Everything You Need to Know About the Sony Xperia 1 « Android

For 2019, Sony is trying to shake its failures of the past and start fresh. Following the unsuccessful Xperia XZ series, Sony is changing the name of their flagship to a single number: Xperia 1. With the name change comes a few upgrades, one of which is its new look. Secondly, its new display is unmatched in the mobile space. The Xperia 1 is one impressive phone. Not only does it look different from other 2019 phones, but it sets itself apart with its display. Instead of following the bezel-less trend, it focuses on a better screen, one with a higher resolution and a better panel. While its tall aspect ratio isn't for everyone, this isn't a phone to ignore.

The Xperia 1 was announced during Mobile World Congress 2019 on February 24. The Xperia 1 will release on July 12 at Best Buy, Amazon, B&H Photo, Focus Camera, and Beach Camera. Preorders start on June 28, although apparently, Amazon and B&H Photo are allowing you to order now. To entice buyers, Sony is including their top-of-line noise-canceling headphones, the WH1000XM3, for free ($350 value) for those who preorder. To take advantage of this offer, you must preorder within the first two weeks from one of the online retailers listed previously.

For the first time, Sony is putting a 4K HDR screen on a non-Premium variant. And unlike the Xperia XZ2 Premium, this is an OLED panel for deeper blacks and better contrast. It's a 6.5-inch CinemaWide screen, which is just a marketing term for the 21:9 aspect ratio on the phone. This ratio makes the Xperia 1 one of the only ultrawide displays on a smartphone and comes with a few advantages. For one, since most movies are recorded at this ratio, you can watch videos in widescreen mode without vertical black bars. Gaming is also better since the additional real estate allows you to see more, whether it is more of the road or enemies lurking in your periphery. Of course, like video, this depends on whether support is provided by the developer. As for 4K content, the only app confirmed to work is YouTube. Amazon Prime Video offered 4K video streaming on older Sony phones with 4K screens, so we expect they too will include support, but nothing has been announced. Additionally, the Xperia 1 includes BRAVIA (Sony's TV brand) 4K upscaling and HDR remaster technologies to convert content in a lower resolution or SDR to 4K HDR.

The Xperia 1 comes with the latest and greatest from Qualcomm, the Snapdragon 855. This SoC is 40% faster than last year's Snapdragon 845 and more power efficient thanks to the 7 nm process. It uses a different configuration from previous Qualcomm processors, opts for three categories for cores instead of two. The first category is one Gold core which runs at 2.84 GHz. The second group is three additional Gold cores which run a lower frequency of 2.42 GHz. Finally, there are four Silver cores which are used for background tasks and run at a lower frequency. With these three categories, battery usage is reduced, as the group better addresses the needs of specific tasks.

Surprisingly, Sony only included a 3,330 mAh battery. With such a powerful display, it seems odd they wouldn't include a bigger battery. However, since only a handful of apps support 4K output, running at a much lower resolution of 1080p in most day-to-day tasks will allow this phone to manage all-day battery. For charging, the Xperia 1 uses USB PD or Xperia Adaptive Charging. The latter was developed by Sony to monitor the battery during charge and adjust the voltage and current to accordingly minimize the heat exposed to the battery.

The Xperia 1 comes with three lenses: one regular, one ultrawide, and one telephoto. Sony brought some of the technologies from their Alpha DSLR series to the camera, such as improved autofocus and the BIONZ X imagine processing engine. There is also eye autofocus and 10 fps AF/AE. The latter is a feature which helps to keep subject in focus in burst mode while they are moving. Image stabilization: yes, OIS on first and third camera The Xperia 1 can record in 4K HDR. It uses a hybrid stabilization system which leverages OIS and EIS for smooth videos free of shakes. There is also CineAlta, a feature which lets you record in the same parameters as professional including 21:9 ratio, 4K HDR, and 24 fps, the fps of choice for most media content in the US. There is also LOOK, a color setting that allows you to adjust the colors of your video. HDR: yes, up to 4K HDR

Nothing unusual when it comes to sensors, you will find all the usual staples here. In the North American variant of the 1, location sensing is limited to GPS and GLONASS, which are the standards used in the United States and Russia, respectively. There is no support for European or Asian satellite location systems such as BeiDou, Galileo, or QZSS.

Source: Gadgethacks.com

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