Sony Xperia 1 VI review
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- MSXTurbo-R
- LbP
- 15 May 2024
these GSM Arena tests are always very good. I look forward to purchasing it when it comes out in 3~4 weeks. I am delighted with the sound quality but unfortunately the red color does not come out in our country (Switzerland). It will therefore be Platinum Silver because it already had khaki green (1 V)
- NeonHD
- 6Fi
- 15 May 2024
Anonymous, 15 May 2024Should be 5040 x 2160, not any of these two you mention. You write that as if we don't share the same opinion.
I'm just saying: if not 4K, then give us 2K. If not 2K, then give us 1.5K.
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- Anonymous
- pw4
- 15 May 2024
How does the company that makes Alpha cameras always manage to put subpar cameras in their phones? Seriously...
Still major and good improvements, especially if we get 3-4 years of major/security updates but still too expensive for what it is. After all basically same cams, no Gen 4 SoC, only FHD+ over 2k and still comes in an empty paper egg tray.
Xiaomi 14 and Samsung S24 can both be had for under 900 EUR in EU. Price shouldn't be above 1199 EUR, otherwise simply not competitive.
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- Sensination
- myN
- 15 May 2024
HTC Droid DNA released in 2012 which was the first phone with FHD screen, has sharper screen than 2024 photography focused Xperia flagship. Feel free to check yourself but here's a comparison:
Xperia 1 VI: 396.49 PPI
HTC Droid DNA: 440.58 PPI
Imagine buying a phone for £1,300 in 2024 and looking at a screen that is less sharp than the screen of the phone that released 12 years ago.
Let that sink in...
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 15 May 2024
Shamrock Sean, 15 May 2024What's so hilarious about this?? It's not funny 🙄Hiralious? The fact after 12 months many here do not know exmor T has 2x light sensitivity of exmor RS of same size.
Imx888 is less than 50% of imx989 size , but its ability to absorb light is 83% compared to it.
Let alone a 1/1.28" ....
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 15 May 2024
NeonHD, 15 May 2024>𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 - 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 4𝘒 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘏𝘋+.... moreShould be 5040 x 2160, not any of these two you mention.
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- Shamrock Sean
- BiP
- 15 May 2024
Anonymous, 15 May 2024Imx888 is much more light sensity than imx803. It acts li... moreWhat's so hilarious about this?? It's not funny 🙄
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 15 May 2024
Aadrian, 15 May 2024Too bad the review unit isn't that amazing red colour!Probably docomo only, like blue 5 mark 4.
- NeonHD
- 6Fi
- 15 May 2024
>𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘺 𝘪𝘴 𝘴𝘤𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 - 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 4𝘒 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘰 𝘍𝘏𝘋+. 𝘞𝘦 𝘸𝘦𝘭𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘨𝘦 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘢𝘶𝘴𝘦 4𝘒 𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘯 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘬𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘢𝘪𝘥 𝘥𝘪𝘢𝘨𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘭𝘰𝘸𝘦𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘱𝘰𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘣𝘦 𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘣𝘢𝘵𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘺 𝘵𝘰𝘰
Okay true, but they couldn't have opted for a 1.5K resolution at least??? Let alone 2K.
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 15 May 2024
xslvrxslwt, 15 May 2024Yeah, so good, a main can sensor smaller than that of an ip... moreImx888 is much more light sensity than imx803.
It acts like a 1/1.1".
People dont know this after 12 months? 😂😂😂😂😂
Imx888 a.k.a LYT800 is 2x more light sensitive than imx789, one it was based on and share many specs with ( like size and resolution).
- David 040882
- spY
- 15 May 2024
Anonymous, 15 May 2024Xiaomi had way faster review even when phones were China-on... moreThat could also be a theory, yes
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- Anonymous
- 0p}
- 15 May 2024
David 040882, 15 May 2024Yeah, true. The only thing that could justify that is the f... moreXiaomi had way faster review even when phones were China-only.
Find N3 was reviewed before it got rebranded as OnePlus Open for international market.
They needed time to oppo make software updates to improve cam since results are never on pair with hardware, much worse than other type1.0
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- Anonymous
- bI$
- 15 May 2024
GSMA should definitely put on a giant disclaimer on top so people know this is sample unit and not the final product. All they have done so far is some tiny texts blended into the article.
This should not be a full review since the phone is just annonced and not released yet, i read through it and there are lots of things that they said will be different in the retail unit, yet there's no line indicating that in the intro or verdict. Obviously there are a lot to iron out in terms of software and brands will do it in the form of firmware update, GSMA should be more transparent about that, as people will look at articles like this and assume that the final product will have the same problems.
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- Anonymous
- Sgk
- 15 May 2024
The reviewers can express their own opinion, but I can speak for myself that for once I prefer the fingerprint sensor on the side and it works well for me also when I unlock the phone when holding it in my left hand or when it lays on the table. So to say that people that use their phones this way would not like such placement is an overstatement. To be so sure that people wouldn't like the side sensor, I would have to assume that they are left-handed and they often would like to unlock their phone with their left hand WHILE it lays flat on the table, which statistically is not the most common, but indeed happens. Although I would argue that left-handed people could easily switch to their right hand just for that, given that I managed to learn how to operate chopsticks with both hands.
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- Anonymous
- 05e
- 15 May 2024
Anonymous, 15 May 2024So, iphone has weaker glass and frames lose painst easily e... moreThat has always been the narrative on these sites. Reality has no place on a tech blog.
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- Anonymous
- bI$
- 15 May 2024
xslvrxslwt, 15 May 2024Yeah, so good, a main can sensor smaller than that of an ip... moreAll of your description are true ... for iPhones lol. $1200 flagship with absolute garbage camera performace, carried hard by software that is buggy every new update and took 6 months since release to fix all of the old problems, multi-trillion dollar company btw. iFans coping so hard they forgot all those constant camera updates and bugfixes.
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- Ian
- GcQ
- 15 May 2024
The change from the 4K screen resolution and the 21:9 aspect ratio is so, so disappointing. I wanted to buy this to use in place of my Sony Xperia 1 II, and to replace my Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra, but that will not happen now.
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- mrleft
- qaZ
- 15 May 2024
Too bad about the new aspect ratio. Would've been great if it weren't so wide.
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- Ellio74
- 3ee
- 15 May 2024
Past Xperia 1 were conservative when compared to this one.
I guess the comments section will be fire in a few hours...
I'll give it a try, these changes are for the better IMO. Next step is to bring Exmor T on every sensors