Sony Xperia 1 VI review

15 May 2024


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ff2009, 17 May 2024Don't worry, you still get to pay the full price of th... moreI guess that I got lucky with the 5iii I bought but the battery has never been good and it's draining quickly now. I don't know anyone who has a phone of any brand that hasn't given them some problems. Again, my major complaints about Sony phones are their price and lack of availability.

    Anonymous, 17 May 2024FHD = mid range displayDon't worry, you still get to pay the full price of the 4K display.
    Let's just hope that it doesn't get green lines like the Xperia 5 series has.

      BigBingusBingingMan, 17 May 2024This phone really tries to be a flagship but kinda fails I... moreThose phones don't have features most Sony customers value. Expandable memory and a headphone jack. The headphone jack isn't only useful for audio quality. I obviously haven't heard the vi but the LG g 8 and v60 do sound significantly better than the 5iii. I like plugging in headphones or ear buds when I get a call. Yes, I do occasionally use my phone as a telephone. I'm old. It's much easier to do that by plugging the jack in rather that turning on Bluetooth or fiddling around with a dongle that can screw up the charging port.

        Anonymous, 17 May 2024your comment is just one example of the point i mentioned -... moreI am not young. I wear glasses. I notice the increased screen resolution on my lg g8 even with a cracked screen. I usually had it set to less in order to conserve the battery. I notice the higher resolution but didn't miss it on the V60 which is the same as the VI which I can't buy in the U.S. anyway. I think that there would be less complaints if the price had been reduced but it wasn't.

        Now, this is a minority opinion here. I have a 5iii with battery drain now (I babied that battery, too) and was planning on getting the VI because I find the narrow screen to be annoying. I was disappointed that it won't be available in the U.S. but less disappointed when I noticed that it is only slightly wider, not significant enough for me.

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          • BigBingusBingingMan
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          • 17 May 2024

          This phone really tries to be a flagship but kinda fails
          I recommend the last years flagships, be it Iphone or Samsung, whatever you prefer, it's gonna be cheaper and likely better than this

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            • Anonymous
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            • 17 May 2024

            Kara Murat, 17 May 2024Read the beginning of the article carefully about the 4 k s... moreyour comment is just one example of the point i mentioned - invalidating - that is even gaslighting...
            so, it is not always on 4k?
            so, is the new panel magically have 4k when i am watching 4k contents? that even youtube provides with higher bitrate?
            i understand why they shifted, but there is no need to invalidate others' experience...
            can't blame you if you haven't use one, especially z5 premium or xz premium, or that you cannot see the difference...

              Kara Murat, 17 May 2024Read the beginning of the article carefully about the 4 k s... moreThey did the right thing but didn't pass the cost savings on to the consumer.

                Kuki, 17 May 2024Another phone that no one needs 🥸 I miss living in a time in which no one needed a "smart" phone.

                  I was looking foward to buying one of these because it has most of the features I use that have been removed from other phones. Expandable memory, headphone jack, apparently improved audio through wired headphones and new lossless Bluetooth codecs. It seems like it isn't going to be available in the U.S. so I can't get it anyway but the cost would have made me think twice anyway. The macro photography is useful but phones now seem to be obsessed with photography. Professional and amateur photographers prefer real cameras, I still prefer film. Even if a phone camera could become as good as a real camera, the feel of holding a real camera, using a view finder, being able to switch lenses, just isn't the same. Phone reviews focus almost entirely on the cameras of these things and then go into a little detail about the battery, screen and haptics. When they review the audio they refer to the small limited phone speakers, not through headphones or through large normal speakers. There are two things that seem to never get mentioned. Reception and phone call quality. Those things don't matter these days, I guess, because phones are supposed to be used to take photos to be put on social media sites, not for having phone conversations. I am old. Since this phone doesn't seem like it's going to be released in the U.S. and other countries, perhaps there will be reviews of how other countries' models work in countries they aren't available in. You can check the bands, of course, but it would still be helpful. That would mean importing a phone, though, as Sony isn't about to provide one for that sort of review. Still, I would like to see reception and phone call quality mentioned in all phone reviews with as much interest as in the camera.

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                    • Kuki
                    • dMt
                    • 17 May 2024

                    Another phone that no one needs 🥸

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                      • Anonymous
                      • 2qM
                      • 17 May 2024

                      Kara Murat, 17 May 2024Read the beginning of the article carefully about the 4 k s... moreFHD = mid range display

                        Anonymous, 17 May 20244k display is really underrated that even some sony fans do... moreRead the beginning of the article carefully about the 4 k screen that Sony used!! in reality there is very little scenario where your Sony smartphone actually displayed 4K, most of the time it displays FHD, link the article at the beginning, it's you who overestimates Sony's 4K display because in reality it doesn't exist or rarely exists, it's more marketing than anything else but it didn't work and that's why Sony returned to a standard display that the majority of its competitors use brilliantly !!

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                          • willopad
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                          • 17 May 2024

                          Great colours and lots of detail in the photos but they still have the fuzzy noise that made me ditch Sony for Samsung years ago. Compare the 48MP shots side-by-side with the equivalents from a Samsung S24 Ultra and the Samsung's are so much cleaner on the sharp edges of the buildings and so on.

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                            • N5t
                            • 17 May 2024

                            Sorry Sony. After so many years you haven't changed a bit. Two most hated features -- glass back and terrible, annoying, super inconvenient side mounted fingerprint sensor are still there. So my Xperia 1 II goes to trash and my hard-earned cash goes to someone else. SD Card is awesome but that is place and forget while the fingerprint sensor that is impossible no to touch annoys me 20 times every day for the last three years. Bye, Sony.

                              CompactPhones5ever, 17 May 2024Unfortunately, it looks like Sony fanboys glasses did not s... moreWell yes, but anyone without fanboy glasses can visit the samples and find out they are better.

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                                • Osiris
                                • JhV
                                • 17 May 2024

                                Rip Sony

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                                  • Anonymous
                                  • DxW
                                  • 17 May 2024

                                  Nicolas F, 17 May 2024"Ok but much smaller size of a phone screen counteract... more4k display is really underrated that even some sony fans do not appreciate it...
                                  + at first, i based it from my experience since z5 premium... people used to invalidate my experience that it does differ - that was even an ips - it appears sharper than an oled counterpart due to different arrangement of pixels... but i still enjoy it, taking advantage of it by watching 4k videos i took with the phone, and later youtube videos with high bit rate...
                                  + then later, found out that it makes sense... since minimum distance that you can appreciate 4k contents... do you know that the nearest distance you can enjoy a 4k content on a 4k display is the length of its diagonal? so, ye... watching it on a 4k phone is different on 4k tv/monitor since you use the phone "nearer"

                                    impinas, 16 May 2024Judging by the samples, the Xperia shoots considerably bett... moreUnfortunately, it looks like Sony fanboys glasses did not ship with the phone, so the reviewers had to be objective. Sad, maybe next time! (that is, unless Sony phone division won't LG itself by next year, which is quite probable at this point).

                                      Anonymous, 17 May 2024Ok but much smaller size of a phone screen counteracts the ... more"Ok but much smaller size of a phone screen counteracts the points you mentioned.' - no, it doesn't. Smaller the screen - closer to eyes - higher minimal density.

                                      "And hey, this 1080p allowed this phone to get over 17hrs in battery life test, as a flagship!' - I doubt it's because of different resolution alone. Also, 1260p screen would have just 36% more pixels (as opposed to previous 1644p, which would have 131% more pixels, adjusted for changed aspect ratio) - again, not that big of a deal for battery life. And, if it's a ""flagship"" (for effin' 1400 euro), then why have mere 1080p anyway? Why not put bigger battery?

                                      "..there are many who are fans of certain brands and they blindly praise and criticize products.." - so?

                                      Sony did *some* things right with this smartphone (btw, not sure if changing aspect ratio was one of them), but they could do much more. Well, every manufacturer could do much more.

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                                        • Bribe
                                        • pM3
                                        • 17 May 2024

                                        The first 4k display and evidently the last. That's a shame. The price is surreal.

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