphone jack, I&#... moreSame here. The loss of expandable memory is the most user unfriendly thing they do.