Sony Xperia 1 III
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n0-way, 10 Mar 2022what about heating problem after a12 update? battery sot? p... moreI've had no issues

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    • jB8
    • 02 Apr 2022

    Selepe, 26 Mar 2022I have heard that Sony phones were bad in low light so how ... moreYou don't get nighttime looking like daylight, like with Pixels or iPhones. Shadows and contrast remain, and you might have to work with the settings in Pro (oddly called auto) to get the shot you want. I shot a fair amount of pictures (and have separate camera I carry) and honestly, I greatly prefer the Sony setup. Night should look like night. That said, iPhone and Samsung or Pixels are amazing at drawing all ambient light to really fire off a night shot that is bright. It would be nice to have the option for the rare times I need that quick shot that I could edit later, but overall don't want those shots blown out. Maybe personal preference...?

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      • Anonymous
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      • 27 Mar 2022

      i hope the successor to this will have an extremely improved camera. sony is one of the most renowned camera makers and their alpha cameras are great but their smartphone failed in this category. this phone has a great photo taking app which is similar to the alpha cameras but that's all. photo quality is terrible in comparison to competitors like huawei and xiaomi. it doesn't have pixel binning and image sensors are very small: this phone has 1/1.7" main sensor while e.g. the huawei mate 40 pro has 1/1.28" and xiaomi 11 ultra has one that's even a bit larger. i mean, sony, the expert in making camera sensors and lenses, with so much experience, how can you fail making a smartphone camera? ok, it is much different from big professinal cameras but with such abilities it should be easy for them. it's a joke that they advertised this as the smartphone-equivalent to the alpha series cameras. they even made a video where the engineers of the alpha cameras explained how they developed this phone. they must be joking.

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        • Selepe
        • Nvp
        • 26 Mar 2022

        I have heard that Sony phones were bad in low light so how is the camera of this phone(Xperia 1 lll)?

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          • Anonymous
          • 7X1
          • 24 Mar 2022

          Planning to upgrade this year after using samsung for 4 yrs now going Sony with the better TSMC fabbed SD8 Gen 1 plus soc. Hopefully they release it earlier this year.

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            • Sin
            • cTI
            • 24 Mar 2022

            It's really great the sony smartphone brand keeps the bezels sd card slot & head phone jack on there flagship smartphones

            design is a strong point of sony smartphones ever smartphone in sony line up has bezels & really nice screen

            i think its good we have a 4k screen option on a smartphone this a true flagship smartphone should be

            close to stock android that i like a lot stock android is the best
            all around good smartphone with snapdragon 888

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              • IWP
              • 22 Mar 2022

              Emptrix, 20 Mar 2022I was ready to purchase this phone, but when I tried out a ... moreYou must be new to Xperia. The Basic mode shoots in 16:9 whether you shoot in 4K or not. The Cinema Pro does indeed only shoot in 21:9 but it's for for professionals.

              I mean sure, a real professionals won't use a phone to shoot a video but think of it like RAW. You have to have a bit of knowledge on how to handle HLG so that your video won't turn into yellowish mush like so many reviewers have done.

              There's where Video Pro comes in, it shoots in 16:9 and you have manual controls, and you can turn off HLG. It was meant for the Xperia Pro-I but it works on the Xperia 1 III as well, allowing full 16:9 4K 120 fps.

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                • Anonymous
                • IWP
                • 22 Mar 2022

                Sony makes exceptional phones. The mark 3 is one of the best. It's expensive yes, and one or two other quirks yes, but still one of the absolute best phones ever made. If some sites continue to bash Sony as a tradition, this could work but only for a while before it just won't work anymore. I cannot believe I'm saying this of GSMA. This has always been my go to site for phone reviews. My loyalty to it spanning almost 2 decades exceeded loyalty to any brand. But even I have had to admit that there is bias against Sony. The subconscious effect of this bias is that I have began to second-guess every other review. And whereas I used to visit the site twice a day or more, I visit a bit less. Yes I still visit. wanted to comment when this review came out. Then I thought what would be the point. Yesterday I commented but it didn't make it past admin. Here I am commenting again. It is unfair to those who look to buy phones. But what does the opinion of one person matter? #Hummimgbird.

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                  • NXP
                  • 21 Mar 2022

                  These guys who are always posting negative views however great the device is, what's your mission in this life? Why don't you then make a Perfect device for yourself and for us all.

                    I was ready to purchase this phone, but when I tried out a display unit at a Sony Store... I didn't like the narrow screen. Reading forums and comments on youtube was too cramp on this narrow aspect ratio. The 20:9 phones were pushing it, but Sony's 21:9 is way too narrow for comfortable content consumption. Even videos on youtube fills up less of the 6.5" screen.

                    Also the cameras are limited to 20:9 aspect ratio recording as well. In 4K there is no option to change aspect ratio to 16:9 which means I will have to crop the damn video further to get 16:9. What a ridiculous restriction sony.. come on give us full control of the aspect ratio!!

                    If sony releases a less wide aspect ratio phone, 19:9 or 20:9 and fixes the recording aspect ratio issue I'll buy in a heartbeat.

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                      • Anonymous
                      • YUU
                      • 18 Mar 2022

                      Cons; Bad battery life, drop 2% battery life on standby, 4 1/2 hr screen on time, quick temperature rise while gaming (thanks to snapdragon 888)
                      Pros; Nice as a music player via 3.5mm audio jack, dolby atmos, 360 spatial sound, DSEE Ultimate, photo pro & cinema pro apps

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                        • Pozarevac
                        • mxt
                        • 16 Mar 2022

                        Hamtaro, 01 Feb 2022I own this device and the experience you have with this pho... moreThe only good thing about this phone is camera.
                        Bad mobile reception.
                        Bad battery life.

                          mrparadis, 15 Mar 2022loll :D yes that is nasty aad kinky as hell 240 ppi more th... moreWhat in the actual f-

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                            • 15 Mar 2022

                            Darknoor, 13 Mar 2022That screen can burn your eyes...loll :D yes that is nasty aad kinky as hell 240 ppi more than human low 3 color processor. Let eye over processing raw reflection while we navigate on a under 20 khz's sonar inbuilt "s map so we can focus on thing that last more than a short instant in time.LIke Eternal life v and c combined climax air dropped on a resting heart pounding , over oxygenated trembling and collaborative minutieuse wife As hard crude raw unprocessed sound take position in our environnement echooing the shit out of our quantum environment, crackling the sky with tunder storm sound speed wall blasting tthrought and as a hollow 7.62 stop its cruise in that physic undeer-understanding limit set on a never ending overexpendding quaantum universe ccherry picking positive matter by polar magnetism attraction away from the centered drain pulling in concentric gravitationnal attraction matter in it to be reused and aaappreciated or colaaborate tout en acceptant l amour aas the only thing you can by nor level out off nor forced or scammed through

                              That screen can burn your eyes...

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                                • oe36
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                                • 11 Mar 2022

                                DMX, 08 Mar 2022Tell me about support? do you receive the monthly patches o... moreUpdates have been coming in at very acceptable time frames, including Android 12 which works great on this phone. Decent battery life got even better. I have the phone stop charging when it reaches 80% to extend the long term quality of the battery and I always get thru the day with only charging to 80%. Only time I come close to running out of battery is when I take numerous (100+ photos) during the day, or a very long video.

                                Have never had any heating issues with this phone. Extremely happy with this product. Has been rock solid stable and excellent. Really hope it stays that way because Samsung & Google both ticked me off on my previous phones. My son discovered this for me knowing what I was looking for and he nailed it.

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                                  • 11 Mar 2022

                                  Faisal.Rafiq, 02 Mar 20225G is not working here in KSA on my Xperia 1iii. XQ-BC62. thats right 5g doesn't work on my xperia either .. model XQ-BC52

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                                    • 10 Mar 2022

                                    what about heating problem after a12 update? battery sot? please i need info! thank you

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                                      • 09 Mar 2022

                                      DMX, 08 Mar 2022Tell me about support? do you receive the monthly patches o... moreMonthly Patches on time? Why? we receive them 2 week late our phones will explode? gfto lol

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                                        • 08 Mar 2022

                                        oe36, 07 Mar 2022Well now you know someone who has had the exact opposite ex... moreTell me about support? do you receive the monthly patches on time?