Sony Xperia 1 III
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- Yasser
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- 11 Aug 2021
Hi everyone . I am living in Saudi Arabia and in my area there is 5G coverage . And my sim is 5G but i can't see the 5G .
I tried to put the sim in iphone 12 and it works .
Can someone tell me why ?
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- Dometalican
- sgP
- 11 Aug 2021
Mangoon, 11 Aug 2021Few scattered reports of folks getting their devices early.... moreI'm gonna try Best Buy because I have their credit card point system. They aren't accepting pre-orders yet so I'm waiting...EVER...so patiently. lol.
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- Mangoon
- qFJ
- 11 Aug 2021
Few scattered reports of folks getting their devices early. Unlikely for the vast majority of us. I ended up ordering with Adorama, because they had the best protection plan I could find. Unknown ship date. Others are ordering directly from Sony? Amazon? Best Buy?
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- Dometalican
- sgP
- 11 Aug 2021
Fanto, 10 Aug 2021Amazon sent me a delay email, new delivery date is August 2... moreI didn't get that but Amazon and Best Buy have it listed on the 24th for the release now. Darn chipset shortage...
Good news for me is that I'm off on Tuesdays so at least I can live with it. I was kind of hoping this delay would have allowed Sony to inject mmWave on these devices but I don't see it happening (as a T-Mobile customer, it's a minor inconvenience).
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- Optional
- LiQ
- 11 Aug 2021
qasar80, 10 Aug 2021Soon the guys from Sony will announce the models with 12 mo... moreSony was never been good in that area but this year the wait is even longer because of chip shortage around the globe. The biggest OEMs get to their chipsets first and only than all others can buy them for their line of phones. Sony belongs to "the others" as it's a pretty small brand in a world of phone makers.
- TheGoldenMellifluous
- sEF
- 11 Aug 2021
Nick, 11 Aug 2021They really should just suck it up at reduce the resolution... moreConsidering Sony always making some records with its 4K display since its introduction until now, such as the world's first 4K smartphone (Z5 Premium), the world's first 4K HDR smartphone (XZ Premium), the world's first 4K HDR display and recording in a smartphone (XZ2 Premium), world's first 4K HDR OLED 21:9 smartphone (Xperia 1), and now world's first 4K HDR OLED 120Hz smartphone (1 III), of course, Sony will not ditch 4K display just like that, it's already been their tradition for 6 years with spanning about 7 devices, and considering Sony really never keen on QHD display too much (only two of their devices got QHD which are Z4 Tablet and XZ3). This is also true to some specs that either popularize or introduce with their phone they have been staying in Xperia smartphones for a specific period such as IP6x rating, shutter button, Eye AF and 20fps AF/AE, Variable Periscope with Dual Pixel PDAF, and so on.
Especially, we're gonna see more display-related records from other OEMs in the future with some specs that will make their first appearance on smartphones, Sony may expect soon will combine that specs with 4K display if it's plausible.
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- Nick
- nFe
- 11 Aug 2021
They really should just suck it up at reduce the resolution... but kinda hard to justify going back a step when they've had 4K smartphones for multiple multiple years now
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- qasar80
- 0Uh
- 10 Aug 2021
Soon the guys from Sony will announce the models with 12 month in advance....I do not quite understand this strategy of announcing the models so far ahead, it seems really frustrating for the customers.
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- Fanto
- LLf
- 10 Aug 2021
Amazon sent me a delay email, new delivery date is August 26th. Who else received a delay notification?
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- Anonymous
- uNe
- 10 Aug 2021
DinoJelusick, 05 Aug 2021But that's in 16:9. When did you last time see a new p... moreHis comment reminds me of myself as a kid when i thought 1920x800 movie downloads were 'missing something' or i thought they were worse because they wernt 1920x1080. not thinking about the black bars.. pretty stupid looking back on it
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- Kydrok
- 0T6
- 08 Aug 2021
Props to Sony for being the only company to not use notches or punch holes on their phones
I would actually consider picking a Sony phone just because of that fact
- KING DRANZER
- KSi
- 08 Aug 2021
Anonymous, 05 Aug 2021When ther were selling 40 million units annualy they were a... moreSONY said they were in Profit in 2020 that was after 5Yrs.Which means they were in Profit 5Yrs back in 2015 and before.
Yeah the profit was same as what it is in 2020 but we have to consider the price increase.
Imagine the profit they would make if sales volume was high as well. That was and is my point.
I was strictly discussing about sales volume and market volume.
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- Mangoon
- qFJ
- 07 Aug 2021
Anonymous, 07 Aug 2021Android Authority most likely got the review unit as well. ... moreI'm looking forward to playing a lot more with manual controls.
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- Anonymous
- LHe
- 07 Aug 2021
Nick, 06 Aug 2021Is this true? Links please!
Please see same blurriness i... moreAndroid Authority most likely got the review unit as well.
Check out hands on of production model, its as sharp as competition.
https://youtu.be/kOQtwG3wg0o?t=1062
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- Alpha
- 80i
- 07 Aug 2021
Mangoon, 05 Aug 2021Is it just me that realizes the ridiculousness of reviewers... moreFunny how these guys think removing features and using a 1080p screen in 2021 is supposed to make their phones "Innovative". Then they pay nearly as much for their phones, and call the Xperia expensive even when there are bundle deals with headphones included.
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- Mangoon
- qFJ
- 06 Aug 2021
TheGoldenMellifluous, 06 Aug 2021Even if Xperia 1 III comes up lukewarm or less for outside ... more*applause*
- TheGoldenMellifluous
- uEy
- 06 Aug 2021
haha bobo, 04 Aug 2021This device is very underwhelming compared to the recent fl... moreEven if Xperia 1 III comes up lukewarm or less for outside the target markets Sony targeting, yourself, or anyone in this forum that not keen on Sony, these are literally the few flagship phones that cover some specs that are no longer seen in mainstream flagship phones that "traditionalists" or "conservatives" find it useful. Especially when, Sony has already targeted the niche, specialized target markets like its community or some of their Alpha users since Xperia 1 of 2019 and got their hearts, that's it, Sony almost won't bother with other things that the market dictate the smartphone industry and doing its own game as long they're consistent with the path.
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This phone, 5 III, Mark II flagships, and very few flagship phones in 2021 are literally the few OEMs that really keeping the options wide. The others? LG is out of the game, HTC is still fighting for its life, Samsung just dropped the MicroSD slot from the S21 series, Motorola dropped the headphone jack again in Edge 20 series except for 20 Lite, Asus split the option between MicroSD in Zenfone 8 Flip and headphone jack in Zenfone 8, Apple has removed the charger from the box, and so on. Some people will prefer the camera beast of Mi 11 Ultra, but sometimes other people want versatility in a flagship, others just prefer Apple all along.
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One more thing, the camera system, processing, and UI/UX of Xperia 1 III mimics most of their siblings' traits, Sony Alpha and CyberShot, falls into traditional photography where users are the one has the control over the imagery and videography system and keeping the result just like their Alpha, rather than Mi 11 Ultra super computational photography where the software does all the processing (yeah, I'm aware of the huge camera specs of 11 Ultra here). So when you compared it by auto mode, of course, Mi 11 Ultra is gonna fare better, especially with those hardware capabilities. But if you compare in manual mode, especially those options in Photo Pro and those who used Sony Alpha, feels Xperia 1 III system is so familiar to them, able to adapt not too long, and able to output something rewarding if hit perfectly. Sure, GCam in Mi 11 Ultra gonna look superb and really blows it out of the water, but again, the one keeping eye on X1 III prefers traditional photography to take that preserve of natural color science, especially when Alpha already took over the supervision of the Xperia camera system (And TIPA Awards 2021 for 1 III in explains these sentences).
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BTW, I don't care if you ratio me, I just wanna remind you that some people prefer Xperia 1 III/5 III because of some reasoning that they found it in line with their caterings, even if you find it "not ideal" from your perspective.
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- Nick
- nFe
- 06 Aug 2021
Anonymous, 05 Aug 2021Because their 1 III was early preproduction model. If you c... moreIs this true? Links please!
Please see same blurriness issue from android authority
https://www.androidauthority.com/sony-xperia-1-iii-camera-test-1638849/
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- Anonymous
- LHe
- 05 Aug 2021
haha bobo, 04 Aug 2021This device is very underwhelming compared to the recent fl... moreMi 11 Ultra doesn't have a camera with 50-100 mm equivalent, so if shooting face portraits is your thing then Mi 11 Ultra is a no go.
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- Mangoon
- qFJ
- 05 Aug 2021
Is it just me that realizes the ridiculousness of reviewers or just the Average Joe saying "Well, the screen is overkill." There is absolutely NO WAY that if Samsung or Apple came out with a phone with the highest screen resolution that folks wouldn't be falling all over themselves to talk about it. Reviewers would go on an on about it. Folks would use it for discussions in their spec wars. It's only slightly more annoying than folks who complain that it's just so impossible, I mean, come on! to figure out how to properly pronounce the name. Well, a few more weeks hopefully and we'll have our hands on it....