Sony Xperia 1 II
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- AnonD-731363
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- 15 Jul 2020
Smithravi, 14 Jul 2020What a waste. You are paying 1000+ dollars and yet you have... moreMan with addblocker you are fine.
Nowdays adds are everywhere no matter which phone and brand you support.
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- Ali Bashir
- StN
- 14 Jul 2020
Anonymous, 13 Jul 2020Hearing lots of criticism about the front camera, are they true ?Yes the selfie is not that great, they didn't put much effort in it, unlike the primary it is the best so far.
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- Tann Hauser
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- 14 Jul 2020
Smithravi, 14 Jul 2020There is an option in photo pro where you can manually turn... moreYeah, well, Im not certain PhotoPros Auto is autoHDR level processing, as it seems more like that backlit mode processing from auto in main Cam app, but its not the same qquality level processing as autoHDR.
And autoHDR in PhotoPro, as seen by samples from tests, is even better in processing than what iphone does with its autoHDR.
So I was jusy wondering about that...
So, no access to autoHDR option in Auto mode?
You have to use other manual modes for it to be available?
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- Anonymous
- sSZ
- 14 Jul 2020
AnonD-731363, 14 Jul 2020Man for that case i have an adblocker brownser in my phone ... morei rather pay premium price than dealing with those things in the first place, maybe they should put that into their marketing slogan. "it is cheaper because of ads"
weirdly enough i rarely seen reviewers mentioned those ads also, perhaps they also got paid from the vendor not to mention it
maybe that's why sony is more expensive than those chinese phones, they didn't put ads on their phone, so is it overprice? i don't know. maybe sony should just put ads on their phone like those chinese phones so their price could be a lot cheaper...
- Fearghast
- Ssj
- 14 Jul 2020
Smithravi, 14 Jul 2020Front cam in daylight is actually good, not bad as people/r... moreIt's really bad, but it's more than good enough for video calls.
The quality is on par with 3-5 yo flagships ... and I do not mind at all, wide and ultrawide on back FTW.
- Smithravi
- mKj
- 14 Jul 2020
AnonD-731363, 14 Jul 2020Man for that case i have an adblocker brownser in my phone ... moreWhat a waste. You are paying 1000+ dollars and yet you have no choice but to see those ads. Will I ever call such smartphone a premium device?? Never!
- Smithravi
- mKj
- 14 Jul 2020
Anonymous, 13 Jul 2020Hearing lots of criticism about the front camera, are they true ?Front cam in daylight is actually good, not bad as people/reviewers are complaining. Low light is where I feel front cam is bit too soft for my taste (Even after turning off soft skin effect). But I found alternative solution where you can go into portrait mode and then keeping everything in zero (Blur, Skin effect, Skin brightness all to zero), completely removes the remaining soft effect. It works.
TL;DR: You need good lighting for good selfies
- Smithravi
- mKj
- 14 Jul 2020
Tann Hauser, 14 Jul 2020Great shots. I was wondering, as reviewers are unclear on ... moreThere is an option in photo pro where you can manually turn on HDR/DRO in P/S/M modes. In Auto mode (Photo Pro App) HDR is also Auto.
- Smithravi
- mKj
- 14 Jul 2020
Anonymous, 13 Jul 2020not everyone like to deal with ads. pretty sure all those c... moreEven samsung puts Ads everywhere even after turning ads off. There are people who complain about this in twitter all day. That's itself a big no go for me. At this point I only see Apple, Sony and LG as premium brands.
- Vineet Reddy
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- 14 Jul 2020
Lucas82, 13 Jul 2020Auto night mode (photo pro), shots from hand: https://www.... moreDrop in link to google drive folder with HDR 4K image in the video description section. These being down-scaled look good so how about the true output of the camera. Drop some HDR 4K images and that will show how superior the XPERIA 1 II camera is.
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- Tann Hauser
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- 14 Jul 2020
Lucas82, 13 Jul 2020Auto night mode (photo pro), shots from hand:
https://www.... moreGreat shots.
I was wondering, as reviewers are unclear on this... can you kick in autoHDR for PhotoPros Auto also?
If yes, it would be case solved for many people.
- Vineet Reddy
- 7t%
- 14 Jul 2020
Anonymous, 13 Jul 2020Hearing lots of criticism about the front camera, are they true ?XPERIA 1 II has the best camera setup of any smartphone 2020. Only thing is that SONY is giving the complete control in our hand and lets us decide what kind of pic we want to capture. People say iPhone, Pixel, Galaxy and One+ does great processing of their images well SONY can mimic all of that perfectly but wait it doesn't stop there as it does lot more than what the other Cameras are capable of. People are in misconception that using or downloading Pro camera apps on other phones can achieve what XPERIA 1 II is capable of which is sadly no where near the fact that it is the Sensor which makes the camera special. That large 12MP sensor is more than enough for 4K and having having larger pixel size helps capture more light and detail which smaller sensors or even similarly sized sensors with much greater pixel count cannot. If any one tries to tell you that no one will use Pro apps then they are clearly wrong as 90%+ people purchasing this phone will use the Pro apps.
Unless one is into 8K which I don't get the reason at this point of time as it is at-least 3Yrs too soon for 8K screens to become available at meaningful price for consumers.
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- AnonD-731363
- Lfw
- 14 Jul 2020
Anonymous, 13 Jul 2020not everyone like to deal with ads. pretty sure all those c... moreMan for that case i have an adblocker brownser in my phone and in settings in Xiaomi phone adds can be blocked completely for free.
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- Anonymous
- IYv
- 14 Jul 2020
Anonymous, 13 Jul 2020Hearing lots of criticism about the front camera, are they true ?From reviews I saw, yes its sucks. Sony cameras generally are bad. I had several Sonys and they are worse than Samsung, Pixel or some Chinese brands, but still much more expensive. My Pixel 2xl front camera is still better then last Sonys flagships. I know fans will argue, but its true, Sony sucks at photos. Thats really strange, they should fire software developers for camera.
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- Lucas82
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- 13 Jul 2020
Auto night mode (photo pro), shots from hand:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMdSYnOr3pE
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- Anonymous
- XW2
- 13 Jul 2020
Hearing lots of criticism about the front camera, are they true ?
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- Anonymous
- JEa
- 13 Jul 2020
AnonD-731363, 12 Jul 20201100 bucks for a low end flagship funny. Other much cheap... morenot everyone like to deal with ads. pretty sure all those chinese phones always put ads on their os
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- Anonymous
- sSZ
- 13 Jul 2020
Takoyaki, 12 Jul 2020This phone is overpriced and worse than the other flagships... morecool
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- Anonymous
- sSZ
- 13 Jul 2020
AnonD-731363, 12 Jul 2020Man base OS maybe but if you want to run complex apps or ga... morewho is exactly running complex apps on phone seriously? and proper gaming on phone too? this people need to get educated, never in my life i've seen people running simulation on android phone. never. but maybe you are one of those super genius scientist that already figuring everything out. so have you get covid vaccine? the world need you now
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- Ali Bashir
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- 13 Jul 2020
AlyK89, 12 Jul 2020the only drawbacks of this phone are the price and selfie c... moreIf i wasn't facing multi pandemics in my country i would have been pre-ordered one through a relative from another country "since Sony is not available where i live" only few people understand the value of this phone.
For me the selfie camera is good for video calls, with that huge sensor and wide angle camera on the back and eye tracking feature, physical shutter button... Why would i bother with the selfie, it is never going to be at least as good as the primary camera.