Sony Xperia 1 VII review

13 May 2025


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  • 16 May 2025

Is it true Sony phones use Google Photos as photo gallery? I hate Google Photos on my Nothing Phone. What alternatives are there?

    Anonymous, 16 May 2025I'm no fan boy and there is plenty to criticize Sony a... morefirstly, i didnt call YOU a Sony fanboy, secondly, you're free to like/use this phone, im not going to be against that. What I WILL be against tho is saying that this is the best phone of all time OR that other phones suck because that is simply false.

    You can easily enjoy what you like whilst acknowledging the faults. 99% of people here fail to do that.

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      • kSH
      • 16 May 2025

      Anonymous, 16 May 2025I'm no fan boy and there is plenty to criticize Sony a... moreIt seems like....

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        • Anonymous
        • kSH
        • 16 May 2025

        [deleted post]I'm no fan boy and there is plenty to criticize Sony and all corporations for but I don't understand the hatred people posting in these sites have toward those of us who don't use Apple or Samsung mobile phones. Considering the state of the world, it self like there would be more for people to worry about that that.

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          • Anonymous
          • kSH
          • 16 May 2025

          Pyra, 16 May 2025Any real progress ? No! Price increase ? Yes! Typical Sony xDThe sound quality could be improved. Other than not being available where I am, they're expensive. I will say that the 5III I use still works fine, even the battery doesn't drain noticeably more than it did when I first started using it. Of course, Google well render it obsolete.

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            • T3u
            • 16 May 2025

            Any real progress ? No! Price increase ? Yes! Typical Sony xD

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              • Anonymous
              • Yet
              • 15 May 2025

              vrvly, 15 May 202516mm instead of 13mm lens, Poor hi res only on main camer... moreWhat?

                Anonymous, 15 May 2025At this price the Xperia doesn't offer anything specia... morewe are waiting for episode 8

                  16mm instead of 13mm lens,
                  Poor hi res only on main camera and no hi res raw,
                  No auto eND or any new special features,
                  No hi res sensor despite advantage of 7x optical.
                  Sony oh sony...

                    Baykon, 14 May 2025Keyboard warrior final bossyou don't have anything to say so you're just dropping ad hominems eh? awesome stuff bro. Showed us the intelligence that the average Sony fanboy has

                      Anonymous, 15 May 2025iphones are that bad if you want to sideload apps like newp... moreyeah but Apple's apps are good enough and you don't even need to sideload apps for the most part if you're an Apple user. Yes it's extremely annoying doing a lot of things if you're not in an Apple ecosystem but if you are in one, the Apple is a far superior deal.

                      And no, unfortunately for you, im an android user.

                        there seems 2 dishonesties as always it does... (1) The keep in focus looks only for videos ... watched all Ads and none show it for photos.. i.e. will i still have to keep one hand on volume up/down to zoom in out as the subject is walking, jogging towards me?????? (2) The bravia Ads seems to show the the screen in those particular frames as broader 16:9 ish ratio to add false punch .. whereas it is a candy-bar ~20:9 phone and can be felt same in all other frames and other Ads... Can someone apply video forensics on those frames where it is labeling as Bravia ???? thanks!!

                          Let's try to analyze all that a bit:
                          There seem no overarching concept or goal, as Sony Mobile's investements in R&D seem to nbe limited, rather relying on the other Sony departments' work: Camera tech borrowed from Sony imaging/camera division. Screen powered by Bravia. Audio tuned by Walkman, Not sure if gaming received some input from the PLaystation department.
                          Now, many small good pieces are not enough to make a great big picture. And this is exactely where we are with the Xony Xperia 1 line. They even abandoned own software and rely on (near) stock Android, the only exception being the camera/video app. But heck, they even stopped updating ther Gallery app. forcing people to use Google Photos,. which from a data- and privacy -protection perspective is just a nightmare.
                          In my opinion, this is the main reason why Sony Xperia leaves so many people wanting.
                          Everybody sees the huge potential and the brilliance in so many details. But year after year, many more people are disappointed because they do not see what direction Xperia / Sony Mobile is heading to and if Sony even wants their mobile division being successful or not.

                            no more 4K 120 screen, maybe because they realized that the performance not satisfactory. Also in PS5 😂

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                              • Anonymous
                              • q{m
                              • 15 May 2025

                              "When it comes to charging speed, Sony will do what Sony does, and won't be giving you a lot to get excited about.”

                              How come we don't hear this line for iPhone review? Apple will do what Apple does, their iPhone 16 Max pro is even slower charging in 30 mins and from 0-100 and their battery capacity is not even 5000mah.

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                                • Anonymous
                                • P%h
                                • 15 May 2025

                                Can gsmarena clarify about the battery? And the loudness? Why the huge downgrades in performance!?

                                Everything else seems like nice iterative upgrades, including the Walkman like quality.

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                                  • swN
                                  • 15 May 2025

                                  For 1500 euro no change of any market share. Obviously Sony managers bonuses depend on margin, so they are destroying the company for personal greed.

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                                    • Anonymous
                                    • bI$
                                    • 15 May 2025

                                    Bob the web dev, 14 May 2025Just for anyone for cares why a lot of people get put off w... more80% of this AI generated wall of text only applies to eMMC for main storage a.k.a soldered SD card while Xperia uses UFS for main and external SD card. The remaining 20% can be easily avoidabe by using the card carefully.

                                    So all those text you copied from ChatGPT, in the end, is just nothingburger.

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                                      • Anonymous
                                      • EDy
                                      • 15 May 2025

                                      At this price the Xperia doesn't offer anything special (other than holeless screen, front facing speakers, SD card slot and 3.5mm jack) and the short software support for the price. Yeah not gona buy this.
                                      Interested but nah.

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                                        • Anonymous
                                        • fDv
                                        • 15 May 2025

                                        Sd card slot and 3.5 jack... this is what chronically online randos call the "perfect" phone but no one buys them. What a sad little closed world they live in. Why don't they find something better to do than hating on phones and stuffs that real and functional members of society consider good and reasonable?

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