Sony Xperia 1 VI review
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- Anonymous
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- 15 May 2024
AcademicBarzo, 15 May 2024Well, underwhelming is an understatement.
Some positiv... moreIt is up to amdroid 17, after that 12 months of patches.
Xperia flagship gets monthly patches.
Even Ace III, low end from 2022 has android 14.
Easy, stop buying phones at carriers. Then you can have monthly patches.
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- Anonymous
- dMG
- 15 May 2024
Can somebody please confirm if face unlock is still missing for this iteration. I'm interested in the phone but NGL I'm way too used to having it on my phone and can't see myself going back to fingerprint only, a not very conveniently placed side one at that.
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- Anonymous
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- 15 May 2024
Darth Caesium, 15 May 2024That battery life and the telephoto macro are both extremel... moreWhy do you keep doing this?
You are pretty aware you cannot have second front speaker with 1.5-2.0mm bezel.
You have been told before, more than once.
Speaker has to share space with screen connectors and usb port.
If it was possible, then Asus ROG would still have it. Instead of beside usb connector.
Same reason Pixel 4 could not keep it.
⚠️⚠️⚠️ IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO HAVE DUAL FRONT SPEAKERS WITH MEIZU 16 SERIES DESIGN. NOR S24 DESIGN !! ⚠️⚠️⚠️
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- Anonymous
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- 15 May 2024
Anton .el PAPI., 15 May 2024There is no information about the UFS storage type! I woul... moreIf gsmarena wanted you to know, they would post results of reading/writing speeds users can check.
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- Anonymous
- JH0
- 15 May 2024
dcdev, 15 May 2024It sounds a bit useless. This sensor is small - 1/3.5"... moreNot useless apart from the fact that a 50 megapixel sensor doesn't exist for this sensor size. You would need a pixel size of approximately 0.50 micrometer for a 48 megapixel sensor of this sensor size. The lowest pixel size available is 0.56 micrometer currently.
Phones like the Pixel 7 Pro or S24 Ultra capture about the same amount of light per exposure time from distant objects due to approximately the same focal length/f-number ratio (5.43mm). A different pixel size doesn't change the amount of light that is captured from an object.
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- Anonymous
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- 15 May 2024
dcdev, 15 May 2024It sounds a bit useless. This sensor is small - 1/3.5"... moreYou can use as much digital zoom as you want , no matter resolution.
My motorola has 4x with 50MP, old xperia had 8x.
Some older iphones with that 12MP 1/1.65" had 12x digital zoom.
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- Rakesh
- Sec
- 15 May 2024
It has jack because it's a phone from 2015. By look at least.
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- Dometalican
- sgP
- 15 May 2024
Anonymous, 15 May 2024How does the company that makes Alpha cameras always manage... moreNo Gen 4 SoC...? What...?
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- peter
- meK
- 15 May 2024
Anonymous, 15 May 2024What Sony is doing with these phones is legendary. Basica... moreWell, the price is ridiculous. OnePlus 12 is running circles around flagships. I can get the OnePlus1 for a like 600 Euros.
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- Anonymous
- nU2
- 15 May 2024
AcademicBarzo, 15 May 2024Well, underwhelming is an understatement. Some positiv... moreI'm guessing you never used an Xperia so you shouldn't comment on its software. It's sad to see people judge software by number of updates instead of actual performance and stability. In my experience, Xperia phones have the most stable and bug free UI among any Android brands, and it remains as such for many years to come. An Xperia 5ii still feels snappy and bug-free today which cannot be said for bloated Samsung UI of S20 series regardless of number of updates they get.
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- Pumpino
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- 15 May 2024
Awesome photos, speakers and battery life, with four years of updates. Pity about the price.
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- Anonymous
- nU2
- 15 May 2024
MRLK, 15 May 2024I definitely think this phone should be a few hundred pound... moreWell yes but so should s24 ultra and iphone 15 pro max. Why does this "phone should be cheaper" suggestion so abundant in Xperia comment section but not on other brands with overpriced phones? At least with Sony you get what you don't get elsewhere such as ip65, headphone jack, microSD slot, continuous zoom etc, not making excuses for expensive price but you must be fair and criticize others for being overpriced too.
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- Anonymous
- xYI
- 15 May 2024
Looks like Sony has gone down the oversaturation path as well.
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- Anonymous
- mxu
- 15 May 2024
why don't you talk about video outiput? Does it have a dex-like mode?
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- Anonymous
- iIg
- 15 May 2024
Any information about PWM?
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- Anonymous
- m51
- 15 May 2024
Sony will be done soon. LGV30, V40, V50 all had QHD+ displays, then they downgraded the V60 to FHD+, and we all know how that ended.
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- Neo
- F10
- 15 May 2024
Looks like my X1 V doesn't need to worry at all.
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- MRLK
- sX$
- 15 May 2024
I definitely think this phone should be a few hundred pounds cheaper but I guess getting the WH1000XM5 bundled in softens the blow a bit. I'm currently using a Pixel 7 Pro and sick of having to charge my phone every day. It might not be the best phone on the market but this phone does excite me feature wise compared to other brands.
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- Anonymous
- ixd
- 15 May 2024
Very nice phone
+SD card audio jack
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- AcademicBarzo
- mXG
- 15 May 2024
Well, underwhelming is an understatement.
Some positive moves forward, but the number of Android updates is still well of the market leaders. I also suspect the software support (security patches and OS patches) will remain poor.
No mention of Snapdragon Sound and apt-x lossless in the review, though I'd be surprised if these features were missing. No HDR support in Netflix is a worry too. I wonder if the BT issues the the 1V suffered from Android 14 persist here too?
Good to see purported improvements to the camera software - can't blame Sony for only minor improvements to the camera hardware, as Samsung and Apple are guilty of the same.
A 1080p screen is not necessarily the worst thing ever, given the battery life boost, but it does not sit well with the super premium image and pricing, nor does the throttling of the overall performance.
This feels like a phone that should cost a good few hundred dollars/Euros/pounds less than it does. Pleased to see an improved headphone jack and the SD card retained, but the high cost means it is not at all competitive. Hard miss from me, Sony. 1V was a nightmare to own after the Android 14vl update and I can see nothing of substance here to make me come back to the Xperia clan. I wonder if there will ever be a VII series?