Sony Xperia 1 VII review
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- alfamus
- Ldt
- 13 May 2025
Still ip 68, still mediocore battery, still 24mm camera. Seems like they are stuck at the 2020
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- Anonymous
- Jc%
- 13 May 2025
How is the battery life be worse than the 6, when the only change is the processor? And the processor is proven to be more energy efficient than the previous generation?
That's weird.
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- Anonymous
- pQ7
- 13 May 2025
Anonymous, 13 May 2025The only way to get a headphone jack and sd card reader now... moreOr buy literally any phone with a USB port and plug that stuff in? I know... I know... It's blasphemy if you've already set your mind on having a hole for a 70-year-old port design in your smartphone chassis and spent another 3% of the handset price on a micro SD card.
(As a bonus: the SD card streamlines the process of the next owner transferring your epic playlist and photo album to their own devices after your Xperia gets lost or stolen!)
I love very specific elements of some generations of Xperia (neutral imaging with exceptional color on the main sensor, front stereo speakers, secondary display via USB-C, build quality)---and they really dropped the ball not having a telephoto 5 V---but most of the other phones I've owned have had 2+ significantly better features for every one worse feature compared to the Xperia.
I would rather tote around a USB-C DAC and use onboard storage if it means I get a stellar zoom with good color and capable macro, a great screen, and decent battery life (Vivo). Anyone seriously complaining about Funtouch has missed how aggressively ugly and feature-poor recent versions of Android have become under Osterloh.
If my phone dies in the next few months, a Vivo flagship is hard to get in Europe, and I find a nice price on a EU Xperia 1 VI (each unlikely on its own) then I'd get the last-gen Xperia as my next device. Otherwise, there are just too many better alternatives that can be accessorized to match the feature set of the Xperia.
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- Hikari
- fuf
- 13 May 2025
Anonymous, 13 May 2025Could have been perfect if it retained or improved the prev... moredon't take GSM arenas battery tests for gospel
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- Guest
- 39y
- 13 May 2025
I'm sorry but I watch streams on my phone and it needs to be at least 1440 to be able to read what's on screen
- David 040882
- srr
- 13 May 2025
bokep27.1, 13 May 2025yeah... too bad their design and research team are still sl... moreKeep in mind Sony was never really interested in making its Xperia smartphones stand out through their design. It's just not what their focus is on, never was, and probably never will.
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- bokep27.1
- XN$
- 13 May 2025
David 040882, 13 May 2025Unfortunately, it seems the only thing Sony is learning fro... moreyeah... too bad their design and research team are still sleeping...
or perhaps, they don't care at all and focusing only japan domestic market...?
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- Simon
- 04b
- 13 May 2025
Why wouldn’t gsmarena benchmark internal memory such as writes and reads, also where is RAM speed tests?
My second thought was lack of option on video formats segment, does the user get to choose for the photos jpeg-xl/lossless format or any other format same as for video?
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- Anonymous
- E5h
- 13 May 2025
"Maybe one of these days Sony will eventually cave in and fit an underdisplay sensor? Or maybe not."
I hope not
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- Anonymous
- nFP
- 13 May 2025
Tester, 13 May 2025It is noteworthy that some friends, when Sony had a pixel d... more4k was overkill. What's wrong with QHD+?
Sony cutting corners on $1500 phone lmao and the fanboys still defend it.
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- Anonymous
- LaE
- 13 May 2025
Anonymous, 13 May 2025Outdated specs, unimpressive specs in almost any category, ... moreSadly, only a midrange price tag will make it a hot cake. Cheers!
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- Anonymous
- bI$
- 13 May 2025
bokep27.1, 13 May 2025sony seriously needs to learn from competitors how to make ... morePhones that weight over 300g, have ugly holes in the screen and awkwardly big lumps in the back?
No thanks, i don't like cancer designs. I buy phones not barbel weights.
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- 3m
- 0u@
- 13 May 2025
Feels like a 1000-1100€ phone with a 1500€ price tag. Only offering with Wh-1000XM6 would justify the purchase for me.
- David 040882
- srr
- 13 May 2025
bokep27.1, 13 May 2025sony seriously needs to learn from competitors how to make ... moreUnfortunately, it seems the only thing Sony is learning from its competitors is how to recycle phones every year, releasing largely 80% the same phone, with few new tweaks here and there. It won't take long until they'll ditch the 3.5mm headphone jack too, unfortunately
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- bokep27.1
- XN$
- 13 May 2025
sony seriously needs to learn from competitors how to make good (design) phone
- Hanfos
- gEW
- 13 May 2025
we need more phones beside sony/nubia without those annoying notches/punchholes :(
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- Anonymous
- spv
- 13 May 2025
Nick Tegrataker, 13 May 2025- A slightly brighter display, which is unfortunately stuck... moreThe battery life being shorter makes no sense since its using a more efficient soc, which all oems gained a better battery life, could be two options, simply gsm arena's testing innacuracy which often is the case if you compare to any other reviews online, or the initial software on VII is probably having a bug or an older bsp than other oems from qcom and later on would become better.
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- Anonymous
- nFP
- 13 May 2025
Tester, 13 May 2025It is noteworthy that some friends, when Sony had a pixel d... more4k is overkill. So what’s wrong with QHD+?
- Tester
- 8rD
- 13 May 2025
It is noteworthy that some friends, when Sony had a pixel density of over 600, everyone said that the eyes could not perceive a density of more than 330, and now that it offers a density of 390, they say that a 2k display is better. First, determine which of your statements is correct, then continue to criticize.😁😁😁